Automattic Acquires Gravatar

October 18, 2007 | Posted by Matt

The best ideas are often the simplest. (At least in hindsight.) The idea of globally-recognized avatar, or Gravatar, struck me from the first time I heard it. Of course I should be able to have my avatar wherever I go! Of course email is a great way to key it! Of course there should be an open API for any platform!

Watching how Gravatar changed and evolved over the years I saw a service with great adoption and potential, but facing some classic problems of scale that successful sites are often lucky to run into. Scaling happens to be something my company, Automattic, is very good at, and as we started chatting with Tom Werner of Gravatar it became obvious there’s a lot of potential for combined forces, and I also saw a lot of parallels to Akismet, a product that does one thing, does it well, and has an open API so any platform can use it.So we worked out an arrangement to transfer the code and service from Tom to Automattic, and here we are. Here’s what we’ve done so far over the past few days:

  • We transferred the Rails application and most of the avatar serving to our WordPress.com infrastructure and servers.
  • Avatar serving is now more than three times as fast, and works every time.
  • We moved this blog from Mephisto to WordPress. )

Basically, we did the bare minimum required to stabilize and accelerate the Gravatar service, focusing a lot on making the gravatars highly available and fast. However our plans are much bigger than that. Here’s some of the things we’re looking to add and improve on the service:

  • We’re going to make all of the Premium features free, and refund anyone who bought them in the last 60 days.
  • Move the gravatar serving to a Content Delivery Network so not only will they be fast, it’ll be low latency and not slow down a page load.
  • Take the million or so avatars we have on WordPress.com and make them available through the Gravatar API, to compliment the 115k already here.
  • From Gravatar, integrate them into all WordPress.com templates and bring features like multiple avatars over.
  • From WordPress.com, bring the bigger sizes (128px) over and make that available for any Gravatar. Currently Gravatars are only available up to 80px.
  • Allow Gravatar profile pages with Microformat support for things like XFN rel="me" and hCard.
  • Develop a new API that has cleaner URLs and allows Gravatars to be addressed by things like URL in addition to (or instead of) email addresses.
  • Rewrite the application itself (site.gravatar.com) to fit directly into our WordPress.com grid, for internet-scale performance and reliability.

Of course like with all our products, the majority of development is going to be driven by you, so if you have any great ideas be sure to leave them in the comments so we can work them into our roadmap.

Thanks again to Tom Werner for creating such an awesome service and the Automattic team for getting it moved over so quickly.

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  1. Rodolfo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:10 am

    nice.

  2. Photo Matt » Gravatar Sold Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:27 am

    [...] Automattic has bought Gravatar. Om sees it as a larger trend, but to us it was just a good fit. « Rails Bashing Comment » [...]

  3. tgpo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:36 am

    I’m excited about the future and look forward to new and exciting things to come.

  4. Armen Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:43 am

    wow…that’s quite impressive! Nice work guys.

  5. Gravatar now part of Automattic - raanan.com Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:47 am

    [...] Overall it’s a real good fit for us, and I’m excited about our future plans. More details here. [...]

  6. Edward O'Connor Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:51 am

    Congrats Tom!

  7. kakesh Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:51 am

    good.hope it will give all of us a nice feeling.

  8. Fajro Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:52 am

    Cool!

  9. Ollie Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:55 am

    Congratulations. I look forward to the future of Gravatar under the new direction. So far, so good.

  10. Gravatar ahoy! « Toni’s Garage Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:55 am

    [...] 17th, 2007 · No Comments News flash: Automattic has acquired Gravatar. Congrats to Tom Werner for building a great service. Gravatar is a great fit for our expanding set [...]

  11. roycifer Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:58 am

    marriage made in wordpress heaven!

  12. Andrew Kumar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:00 am

    This is great! I like the micro formats integration.

    How about openid support / integration?
    One step closer to unified digital identification!

  13. robinadr › Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:01 am

    [...] Yess. Yess. Automattic (a la Matt Mullenweg) has acquired Gravatar, a “global avatar service,” which has been what can only be described as a [...]

  14. Fahmishah Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:04 am

    great to hear that dude.!

  15. Rick Beckman Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:05 am

    Congrats, Matt & crew! :)

  16. jeygokul Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:06 am

    Thats nice :-)

  17. Automattic Has Bought Gravatar | Tebaboom Dot Org Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:06 am

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  18. Balaji Dutt Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:09 am

    Wow that was.. unexpected.

    I’ve decided to stop using gravatars on my blog – partly because I’ve become a fan of a stripped down look, but I definitely do like the concept.

    Congrats to Tom.

  19. Chris Harrison Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:09 am

    This is excellent news. I look forward to seeing great things from this pairing in the future.

  20. Carlos Leopoldo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:09 am

    Congratulations for Gravatar

  21. Alenônimo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:16 am

    Cool!!!

  22. luke dorny Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:18 am

    Hoooray!!
    OpenID?

  23. vanpelt Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:19 am

    It is exciting to see a great service get even greater… ROCK ON!

  24. Gravatar Sold To Automattic | Joseph Scott's Blog Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:22 am

    [...] Gravatar has been sold to Automattic. [...]

  25. ChinaNom Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:26 am

    Gently, Automattic build a strong self-contained sns portal. I believe in the model of opensource binding with commercial act developed by WordPress. I think, Meebo could be next?

  26. marcoss Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:30 am

    Great news!

  27. impropio Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:33 am

    coooool!

  28. adspigot Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:39 am

    Congrats Matt, cool aquisition and I can’t wait to see how well it fuses with wordpress in the future.

  29. Gravatar es adquirido por Automattic — yukei.net Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:40 am

    [...] de ver un anuncio en el blog de Matt Mullenweg (AKA Photo Matt) un enlace que anunca la compra de Gravatar por parte de [...]

  30. David Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:42 am

    Innovation. That keeps things going. And, very cool about making the premium features free. With an avatar that can travel, I may need to make a new one.

  31. Automattic compra Gravatar { defmay } Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:43 am

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  32. Automattic 收購 Gravatar @ 天佑的自由天地 Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:56 am

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  33. Josh Betz » Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:13 am

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog. This is a great thing. In this article Matt touches on some of the things that they will do to make Gravatars even better. The idea of Gravatars has always been good, but for a while now using their service hasn’t been as reliable and as fast as it should be. Automattic will do great things. Bookmark to: Trackback This Post [...]

  34. Jenny Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:14 am

    Wow Automattic has everything now. Now to implement it into wordpress along with mybloglog.

  35. Douglas Karr Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:21 am

    And now they are installed on my site! Well done!

  36. Andrew Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:37 am

    Nice going :)

  37. Ehab Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:38 am

    Yeeii !

    All premium features FREE ! ZOOO ! YEEE

  38. Daniel Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:42 am

    I have to admit. My WordPress developer friends understand the potentials of tying in the metaverse concept quite well in principle.

    Very nice move, and congratulations!

  39. seriocomic Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:44 am

    Wow, for a while there I thought the service was dying a slow death. While not eminently useful, it certainly is a fun thing to see and have around.

  40. www.enchilame.com Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:51 am

    Gravatar ha sido comprado

    Gravatar, el famoso sitio para manejar avatares ha sido comprado. Esta vez no ha sido Google, ha sido Automattic (http://automattic.com/) la compañia de Matt Mullenweg, el creador de WordPress. Esto ocasionará muchisimas mejoras en gravatar: Los serv…

  41. Viper007Bond Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:55 am

    Wow, awesome!

    When I read the headline “Gravatar Sold”, I was all worried it was to some annoying corp. like Yahoo or something. However, very happy to hear that it was Automattic. This should help tons with both the serve speed as well as integration between WordPress and Gravatars.

    Woo hoo! :D

  42. What’s an Avatar? What’s a Gravatar? How do I install them on my blog? | The Marketing Technology Blog Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:58 am

    [...] added Gravatars to my blog now that I know Autommatic has acquired Gravatar. You should integrate them on your application or blog as well – and it’s quite simple to do! [...]

  43. Automattic Acquires Gravatar | Ehab Mehedi Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:03 am

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  44. Fepe Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:13 am

    Great acquisition.

    I’ll be looking forward for the changes now.

  45. Automattic Acquires Gravatar » IAMWW Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:15 am

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar. [...]

  46. BoltClock Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:22 am

    Congrats! There’s a lot to look forward to with this acquisition!

  47. Automattic buys Gravatar | YugaTech | Philippine Technology News & Reviews Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:27 am

    [...] We’re now back rollin’ the global avatars again. Thanks to Automattic. [...]

  48. Silveira Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:33 am

    That’s good. I like Automattic and WordPress.

  49. chris.H's codex Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:36 am

    Automattic Acquires Gravatar

    在 Dashboard 上看到 Automattic 收购了 Gravatar。曾经很喜欢 Gravatar，甚至想过给以前的 PJblog 加入这个好玩的东西，不过后来越来越慢，越来越慢，实在是受不了了……所以在更新这个 theme 的时候…

  50. -=Discobeats=- Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:43 am

    [Gravatar] Automattic übernimmt Gravatar

    Wie ich gerade im Gravatar-Blog lese hat Automattic, die Firma welche die Hand über WordPress hält, den Avatarservice Gravatar übernommen.
    Gravatar ist ein genialer Service welcher die Möglichkeit bietet einmalig einen Avatar upzu…

  51. Automattic ha comprado Gravatar › CalinSoft Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:54 am

    [...] Robinadr me entero que Automattic ha comprado Gravatar, ya Matt Mullenweg lo anunciaba en su blog, tambien se anuncia que los servicios de pagos que [...]

