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WordPress.com is a blog web hosting service provider owned by Automattic, and powered by the open source WordPress software.〔(WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org ) from the company's website〕 This website provides free blog hosting for registered users and is financially supported via paid upgrades,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Create A Free Website Or Blog With WordPress.com )〕 "VIP" services and advertising. The site opened to beta testers on August 8, 2005 and opened to the public on November 21, 2005. It was initially launched as an invitation-only service, although at one stage, accounts were also available to users of the Flock web browser.〔(WordPress.com partners with Flock ) from BloggingPro.com (retrieved Monday May 29, 2006)〕〔(Down Memory Lane With WordPress.com ) from wptavern.com. By Jeffro. July 31, 2009. History timeline using Wayback Machine internet archive.〕 On October 13, 2012, there were over 56 million individual blogs with the service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Stats )〕 Registration is not required to read or comment on blogs 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 (including CSS editor, domain mapping, Domain Registration, Removal of Ads, Website Redirection, Video Upload, and storage upgrades) are available as paid options.〔(Available Upgrades ) from the company's support website〕 On WordPress.com sites, every day, over one million new articles and over two million comments are published.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WordPress.com Stats )〕 Some notable clients include CNN, CBS, BBC, Reuters, Sony, Fortune.com, and Volkswagen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WordPress.com Clients )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WordPress.com Notable Users )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=BuiltWith.com fortune.com )〕 It is estimated that more than 40% of internet bloggers use WordPress as their publishing platform.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=10 Interesting Key Facts and Figures about Blogging, Bloggers should know )〕 In September 2010, it was announced that Windows Live Spaces, Microsoft's blogging service, would be closing, and that Microsoft would partner with WordPress.com for blogging services. ==Advertising== Readers see ads on WordPress.com pages, though WordPress.com claims that it is rare.〔(On Ads ) from the company's blog, Sept. 6, 2006. Matt Mullenweg explains their ad use that started in August 2006.〕〔(Go (Even More) Ad-Free ) from the company's blog, Sept. 18, 2008. Matt Mullenweg further explains their ad use.〕 The "Features You’ll Love" page says "To support the service we may occasionally show Google text ads on your blog, however we do this very rarely."〔(The Features You’ll Love ) from the company's website〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WordPress.com」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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