Posted on WordPress.org November 18, 2009 by Matt.

Matt Mullenweg* announced Nov 18, 2009 that WordPress has been awarded the Overall Best Open Source CMS Award in the 2009 Open Source CMS Awards.

Matt said: “This is a landmark for us, as it is the first time we’ve won this award, and it marks a shift in the public perception of WordPress, from blog software to full-featured CMS. No small contest, the Open Source CMS Awards received over 12,000 nominations and more than 23,000 votes across five categories.

In addition to winning in the Overall Best Open Source CMS category, WordPress was named first runner-up in the Best Open Source PHP CMS category. This is significant because we weren’t even in the top 5 last year, and now we’re #2, ahead of Joomla! As is stated on the Award site, ‘WordPress made its way into the top five for the first time. The fact that it was outranked by Drupal by a very slight margin indicates how popular it has become with users as well as developers over the past year.’

Every day thousands of new people are embracing WordPress to power not just their blogs but entire sites and communities without compromising on usability or scalability (as would be the case with a legacy CMS). Every member of the WordPress community, from core developer to beginning user, should be proud to be part of this momentum: congratulations to us all!”

*Matt Mullenweg is one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. Matt is the founding developer of WordPress, the blogging software that runs much of this site and millions of other sites around the world. Matt says that WordPress is “a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform” but more importantly WordPress is a part of who I am. Like eating, breathing, music, I can’t not work on WordPress. The project touches a lot of people, something I’ve recently begun to appreciate. I consider myself very lucky to be able to work on something I love so much.

Promoting You and Your Qualifications as a Brand

This is the true value of Social Media, in my opinion. If you think about it: just as a corporation offers services with perceived benefits – so do you. And just as Coca-Cola has a recognizable brand and intrinsic perceived value – so should you! Building your own unique personal Brand through internet presence is the way to go now in the 21^st Century. Don’t let this train leave the station without you!

For more info on Internet Presence for business, networking or for job seekers – please see Internet Presence

Social Media and SEO, Baby!

Ok, don’t cringe:) If you are not familiar with Social Media for career advancement and job search, the following Intro should smooth the way.  Social Media and New Media are tools and can be used effectively. And like most tools, familiarity will come at once (who can’t use a hammer?) but the virtuosity of a master may take a few months. That’s ok! No one knows it all.

The most important thing is:  Get Started and Don’t Give Up! It’s like that old saying: You can’t fail at this unless you quit.  And quitting is not an option!

So now that we are in the right frame of mind – let’s look at the Basics.

LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com

LinkedIn is the most basic component of Social Media and Networking for job seekers and career advancers.  A few years back, a recruiter told me that many individuals were getting jobs and/or getting hired through the value of their LinkedIn profiles and networking.

In the past few years, I have seen that it is true.

So head for LinkedIn. It will be worth your time.