  52. Rob Cameron Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:58 am

    I’ve known Tom even before he had the original vision for Gravatar while at home one night, and I can tell you this really has been a labor of love for him. The fact that Automattic came to him proves his insane nighttime ramblings were genius after all!

    Although, like anyone whose web app is purchased, he’ll no doubt become a crazed Web 2.0 playboy, making the rounds at the elite San Fran IPO parties and hobnobbing with Jeff Bezos soon enough. So give your kudos now before he’s too good to bother reading this blog. ;)

  53. jun Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:08 am

    I agree with Andrew Kumar re OpenID.

    What if we could have all our favorite apps/sites/socialmedia/networks/emails under one site, all in one page – with just one ID……

    And all in open-source!

    Maybe we’ll finally have world peace at last.

  54. cintia Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:27 am

    Haven’t used Gravatar for quite some time already. But am quite excited to know Automattic acquired it :) Will keep track on any gravatar udpates :)

  55. WordPress Gobbles up Gravatar | BlueFur.com Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:28 am

    [...] see this purchase as a good thing for Gravatar users as all the premium features will now be free and because it will be owned by WordPress it will be [...]

  56. Mark Penix Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:33 am

    Great news :) The speed up will be great all on it’s own.

  57. Automattic acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:47 am

    [...] is now brighter, because Automattic, the company that made WordPress (which powers ForeverGeek) has acquired Gravatar and will perhaps help to turn it into a more reliable [...]

  58. Details about the fantastic news about Gravatar and Automattic « Unisyc.2 Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:51 am

    [...] with your e-mail address (for use with Gravatar-enabled blogs and sites for comments, etc.) has just been bought by Automattic, maker of WordPress and, of course, [...]

  59. Mantis Bug Tracker Blog » Blog Archive » Automattic (WordPress) acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:54 am

    [...] struggles with scalability.  It is great to see that Automattic (the company behind WordPress) has acquired gravatar.  According to the announcement, the service has already been migrated to WordPress servers and is [...]

  60. Blogcosm Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:04 am

    Cool tool for blog comments: Gravatar (just acquired by Automattic)

    Automattic (the folks behind WordPress) just acquired Gravatar, ("Globally Recognized Avatars"). (Hat tip: GigaOM.) What is it?

    an 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from weblo

  61. _ck_ Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:06 am

    They were using Rails? OMG no wonder they couldn’t scale…
    Oh well, solved now I guess!

    The API was non-functional after the the 2.0 “upgrade” will it just work now?

  62. microformats.dk » Læsetip - microformats Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:08 am

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  63. blauereiter Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:12 am

    Nice fit really, Gravatar sounds just right with WordPress.

  64. Now With Gravatars « WordPress.com Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:13 am

    [...] If you’d like to find out more about what the heck is or comment here’s the announcement post on the Gravatar blog. [...]

  65. extremusmilitis Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:15 am

    congrats to automattic on acquiring gravatar, now our avatar will be globalize more ;)

  66. Automattic übernimmt Gravatar at notizBlog - a private weblog written by Matthias Pfefferle Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:19 am

    [...] Umzug auf die WordPress.com Server hoffentlich bald ändern wird. Außerdem sollen, laut Weblog, auch die Premium-Features für alle kostenlos bereit gestellt [...]

  67. Automattic kauf Gravatar.com | Frank Helmschrott Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:44 am

    [...] anderen wohl eher weniger: Automattic, der Betreiber von WordPress.com und Akismet hat Gravatar.com gekauft. Pro-Features sind jetzt kostenlos und evtl. gibt es bessere [...]

  68. me Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:48 am

    >They were using Rails? OMG no wonder they couldn’t scale…

    Agreed, that explains it. Had I known they were using rails, I would never have bothered. Rails is only useful as a hobby – and a short term one at that.

  69. Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Thirstan’s Aardwolf Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:50 am

    [...] read more | digg story [...]

  70. Stas Sushkov Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:52 am

    OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :D

  71. museditions Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:58 am

    I would love to take my Lyre with me wherever I go. There are strings attached :) Congratulations on what looks like a nice acquisition.

  72. Neomeme » Automattic,Gravatar, and the Elusive Unified Identity Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:02 am

    [...] and millions of other blogs), is that Automattic, the maintainers of the WordPress project have acquired Gravatar, the simple tool popular on WordPress blogs that creates a unified avatar image for you [...]

  73. Stephen Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:30 am

    Wow. I am IMPRESSED. Thanks for doing this!

  74. Christian Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:32 am

    this is ghue-reat!

  75. btard Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:34 am

    That’s some good shit. Awesome news.

  76. Bram.us » Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:44 am

    [...] – We’re going to make all of the Premium features free – bring the bigger sizes (128px) – … and more Spread the [...]

  77. outeasy Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:47 am

    Well alrighty then!

  78. cronies Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:09 am

    Cool¡

  79. Pixel y Dixel » Automattic compra Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:10 am

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  80. Gravatar 3.0, Powered by Automattic | SYP Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:13 am

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  81. Basic Thinking Blog | Gravatar: endlich übernommen Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:15 am

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  82. ulysses Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:20 am

    I never imagined Automattic and Gravatar would marry, but now that I think of it, it does make sense. Also, I was itching to comment just to see how my Gravatar looks like since I forgotten about it.

  83. Automattic adquiere Gravatar - Un Blog Más Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:40 am

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  84. Adriaan Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:41 am

    Great news guys! Slow loading gravatars was really annoying…

  85. Automattic (Wordpress.com et Akismet) acquiert Gravatar - Oueb-Revue Says:
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  86. » Automattic acquista Gravatar » WordPress Italy Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:47 am

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  87. Jess Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:04 am

    So now is the time to get one, I suppose :-)

  88. jhave7 Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:05 am

    Seems like a nice fit indeed…

  89. Telagon Sichelputzer - Gravatar geht über den Ladentisch Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:08 am

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  90. Automattic Acquires Gravatar : mediacyber.net Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:20 am

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  91. Automattic (WordPress) compra Gravatar Loogic.com Blog Archive Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:20 am

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  92. automattic購併gravatar « Jiunn’s mind + information collection Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:25 am

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  93. Folletto Malefico Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:33 am

    The actual API is very clean an intuitive… please keep it, okay? ;)

  94. Gravatar is now part of Automattic » Paperholic Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:49 am

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  95. » Erneut Probleme mit Gravatar.com (update) » DeadPixel - Portfolio und Weblog von Moritz Gießmann Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:52 am

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  96. kL Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:57 am

    While you’re at it, how about creating classes/plugins that cache gravatars and serve them from the same domain as sites?
    That should save you a lot of bandwidth and might be a bit faster for end users (no extra dns lookups or redirects).

  97. Leo Flandriae Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:07 am

    Waiting to see my Gravatar appears the first time. In the meantime transtlation made to dutch/Flemish/Afrikaans: “idicoon”. As I am striving to help survive my mothertongue. Idicoon thus.

  98. Automattic купив Gravatar at Андрій Рущак в Інтернеті Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:09 am

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  99. Automattic приобретает Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:12 am

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  100. Graser10 Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:24 am

    Hey!
    Thanks, keep it u wordpress!

    ~*~Graser10~*~
    The goofy goober! :mrgreen:

  101. The Zephyr » Blog Archive » Gravatardienst geht zu Automattic und erweitert kostenlosen Funktionsumfang Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:46 am

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  102. Blognitive Dissonance » Automattic Purchases Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:02 am

    [...] Now Automattic has purchased Gravatar … [...]

  103. Woeful Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:03 am

    Nice, an “Open” avatar!

  104. Renata Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:12 am

    Oh, great! Now I can have all my e-mails gravatarized?

  105. Teknoblogia Indonesiana » Blog Archive » Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:24 am

    [...] Automattic, a group of talented people behind great projects and services like WordPress.com acquired Gravatar. It seems that there are many promising great features on Gravatar. One of them is the removal of Premium membership. All Premium features will be available for free. Learn more about the coming features offered by Gravatar on their blog post. [...]

  106. Ashish Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:36 am

    Great! WordPress + Gravatar = Awesome. [GravyPress?]

  107. meneame.net Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:44 am

    Automattic compra Gravatar

    Automattic, la empresa detrás de WordPress compra Gravatar, el sitio especializado en avatares de usuarios por su email. Gravatar tuvo serios problemas para aguantar el gran crecimiento que tuvo (en Menéame lo tuvimos que dejar de usar y porque no ag…

  108. Relentless Media » Wordpress Gets Some Cool Avatars Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:44 am

    [...] Gravatar has been acquired by wordpress parent company Automatic. This was a very cool pickup for them imo. I really liked gravatar and wanted to use them back in the day but they had some serious issues with uptime so I kind of gave up after a while. [...]

  109. Leo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:58 am

    So far so good. So just let see my gravatar ;-)

  110. Automattic compró Gravatar | PuntoGeek Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    [...] través del blog de Matt me estoy enterando que Automattic, la empresa de la que es parte, ha comprado Gravatar, el servicio tan conocido que permite asociar un avatar a una dirección de email para que [...]

  111. clint Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    Thats very cool they are going to be cdn’d now. I’ve used them since day one, but I had taken them off all of the sites I work on except one because the service was frequently down and the massively slow page loading.

  112. Norm Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:12 pm

    In the article it states that premium services are now free, I just signed up but was prompted to pay for multiples email address gravatars. Is it just not implemented yet?

  113. Matt Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:13 pm

    Norm, making the premium stuff free is on the TODO list, not the DONE list, but I expect it to happen within the next few days.

  114. BorkWeb » Automattic Acquires Gravatar! Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    [...] a surprising move, Automattic has acquired Gravatar, which was announced this morning in Gravatar’s new WordPress installation. This breathes life into a quality idea that had [...]

