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.

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