According to a story in AllthingsD.com today, Word Press now powers 70 million sites, up from 35 million sites a year ago.
“Almost half of the biggest blogs in the world are hosted by WordPress.com”
The company behind WordPress is Automattic which expects according to the story to generate $45 million in revenue this year.
“The majority of Automattic revenue comes from premium subscription services, and that’s supplemented by a “VIP” enterprise publisher business — in total, there are half a million paying customers — as well as a recently launched advertising revenue-sharing network.”
The company has 106 employees.
TheDomains.com operates on Word Press.
The year-over-year number is pretty astounding, but this is a great example of how a company can take all losses for the first few years, until they catch fire. The contingency to that is the availability of venture capital and the right people.
I only use WordPress for my sites. There are so many themes and plug-ins that you’ll never get bored…
the right moment to sell the company for $1+ billion
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word press is simple and user-friendly…that’s why growing in such a speed…!!!