  115. TwisterMc Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    This is excellent! It’s good to hear that Gravatar is alive and kicking. Can’t wait for all the new features.

  116. Mr Gray Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    Congratulations to Auttomatic and Tom. Gravatars and WordPress just make sense.

  117. Doufer Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:42 pm

    Good news!

    The performance increase is good for those who is in other countries.

  118. Automattic 買下 Gravatar at Gea-Suan Lin’s BLOG Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:48 pm

    [...] 在 Twitter 上看到 Matthew Mullenweg 提到 Automattic (最有名的「產品」是 WordPress.com) 買下 Gravatar：Automattic Acquires Gravatar。 [...]

  119. Gravatar racheté et intégré au monde Wordpress Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    [...] et assurant le développement de WordPress, WordPress.com, bbPress et Akismet, vient d’annoncer le rachat de Gravatar et son intégration dans ses serveurs mais aussi dans WordPress.com. Ce changement devrait dans un [...]

  120. Tobias Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:54 pm

    ok, now it the time to test my own gravatar. i didnt trust the service before so i never used it.

    <– there it should be now, beautiful :)

  121. resist - cleveland design Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    [...] Automattic has acquired Gravatar. I think only good things are going to come of this, and hopefully we’ll see a more widespread adoption of Gravatar. Avatars are already loading three times faster, and the premium service features are now free. [...]

  122. Café da Manhã » Blog Archive » Gravatar junta-se à Automattic Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    [...] famoso serviço de avatars “globais” junta-se assim a um portfólio que inclui o WordPress, a consagrada ferramenta de anti-spam para blogs akismet, o [...]

  123. Automattic acquisisce Gravatar per renderlo gratuito e disponibile a tutti Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    [...] “A volte le idee più semplici sono le migliori”, scrive Matt Mullenweg sul blog di Gravatar. [...]

  124. Automattic compra Gravatar | Denken Über Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    [...] Automattic compra Gravatar, el servicio que te permite poner avatares en WordPress, y algunos otros servicios, es ahora parte de la empresa que hace WordPress, Akismet y otros. Es MUY interesante el análisis que hace Om Malik sobre la compra de este start-up y un par más muy chicos. [...]

  125. David Kaspar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    Congrats Tom… let’s see this great idea taken to the next level!

  126. David Kaspar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    Oh… is this my Gravatar ID?

  127. Automattic Acquires Gravatar; now faster, more reliable and more universal! by Travis Seitler (secondmouse) Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    [...] read this post by Mullenweg on the Gravatar blog. I had no idea this was in the pipes, but man, am I [...]

  128. Automattic compra Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    [...] Enlace: Automattic Acquires Gravatar [...]

  129. Gravatar被Automattic收购 | Ge Xiaofei Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    [...] 从Matt的博客上得知了Automattic收购Gravatar的消息。相信使用wordpress博客的朋友都会有所了解Gravatar，如果你还不了解的话，下面是个简单的介绍。 　　Gravatar(个人全球统一标识)是globally recognized avatar(直译为”全球认识的头像”)的缩写。它起源于在网上各处论坛中所广泛使用的头像(avatar)，随着Blog的广泛普及，在各处Blog 的留言上也相继出现了头像，为了方便用户在四处的Blog广泛留言的同时可以拥有统一的头像，http://www.gravatar.com/ 提出了Gravatar这个概念并开始提供这项服务。这项服务概念上十分简单，就是把个人email地址与头像作为捆绑(请登录 http://www.gravatar.com申请帐户，上传照片即可完成)，当你再在支持Gravatar的网站留言并使用你的个人email时，头像就会出现在你的留言旁。 [...]

  130. Automattic compra Gravatar — vivaestudio Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:29 pm

    [...] que usamos y diseñamos blogs: Matt Mullenweg, creador de WordPress entre otros, anunció hoy en el blog de Gravatar que su empresa Automattic compraba por una cantidad no revelada este servicio de avatares gratuitos [...]

  131. PJ Brunet Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:32 pm

    Yes, there’s so much potential there for those little pictures, as we know: Myspace, Facebook, MyBlogLog, whatever.

  132. iaoj Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:38 pm

    Thank you Matt for Gravatars
    WP is really going to be excited day by day.
    You guys are best
    Keep up the good work
    Thank you and Good luck for WP
    Best Regards for u

  133. Victor San Martin Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:42 pm

    cool! it’s very good news!

  134. Shirley Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    Congratulations to both Matt at WordPress and Gravatar. I’m interested in seeing how the look of WordPress will change–for the better, I’m sure, even though it’s rather neat the way it is. Again, thank you for this free service. I sincerely appreciate it.

  135. Automatic adquire Gravatar.com : MUIOMUIO.NET Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:47 pm

    [...] A noticia oficial pode ser lida no blog do gravatar. [...]

  136. Guillermo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    Congratulations.

  137. What makes you happy ? » Little Pictures Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    [...] sort of dropped off the planet for me. No idea why. But now they are back (not that they left) and back in a better way. Like favicons though I like [...]

  138. Chittaranjan Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    Groovy!

  139. Kuroi Tenshi's darkness Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    Gravatar voll auf Speed

    Irgendwie schn, Gravatar tut’s zur Zeit wirklich schneller als zuvor – wenn das wirklich wegen des Aufkaufs ist, dann vielen herzlichen Dank. Die Avatare bei uns in den Kommentaren waren nie schneller da. Und das knapp vor dem vernichtet werden – den…

  140. Stefano Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    Now, please, openID on both Gravatar and WordPress…
    btw, great news!!

    Stefano

  141. chrisjacobson Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    Very cool news!!

  142. Automattic Acquires Gravatar | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:17 pm

    [...] about it. Basically, Automattic (a company comprised of many of the big WordPress developers) has taken on Gravatar and has already done some tweaking to help the service scale better. They’re adding some [...]

  143. Israel Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:26 pm

    awesome, i cant wait.

  144. hardrockhideout Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    I am anxious to see how this will impact WordPress. Very cool!

  145. Eric Marden Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    And I just went premium to support all my emails!

    This is great news. I am glad I choose to support gravatar, and not mybloglog or any of the others. Because i agree. One thing. Do it the best. And you will succeed.

    You guys rock. And hard.

  146. Jamie Thingelstad Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 3:40 pm

    Congrats on the purchase guys. This is a nice compliment to the existing properties and provides a tool for the blogosphere, similar to Akismet.

  147. Automattic schluckt Gravatar | Bloganbieter.de Blog Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    [...] WordPress-Entwickler Automattic und Betreiber des beliebten Blogdiensts WordPress.com hat die Firma übernommen, welche das Plugin Gravatar entwickelt hat. Das Gravatar Plugin ermöglicht die Darstellung eines [...]

  148. 2.0weblogs.net/work Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    Great idea this Gravatar, good for all those involved, hip! hip!

    -Thunk Different.

  149. Evisu Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    I really don’t know if this is one of the best idaes that has come to blogs… but thats just me lol.

  150. redheadrev Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:49 pm

    Oh, yay!

  151. Bitelia » Automattic compra Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    [...] la empresa que desarrolla nuestro querido WordPress, acaba de anunciar la compra de Gravatar, el servicio que relaciona una imagen a nuestra cuenta de correo y nos [...]

  152. redheadrev Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    And look it really worked! Usually my gravatar never shows up! Yipee!

  153. Great news for Gravatar Users! « Readhead Reverend Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar [...]

  154. Azam Marketing (Azam.info) Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:38 pm

    This is great news. Congratulations!

  155. Gravatar caching plugin « Marc-André Cournoyer’s blog Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    [...] found out that Gravatar was bought by Automattic, makers of Worpress. Here’s the news from their blog, TechCrunch, Mashable and [...]

  156. Christian Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 5:54 pm

    Nice move!

  157. Puleen Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:07 pm

    Excellent news. Gravatar implemented on my site.

    Cheers!

  158. Automattic compra Gravatar : Ideas Geek - [Actualidad - Tecnologia - Internet] Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:09 pm

    [...] compañia de Matt Mullenweg, creador de WordPress; ha adquirido Gravatar, el sitio web que nos permite poner avatares basados con una identificación de nuestro correo [...]

  159. Gravatars become Automattic : Losing it[1] Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:28 pm

    [...] Tom and bought Gravatar. Automattic founder and WordPress lead developer Matt Mullenweg explains on the Gravatar blog, which has now moved to wordpress.com. More to the point, he’s moved the service to [...]

  160. al.garcia Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    i think is great, now wordpress-gravatar plus openID is the best thing could happen to have an online ID all over th web. now i think what i just said might sound kinda silly, but you get what i mean

  161. » Matt sale de compras deUgarte.com Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:03 pm

    [...] le Petit Musee: Matt, el creador de WordPress, sali de compras con Automattic, su consultora, y se trajo Gravatar. Algo empieza a cocerse. En breve veremos ms posicionamientos de este estilo. Objetivo: ocupar los [...]

  162. Patrick Havens Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:17 pm

    Good News. I was wondering how it was going to go. With so many issues int eh past, and all the work that Tom put into it, to get it scalable & affordable… Glad to see Automattic stepping up to the plate. I’d love to see some stats about how much the service is used once its all up and happy.

  163. Ingrid Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    That is what I call great news.

  164. Eric Monse Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    The best ideas are the simplest, but sometimes complexity is required.

  165. Turulcsirip - kobak Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    [...] megvette a gravatart: http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/ Lehet, hogy gyorsabb lesz majd?! « előző | kobak — 2007. 10. 18. [...]

  166. jez Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:03 pm

    big-size avatars are absolutely cool and a must-have, I can only endorse the 128px ones!

