And this is just the start... Word to the wise: "Work smart, not hard" http://bit.ly/rbO7FG

Quote: "...I think there’s going to be an increasing vertical use of WordPress. So, people putting together specalized packages based on WordPress. It might be WordPress with a selection of custom themes for the real estate business with all the plugins all preinstalled and preconfigured so that you get a much bigger out of the box experience for your particular area. I’ve seen people doing that kind of thing a little bit with churches, for example. I think there’s going to be more of that as people start to really specialize in what they do with WordPress, and get the most out of it in their niche. And then realize that they’ve effectively created a package that they can sell to other people, or provide to other people to help them setup themselves..." [Also, there was a video link in the post] http://bit.ly/nqbesl

About half are self hosted - Nice! I assume the popularity is helping to drive the plugin development. It's no longer 'just' a blogging platform. Instead... I've seen it used as a community CMS, billing system, ecommerce system, document management system and so on. http://bit.ly/q8RfbN

The gist being that Google is asking businesses to wait before creating Google+ profiles, because they are working on the business experience for this service... http://bit.ly/pf38nz

Now, more than before, it's imperative NOT to use copied content. Neither is it (nor has it been for several years now) beneficial to use content from "content farms". http://bit.ly/kUzPoW

Android rules the market - something to consider when planning mobile strategies. Also, I've been VERY surprised that in particular iPhone and Blackberry (RIM) are being left in the dust - Not at all what I would have expected and I don't think that a good development. Seems to me that more competition encourages innovation. http://bit.ly/mvbhzX

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That's great news! It seems therefore... Less bug work arounds in code and CSS fixes. Great! http://bit.ly/kZmRyN

Highlights: * Web/Online has highest average donation amount; per. * Using Twitter obtained ten times more donations than not. * Only 49% use social media for fundraising. * Facebook and Twitter have a 0.25% impression conversion rate. * Online fundraising tools raise six times more than offline http://bit.ly/mqGor0