{"id":118,"date":"2011-04-28T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T07:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp89.com\/learn\/?p=118"},"modified":"2011-05-10T01:26:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T01:26:30","slug":"top-wordpress-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp89.com\/learn\/top-wordpress-websites","title":{"rendered":"Top WordPress Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress has been helping more and more people and businesses create top Websites and it is by far the top CMS around the world.<\/p>\n<p>So it is very interesting to find out the top WordPress Websites, or we can call them the \"WordPress Heroes\"<\/p>\n<p>This post will be update from time to time so you may want to bookmark it and come back for the latest about WordPress world.<\/p>\n<p>At http:\/\/wp89.com\/learn\/sample-wordpress-sites, I said that 99 percent of my clients' Websites are run on this great WordPress publishing system. Actually the following popular WordPress Websites will be more eye openers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The New York Times: they have been running over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/ref\/topnews\/blog-index.html\">60 blogs on WordPress<\/a>, before that they were using Webcrossing, which I was using to build online forums for Kaiser members and doctors from 2000 to 2006. They are just like me: once they found WordPress, they never looked back.  NYtimes.com traffic is now ranking 84 globally according to alexa, and WordPress contribute a lot to its success.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Mashable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mashable.com<\/a>: Alexa Ranking 246<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tutsplus.com\">Tutsplus.com<\/a> Alexa Ranking:579<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"css-tricks.com\" target=\"_blank\">css-tricks.com<\/a> Alexa Ranking 1,717<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/makeuseof.com\">Makeuseof.com<\/a> Alexa Ranking:1,265<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2009\/09\/03\/inside-peek-how-the-new-york-times-uses-blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Venturebeat.com<\/a>, Alexa ranking 2,745<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/smashingmagazine.com\" target=\"_blank\">smashingmagazine.com<\/a>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/xslt.alexa.com\/site_stats\/js\/s\/a?url=smashingmagazine.com\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/li>\n<li>ChineseBay.com\n<p> <script src=\"http:\/\/xslt.alexa.com\/site_stats\/js\/s\/a?url=chinesebay.com\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>Kaibo2.com<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/xslt.alexa.com\/site_stats\/js\/s\/a?url=kaibo2.com\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/li>\n<li>WP89.com, yes, this site itself is WordPress site\n<p> <script src=\"http:\/\/xslt.alexa.com\/site_stats\/js\/s\/a?url=WP89.com\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We'll find out more great WordPress sites and update soon.<\/p>\n<p>Oops! 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