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Web Authoring Tools Report
September 1st, 2009

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 August survey is based on a sample size of 18,360,202 pages downloaded from 1,485,767 sites. We detected authoring tool usage on 209,209 sites (14.08% of all sites visited).

Summary

Web Authoring PackageCountPercent
Microsoft FrontPage56,446 3.80%
Adobe GoLive8,846 0.60%
NetObjects Fusion4,975 0.33%
Microsoft Visual Studio4,087 0.28%
Netscape Composer3,968 0.27%
Namo WebEditor2,509 0.17%
Microsoft Word2,190 0.15%
Adobe PageMill1,674 0.11%
Microsoft FrontPage Express1,619 0.11%
DreamWeaver979 0.07%
IBM HomePage Builder776 0.05%
Microsoft Publisher648 0.04%
bbedit634 0.04%
HotMetal Pro488 0.03%
Arachnophilia315 0.02%
Visual Page262 0.02%
Golive CyberStudio260 0.02%
Sausage Software163 0.01%
StarOffice118 0.01%
MicroVision Development111 0.01%
Symantec Visual Page69 0.00%
IBM NetObjects TopPage57 0.00%
htmled51 0.00%
Corel WordPerfect42 0.00%
Allaire37 0.00%
Microsoft Developer Studio25 0.00%
Lotus Domino16 0.00%
Elemental Software16 0.00%
analog14 0.00%
Internet Assistant for Word13 0.00%
Frontier13 0.00%
NetObjects Authoring9 0.00%
Cosmo Create5 0.00%

Revision Breakdown

Web Authoring PackageCountPercent
microsoft frontpage 4.0 18,658 1.26%
microsoft frontpage 5.0 17,887 1.20%
microsoft frontpage 6.0 15,549 1.05%
joomla! 1.5 - open source content management 7,594 0.51%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2007 open source matters. all rights reserved. 4,762 0.32%
blogger 3,940 0.27%
adobe golive 3,643 0.25%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2006 open source matters. all rights reserved. 3,460 0.23%
wordpress 2.7.1 3,363 0.23%
wordpress  3,004 0.20%
microsoft visual studio .net 7.1 2,572 0.17%
microsoft frontpage 3.0 2,342 0.16%
typo3 4.2 cms 2,252 0.15%
wordpress.com 2,234 0.15%
adobe golive 6 1,855 0.12%
 1,805 0.12%
adobe golive 4 1,788 0.12%
wordpress 2.7 1,680 0.11%
http://www.typepad.com/ 1,674 0.11%
typo3 4.1 cms 1,659 0.11%
microsoft frontpage 12.0 1,616 0.11%
microsoft frontpage express 2.0 1,613 0.11%
editplus 1,540 0.10%
adobe golive 5 1,469 0.10%
wordpress 2.8.4 1,304 0.09%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 8.0.0.0 for windows 1,283 0.09%
wordpress 2.8.2 1,179 0.08%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 9.0.0.0 for windows 1,153 0.08%
web2date basic 1,119 0.08%
wordpress 2.8 1,115 0.08%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 11.0.0.0 for windows 1,107 0.07%
www.cm4all.com 1,065 0.07%
wordpress 2.8.3 1,045 0.07%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 7.0.0.0 for windows 964 0.06%
wordpress 2.5.1 936 0.06%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 10.0.0.0 for windows 929 0.06%
microsoft visual studio 6.0 880 0.06%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.0.0 for windows 831 0.06%
namo webeditor v5.0 768 0.05%
notepad 764 0.05%
typo3 4.0 cms 733 0.05%
xoops 706 0.05%
microsoft word 11 705 0.05%
adobe pagemill 3.0 win 681 0.05%
discuz! 7.0.0 653 0.04%
plone - http://plone.org 645 0.04%
trellix site builder 635 0.04%
http://www.blogspirit.com/ 592 0.04%
bia gfx engine 3.1 588 0.04%
shopping cart program by zen cart™, http://www.zen-cart.com ecommerce 587 0.04%
html tidy, see www.w3.org 574 0.04%
namo webeditor v6.0 558 0.04%
microsoft word 12 554 0.04%
wordpress 2.8.1 543 0.04%
microsoft word 97 542 0.04%
netobjects fusion 7 für windows 540 0.04%