  167. No more hiding, get your gravatar! | Affenheimtheater | blog.affenheimtheater.de Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:10 pm

    [...] Service wurde von Automattic (geistige Väter von Projekten wie WordPress, Akismet etc.) übernommen und ist somit wieder wunderbar und ohne ewig lange Ladezeiten benutzbar. Wer also nicht länger [...]

  168. El dueño de Wordpress compra Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    [...] Leo en Loogic y Error500, que por cierto son 2 de los blogs que más me gustan, que Automattic (dueños de WordPress, el software que uso para publicar este blog) ha comprado Gravatar por una cantidad sin confirmar que no han hecho publica en la nota oficial. [...]

  169. stuning Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:38 pm

    Nice job,:)

  170. se7en Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:39 pm

    I like including the Gravatars plugin with my customers WP themes and I’m happy to hear that the system will be improved! Way to go!

    8)

  171. Jeffro2pt0 Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:54 pm

    This is awesome and exciting news. I have had an account with Gravatar for a few years now and I need to get back into it and mess with my account. I think it will be pretty awesome to see Gravatar implemented into future version of WordPress. As you said Matt, I think the two are complimentary to each other.

  172. VentureBeat » VCs love Obama, mapping merger, Gravatar and more Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    [...] avatar company — Automattic, the company that operates the popular WordPress blog software, has acquired Gravatar, a company that gives users a 80×80 pixel avatar image that follows you from blog to [...]

  173. Automattic Picks Up Gravatar · All the Billion Other Moments (Jason Penney) Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:03 pm

    [...] but which sadly hasn’t taken off to the degree I’d like. Hopefully that will change. Go read the announcement over at the Gravatar Blog. Tags: Automattic, [...]

  174. Amit Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:06 pm

    pretty cool! Congrats Matt & Automattic on acquiring a related & potent service. :)

  175. Automattic купи Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:15 pm

    [...] Automattic купи Gravatar. [...]

  176. Michael from Pro Blog Design Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    Looking forward to the next few months with Gravatar now. Best of luck! :)

  177. Abel Castosa » » Hoy no ha sido un día malo Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:25 pm

    [...] llevar a comprar cosas. En concreto la evolución de la que hablo es WordPress y la compra es la adquisición del grupo Automattic del servicio Gravatar. Para los que se hayan perdido decir que Automattic es la empresa que se encuentra detrás de [...]

  178. La gente de WordPress compra Gravatar | Mangas Verdes Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 10:44 pm

    [...] empresa de Matt Mullenweg y compañía que desarrolla WordPress y Akismet, entre otros productos, acaba de hacerse con Gravatar, el popular servicio de avatares. Automattic tiene muchos proyectos para el nuevo producto. Entre [...]

  179. Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:08 pm

    [...] weblog do Gravatar pode ler-se hoje: The best ideas are often the simplest. (At least in hindsight.) The idea of globally-recognized [...]

  180. Retazos de la web del 2007-10-18 (microblogging) | hombrelobo, una mente dispersa Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:25 pm

    [...] 8 – Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog [...]

  181. saul Says:
    October 18, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    I’d love it if you could get Gravtars over SSL/https! This is a key feature that is stopping me implementing Gravatar further.

    Great move though guys, an important service.

  182. Automattic Acquires Gravatar | dailyApps Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 12:08 am

    [...] Well Matt has chalked out even the future plans for Gravatar and here they are quoted from the announcement he wrote [...]

  183. Personalisieren der Zahnarzt Homepage : Zahnarzt Wiesbaden Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 12:18 am

    [...] dies leider, aber ich denke ich werde diese Funktion in Kürze in mein Gästebuch aufnehmen. Die neue Performance ist mir in den letzten Tagen, wirklich positiv aufgefallen und mir gefällt die Idee, den Kommentar [...]

  184. Elliott Pogue Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 12:27 am

    Nice to see that it got some speed increases, but Rails certainly wasn’t the culprit. A good Rails application is fast, efficient, scalable, and powerful. It’s funny to see the Rails bashers here though. :P

    Won’t argue the Mephisto to WordPress move though. I hate Mephisto.

  185. gidong Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 1:37 am

    great idea …

  186. Automattic Looking For A Buyer? : Professional Blogging News Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 2:34 am

    [...] of Gravatar, a company that creates avatar images that bloggers can you when commenting. Mullenweg said the acquisition of Gravatar for an unknown sum came because the company was “facing some [...]

  187. WordPress 新闻:WordPress 2.3.1 beta1,simple tags,Gravatar - 漫步 Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 2:50 am

    [...] Gravatar Blog 得知 Automattic 收购了 Gravatar，相信大家对 Automattic 也不陌生，它就是 [...]

  188. Corinne Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 2:59 am

    Definitely sounds impressive.

  189. Oh Happy Days! Automattic Acquires Gravatar » cnp_studio_Blog Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 3:02 am

    [...] nice of Matt Mullenweg (that wonderful guy who brought us WordPress) and his company Automattic to acquire [...]

  190. Automattic Gets Gravatar - and Valuation « Changing Way Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 4:17 am

    [...] isn’t there now. It wasn’t just my imagination: Om Malik linked to the post. Update: Matt’s post is [...]

  191. links for 2007-10-19 Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 4:25 am

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog Of course I should be able to have my avatar wherever I go! Of course email is a great way to key it! Of course there should be an open API for any platform! (tags: gravatar api Automattic wordpress) [...]

  192. Richmond Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 5:40 am

    Let me try.

  193. Evert Jan Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 6:34 am

    This is great news! Congratulations to everyone!

    Regards,EJ

  194. Sakib Al Mahmud Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 6:54 am

    nice

  195. Gravatar overgenomen door Automattic » Onbezet.nl Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 6:57 am

    [...] webservice voor “globally-recognized avatars” Gravatar is recent overgenomen door Automattic, de drijvende kracht achter de weblogtool WordPress. Op Onbezet.nl wordt Gravatar (net [...]

  196. Viking Opera | Act of War: Warfare Re-defined Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 6:59 am

    [...] took a year in the coming. I think promised this post last Oktober. I was going to do a post on GravyPress but deleted it everytime I got to the third paragraph. So what better post than some kewl widgets [...]

  197. Martijn Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 7:10 am

    That is a win-win to all. Way to go!

  198. Grasland Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 7:11 am

    What happens when to great companies become one…. We’ll see.

  199. Dentaku » Blog Archiv » coComment is missing Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 7:32 am

    [...] Wenigstens geht’s den Gravataren gut. [...]

  200. Automattic übernimmt Gravatar - n a s u m i Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 7:42 am

    [...] der Betreiber von wordpress.com und Askimet, übernimmt Gravatar. Die Vorteile der Übernahme sind sicher, dass die Pro-Features kostenfrei werden und dass mit [...]

  201. Blogcosm Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 8:25 am

    Gravatar’s founder looks beyond the icons; competitors beware

    For some interesting thoughts on where Gravatar could go in the future, see Joshuaink’s Seven and a half questions for Tom Werner from April 2005.

    I get the feeling there is a bigger picture with

  202. Gravatar goes Automattic at teezeh dot de Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 9:36 am

    [...] sez: Watching how Gravatar changed and evolved over the years I saw a service with great adoption and [...]

  203. Retodon8 Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 11:05 am

    Way too many replies in this thread to read properly, so I hope I didn’t miss someone else already saying the following:
    The move to WordPress seems to have deleted a whole bunch of replies to http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/06/11/updated-croppr-stats/ I don’t know about any other threads, but I participated in that one, tried to help out some people, and all those posts are gone now.

  204. Gaddman Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 11:11 am

    Ugh!

  205. दुनिया मेरी नज़र से - world from my eyes!! Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    ग्रावतार बिक गया!!

    ….. खरीदा वर्डप्रैस की कंपनी ने
    …

  206. PC Headline » Wordpress 母公司 Automattic 正式收購頭像托管服務 Gravatar Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    [...] 的母公司，今天 Automattic 正式宣佈已收購頭像托管服務商 Gravatar，官方消息見這裡。相信使用 WordPress 的 Blogger 都應該知道 Gravatar 這個服務，它可以為 Blog [...]

  207. SmockLady Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    woot!

  208. Fearblog » Blog Archive » Gravatar = Automattic Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 1:54 pm

    [...] Viele haben sich ja von Gravatar verabschiedet da der Dienst ständig überlastet war. Das soll jetzt ein Ende haben, denn Gravatar wurde von Automattic (die Softwareschmiede hinter WordPress) übernommen! [...]

  209. » Gravatar Acquired, More Features & Better Reliability Ahead Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 2:28 pm

    [...] pointed out that Automattic has purchased Gravatar, the globally recognizable avatar service. Om speaks of the economics and Matt’s cagy, but [...]

  210. Speed Linking: 19-Oct-07 | Online Presence - Make Money Online Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 3:34 pm

    [...] has been acquired by Automattic. This should result in some great integration in the future for WordPress [...]

  211. anshul Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    Can pavatar be integrated into this too?

  212. macewan Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 4:44 pm

    Just wanted to drop a quick congratulations to Tom. Hope things turn out the way you dreamed.

  213. legoless Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    Cool!

  214. Patrick Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 5:49 pm

    Thanks :D

  215. Del.icio.us op 19 October 2007 — Michel Vuijlsteke's Weblog Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 6:20 pm

    [...] – Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog Moh. Dàt werd tijd. En nu hopen dat het wat vooruigaat. En dat het wat betert van update cycle [...]

  216. David Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 6:55 pm

    Congratulations, it will be better for wordpress bloggers and you!!!

  217. seteventos Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 8:10 pm

    Fabulous! Make it cool for WordPress.org blogs too!

  218. life by way of media » Gravatar Enter Wordpress.com Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    [...] of late is that Automattic has now purchased Gravatar! This is pretty wicked news since the list of benefits are also in that post, but my favorite is the speed [...]

