OpenID Gets Around: 9 Million Websites and 1 Billion People Might Use This
posted Friday Dec 18, 2009 by Jon Wurm
OpenID allows you to use one identity across the entire web, isn't that cool? For a long time the technology was on the fringe but some major players like Yahoo and AOL were the first major sites to host OpenID accounts. Now Google, Microsoft, Facebook and even the government have jumped on the band wagon. The OpenID foundation estimates that over 9 million websites will allow you to log in with OpenID credentials. It is estimated that OpenID could be used by 1 billion people but there are many reasons why that number is theoretical and not actual. Different sites use different sign in methods that can cause confusion for some web users. Also there are other systems in place such as Facebook Connect Tools that are a bit easier to use. Don't let yourself be one of the billion left in the dark check out OpenID and let us know what you think.