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Web Authoring Tools Report
October 1st, 2008

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 September survey is based on a sample size of 24,490,844 pages downloaded from 2,216,180 sites. We detected authoring tool usage on 328,438 sites (14.82% of all sites visited).

Summary

Web Authoring PackageCountPercent
Microsoft FrontPage109,750 4.95%
Adobe GoLive16,885 0.76%
NetObjects Fusion9,432 0.43%
Netscape Composer8,624 0.39%
Microsoft Visual Studio7,596 0.34%
Namo WebEditor4,404 0.20%
Adobe PageMill3,247 0.15%
Microsoft FrontPage Express2,917 0.13%
Microsoft Word1,839 0.08%
DreamWeaver1,679 0.08%
IBM HomePage Builder1,533 0.07%
Microsoft Publisher1,211 0.05%
bbedit1,121 0.05%
HotMetal Pro1,057 0.05%
Arachnophilia582 0.03%
Visual Page479 0.02%
Golive CyberStudio471 0.02%
Sausage Software310 0.01%
MicroVision Development244 0.01%
StarOffice152 0.01%
Symantec Visual Page131 0.01%
IBM NetObjects TopPage115 0.01%
htmled105 0.00%
Corel WordPerfect95 0.00%
Allaire86 0.00%
analog45 0.00%
Microsoft Developer Studio42 0.00%
Frontier35 0.00%
Elemental Software35 0.00%
Internet Assistant for Word34 0.00%
Lotus Domino33 0.00%
NetObjects Authoring22 0.00%
Cosmo Create12 0.00%

Revision Breakdown

Web Authoring PackageCountPercent
microsoft frontpage 4.0 36,714 1.66%
microsoft frontpage 5.0 35,625 1.61%
microsoft frontpage 6.0 29,983 1.35%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2007 open source matters. all rights reserved. 6,399 0.29%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2006 open source matters. all rights reserved. 6,329 0.29%
blogger 6,156 0.28%
adobe golive 6,123 0.28%
microsoft frontpage 3.0 4,620 0.21%
microsoft visual studio .net 7.1 4,495 0.20%
wordpress  3,872 0.17%
adobe golive 4 3,818 0.17%
adobe golive 6 3,784 0.17%
typo3 4.1 cms 3,200 0.14%
joomla! 1.5 - open source content management 3,195 0.14%
adobe golive 5 2,982 0.13%
microsoft frontpage express 2.0 2,893 0.13%
 2,889 0.13%
http://www.typepad.com/ 2,749 0.12%
wordpress 2.5.1 2,638 0.12%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 8.0.0.0 for windows 2,302 0.10%
microsoft frontpage 12.0 2,070 0.09%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 9.0.0.0 for windows 2,061 0.09%
editplus 1,921 0.09%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 7.0.0.0 for windows 1,867 0.08%
www.cm4all.com 1,813 0.08%
web2date basic 1,810 0.08%
wordpress 2.6 1,762 0.08%
wordpress 2.6.1 1,732 0.08%
typo3 4.0 cms 1,604 0.07%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 11.0.0.0 for windows 1,561 0.07%
microsoft visual studio 6.0 1,499 0.07%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 10.0.0.0 for windows 1,483 0.07%
namo webeditor v5.0 1,430 0.06%
html tidy, see www.w3.org 1,387 0.06%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.0.0 for windows 1,374 0.06%
adobe pagemill 3.0 win 1,343 0.06%
xoops 1,152 0.05%
netobjects fusion 7 für windows 1,090 0.05%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 open source matters. all rights reserved. 1,087 0.05%
wordpress.com 1,077 0.05%
http://www.movabletype.org/ 1,069 0.05%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2005 miro international pty ltd. all rights reserved. 1,057 0.05%
microsoft word 97 1,000 0.05%
typo3 3.8 cms 996 0.04%
namo webeditor v6.0 995 0.04%
typo3 4.2 cms 993 0.04%
plone - http://plone.org 992 0.04%
netobjects fusion 8 for windows 986 0.04%
adobe pagemill 3.0 mac 984 0.04%
notepad 973 0.04%
netobjects fusion 7 for windows 918 0.04%
ulli meybohms html editor 888 0.04%
wordpress 2.5 881 0.04%
wordpress 2.3.3 838 0.04%
microsoft publisher 2000 820 0.04%
netobjects fusion 9 for windows 764 0.03%
ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.1 for windows 722 0.03%
cutehtml 719 0.03%
weblogic server 679 0.03%
hotmetal pro 4.0 673 0.03%
microsoft visual studio.net 7.0 671 0.03%
wordpress 2.0.4 669 0.03%
wordpress 2.2.1 654 0.03%
netobjects fusion 7.5 für windows 649 0.03%
netobjects fusion 8 für windows 643 0.03%
exteen.com 633 0.03%
shopping cart program by zen cart™, http://www.zen-cart.com ecommerce 616 0.03%
namo webeditor 602 0.03%
microsoft frontpage 2.0 587 0.03%
trellix site builder 555 0.03%
ob_2 555 0.03%
homestead sitebuilder 555 0.03%
dvbbs 548 0.02%
wordpress 2.3.1 542 0.02%
netobjects fusion 10 for windows 538 0.02%
web page maker v2 531 0.02%
netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows 525 0.02%
canalblog - http://www.canalblog.com 525 0.02%
wordpress 2.0.2 524 0.02%
wordpress 2.2 509 0.02%
http://www.blogspirit.com/ 508 0.02%
created using yahoo! pagebuilder 2.61.90 505 0.02%
cms made simple - copyright (c) 2004-6 ted kulp. all rights reserved. 503 0.02%
oblog 498 0.02%
wordpress 2.6.2 492 0.02%
wordpress 2.2.2 489 0.02%
php-nuke copyright (c) 2005 by francisco burzi. this is free software, and you may redistribute it under the gpl (http://phpnuke.org/files/gpl.txt). php-nuke comes with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the license (http://phpnuke.org/files/gpl.txt). 488 0.02%
movable type 3.33-ja 481 0.02%
vi 477 0.02%
wordpress 2.0.5 471 0.02%
wordpress 2.1.3 470 0.02%
dreamweaver 468 0.02%
vbulletin 3.6.8 465 0.02%
netobjects fusion 5.0.2 für windows 463 0.02%
microsoft visual studio 7.0 443 0.02%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows 441 0.02%
discuz! 6.0.0 438 0.02%
ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.2.1 for windows 437 0.02%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 10.0.1.0 for windows 428 0.02%
swishmax http://www.swishzone.com 423 0.02%
wordpress 2.3.2 422 0.02%
movable type 3.2-ja-2 417 0.02%
wordpress 2.2.3 408 0.02%
typo3 3.7 cms 406 0.02%
website pro 4.3 402 0.02%
namo webeditor v4.0 402 0.02%
bia gfx engine 3.1 386 0.02%
ulimit.com inc. 382 0.02%
nukes on jboss - http://www.jboss.org 382 0.02%
microsoft visual studio .net 8.0 381 0.02%
discuz! 6.1.0 379 0.02%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.5/1.5.0_02 377 0.02%
netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows 377 0.02%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows 377 0.02%
wordpress 1.5.1-alpha 375 0.02%
adobe photoshop(r) cs web photo gallery 375 0.02%
wordpress 2.1.2 370 0.02%
hotmetal pro 5.0 370 0.02%
arachnophilia 4.0 369 0.02%
mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] 364 0.02%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 9.0.3.0 for windows 349 0.02%
wordpress 1.5.2 348 0.02%
wordpress 2.1 347 0.02%
visual page 2.0 for windows 343 0.02%
adobe pagemill 2.0 mac 343 0.02%
pspad editor, www.pspad.com 342 0.02%
netobjects fusion 7.5 for windows 336 0.02%
mozilla/4.79 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] 336 0.02%
netobjects fusion mx for windows 335 0.02%
namo webeditor v5.0(trial) 334 0.02%
golive cyberstudio 3 333 0.02%
ez publish 330 0.01%
(c) by xt:commerce v3.0.4 sp2.1 , http://www.xt-commerce.com 323 0.01%
php-nuke - copyright by http://phpnuke.org 322 0.01%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows 320 0.01%
namo webeditor v3.0 317 0.01%
microsoft publisher 98 313 0.01%
microsoft word 11 310 0.01%
gfxartist engine 1.0 309 0.01%
netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows 306 0.01%
quanta plus 303 0.01%
movable type 3.34 302 0.01%
vbulletin 3.7.2 295 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 12.0.4.0 for windows 294 0.01%
