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GoDaddy targets Digital Ocean with new cloud infrastructure

Brian Krogsgard

March 21, 2016

GoDaddy is targeting products by companies like Digital Ocean and Amazon with their new by-the-hour Cloud Services and Apps project. The pricing is pretty much a direct mirror of Digital Ocean's right now (starts at $5 per month), and they…

Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2016

BusinessHosting

Automattic has taken over a majority stake in Pressable, the managed WordPress hosting company, with a purchase of Pressable CEO Vid Luther's shares of the company. They were already a significant investor.

GoDaddy is getting into logo design.…

January 26, 2016

GoDaddy is getting into logo design. The big companies are really going for complete vertical distribution.

Envato is getting into hosting WordPress websites with Pressed partnership

Brian Krogsgard

December 22, 2015

BusinessHosting

Envato has been testing a pitch for hosting since December 1st, and plans to roll it out on a broader scale in the new year. Two theme shops are running the hosting pitch now, Qode and Select-Themes. Buyers can see…

The story behind the GoDaddy challenge…

December 17, 2015

The story behind the GoDaddy challenge coins, and if you're into that, don't miss the 99% Invisible episode on challenge coins as well.

Codeable outsourcing service paid out $1 million over 90 day period

Brian Krogsgard

December 10, 2015

In their latest contractor newsletter, the Codeable team shared that they paid out over a million dollars in the previous 90 day period, which is a record for the outsourcing service that matches up clients seeking contractors. Contractors on Codeable…

GoDaddy is highlighting the top trending plugins and themes installed on their servers

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2015

Hosting

Well, data is awesome and this is pretty good data. GoDaddy announced what they are calling the Hot 100 that highlights the top 100 trending themes and plugins. The list updates net gains in active installs, so it's a trend measurement, versus…

Hosting giant Endurance slammed by “independent research” company with suspect motivations

Brian Krogsgard

April 28, 2015

Hosting

I looked into this story for hours, and have concluded that the doomsday scenario described in the headline on Business Week and the report by Gotham City Researchers are exaggerated at best. Gotham City Research publishes these reports depicting crash…

GoDaddy acquires Elto to create a marketplace for WordPress professionals

Brian Krogsgard

April 10, 2015

Hosting

GoDaddy has acquired Elto to create a marketplace for WordPress professionals. Elto shut down late last year to re-think their strategy, and today it was reported by TechCrunch that they are joining GoDaddy to better execute their vision. The company's…

WP101 and Sidekick are partnered with GoDaddy

Brian Krogsgard

April 7, 2015

Hosting

WP101 has inked a deal with GoDaddy's Pro (WordPress) hosting product to complement their deal with Sidekick, to enable a significant amount of user training for GoDaddy customers. Both deals are part of an overall agenda from GoDaddy to enable…

Anyone can change

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2015

Business

Update: Change is hard. I wrote this 20 months ago, but after seeing some of the responses on social media to my article on GoDaddy acquiring ManageWP, I was surprised that GoDaddy's changes as a company haven't been more widely recognized.…

5 years into business, Pagely is growing faster than ever

Brian Krogsgard

October 8, 2014

BusinessDesign

Pagely is celebrating their fifth year of business right now. They have just launched their newly designed website (note to early readers: it's in process of launching at this moment, so some links may not work until later today) to…

Contribution as culture

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2014

BusinessHosting

This post spends a lot of time analyzing and referencing two other blog posts. Excuse me for that, but also be sure to read both, as they are relevant for this post and also interesting in their own right. Matt…

Interview with Kurt Payne, core contributor, GoDaddy developer

Brian Krogsgard

October 18, 2013

WordPress News

Kurt Payne is a PHP developer, WordPress core contributor, and GoDaddy employee. In this Code Poet interview, he talks about what he's learned and what he works on. I've used the GoDaddy P3 Profiler plugin he's the main author of,…

GoDaddy has acquired Media Temple

Brian Krogsgard

October 15, 2013

Hosting

In a shocking move (to me), GoDaddy has acquired fellow hosting company Media Temple. According to the post on TechCrunch, Media Temple's 225 employees will continue to manage its 125,000 customer base as a separate entity. GoDaddy has apparently been…