As reported by Pingdom, it seems that the growing rate of adoption for WordPress is continuing to rise with no end in sight growing 4% from 48% to 52% since last year: We grabbed the list of the top 100 blogs in the world from Technorati and tried to identify which blogging platform or CMS the site is using. Out of the 100 blogs, we could identify and verify the platform in use by 94 of the sites. For the other 6, we could not ourselves confirm the platform, nor did we get any replies from the sites when reaching out to […]
How to Setup Pingdom's Real User Monitoring System
Pingdom is a website that many of us are very familiar with and it’s got a host of tools that have been very helpful to countless web developers and designers over the years. And their tools keep getting better and better! They announced a Real User Monitoring recently and even added a WordPress plugin to boot that will help ease the installation process of the code for your site. It’s a fantastic service that can give you some very interesting data: Now you can know exactly how your visitors are experiencing your website. Our Real User monitoring gives you insight into […]
A Current Feel on the War for Browsers, 2013
The above graphic really does share so much about what is happening in the current war for the right browser now with Google Chrome being the top player with 37% of the market. To see it’s rise over the last 2 years is impressive, overcoming both Firefox (I am still a big fan) and the long-standing incumbent champion, Internet Explorer. What I am surprised is Safari’s still low adoption rate and growth – it is also a great browser and something I use daily as well.
The WordPress Weekend Roundup
It’s been an insane week – and it’s been nothing short of a miracle. Finishing our Epic Gaming Mural, Holding our Jelly Event, organizing and finishing out WordCamp Atlanta (and the VIP after party), launching a Kickstarter Campaign, and managing all the other “normal” things in life – yikes, it’s just been insanity! We’ve been getting a few hours of sleep each night, if we’re lucky. As you can see, Chris is trying to recover… at 8:00am in the morning. But without further ado, here you go:
An Interesting Look into Blog Reading Demographics
Pingdom has a comprehensive look at readership demographics based on age for some of the top blogs on the web. They walk through age distribution, average age of readership, and even gender distribution. You’ll find the full stats below:
How Many WordPress Users Are in Your Timezone?
Ok, I’m extrapolating here based off Pingdom’s “Internet Users and Timezone” but I would have to imagine it’s pretty darn close, right? Check out this interesting infographic:
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