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'''WordPress.com''' is a [[blog]] web [[hosting service]] provider owned by [[Automattic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ma.tt/2005/11/wordpresscom-open/| title=WordPress.com Open | publisher=[[Matt Mullenweg]] |date = 2005-11-21|accessdate=2011-07-01}}</ref> and powered by the open source [[WordPress]] software.<ref>[http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org] from the company's website</ref> It provides free blog hosting for registered users and is financially supported via paid upgrades,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://signotes.org/wordpress-dot-com/|title=Create A Free Website Or Blog With WordPress.com|publisher= Mark Monyhan}}</ref> "VIP" services and advertising.
'''WordPress.com''' is a [[blog]] web [[hosting service]] provider owned by [[Automattic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ma.tt/2005/11/wordpresscom-open/| title=WordPress.com Open | publisher=[[Matt Mullenweg]] |date = 2005-11-21|accessdate=2011-07-01}}</ref> and powered by the open source [[WordPress]] software.<ref>[https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org] from the company's website</ref> It provides free blog hosting for registered users and is financially supported via paid upgrades,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://signotes.org/wordpress-dot-com/|title=Create A Free Website Or Blog With WordPress.com|publisher= Mark Monyhan}}</ref> "VIP" services and advertising.


The site opened to [[beta tester]]s on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}. It was initially launched as an invitation-only service, although at one stage, accounts were also available to users of the [[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] web browser.<ref>[http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2005/10/20/wordpresscom-partners-with-flock/ WordPress.com partners with Flock] from BloggingPro.com (retrieved Monday May 29, 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.wptavern.com/down-memory-lane-with-wordpress-com Down Memory Lane With WordPress.com] from wptavern.com. By Jeffro. July 31, 2009. History timeline using [[Wayback Machine]] internet archive.</ref> There were over 56 million individual blogs with the service as of {{As of|2012|10|alt=October 13, 2012}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ |title= Stats| publisher=WordPress.com| accessdate=2012-10-13}}</ref>
The site opened to [[beta tester]]s on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}. It was initially launched as an invitation-only service, although at one stage, accounts were also available to users of the [[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] web browser.<ref>[http://www.bloggingpro.com/archives/2005/10/20/wordpresscom-partners-with-flock/ WordPress.com partners with Flock] from BloggingPro.com (retrieved Monday May 29, 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.wptavern.com/down-memory-lane-with-wordpress-com Down Memory Lane With WordPress.com] from wptavern.com. By Jeffro. July 31, 2009. History timeline using [[Wayback Machine]] internet archive.</ref> There were over 56 million individual blogs with the service as of {{As of|2012|10|alt=October 13, 2012}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wordpress.com/stats/ |title= Stats| publisher=WordPress.com| accessdate=2012-10-13}}</ref>

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WordPress.com
Type of site
Blog hosting
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerAutomattic
Created byAutomattic
URLWordPress.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional

WordPress.com is a blog web hosting service provider owned by Automattic,[2] and powered by the open source WordPress software.[3] It provides free blog hosting for registered users and is financially supported via paid upgrades,[4] "VIP" services and advertising.

The site opened to beta testers on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005[citation needed]. It was initially launched as an invitation-only service, although at one stage, accounts were also available to users of the Flock web browser.[5][6] There were over 56 million individual blogs with the service as of October 13, 2012.[7]

Registration is not required to read or comment on blogs hosted on the site, except if chosen by the blog owner. Registration is required to own, or post in, a weblog. All the basic and original features of the site are free-to-use. However, some features (including CSS editor, domain mapping, Domain Registration, Removal of Ads, Website Redirection, Video Upload, and storage upgrades) are available as paid options.[8]

There are nearly 60 million WordPress.com sites, which receive more than 100 million pageviews per day.[citation needed] Every day over one million new articles and over one million comments are published.[9] Some notable clients include CNN, CBS, BBC, Reuters, Sony and Volkswagen.[10][11]

In September 2010, it was announced that Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft's blogging service, would be closing, and that Microsoft would instead be partnering with WordPress.com for blogging services.[12]

Advertising

Readers see ads on WordPress.com pages, though WordPress.com claims that it is rare.[13][14] From The "Features You’ll Love" page: "Advertising. To support the service we may occasionally show Google text ads on your blog, however we do this very rarely."[15][failed verification][citation needed]

However, banner ads run by Google have shown up frequently when the comments page is loaded.

Ads can be removed from a blog if a yearly fee is paid.[15][failed verification][citation needed]

Censorship

In August 2007 Adnan Oktar, a Turkish creationist, was able to get a Turkish court to block Internet access to WordPress.com by all of Turkey. His lawyers argued that blogs on WordPress.com contained libelous material on Oktar and his colleagues which WordPress.com staff was unwilling to remove.[16]

WordPress.com was blocked in China, but like some other sites, it is intermittently unblocked and blocked.[17]

Matt Mullenweg said: “WordPress.com supports free speech and doesn’t shut people down for 'uncomfortable thoughts and ideas', in fact we’re blocked in several countries because of that.”[18]

Attacks on WordPress.com

WordPress.com sustained an attack on March 3, 2011, which was the largest and most sustained it had seen according to Matt Mullenweg. The distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack was neutralized the same day but the founder stated that there was a possibility it could flare up again.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wordpress.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  2. ^ "WordPress.com Open". Matt Mullenweg. 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  3. ^ WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org from the company's website
  4. ^ "Create A Free Website Or Blog With WordPress.com". Mark Monyhan.
  5. ^ WordPress.com partners with Flock from BloggingPro.com (retrieved Monday May 29, 2006)
  6. ^ Down Memory Lane With WordPress.com from wptavern.com. By Jeffro. July 31, 2009. History timeline using Wayback Machine internet archive.
  7. ^ "Stats". WordPress.com. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  8. ^ Available Upgrades from the company's support website
  9. ^ "WordPress.com Stats". Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  10. ^ "WordPress.com Clients". Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  11. ^ "WordPress.com Notable Users". Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  12. ^ "Welcome Windows Live Spaces Bloggers — Blog — WordPress.com". Just Another WordPress Weblog — The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community, en.blog.wordpress.com. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-04. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ On Ads from the company's blog, Sept. 6, 2006. Matt Mullenweg explains their ad use that started in August 2006.
  14. ^ Go (Even More) Ad-Free from the company's blog, Sept. 18, 2008. Matt Mullenweg further explains their ad use.
  15. ^ a b The Features You’ll Love from the company's website
  16. ^ Why We’re Blocked in Turkey: Adnan Oktar from the company's blog, August 19, 2007
  17. ^ "Great Firewall of China". Great Firewall of China. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  18. ^ The Pirate Bay Launches Uncensored Blogging Service TorrentFreak, April 16, 2008 with a note saying "Matt Mullenweg’s response was added to the article after publication."
  19. ^ "Wordpress hammered by massive DDoS attack". CNN Money. March 3, 2011.
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