The following tables illustrates the usage of web authoring tools
on the web. The tool is determined by examining the web page
meta tag 'generator'. Readers are cautioned that not all authoring
packages insert their name in this meta tag, and as such may not
be picked up in this survey.
The December survey is based on a sample size of 1,107,470 pages downloaded from186,392 sites We detected authoring tool usage on74,317 sites (39.87% of all sites visited).
| Web Authoring Package | Count | Percent |
| microsoft frontpage 4.0 | 21,145 | 11.34% |
| microsoft frontpage 3.0 | 14,340 | 7.69% |
| adobe golive 4 | 4,148 | 2.23% |
| microsoft frontpage express 2.0 | 2,628 | 1.41% |
| microsoft frontpage 2.0 | 2,557 | 1.37% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 win | 1,519 | 0.81% |
| microsoft word 97 | 1,423 | 0.76% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 mac | 1,106 | 0.59% |
| golive cyberstudio 3 | 1,041 | 0.56% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 mac | 978 | 0.52% |
| hotmetal pro 4.0 | 915 | 0.49% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows | 794 | 0.43% |
| golive cyberstudio | 445 | 0.24% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 423 | 0.23% |
| hotmetal pro 5.0 | 397 | 0.21% |
| microsoft visual studio 6.0 | 390 | 0.21% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 371 | 0.20% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows | 366 | 0.20% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 win | 359 | 0.19% |
| namo webeditor v3.0 | 297 | 0.16% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows | 283 | 0.15% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 279 | 0.15% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 273 | 0.15% |
| microsoft publisher 98 | 271 | 0.15% |
| microsoft publisher 2000 | 270 | 0.14% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 241 | 0.13% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for windows | 220 | 0.12% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 216 | 0.12% |
| microsoft publisher 97 | 214 | 0.11% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows | 212 | 0.11% |
| netnames forwarding | 204 | 0.11% |
| microsoft frontpage 1.1 | 204 | 0.11% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 193 | 0.10% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 186 | 0.10% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows | 179 | 0.10% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 178 | 0.10% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows | 175 | 0.09% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 163 | 0.09% |
| notepad | 154 | 0.08% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 4 | 141 | 0.08% |
| | 140 | 0.08% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 133 | 0.07% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 5 | 132 | 0.07% |
| bbedit 4.5 | 127 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 126 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 122 | 0.07% |
| adobe golive 5 | 114 | 0.06% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 110 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 108 | 0.06% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j mac | 108 | 0.06% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for macintosh | 107 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 107 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 107 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 107 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 103 | 0.06% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows | 100 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 97 | 0.05% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.2 for windows | 91 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 88 | 0.05% |
| visual page 1.0 for windows | 86 | 0.05% |
| bbedit 5.0 | 86 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 85 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 85 | 0.05% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j win | 81 | 0.04% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1.1 | 80 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 80 | 0.04% |
| visual page 1.1a for windows | 79 | 0.04% |
| microsoft visual interdev 1.0 | 79 | 0.04% |
| arachnophilia 3.9 | 79 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 78 | 0.04% |
| microvision development / webexpress | 76 | 0.04% |
| microsoft developer studio | 76 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 73 | 0.04% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2 for windows | 72 | 0.04% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows | 64 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 62 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 61 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 60 | 0.03% |
| html tidy, see www.w3.org | 60 | 0.03% |
| elemental software drumbeat 2000 3.04.411 | 60 | 0.03% |
| corel wordperfect 8 | 60 | 0.03% |
| arachnophilia 3.4 | 60 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 57 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/2.01gold (win32) | 56 | 0.03% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j mac | 55 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 54 | 0.03% |
| htmlpad | 52 | 0.03% |
| namo webeditor v4.0 | 51 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 51 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 51 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 51 | 0.03% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 for windows | 50 | 0.03% |
| netobjects authoring server 2000 | 49 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/3.03gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 49 | 0.03% |
| cutehtml | 49 | 0.03% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2i for windows | 48 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 47 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.5 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 47 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 46 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.03 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 46 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 45 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 44 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.0 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 44 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.1.1 | 44 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 43 | 0.02% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.0z | 43 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 trial for windows | 42 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 42 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 42 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 42 | 0.02% |
| webexpert | 41 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 41 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en]c-dial (win95; u) [netscape] | 41 | 0.02% |
| domaindirect forwarding | 41 | 0.02% |
| htmled32 version 2.0d | 40 | 0.02% |
| arachnophilia 4.0 | 40 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 for windows | 39 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [quattro pro 9] | 39 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 39 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.01 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 39 | 0.02% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.04z | 38 | 0.02% |
| stone's webwriter 2 | 37 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 37 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.4 for windows | 37 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd nscpcd47 (win98; i) [netscape] | 36 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 34 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 34 | 0.02% |
| freeway 2.0.3 | 34 | 0.02% |
