Comments on: Blog CMS Generator Breakdown http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/ You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kevin Burton http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1643 Kevin Burton Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:33:29 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1643 Hey Anil. Yeah. LiveJournal and Spaces for example don't have generators. It's easy to tell from the URL though so I'll include these in the next report. Note that though that the numbers will be different because we only factor in influential blogs. Kevin Hey Anil.

Yeah. LiveJournal and Spaces for example don’t have generators.

It’s easy to tell from the URL though so I’ll include these in the next report.

Note that though that the numbers will be different because we only factor in influential blogs.

Kevin

]]> By: Anil Dash http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1642 Anil Dash Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:08:54 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1642 Actually, I'm more curious about the really big services -- do none of the biggest services (Spaces, Xanga, LiveJournal, MySpace) have Generator tags? I'd imagine the rest of this data set is unmeasurable if you folded all of those in. Actually, I’m more curious about the really big services — do none of the biggest services (Spaces, Xanga, LiveJournal, MySpace) have Generator tags? I’d imagine the rest of this data set is unmeasurable if you folded all of those in.

]]> By: Jay Allen http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1641 Jay Allen Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:56:53 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1641 I should also point out with regards to Alistair's comment, pretty much every single company uses completely customized templates and the generator meta tag is the first thing to go. The same is true by the "Powered by" slug. It's the nature of the game. This has a disproportionately negative effect on Movable Type and MT Enterprise due to its market share in the corporate world. I should also point out with regards to Alistair’s comment, pretty much every single company uses completely customized templates and the generator meta tag is the first thing to go. The same is true by the “Powered by” slug. It’s the nature of the game. This has a disproportionately negative effect on Movable Type and MT Enterprise due to its market share in the corporate world.

]]> By: Jay Allen http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1640 Jay Allen Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:52:24 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1640 Hey Kevin, two things: 1) Movable Type and MT Enteprise will always be grossly underreported in comparisons like this because of the large number of installations on intranets. Since I've rejoined the consulting world, my experience has shown that about 90% of the blogs I've worked with are not publically accessible. Because of the nature of corporate communications, intranet installations tend to be much larger (in terms of number of blogs/authors and general activity) than public facing installs. 2) I'd love to see where Vox falls in this comparison. It also <a href="http://jay.vox.com/" rel="nofollow">surfaces</a> a generator tag ("Vox") Hey Kevin, two things:

1) Movable Type and MT Enteprise will always be grossly underreported in comparisons like this because of the large number of installations on intranets. Since I’ve rejoined the consulting world, my experience has shown that about 90% of the blogs I’ve worked with are not publically accessible. Because of the nature of corporate communications, intranet installations tend to be much larger (in terms of number of blogs/authors and general activity) than public facing installs.

2) I’d love to see where Vox falls in this comparison. It also surfaces a generator tag (“Vox”)

]]> By: Matt http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1639 Matt Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:59:53 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1639 Nice to see someone finally putting some public data out there. Nice to see someone finally putting some public data out there.

]]> By: Hashim http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1638 Hashim Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:16:52 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1638 The highest priced Typepad subscription is about $15 per month. See here: http://www.sixapart.com/typepad/pricing The highest priced Typepad subscription is about $15 per month.

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]]> By: Alistair http://feedblog.org/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1637 Alistair Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:40:34 +0000 http://burtonator.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/blog-cms-generator-breakdown/#comment-1637 Kevin, While you're correct that people can remove the generator element; you can do it in all of them. It isn't any harder to do it in WordPress than it is in Moveable Type. The other thing I suppose that is worth considering is that of the ones you've sampled, you can only report on the ones that have the element. So unless one particular group of users are more inclined to remove the generator than the others; it'll still represent a reasonable cross section of who is using what at the moment. Thoughts? Al. Kevin,

While you’re correct that people can remove the generator element; you can do it in all of them. It isn’t any harder to do it in WordPress than it is in Moveable Type.

The other thing I suppose that is worth considering is that of the ones you’ve sampled, you can only report on the ones that have the element. So unless one particular group of users are more inclined to remove the generator than the others; it’ll still represent a reasonable cross section of who is using what at the moment.

Thoughts?

Al.

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