not being as well versed as Gabe and Ben Brown, the intricacies went over my head, I dont run a blog so had to look it up on Wiki
the last Comment is of interest
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WordPress.com is a weblog hosting provider owned by Automattic which opened to beta testers on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005. It is powered by the open source WordPress software.[2] It is financially supported via paid upgrades, "VIP" services and limited Google Adsense advertising.
The site was initially launched as an invitation-only service, although at one stage, accounts were also available to users of the Flock web browser.[3][4] There are 13.9 million individual blogs with the service as of September 2010.[5]
Registration is not required to read or comment on weblogs 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 (such as a CSS editor, domain mapping, and storage upgrades) are available as paid options.[6]
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.[7] |