http://www.movabletype.org/ 540 0.04%
wordpress 2.6 537 0.04%
wordpress wordpress-mu-1.1.1 527 0.04%
exteen.com 525 0.04%
blogfa.com 525 0.04%
wordpress 2.6.3 523 0.04%
oblog 508 0.03%
wordpress 2.3.3 502 0.03%
wordpress 2.6.2 499 0.03%
netobjects fusion 8 for windows 498 0.03%
movable type 3.35 498 0.03%
adobe pagemill 3.0 mac 492 0.03%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 open source matters. all rights reserved. 478 0.03%
netobjects fusion 9 for windows 476 0.03%
ob_2 472 0.03%
ulli meybohms html editor 471 0.03%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2005 miro international pty ltd. all rights reserved. 462 0.03%
typo3 3.8 cms 449 0.03%
weblogic server 436 0.03%
movable type 3.33-ja 429 0.03%
netobjects fusion 7 for windows 428 0.03%
namo webeditor 428 0.03%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 12.0.4.0 for windows 413 0.03%
nukes on jboss - http://www.jboss.org 409 0.03%
microsoft publisher 2000 409 0.03%
cms made simple - copyright (c) 2004-6 ted kulp. all rights reserved. 397 0.03%
wordpress 2.3.1 391 0.03%
ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.1 for windows 389 0.03%
netobjects fusion 10 for windows 387 0.03%
wordpress 2.5 377 0.03%
gfxartist engine 1.0 372 0.03%
website pro 4.3 345 0.02%
wordpress 2.2.1 339 0.02%
netobjects fusion 7.5 für windows 338 0.02%
microsoft visual studio.net 7.0 335 0.02%
netobjects fusion 8 für windows 331 0.02%
rapidweaver 329 0.02%
canalblog - http://www.canalblog.com 317 0.02%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.6/1.6.0_07 316 0.02%
movable type 3.34 314 0.02%
wordpress 1.5.1-alpha 311 0.02%
microsoft frontpage 2.0 310 0.02%
hotmetal pro 4.0 310 0.02%
web page maker v2 305 0.02%
wordpress 2.0.4 299 0.02%
pspad editor, www.pspad.com 297 0.02%
wordpress 2.6.1 296 0.02%
wordpress 2.6.5 292 0.02%
(c) by xt:commerce v3.0.4 sp2.1 , http://www.xt-commerce.com 284 0.02%
wordpress 2.2 283 0.02%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 10.0.1.0 for windows 274 0.02%
dreamweaver 274 0.02%
created using yahoo! pagebuilder 2.61.90 266 0.02%
homestead sitebuilder 263 0.02%
cutehtml 261 0.02%
vi 259 0.02%
ort - ovh redirect technology 259 0.02%
wordpress 2.3.2 254 0.02%
ez publish 252 0.02%
wordpress 2.2.2 248 0.02%
web page maker 248 0.02%
movable type 3.2-ja-2 248 0.02%
ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.2.1 for windows 246 0.02%
wordpress 244 0.02%
microsoft sharepoint 235 0.02%
adobe photoshop(r) cs web photo gallery 234 0.02%
http://publishme.se 233 0.02%
ulimit.com inc. 227 0.02%
netobjects fusion 5.0.2 für windows 226 0.02%
netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows 224 0.02%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows 222 0.01%
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). 220 0.01%
mshtml 6.00.2900.3314 219 0.01%
dvbbs 215 0.01%
swishmax http://www.swishzone.com 210 0.01%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows 208 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.2 204 0.01%
wysiwyg web builder - http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com 202 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.5 201 0.01%
wordpress 2.1.3 200 0.01%
microsoft visual studio 7.0 199 0.01%
serif webplus 11.0.6.030 198 0.01%
namo webeditor v4.0 198 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 12.0.0.0 for windows 197 0.01%
shopping cart program by zen cart™, http://www.zen-cart.com 196 0.01%