netobjects fusion mx für windows 292 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 9.0.2.0 for windows 291 0.01%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2006 open source matters. tutti i diritti riservati. 290 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.3 286 0.01%
shopping cart program by zen cart™, http://www.zen-cart.com 283 0.01%
joomla! - Àâòîðñêèå ïðàâà © 2005 open source matters. Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû. 279 0.01%
wordpress 2.3 277 0.01%
movable type 3.35 274 0.01%
adobe pagemill 3.0j mac 272 0.01%
stone's webwriter 3.5 269 0.01%
netnames forwarding 269 0.01%
microsoft sharepoint 264 0.01%
rapidweaver 261 0.01%
openoffice.org 2.0 (win32) 259 0.01%
adobe photoshop(r) 7.0 web photo gallery 255 0.01%
mozilla/4.8 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] 254 0.01%
ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows 248 0.01%
plog-1.0.1_r2073 247 0.01%
microvision development / webexpress 244 0.01%
dynamicweb .net 244 0.01%
ort - ovh redirect technology 242 0.01%
postnuke - http://postnuke.com 241 0.01%
photoimpact 239 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 10.0.4.0 for windows 239 0.01%
mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] 237 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 11.0.3.0 for windows 235 0.01%
metty 234 0.01%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2004 miro international pty ltd. all rights reserved. 234 0.01%
mshtml 6.00.2900.3314 228 0.01%
web studio, version 4.0 sp4 for windows 227 0.01%
phpwebsite 226 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.1 225 0.01%
netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows 223 0.01%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2006 mambo foundation. all rights reserved. 222 0.01%
guppy 221 0.01%
esite builder 2.6.1 copyright © 1998-2008 motorola, inc. all rights reserved. 220 0.01%
starfield technologies; website tonight 217 0.01%
stone's webwriter 4 215 0.01%
wordpress 2.0 214 0.01%
serif webplus 10.1.3.039 213 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.5/1.5.0_06 210 0.01%
php-nuke copyright (c) 2004 by francisco burzi. this is free software, and you may redistribute it under the gpl (http://phpnuke.org/files/gpl.txt). php-nuke comes with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the license (http://phpnuke.org/files/gpl.txt). 210 0.01%
movable type 3.2 208 0.01%
blogfa.com 207 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 8.0.2.0 for windows 206 0.01%
created using yahoo! wizards 2.61.65 204 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.4/1.5.0_02 203 0.01%
http://publishme.se 202 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 12.0.0.0 for windows 196 0.01%
wysiwyg web builder - http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com 193 0.01%
wordpress mu 192 0.01%
starfield technologies; website tonight 4.5.3 191 0.01%
bluefish 1.0.7 190 0.01%
wordpress wordpress-mu-1.2.1 188 0.01%
mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] 188 0.01%
vbulletin 3.7.3 182 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 7.0.1.0 for windows 182 0.01%
joomseo by phill brown (http://www.joomseo.com). 181 0.01%
ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.4.0 for windows 180 0.01%
movable type publishing platform 4.01 177 0.01%
webdiversion (tm) version 1.7 by uk2.net (c) copyright 1999-2003 - patent pending - html theft will be prosecuted 176 0.01%
vbulletin 3.6.4 176 0.01%
xara webstyle 4. see xara.com/webstyle 175 0.01%
web! 2.0 pro extended edition 173 0.01%
movable type 4.1 173 0.01%
typo3 3.6 cms 172 0.01%
wordpress 166 0.01%
html tidy for linux (vers 1 september 2005), see www.w3.org 166 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.3.1/1.5.0_02 165 0.01%