  219. Turulcsirip - kobak Says:
    October 19, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    [...] megvette a gravatart: http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/ Lehet, hogy gyorsabb lesz majd?! « előző | következő » kobak — 2007. 10. [...]

  220. when the acquisition comes « wordpress™ wank Says:
    October 20, 2007 at 12:26 am

    [...] Filed under bubble, dot com, speculation, wank I’ve been told I have to make a post on Gravatar. So, [...]

  221. Automattic Buys Gravatar | LimeTouch Says:
    October 20, 2007 at 1:00 am

    [...] has it that Automattic has acquired Gravatar.com. Automattic is the company responsible for the brilliant open-source blogging platform which I am [...]

  222. karmoosh Says:
    October 20, 2007 at 3:54 am

    Dear Writer
    This is a very good blog
    I find it by my freind “jak”

    Waited more than your good article
    Thank you

  223. Gravatar 3.0 Automattic @ LaSet ’s Blog Says:
    October 20, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    [...] Нарешті Matt прислухався до моїх зауважень і купив сервіс ґраватарів [...]

  224. LeisureGuy Says:
    October 20, 2007 at 4:05 pm

    Great idea. I can’t wait.

  225. 缝眼 » Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 20, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    [...] Automattic (WordPress 的公司实体) 买下 Gravatar [...]

  226. glroiousochi Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 3:15 am

    cool, its such a nice work!

  227. Supples’ Pub » Blog Archive » links for 2007-10-21 Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 4:23 am

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog (tags: blogs blogging wordpress news gravatar automattic) [...]

  228. All Pumped Up! » Blog Archive » Automattic Has Acquired Gravatar Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 7:45 am

    [...] }); }); Automattic acquires Gravatar: So, Matt and the people at Automattic have taken another step towards providing the publishing [...]

  229. links for 2007-10-21 : 7 seconden Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 9:26 am

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog (tags: wordpress gravatar) [...]

  230. Gravatars - back on at somefoolwitha.com Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    [...] Automattic has bought Gravatar I figured Gravatars would become reliable once again so I’ve re-enabled them on this [...]

  231. Simon » Blog Archive » Gravatar Enabled Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 3:25 pm

    [...] noted in the tech press last week that Automattic had acquired Gravatar. Matt has posted the code to enable gravatars on his blog. I rather like the idea behind [...]

  232. Pairg Blog - web-blog web 2.0 tech IT » Blog Archive » Gravatar felvásárlás, és MKAvatar Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    [...] él meg, és magáévá tette az open source elveit. Ennek alapján a Gravatart is átalakították: Ezentúl nem kell fizetni, ha valaki egynél több avatart, vagy e-mail címet szeretne [...]

  233. Netsensei » Blog Archive » links for 2007-10-21 Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar Ik denk dan aan gravatar integratie in WP. Hoera! (tags: wordpress gravatar automattic) [...]

  234. Add Gravatar To Wordpress Comment And Pingback - Small Cheese Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 6:46 pm

    [...] days after Automattic acquired Gravatar on 18th of October, Matt added 2 lines of PHP code to turn on Gravatar feature on his WordPress [...]

  235. The blog of whall » Stuff you don’t want to MISC, #18 Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 7:32 pm

    [...] far, I can’t see anything bad about this story.  I saw it over at A Feast of Crumbs first.  I love gravatar and it’ll be nice for things [...]

  236. John F. Deethardt II Says:
    October 21, 2007 at 10:27 pm

    I am jargon laden and you all are effusively jargon ridden. Help. Something great has happened and I don’t know what it is. Poor me!

  237. Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    October 22, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    [...] is a bit from the post on Gravatar.com: Here’s what we’ve done so far over the past few [...]

  238. geek ramblings » Gravatars Says:
    October 22, 2007 at 6:42 pm

    [...] before the recent announcement about Gravatar joining Automattic, I had been wanting to turn on comment avatars here. I nabbed [...]

  239. Gravatars : WP Thoughts Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 4:38 am

    [...] you may have noticed recently, Automattic partnered up with Gravatar. Matt has released some details in regards to Gravatar and the integration that will happen in regards to WordPress and Gravatar. I [...]

  240. Информационный блог VideoShot.ru » Архив блога » Automattic приобрел Gravatar Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 6:30 am

    [...] в официальном блоге разработчиков Gravatar появилась информация о [...]

  241. Changement au niveau des avatars Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 9:22 am

    [...] ne sais pas si vous avez vu l’info en fin de semaine dernière, mais Gravatar, un système de gestion d’avatar, a été racheté [...]

  242. Gravatar agora da Automattic por bernabauer.com Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 10:32 am

    [...] agora dona da Gravatar. Voc sabia? Eu descobri no Blog do Matt. Com a aquisio o servio ficou muito mais gil, por que est nos mesmo servidores que hoje fornecem a infra estrutura do [...]

  243. iKA’s Blog » Automattic hat Gravatars gekauft Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    [...] ganzen Beitrag dazu könnt ihr hier im neuen Blog [...]

  244. Wordpress buys Gravatar « Media Thoughts Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 12:54 pm

    [...] You can see more on the changes for WordPress and Gravatar here: http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/ [...]

  245. Capitano Uncino » Archivio Blog » Gravatar senza plugin Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 5:28 pm

    [...] alcuni di voi sapranno, è notizia di qualche giorno fa l’acquisizione di Gravatar da parte di Automattic, la società che sta dietro WordPress. Una delle prime logiche conseguenze di questa acquisizione [...]

  246. Nightgunner5 Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 8:40 pm

    What will happen to the people on both Gravatar and WordPress.com?

  247. backhander Says:
    October 23, 2007 at 10:24 pm

    When? When? When? Sounds great!!

  248. 默默の丸 » Blog Archive » 如何不使用插件即可支持Gravatar Says:
    October 24, 2007 at 1:28 am

    [...] 在得知Automattic收购Gravatar之后，WordPress对头像的默认支持那便是很自然的事情……也就是说，从此各种Gravatar插件也许和TAG插件一样将逐渐消失……处于私心，我对这事很抗拒，具体就不说了…… [...]

  249. n-blue Says:
    October 24, 2007 at 2:49 pm

    Great move!

  250. stephenju Says:
    October 24, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    It seems gravatar is having problem serving up some avatars again? I have problem getting my own gravatar to show up. And many of my visitors’ are also missing.

  251. powermx Says:
    October 24, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    coool!!!! Good for you guys ^^

  252. Adonios Says:
    October 25, 2007 at 7:31 am

    Very good. Let’s see if its working! ;)

  253. Jakob Kruse Says:
    October 25, 2007 at 11:45 am

    … and ofcourse, now it works!

  254. Ya no hay excusas para no usar Gravatar » Blogueando con Francesc Josep Says:
    October 25, 2007 at 1:21 pm

    [...] de la compra de Gravatar por parte de WordPress, numerosos desarrolladores ya lo han empezado a usar en sus blogs (Matt y Dougal por ejemplo). Así [...]

  255. Automattic Acquires Gravatar at Indemnity83 Says:
    October 25, 2007 at 6:40 pm

    [...] and I’m looking forward to seeing where Automattic takes the service in the near future. read more | digg [...]

  256. Lars Svenson Says:
    October 26, 2007 at 1:23 am

    Good work guys!

  257. Avatare von Gravatar: Jetzt soll alles besser werden bei im web gefunden Says:
    October 26, 2007 at 9:29 am

    [...] hat auch gravatar.com einen Käufer gefunden: vor einigen Tagen wurde der Avatar-Dienst von automattic [...]

  258. egoblog.net: Le Gravatar nouveau est arrivé, libre Says:
    October 26, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    [...] que l’entreprise qui commercialisait le service (avec difficulté malgré un succès planétaire), a été reprise par l’excellente boite Automattic (celle à qui on doit l’indépassable anti-spam pour commentaires [...]

  259. WP Plugin: Easy Gravatars » Blogging News and Reviews // JaypeeOnline Says:
    October 26, 2007 at 7:48 pm

    [...] a related note, most of you probably know that Automattic acquired Gravatar last week. Now that Gravatar is run by Automattic, avatars are served three times faster than [...]

  260. Making Gravatar fast again « Barry on WordPress Says:
    October 26, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    [...] using S3 Making Gravatar fast again October 26th, 2007 As Matt blogged, Automattic recently purchased Gravatar. The first thing we did was move the service onto the WordPress.com infrastructure. Since [...]

  261. Bonnie Says:
    October 27, 2007 at 12:06 am

    this is interesting!

  262. Pipona Says:
    October 27, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    Great!

  263. אלעד בבלוגלי » ארכיון הבלוג » האם האבא של וורדפרס יהיה מליונר בקרוב? Says:
    October 27, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    [...] מספר ימים רכשה החברה את שרות GRavatar בסכום שלא פורסם. לאחר הרכישה נפתחו [...]

  264. chanux Says:
    October 28, 2007 at 12:30 am

    Ooops ….That’s cool

  265. Universal online ID « Prove that real but not virtual Says:
    October 28, 2007 at 4:30 am

    [...] not impress me though. However we are one step close to such a thing, a universal online ID because automattic acquired Gravatar.com . Automattic the company behind WordPress, Technorati  which are cool services is now has their [...]

  266. Marilyn Says:
    October 28, 2007 at 5:32 pm

    This could not have come at a better time. :) Thank you! Looking forward to this happening very soon!

  267. Automattic Acquires Gravatar at spacewaster.net Says:
    October 28, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar [...]