mozilla/4.79 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] 196 0.01%
microsoft publisher 98 196 0.01%
vbulletin 3.8.2 193 0.01%
web to date 6.0 192 0.01%
microsoft word 10 192 0.01%
namo webeditor v5.0(trial) 190 0.01%
arachnophilia 4.0 188 0.01%
namo webeditor v3.0 187 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 13.0.3.0 for windows 187 0.01%
bluefish 1.0.7 186 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 9.0.3.0 for windows 184 0.01%
golive cyberstudio 3 183 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 11.0.3.0 for windows 182 0.01%
netobjects fusion mx for windows 181 0.01%
vbulletin 3.8.1 179 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 9.0.2.0 for windows 179 0.01%
vbulletin 3.8.3 176 0.01%
visual page 2.0 for windows 175 0.01%
wordpress 2.1.2 171 0.01%
wordpress abc 170 0.01%
discuz! 6.0.0 170 0.01%
hotmetal pro 5.0 169 0.01%
netnames forwarding 167 0.01%
wordpress 2.2.3 165 0.01%
adobe pagemill 2.0 mac 164 0.01%
quanta plus 163 0.01%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2006 open source matters. tutti i diritti riservati. 163 0.01%
serif webplus 10.1.3.039 162 0.01%
web studio, version 4.0 sp4 for windows 161 0.01%
vbulletin 3.6.8 160 0.01%
wordpress wordpress-mu-1.2.1 159 0.01%
netobjects fusion mx für windows 159 0.01%
joomla! - Àâòîðñêèå ïðàâà © 2005 open source matters. Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû. 157 0.01%
esite builder 3.0.3 copyright © 1998-2009 motorola, inc. all rights reserved. 157 0.01%
adobe pagemill 3.0j mac 157 0.01%
typo3 3.7 cms 156 0.01%
dynamicweb .net 156 0.01%
netobjects fusion 7.5 for windows 154 0.01%
wordpress 2.3 151 0.01%
mozilla/4.8 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] 150 0.01%
html tidy for linux (vers 1 september 2005), see www.w3.org 150 0.01%
guppy 148 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.1 147 0.01%
sws/v 2.10.14 build 090720 - http://www.sunbo.com  145 0.01%
worldsoft cms 144 0.01%
starfield technologies; website tonight v4.7.9 144 0.01%
wordpress 2.1 143 0.01%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2006 mambo foundation. all rights reserved. 141 0.01%
joomseo by phill brown (http://www.joomseo.com). 141 0.01%
yahoo! site solution - galaga 138 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.6/1.5.0_02 136 0.01%
www.txt.cz 136 0.01%
netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows 136 0.01%
netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows 136 0.01%
ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows 136 0.01%
plog-1.0.1_r2073 133 0.01%
webgarden publication system (www.webgarden.cz) 131 0.01%
serif webplus 11.0.8.033 131 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 10.0.4.0 for windows 131 0.01%
wordpress wordpressmu 1.1 128 0.01%
created by bluevoda 127 0.01%
php-nuke - copyright by http://phpnuke.org 126 0.01%
stone's webwriter 3.5 125 0.01%
joomla! - Àâòîðñêèå ïðàâà © 2005 - 2007 open source matters. Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû. 124 0.01%
shopfactory 7 www.shopfactory.com 123 0.01%
microsoft word 9 123 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 11.0.2.1 for windows 122 0.01%
adobe photoshop(r) 7.0 web photo gallery 122 0.01%
netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows 121 0.01%
web! 2.0 pro extended edition 118 0.01%
stone's webwriter 4 118 0.01%
parallels plesk sitebuilder 4.5.0 117 0.01%
joomla! - Àâòîðñêèå ïðàâà (c) 2005-2007 osm. Âñå ïðàâà çàùèùåíû. 117 0.01%
