WordPress administrators can now utilize Site Stats to see Web analytics regarding site commmentary, including who’s commenting the most and the posts they’re commenting on.
For blogs with less than 1,000 total comments, administrators will be able to access stats on everything. For blogs with more than 1,000 total comments, you will be able to see stats for the past three months.
With Google’s recent Blogger re-design possibly creating some interest in the Internet Marketing world, this is a way for WordPress to regain thought leadership in the blogging-as-a-business world. We’ll see if it’s enough to keep their huge market share going a little bit longer.