# Automattic Acquires Gravatar Gravatar Blog

<http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/>

- Host: [blog.gravatar.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/blog.gravatar.com/)
- Saved: October 18, 2007 (2007-10-18T16:41:22Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/656e25c0aebd/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/656e25c0aebd.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

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 ke

## Facts

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## Same host

- [Gravatar: Your gravatar: it’s not just for web pages any more!](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a767067df53b/) (blog.gravatar.com, December 27, 2007)
- [Gravatar: Big changes afoot](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/369e226a9f8a/) (blog.gravatar.com, March 14, 2008)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://blog.gravatar.com/2007/10/18/automattic-gravatar/