discuz! 6.1.0 117 0.01%
wordpress wordpress-mu-1.0 116 0.01%
netobjects fusion 11 for windows 116 0.01%
metty 116 0.01%
postnuke - http://postnuke.com 115 0.01%
wordpress 1.5.2 114 0.01%
hapedit 3.1 114 0.01%
wordpress 2.0.3 113 0.01%
phpwebsite 111 0.01%
mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] 111 0.01%
mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] 111 0.01%
microvision development / webexpress 111 0.01%
6.0.0 111 0.01%
openoffice.org 2.0 (win32) 109 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 13.0.0.0 for windows 109 0.01%
datalife engine (http://dle-news.ru) 109 0.01%
ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows 108 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 8.0.2.0 for windows 106 0.01%
cool page version 2.72 webmaster, sep 15 2002 for windows 105 0.01%
episerver 104 0.01%
wordpress 2.0 103 0.01%
movable type 4.1 103 0.01%
photoimpact 102 0.01%
movable type 3.2 100 0.01%
openoffice.org 3.0 (win32) 98 0.01%
movable type publishing platform 4.01 98 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.6/1.6.0_13 96 0.01%
intuit sitebuilder by homestead 96 0.01%
ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 7.0.1.0 for windows 96 0.01%
starfield technologies; website tonight v4.8.0 94 0.01%
created using yahoo! wizards 2.61.65 94 0.01%
cmsimple 3.2 94 0.01%
www.ift.cx 93 0.01%
joomla! - copyright (c) 2005 - 2008 open source matters. tutti i diritti riservati. 93 0.01%
hover redirect service 92 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). 91 0.01%
mambo - copyright 2000 - 2004 miro international pty ltd. all rights reserved. 91 0.01%
ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.4.0 for windows 91 0.01%
starfield technologies; website tonight 90 0.01%
netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows 90 0.01%
dreamweaver mx 90 0.01%
datalife engine nulled by m.i.d-team (http://www.mid-team.ws) 90 0.01%
xara webstyle 4. see xara.com/webstyle 88 0.01%
wordpressmu, wp 1.5.1.2 88 0.01%
vbulletin 3.7.3 88 0.01%
mkportal 88 0.01%
sitegrinder 2 http://www.medialab.com/sitegrinder 87 0.01%
serif webplus 11.0.7.032 87 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). 87 0.01%
acehtml 5 pro 87 0.01%
mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] 86 0.01%
(c) by xt:commerce v3.0.4 sp1 , http://www.xt-commerce.com 86 0.01%
starfield technologies; website tonight v4.7.8 85 0.01%
incomedia website x5 evolution 7.0.11 - www.websitex5.com 85 0.01%
movable type 3.31-ja 83 0.01%
http://www.sixapart.jp/movabletype/ 83 0.01%
blshe_164c3_w00dhead_zhoulin_2006_1228 83 0.01%
site studio 6 (www.effectivestudios.com) 81 0.01%
(c)1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 all rights reserved. 81 0.01%
php link directory 3.2.0 80 0.01%
bbedit 8.2 80 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.6/1.6.0_05 79 0.01%
webdiversion (tm) version 1.7 by uk2.net (c) copyright 1999-2003 - patent pending - html theft will be prosecuted 79 0.01%
php link directory 3.3.0 79 0.01%
http://subdominios.miarroba.com 79 0.01%
incomedia website x5 evolution evolution 8.0.9 - www.websitex5.com 78 0.01%
virtual mechanics sitespinner v2 270f  77 0.01%
movable type 4.21-ja 77 0.01%
golive cyberstudio 77 0.01%
yahoo! sitebuilder/2.5/1.5.0_02 75 0.01%
mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] 75 0.01%
iloblog 1.0 75 0.01%




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