worldsoft cms 165 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 11.0.2.1 for windows 163 0.01%
hapedit 3.1 161 0.01%
bento box daimio 161 0.01%
shopfactory 7 www.shopfactory.com 159 0.01%
dreamweaver mx 159 0.01%
domain direct forwarding 157 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.5/1.6.0_05-ea 156 0.01%
mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] 153 0.01%
netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows 152 0.01%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2008 open source matters. tutti i diritti riservati. 151 0.01%
joomla! - Àâòîðñêèå ïðàâà (c) 2005-2007 osm. Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû. 149 0.01%
mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] 147 0.01%
mkportal 147 0.01%
(c)1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 all rights reserved. 147 0.01%
(c) by xt:commerce v3.0.4 sp1 , http://www.xt-commerce.com 145 0.01%
sausage software hotdog professional 6 143 0.01%
wordpress wordpress-mu-1.1.1 142 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.7 141 0.01%
microsoft word 10 139 0.01%
wordpressmu, wp 1.5.1.2 138 0.01%
web page maker 138 0.01%
typo 3.3 cms 137 0.01%
postnuke 0.7.2.6-phoenix - http://postnuke.com 137 0.01%
microsoft word 9 137 0.01%
bbedit 8.2 137 0.01%
golive cyberstudio 136 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.5/1.6.0_03 135 0.01%
created by bluevoda 135 0.01%
webexpert 5 134 0.01%
vbulletin 3.7.0 133 0.01%
www.ift.cx 131 0.01%
mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] 130 0.01%
webdiversion (tm) version 1.7 by uk2.net (c) copyright 1999,2000 - patent pending - html theft will be prosecuted 129 0.01%
microsoft word 12 129 0.01%
episerver 129 0.01%
macromedia dreamweaver 127 0.01%
adobe pagemill 2.0 win 127 0.01%
mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] 126 0.01%
http://subdominios.miarroba.com 126 0.01%
datalife engine (http://dle-news.ru) 126 0.01%
php-nuke copyright (c) 2006 by francisco burzi. this is free software, and you may redistribute it under the gpl (http://phpnuke.org/files/gpl.txt). php-nuke comes with absolutely no warranty, for details, see the license (http://phpnuke.org/files/gpl.txt). 125 0.01%
movable type 3.31-ja 125 0.01%
vbulletin 3.6.7 124 0.01%
shopsystem publisher 124 0.01%
mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] 124 0.01%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2007 mambo foundation. all rights reserved. 122 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 12.0.3.0 for windows 122 0.01%
site studio 6 (www.effectivestudios.com) 120 0.01%
netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows 120 0.01%
xynx! netjet 3.11 build 110 (win32r) 119 0.01%
text 119 0.01%
joomla! - Àâòîðñêèå ïðàâà © 2005 - 2007 open source matters. Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû. 118 0.01%
mozilla/4.76 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] 117 0.01%
serif webplus 8.0 116 0.01%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.4 for windows 116 0.01%
vbulletin 3.7.1 115 0.01%
sws/v 2.10.11 build 080907 - http://www.sunbo.com  115 0.01%
cool page version 2.72 webmaster, sep 15 2002 for windows 115 0.01%
acehtml 5 pro 115 0.01%
mozilla/4.79 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] 114 0.01%
mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] 114 0.01%
incomedia website x5 evolution 7.0.9 - www.websitex5.com 114 0.01%
freeway pro 3.5.15 114 0.01%
cms contenido 4.6.15 114 0.01%
wordpress wordpress-mu-1.0 113 0.01%
namo webeditor(trial) 113 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows 111 0.01%




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