| ulli meybohms html editor | 33 | 0.02% |
| symantec visual page 1.0 | 32 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows | 32 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 32 | 0.02% |
| hotdog professional | 32 | 0.02% |
| symantec visual page 1.0.2 | 31 | 0.02% |
| oda | 31 | 0.02% |
| namo webeditor v2.00 | 31 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 31 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 31 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 31 | 0.02% |
| microsoft word 9 | 31 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.61 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 30 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.04 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 30 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 30 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder v3.0 for windows | 30 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 29 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 29 | 0.02% |
| internet assistant for word 1.0z | 29 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 28 | 0.02% |
| ibm netobjects toppage v4.0.3 for windows | 28 | 0.02% |
| symantec visual page mac evaluation version 1.1.1 | 27 | 0.01% |
| lotus word pro | 27 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 per windows | 27 | 0.01% |
| siteup internet promotions meta-tag builder | 26 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 25 | 0.01% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows - trial version | 24 | 0.01% |
| textpad 3.0 | 24 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 24 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 24 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 24 | 0.01% |
| lotus domino 4.6 | 24 | 0.01% |
| editplus | 24 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j win | 24 | 0.01% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.0gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 23 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.1 (win32) | 23 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 23 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 97/98 | 23 | 0.01% |
| allaire homesite 4.0 | 23 | 0.01% |
| visual page 1.1 for windows | 22 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.07 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 22 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [es] (win95; i) [netscape] | 22 | 0.01% |
| editplus 1.2 | 22 | 0.01% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.01gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 21 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 3 | 21 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 für windows | 21 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.1 for windows | 21 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 21 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 21 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 21 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 21 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver | 21 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 5.1 | 21 | 0.01% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 6 | 20 | 0.01% |
| ntx website-builder entex gmbh | 20 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 20 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 20 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win16; i) [netscape] | 20 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpad 2.0 | 20 | 0.01% |
| hotmetal pro 3.0 | 20 | 0.01% |
| freeway 3.0 | 20 | 0.01% |
| aceexpert | 20 | 0.01% |
| textpad 4.0 | 19 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 19 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win16; i) [netscape] | 19 | 0.01% |
| homesite 4.0 | 19 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 2.0 for windows | 18 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page 1.0.1 | 18 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 für windows | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| microsoft notepad | 18 | 0.01% |
| micrografx windows draw 6 | 18 | 0.01% |
| vi | 17 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5b2 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 17 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.07 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 17 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 1.0 for windows | 16 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1 | 16 | 0.01% |
| netobjects authoring server 3.0 for windows | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.71 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.08 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en]c-gatewaynet (win98; i) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [pt] (win95; i) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 2.0 | 16 | 0.01% |
| claris home page 2.0 | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.0 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows | 15 | 0.01% |
| cosmo create 1.0.3 | 15 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 macintosh | 15 | 0.01% |
| wordpad | 14 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.2 (win32) | 14 | 0.01% |
| realproducer g2 | 14 | 0.01% |
| notetab 4.0 | 14 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion trial 2.0 for windows | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [ja] (win98; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.08 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [de]c-dt (win95; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 98 | 14 | 0.01% |
| macromedia dreamweaver | 14 | 0.01% |
| hippie 98 | 14 | 0.01% |
| handmade | 14 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.1 (linux) | 13 | 0.01% |
| notepad.exe | 13 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 für windows | 13 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0 for windows | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5b1 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpage 5.0 | 13 | 0.01% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.6 for windows | 13 | 0.01% |
| claris home page 3.0 | 13 | 0.01% |
| namo webeditor v2.1 | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [it] (win95; i) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/2.0goldb1 (win32) | 12 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro 3.0 | 12 | 0.01% |
| carouselle version 1.05 | 12 | 0.01% |
| optima pagespinner for macos | 11 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 trial for windows | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [es] (win98; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en]c-cck-mcd compaq (win98; u) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.07 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en]c-compaq (win98; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en]c-athome0404 (win95; u) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de]c-dt (win95; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| homesite | 11 | 0.01% |
| bbedit | 11 | 0.01% |
| wordperfect 9 | 10 | 0.01% |
| web! 2.0 pro edition | 10 | 0.01% |
| ulimit.com inc. | 10 | 0.01% |
| shopsite pro 4.3 | 10 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion trial 2.0.2 for windows | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (windows nt 5.0; i) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5b1 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [fr] (win95; i) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold [ja] (win95; i) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| microsoft internet assistant for powerpoint 97 | 10 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpage (visual interdev edition) 2.0 | 10 | 0.01% |
| htmlpad pro | 10 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro version 2.5a | 10 | 0.01% |
| arachnophilia version 2.1 | 10 | 0.01% |