  268. » Gravatars og WPMU Norsk WP og WPMU Says:
    October 29, 2007 at 12:51 am

    [...] endret til å bruke Gravatar. Gravatar er en gratis tjeneste, som i denne måneden ble kjøpt av Automattic, de samme som står bak WordPress.org/.com og WordPressMU, samt Akismet.I den forbindelse har jeg [...]

  269. fahroe Says:
    October 30, 2007 at 7:22 am

    i’m very happy to hear that :)

  270. Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » WeblogToolsCollection Plugin Housekeeping Says:
    October 30, 2007 at 12:31 pm

    [...] to work with Gravatars and viola! Thanks Dougal! PS: If you do not know already, Gravatar is now owned by Automattic and response times for loading the Gravatars is minuscule. After I installed the plugin, I did not [...]

  271. Automattic rechaza una oferta de 200 millones de dólares Says:
    October 30, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    [...] compañia recientemente compró Gravatar, un servicio que asocia un avatar o imagen a una dirección de email y puede ser integrado en otros [...]

  272. Leo Flandriae Says:
    October 30, 2007 at 11:41 pm

    It is all very nice, but what is happening with everybody’s IDicoon?
    Is it possible they all fell in a deep black hole? Support is not responding either!?

  273. creatorz Says:
    October 31, 2007 at 3:26 am

    WROTEN : We’re going to make all of the Premium features free, and refund anyone who bought them in the last 60 days.

    PREMIUM FEATURES FOR FREE!!! That’s really good. Because I wanna do something with css editor without buying anything.
    Thanx a lot.

  274. Wordpress.com 架构 | 雕刻时光 Says:
    October 31, 2007 at 4:59 pm

    [...] 母公司 Automattic 刚收购 Gravatar 没几天，工程师就对 Gravatar  进行了一番手术，把 Gravatar 并入了 WordPress.com [...]

  275. Tecnología - Huaral en linea.com » Blog Archive » Automattic rechazo una oferta de adquicisión de $200 millones Says:
    October 31, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    [...] compañia recientemente compró Gravatar, un servicio que asocia un avatar o imagen a una dirección de email y puede ser integrado en otros [...]

  276. Automattic Acquired Gravatar — WP Assist Says:
    November 2, 2007 at 1:59 am

    [...] the fine folks who bring you Akismet (and WordPress.Com) have recently acquired/partnered with Gravatar. Gravatar is a service that serves up globally recognized avatars giving you the ability to have [...]

  277. herybest Says:
    November 4, 2007 at 10:44 am

    ohh good

  278. sly Says:
    November 5, 2007 at 7:25 am

    “We moved this blog from Mephisto to WordPress.”

    Wow, why even include that in your update list. Automattic? Don’t you mean automatic? Guess your “company” couldn’t buy out automatic domain name, lmao.

  279. automattic gravatar Says:
    November 6, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    [...] תגובות יום שלישי, 6/11/07, 16:26 Automattic, החברה שמאחורי WordPress, קנתה את gravatar. הרעיון של gravatar הוא פשוט: לכל כתובת מייל יוצמד אווטר, [...]

  280. LKNET.FREE MP3 downloads. » Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    November 7, 2007 at 1:36 pm

    [...] times as fast, and works every time. * We’re going to make all of the Premium features freeread more | digg [...]

  281. Eric Marden Says:
    November 7, 2007 at 4:36 pm

    What if I want to let you keep my refund money? Would it help accelerate this road map?

  282. Mark Says:
    November 12, 2007 at 3:21 pm

    Testing to see if my gravatar is working. I have it on my website but the images are not loading. So I thought I would come to the master and test mine here.

  283. cheerio Says:
    November 12, 2007 at 5:25 pm

    Very happy with this development, well done!! I’m still making up my mind weather to use Gravatar or MyBlogLog.
    What I hope Gravatar will add in the future:
    - Overview of all comments I left on the web under my Gravatar ID
    – when someone at mydomain.com clicks on my avatar, goes to my personal Gravatar page and sees overview of all comments I left on that mydomain.com
    - Overview of Gravatar users friends and being able to see what they’ve commented on
    - Hope it will also be made available in Indonesian and Dutch too

  284. kl3ks Says:
    November 13, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    vielen dank für diesen tollen Zusatz! :)

  285. Ultra Useful Wordpress Themes Says:
    November 14, 2007 at 4:27 pm

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  286. to.rben Says:
    November 15, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    Hi there, will SSO be supported with WordPress.com?

  287. Carolis Says:
    November 15, 2007 at 9:51 pm

    eu quero!

  288. Automattic Acquires Gravatar » BoltPress Says:
    November 16, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    [...] Automattic has bought Gravatar! And that means faster Gravatar serving and a better future for both. I saw this coming, I just didn’t know when it’d happen but alas, it finally has! [...]

  289. Automattic acquisisce Gravatar | Lorenzone92's Blog Says:
    November 16, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    [...] che negli ultimi 60 giorni hanno sottoscritto la versione Premium verranno rimborsati. Ecco l’annuncio dell’acquisizione: The best ideas are often the simplest. The idea of globally-recognized [...]

  290. Gravatar | AnneTannes Kruidenklets Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 1:51 pm

    [...] de Gravatar-blog is te lezen, dat binnenkort alle WordPress.com-avatars via gravatar zullen bereikbaar zijn, dus [...]

  291. raymonty Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 2:50 pm

    I like this place and this “Old Dog” will not bark unless you pull his chain.

  292. TrouterUSA Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    Awesome! As a fairly new member to the WordPress family of bloggers (and blogging in general), this news is very exciting to me. I can’t wait to see these changes!

  293. extrapreneur Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 7:48 pm

    check out my blog at http://www.extrapreneur.wordpress.com

  294. SporTech Matter » Blog Archive » Blog Update — Easy Gravatars Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    [...] yesterday. Since Gravatar was acquired by Automattic the servers will be serving gravatars three times as fast. Just what is a Gravatar? A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an 80×80 [...]

  295. The Renewed Chronicles of Borghal » Blog Archive » Las noticias del día… Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 2:28 am

    [...] Esta mañana me levanto y descubro que Automattic compró Gravatar. [...]

  296. Gravatars! at Maszman Speaks! Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 11:01 pm

    [...] had some scale-up issues in the past, making the image serving slow. But the acquisition by Automattic has greatly expanded their capability and images issues are a thing of the [...]

  297. detnot Says:
    November 19, 2007 at 6:03 am

    nice

  298. Gravatar: Reader appreciation after a site is sold » Reader Appreciation Project Says:
    November 19, 2007 at 8:38 am

    [...] found out recently that Gravatar had been sold to Automattic, the company behind WordPress. On some levels it was kind of a good news for me, as that would [...]

  299. vista icons Says:
    November 19, 2007 at 2:19 pm

    thank yoooou

  300. Matt Kern Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 3:10 am

    Can’t wait to see this in action on WP

  301. 512MB.net | Neu: Jetzt wieder mit Gravataren Says:
    November 21, 2007 at 7:25 pm

    [...] der Aufkauf von Gravatar durch Automattic macht sich auch bei der Performance äußerst positiv [...]

  302. scot hacker’s foobar blog » Gravatar Says:
    November 27, 2007 at 6:05 am

    [...] (the hippy/corporate entity behind WordPress) has acquired Gravatar, giving the the service the juice it needed to keep performance up. I’ve enabled Gravatar on [...]

  303. steffan18 Says:
    November 27, 2007 at 3:31 pm

    gravatar

  304. Ooh, Gravatars » mattwiebe.com Says:
    November 27, 2007 at 8:17 pm

    [...] was recently acquired by Automattic, the company that supports WordPress development and runs WordPress.com. I never [...]

  305. thingelstad.com - Website Updates (Nov 2007) Says:
    December 1, 2007 at 7:05 am

    [...] actually implemented Gravatars a while back, when Automattic bought them. But it deserves a special highlight and I improved the implementation now. If you comment here, [...]

  306. Jacqi Says:
    December 3, 2007 at 2:35 am

    Good deal!

  307. Stan Says:
    December 5, 2007 at 1:12 am

    for some reason my gravatar dont works :S

  308. wp-test - Test Wordpress stuff » Now With Gravatars Says:
    December 6, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    [...] you’d like to find out more about what the heck is or comment here’s the announcement post on the Gravatar blog. This entry is filed under WordPress Feeds. You can follow any responses to this entry through [...]

  309. Gravatars Everywhere « WordPress.com Says:
    December 6, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    [...] You may remember a little while back we bought Gravatar. We now have the infrastructure to a point where we feel comfortable sending a lot more traffic to [...]

  310. Gravatars Everywhere « WordPress.com Says:
    December 6, 2007 at 8:44 pm

    [...] You may remember a little while back we bought Gravatar. We now have the infrastructure to a point where we feel comfortable sending a lot more traffic to [...]

  311. Brent Says:
    December 6, 2007 at 9:55 pm

    That kicks major butt dude!!

    :cool:

  312. Gravatars: go get one :) « VIVIAN J. PAIGE Says:
    December 7, 2007 at 1:47 am

    [...] we have had our own little avatar system. Recently, the company that owns WordPress.com bought Gravatar and today announced that they have enabled gravatar support here. (Don’t tell them [...]

  313. Gravatars em todo lugar « Mundo WP Says:
    December 7, 2007 at 3:02 am

    [...] mais esperados para o WordPress.com desde que a Automattic (a empresa por trás do WordPress.com) a comprou. Veja o post do blog e saiba o que aconteceu: Você deve lembrar que nós compramos a Gravatar. [...]

