Free speech, privacy, and the web
Brian Krogsgard
Web-based hosts, platforms, and businesses need a plan for how they'll handle issues around free speech and privacy rights for their users and customers.
Two personnel announcements were made today,…
Brian Krogsgard
Two personnel announcements were made today, and while I don't typically comment on such things anymore, I figured I would this time because they are both friends. Matt Medeiros took his first full time job in over a decade to…
Publish tickets, initial speakers, sponsors
Brian Krogsgard
I'm super excited to finally be able to say that tickets for Publish 2017 are available. The event, as many of you already know, is in Atlanta, on August 3rd and 4th. That's a Thursday and Friday. Go straight to…
First web interaction for small businesses
Brian Krogsgard
The great battle for the small business side of the web is for a customer's first web interaction. Want to create a website? Where do you go? That's the battle that every player wants to win: Automattic, GoDaddy, EIG, Envato.…
I reported on GoDaddy’s likely acquisition…
Brian Krogsgard
I reported on GoDaddy's likely acquisition of Host Europe Group last year, and touched more on GoDaddy's positions in general in my post about their Sucuri acquisition. They have just finalized the acquisition of HEG. These deals takes months to…
What you should know about the Sucuri acquisition deal by GoDaddy
Brian Krogsgard
In fewer than six years, Sucuri went from a team trying to decide when the founders should go full time, to a team of more than one hundred people, and an acquisition deal in their hands from one of the…
If you are looking for WordPress…
Brian Krogsgard
If you are looking for WordPress basics in video form to share with someone, there are a few really great solutions out there; WP101 is my favorite, due to the high quality, consistent updates, and ability to put them right…
Beaver Builder’s “lite” version just passed…
Brian Krogsgard
Beaver Builder's "lite" version just passed 200,000 active installs, which is quite impressive. Talking to Robbie a few weeks back, I'm excited to see where they are taking this page building plugin. I believe their deal with GoDaddy probably helped…
GoDaddy gobbles up WP Curve
Brian Krogsgard
GoDaddy continues to gobble up talent in the WordPress space. They've acquired WP Curve, and say they intend to keep it a standalone service. WP Curve is a WordPress support service, offering "unlimited small fixes" that starts at $79 per…
GoDaddy has announced a new customized…
Dan Knauss
GoDaddy has announced a new customized experience for ones (especially non-developers) to get a WordPress site. The experience includes a startup wizard with the ability to choose a theme as part of a four step process. They are also including…
GoDaddy reportedly in talks to acquire Host Europe Group, gaining 1.7 million customers
Brian Krogsgard
Claire Ruckin is reporting for Reuters that GoDaddy is in talks to acquire the Host Europe Group, known as HEG. HEG describes themselves on their website: HEG is now one of Europe’s leading hosting providers, one of the largest domain…
ReviewSignal’s annual WordPress hosting results takeaways
Brian Krogsgard
Kevin Ohashi does the best WordPress hosting technical analysis out there. He's just come out with his 2016 benchmarks, which are the culmination of months of testing twenty six companies, across six price tiers, with five different methodologies. In addition…
Carrie Dils should not have had…
Brian Krogsgard
Carrie Dils should not have had to write this post about being a decent human being, but she did, and I'm glad she did. Her post is in response to the nonsensical reactions to the GoDaddy ManageWP acquisition.
GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP
Brian Krogsgard
GoDaddy has acquired the WordPress website management service, ManageWP. ManageWP will remain a standalone app, and GoDaddy will integrate several features into their GoDaddy Pro and WordPress hosting plans.
Private equity is getting closer to the hosting business
Brian Krogsgard
Last year, private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners bought Liquid Web. This week, it was announced that Rackspace -- rumored to also be on the verge of full-out purchase by private equity -- sold their "cloud" division to Liquid Web.…
Follow-up on Server Pilot
Brian Krogsgard
I talked to Justin Samuel, the CEO of Server Pilot, on the phone today, to do a bit of follow-up after my last post. I'm still intrigued by Server Pilot, which I see as unique in our space right now,…
