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Tumblr Now Has More Money & More Pageviews Than WordPress (Including Sequoia Money)

In other words, WordPress has many more publishers and far more site visitors, but people who visit Tumblr blogs view far more pages per person and twice as many pages in total.

At the same time, analytics provider Postrank concludes that WordPress and Blogger.com blogs get far more off-site social media engagement that Tumblr blogs do.

Pick your metric - what matters most? Probably pageviews.

Tumblr has now raised a total of $40 million, surpassing the $30 million WordPress parent company Automattic raised almost three years ago. Automattic is believed to bring in about $10 million per year in revenue, again according to TechCrunch last week. No revenue numbers have been estimated for Tumblr, but the company is presumably monetizing the growing number of blogs it's hosting for big media companies. That's similar to the business that Automattic is in, though much smaller.

Other competitors include SquareSpace, Acquia and SixApart. None are as easy to use as Tumblr is, however.

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Mobile Year in Review 2010

2010 was the year mobile connected the world. With stunning statistics, facts, and visual cues, this video takes a tour of key consumer and technology mobile trends across an eventful year. Some highlights of the video include: Massive increase in apps downloaded: - FIVE BILLION apps downloaded - up from 300 million in 2009 Whopping expansion of location-based services - FIVE MILLION Foursquare users -- up from 200,000 users in 2009 Surge in mobile social media platforms - 347 PERCENT growth in Twitter mobile usage - 200 MILLION mobile Facebook Users - 100 MILLION YouTube videos played on mobile devices everyday

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The State of the Blogosphere 2010

The question we ask ourselves when examining the state of the blogosphere is whether or not the cup is half full or half empty? Personally, I believe the answer lies in the nature of circumstances. If drinking from the glass, it is then half empty. If pouring, it is half full.

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Smart Fridge by Ashley Legg » Yanko Design

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