  314. wordpress.com與Gravatar功能整合 « Jiunn’s mind + information collection Says:
    December 7, 2007 at 5:34 am

    [...] wordpress.com與Gravatar功能整合 發文於 12 / 7 / 2007 by jiunnmind 從WordPress.com與Gravatar整合已經過了一個半月，今天在WordPress.com的部落格上面看到了功能整合的消息，主要整合的部份在於以下這段話： [...]

  315. Wordpress.com activa Gravatar « Javier Aroche @ Wordpress Says:
    December 7, 2007 at 5:41 am

    [...] activa Gravatar Luego de comprar el servicio de Gravatar, hoy WordPress.com ha activado este servicio a todos sus blogs. Lo curioso es que Sandbox 1.0 en [...]

  316. Gravatars Everywhere « narathsBLOG Says:
    December 9, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    [...] may remember a little while back we bought Gravatar. We now have the infrastructure to a point where we feel comfortable sending a lot more traffic to [...]

  317. talnikar Says:
    December 13, 2007 at 9:53 am

    nice

  318. Katz Says:
    December 14, 2007 at 8:18 am

    !

  319. st3ch Says:
    December 14, 2007 at 4:34 pm

    Very nice news

  320. WyriHaximus.net :: Gravatar Says:
    December 15, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    [...] After reading into it a bit more I decided to add it to my site also. Recently Gravatar has been acquired by Automattic (the company behind WordPress and Akismet), promising some exciting new features. But [...]

  321. Automattic acquisisce Gravatar per renderlo gratuito e disponibile a tutti - BlogMasterpiece Says:
    December 16, 2007 at 11:43 pm

    [...] “A volte le idee più semplici sono le migliori”, scrive Matt Mullenweg sul blog di Gravatar. [...]

  322. Alguna novedades para los blogs alojados en WordPress.com Says:
    December 20, 2007 at 7:45 am

    [...] el blog de JAVIER AROCHE comenta que WordPress.com activa Gravatar, eso sucede después de que comprar dicho servicio, por lo que hace unos días WordPress.com ha activado este servicio a todos sus [...]

  323. Globally Recognized Avatar « A minor Point of View Says:
    December 20, 2007 at 8:36 am

    [...] Globally Recognized Avatar 20 12 2007 Wie man bereits vor einiger Zeit in den News von WordPress.com vernehmen konnte wurde der Bloganbieter-übergreifende Dienst GRAvatar von WordPress.com gekauft. [...]

  324. Adam Says:
    December 20, 2007 at 10:17 pm

    I love gravatars…but I’d like to see more interesting options for a default image. Right now I’m using the wavatar WP plugin to create unique default images for each user. But I would love it if I could have gravatar.com generate a wavatar for people who haven’t registered for a gravatar.

    That would be heaven…

  325. echagnon Says:
    December 21, 2007 at 2:42 am

    Its great to see the dynamism of your company. A small team of people doing major stuff. Great!!!

  326. How to get an avatar on this site Says:
    December 25, 2007 at 2:00 am

    [...] You should do it cos Gravatar will become a wordpress default soon, i have a feeling. [...]

  327. breakfish » Blog Archive » WordPress 进行的对 Gravatar优化 Says:
    December 25, 2007 at 5:15 pm

    [...] 母公司 Automattic刚收购 Gravatar 没几天，工程师就对 Gravatar 进行了一番手术，把 Gravatar 并入了 WordPress.com [...]

  328. 站长工具箱 » Blog Archive » (转) 一些有用的WordPress插件 Says:
    December 28, 2007 at 6:12 am

    [...] Automattic (WordPress开发者)刚刚 获得Gravatar ，将来Gravatar服务将更快更大（达 [...]

  329. Menggunakan Gravatar Pada Blog Berplatform Wordpress — Agung’s Blog Says:
    December 28, 2007 at 9:47 am

    [...] (selaku perusahaan yang membawahi WordPress) mengakusisi Gravatar (beritanya dapat dibaca di sini). Lalu, bagaimana dengan kita yang mempunyai blog berplatform WordPress dengan domain sendiri [...]

  330. Adding Avatars and Gravatars to Your WordPress and WordPress.com Blog « Lorelle on WordPress Says:
    December 31, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    [...] Automattic bought Gravatar, they updated the infrastructure to speed things up and updated the Gravatar WordPress [...]

  331. De Grote Jaarlijkse Verzamelpost (2) - Doe Niet Zo Moeilijk! Says:
    January 1, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    [...] de hand deed. Neem Automattic, dat naast het bestieren van WordPress.com en blogspamfilter Akismet, Gravatar heeft overgenomen, en waarover de geruchten gaan dat ze onlangs een overnamebod van 200 miljoen dollar hebben [...]

  332. Get a Gravatar and Be Cool! | thingelstad.com Says:
    January 2, 2008 at 3:35 am

    [...] that takes your email address and creates a key to map it back to your gravatar. Automattic now owns Gravatar and is embedding it into WordPress. Now there is a plugin for the OS X Address Book that allows you [...]

  333. onbip1 Says:
    January 6, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    nice!

  334. Comment Avatar Plugins | AbleReach Says:
    January 8, 2008 at 10:30 am

    [...] Article – Automattic Acquires Gravatar [...]

  335. Adam Says:
    January 9, 2008 at 3:41 am

    I’ve actually created a Gravatar class if you click the link in my name. Loosely coupled and works like a dream – it also has a cache with an expiration date for the avatar – to save on loading times. It can merely load the avatar in locally.

    Adam @ TalkPHP.com

  336. Instrumentos para redes sociales y la suplantación del término : Intrópicos Says:
    January 10, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    [...] conectar esas comunidades de interés. Feevy va en ese sentido, Gravatar también (recordemos que lo compró el propio wordpress) y por supuesto la RMD. Existen actualmente algunos proyectos que van en este sentido, algunos [...]

  337. Gravatars - or Globally Recognized Avatars | Lisa Sabin-Wilson Says:
    January 13, 2008 at 12:22 am

    [...] who brought WordPress.com into existence. Automattic’s acquisition of Gravatar happened in October 2007 – they purchased it from Tom Werner. While Tom owned and operated it – it grew at an amazing rate [...]

  338. ideablog » Архив блога » Все сделки 2007 г. в области web/technology на западном рынке Says:
    January 16, 2008 at 4:38 am

    [...] размещаемую в комментариях всех блогов, аватару. Официальный пост в блоге | TechCrunch | GigaOm | Mashable | [...]

  339. Link 186 | Molrak.com Says:
    January 16, 2008 at 5:33 am

    [...] Automattic Acquires Gravatar « Gravatar Blog [...]

  340. music Says:
    January 30, 2008 at 9:24 am

    What do you mean ?

  341. Deuts.NET - Automattic Acquires Gravatar Says:
    February 17, 2008 at 5:18 pm

    [...] tried the mybloglog avatars instead, to my dismay because of some cache problem. Hopefully, this development will bring more stability and surely gravatar will be back to my [...]

  342. Gravatar, Identify Yourself On Blogs With A Global Avatar | Laughing Squid Says:
    February 18, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    [...] in October 2007 Gravatar was acquired by Automattic (WordPress’ parent company), which has greatly improved performance and will help Gravatar [...]

  343. Erik’s Blog » Gravatars Says:
    February 22, 2008 at 10:04 am

    [...] six months ago. Last October, the company that runs WordPress, the software that runs this blog, bought gravatar.com, so it’s not surprising that there is a WordPress plugin to support gravatars. [...]

  344. Fricken Noobs Says:
    February 29, 2008 at 4:21 am

    Get this piece of garbage off Rails so that it doesnt ruin peoples sites. I would never put gravatars on my blog because of the slow loading times. RoR is a scalability nightmare. ASP.NET on IIS7 would stomp your colon! Ugh. Morons. WordPress blows, too, by the way.

  345. Zkouska Says:
    March 3, 2008 at 8:08 pm

    Its great!

  346. ग्रावतार बिक गया!! - दुनिया मेरी नज़र से - world from my eyes!! Says:
    March 3, 2008 at 8:22 pm

    [...] बनाने वाली कंपनी ऑटोमैट्टिक ने खरीद लिया है। यह ऑटोमैट्टिक वही कंपनी है जो [...]

  347. Wordpress 2.5 : présentation des nouveautés et sondage Says:
    March 5, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    [...] Avec l’arrivée de Gravatar dans le giron d’Automattic, les développeurs ont saisi l’occasion pour implémenter la fonctionnalité dans WordPress 2.5. Désormais, vous pourrez afficher les Gravatar de vos lecteurs sans avoir besoin d’un plugin. Attention tout de même, vos lecteurs devront toujours s’inscrire sur Gravatar pour pouvoir afficher leur avatar… vous suivez ? [...]

  348. The Ten Thousand Year Blog » Got a Gravatar yet? Says:
    March 9, 2008 at 1:08 am

    [...] add gravatars to your comments template automatically.” Now that is easy! Gravatar.com was acquired in October 2007 by Automattic, one of the brilliant minds behind WordPress and [...]

  349. Wordpress 2.5 não foi lançado! Says:
    March 11, 2008 at 11:54 pm

    [...] e/ou códigos estranhos, apenas com uma template tag simples. Essa novidade é reflexo direto da aquisição do gravatar pela Automattic, empresa por trás do [...]

  350. Replacing plugins with template code: Gravatars - Joost de Valk's SEO Blog Says:
    March 13, 2008 at 8:10 am

    [...] my gravatars plugin did some server-side caching, but since Automattic acquired Gravatar a while back, they’re now super fast, and all that caching can just slow your site down, because [...]

