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DataSift, Automattic Partner For Curated Access To All WordPress Posts

By TechTaffy Desk

WordPress

Social analytics and insights company DataSift has signed a global partnership with Automattic, the company behind WordPress. Through the DataSift platform, companies can have curated access to all of Automattic’s public data, including posts and comments on WordPress.com, as well as content from externally hosted WordPress blogs and websites powered by Jetpack. WordPress is home to more than 1.8 million posts per day and roughly as many comments and likes.

DataSift has also added a separate feed for IntenseDebate, a commenting system averaging one million activities per day across WordPress and other content management platforms such as Google’s Blogger and Tumblr.

[Image courtesy: Automattic]

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