  351. Il Filosofo » Filosofo’s WordPress Gravatar Plugin Says:
    March 15, 2008 at 5:29 am

    [...] by filosofo. Posted on October 23, 2007 at 12:50 pm Automattic, the company behind WordPress, recently acquired Gravatar. In case you don’t know, gravatars—or “globally recognized [...]

  352. First Impressions on WordPress 2.5 RC1 | Tech Hive | Blog on Wordpress, Web Design, Accessibility, Standards and Usability Says:
    March 18, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    [...] What do you expect? They already bought gravatar! [...]

  353. Anuncio IMPORTANTE: ¡Nos mudamos! | Emarts Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 2:44 am

    [...] sé si recordaran que Automattic, la empresa que creo este sistema compró Gravatar, pues bueno eso nos vino bien a la comunidad WordPressera ya que ahora los gravatares son [...]

  354. weblog.masukomi.org » LazyWeb idea Gravata + Network of sites = Gravanetric Says:
    March 20, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    [...] this would be easiest for the Guys over at Automattic since they’ve already got the Gravatar infrastructure in place and know exactly what kind of [...]

  355. Automattic acquisisce Gravatar | Lorenzo Raffio Says:
    March 25, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    [...] che negli ultimi 60 giorni hanno sottoscritto la versione Premium verranno rimborsati. Ecco l’annuncio dell’acquisizione: The best ideas are often the simplest. The idea of globally-recognized [...]

  356. No seáis tímidos. Usad gravatar para los comentarios. por El aderezo - Blog de Cocina Says:
    March 26, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    [...] gravatar es un servicio gratuito recientemente adquirido por WORDPRESS que vincula un avatar o imagen a una dirección de email, mostrando esta cada vez que dejéis un [...]

  357. Cambios, mejoras y rediseño en la versión de Wordpress 2.5 Says:
    March 31, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    [...] WordPress ahora soporta Gravatars en forma nativa, algo que era de esperar luego de la compra de Gravatar de parte de Automattic. [...]

  358. DIGITALife » Wordpress Usefull Plugins - Take 2 Says:
    April 3, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  359. missdanni Says:
    April 6, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    Congrats Matt!
    This move makes perfect sense.

  360. Getting Rid Of The Default Gravatar | Scattered Thoughts Says:
    April 22, 2008 at 3:07 pm

    [...] have actually been around for a while, but they have been gaining in popularity expecially since Automattic recently acquired gravatar and WordPress 2.5 released with inbuilt support. Adding Gravatars to your wordpress theme is fairly [...]

  361. Hello Nate Whitehill dot Com 2.0 Says:
    May 12, 2008 at 12:54 am

    [...] with integrated Gravatar support. Just so you know, Automattic, the company that owns WordPress, bought Gravatar late last year, so we will be seeing a lot more of Gravatar in the near future. That’s great [...]

  362. mastafrog Says:
    May 18, 2008 at 12:36 am

    Hi there Gravatars

  363. Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Says:
    May 21, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    [...] offers a globally recognizable avatar image that appears next to a users name in blog comments. Official Blog Post | TechCrunch | GigaOm | Mashable | [...]

  364. Robert Lipply Says:
    May 29, 2008 at 2:17 am

    I just set up a gravatar. How cool this is!

  365. Ajouter les gravatars à Wordpress (GlossyBlue) Says:
    June 13, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    [...] Automattic, la société qui gère le WordPress.com WordPress a racheté la societé “Gravatar” qui éditait ces fameux avatars en octobre 2007. Ce qui fait [...]

  366. music lover Says:
    June 16, 2008 at 12:09 am

    It completely agree with Robert Lipply

  367. WordPress 2.6 Features — Orangescale.NET / Thomas Arie Setiawan Says:
    June 16, 2008 at 9:06 am

    [...] support, and we have option wether we want to display it or not, and also set the maximum rating. Automattic already acquired Gravatar in October 2007, and they added interesting features on it in last April: Identicon, MonsterID and Wavatar. If [...]

  368. Creative Farm Design » Useful WordPress Plugins Says:
    July 5, 2008 at 2:05 am

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  369. Music Says:
    July 31, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Nice! Gravatar sounds just right with WordPress.

  370. Gravatar for dummies | Napolux.com Says:
    August 18, 2008 at 5:37 am

    [...] le cose sono cambiate. Gravatar è stato acquistato da Automattic nel’ottobre 2007 e da allora il servizio ha ripreso a funzionare come si deve: esistono decine di plugin per tutti i [...]

  371. Gravatars - back on - Somefoolwith_ahabari Says:
    September 1, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    [...] Automattic has bought Gravatar I figured Gravatars would become reliable once again so I’ve re-enabled them on this [...]

  372. Next Automattic Buy: Too Lijit to Quit Says:
    September 24, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    [...] has this nice habit of buying up companies that fix their own weaknesses. Need blogger profiles? Buy Gravatar. Commenting system sucks? Buy Intense [...]

  373. WORDPRESS ACHÈTE POLLDADDY : DES SONDAGES DANS VOTRE BLOG Says:
    October 16, 2008 at 10:16 am

    [...] Gravatar et IntenseDebate, voici donc une acquisition de plus qui donne certaines informations quant à [...]

  374. E’ ufficiale: Gravatar per Wordpress.com » Archivi Blog » WordPress Italy Says:
    October 28, 2008 at 7:20 pm

    [...] notizia risale a ieri, il lavoro è già funzionante da qualche tempo. Subito dopo l’acquisto di Gravatar, lo staff di WordPress.com ha modificato il funzionamento dei propri blog per far si che questi [...]

  375. Automattic acquisisce Gravatar | Lorenzo Raffio | Blog Says:
    November 23, 2008 at 11:23 am

    [...] che negli ultimi 60 giorni hanno sottoscritto la versione Premium verranno rimborsati. Ecco l’annuncio dell’acquisizione: The best ideas are often the simplest. The idea of globally-recognized [...]

  376. Gravatars - back on - Somefoolwit_habari Says:
    December 4, 2008 at 12:53 am

    [...] Automattic has bought Gravatar I figured Gravatars would become reliable once again so I’ve re-enabled them on this [...]

  377. WordPress.com Goes Gravatar Crazy « Blog « WordPress.com Says:
    December 8, 2008 at 1:59 am

    [...] apokalyptik Howdy there bloggers! You’ll no doubt remember that when we acquired Gravatar.com, just over a year ago, we intended to fully integrate it into WordPress.com. It’s been a long [...]

  378. Gravatar, ngga mau kalah .. « Belajar Blogging Says:
    December 8, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    [...] di wordpress.com setelah melaunching Blavatar. Gravatar ngga mau tinggal diam. Perusahaan yang diakuisisi oleh Automatic ini membuka layanan yang tadinya berbayar menjadi gratis. Multiple email addresses [...]

  379. WordPress.com Now Gravified « Gravatar Blog Says:
    December 10, 2008 at 12:59 am

    [...] 10, 2008 | Posted by apokalyptik I still remember the post Matt made back when we announced that we’d acquired Gravatar.com… “Of course I should be [...]

  380. Catalina Trujillo de la U Says:
    December 10, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Cool!

  381. WordPress.com Goes Gravatar Crazy - Equestrian Blogger - A Horse Community Says:
    December 13, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    [...] there bloggers! You’ll no doubt remember that when we acquired Gravatar.com, just over a year ago, we intended to fully integrate it into WordPress.com. It’s been a long [...]

  382. Day Eye Dreams » Blog Archive » WordPress.com Goes Gravatar Crazy Says:
    December 15, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    [...] there bloggers! You’ll no doubt remember that when we acquired Gravatar.com, just over a year ago, we intended to fully integrate it into WordPress.com. It’s been a long [...]

  383. mynameisphil - Gravatars - Put your mug everywhere Says:
    December 22, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    [...] about the stability of the service. In October 2007Automattic, the people behind akismet, acquired Gravatar and made sweeping changes for the better. The premium service was scrapped and server response [...]

  384. Gravatar, ngga mau kalah .. « Pieces of Mind Says:
    December 26, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    [...] di wordpress.com setelah melaunching Blavatar. Gravatar ngga mau tinggal diam. Perusahaan yang diakuisisi oleh Automatic ini membuka layanan yang tadinya berbayar menjadi gratis. Multiple email addresses [...]

  385. Jenn Armour | Design + Marketing + Code + Consulting » Yet another list of useful Wordpress plugins. I love Wordpress. Says:
    December 29, 2008 at 1:44 pm

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  386. 星月轮转 » Blog Archive » Gravatar简介 Says:
    January 1, 2009 at 1:59 am

    [...] 由于它十分流行，2007年10月18日被automattic收购。现在，wordpress已经内置了gravatar的支持，一切都是很自然的事情——当初Gravatar的流行，也依赖了wordpress广大的用户基础。 [...]

  387. Useful WordPress Plugins | SoftSeek! Says:
    January 4, 2009 at 11:17 am

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  388. Kash-if Mushtaq » Blog Archive » Useful WordPress Plugins Says:
    January 28, 2009 at 1:39 am

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  389. 100 Top Useful WordPress Plugins for Download | CSS Experiments Says:
    January 28, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

  390. Got a Gravatar? Says:
    January 29, 2009 at 7:05 am

    [...] around for 4-5 years but are continuing to grow momentum. Automattic (the makers of WordPress acquired them just over a year ago. As more sites continue to support this technology – I only see it becoming [...]

  391. Useful WordPress Plugins | Design tools Says:
    February 10, 2009 at 10:12 am

    [...] avatar) of your commenters. In case you don’t know yet, Automattic (WordPress creator) just acquired Gravatar and the future Gravatar services will run faster and bigger sizes (up to [...]

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