WordPress hosting company takes a big investment from a company that knows the hosting space. There was quite a bit of buzz here in Austin yesterday after WordPress hosting service WP Engine announced a $250 million investment from Silver Lake ... Continue Reading1 Comment
How to reduce comment spam on your WordPress website
· ServicesAllowing comments on your WordPress website is a great way to boost interactions between yourself and your loyal readers. In fact, comments provide you the opportunity to engage directly with those who are reading your content and can provide some ... Continue Reading4 Comments
7 Signs Your WordPress Website Has Been Hacked
· UncategorizedOne of the reasons WordPress is so popular as a content management system is because of its airtight security (read: it's rare ability to be hacked). But the truth is, 136,640 attacks are happening per minute to WordPress websites across the ... Continue Reading11 Comments
How to Find a WordPress Developer
· UncategorizedDeveloping a website on WordPress? Here are some places you can find a developer. Finding a skilled, reliable, and affordable WordPress developer, not to mention one that is available, is tough these days. With WordPress surpassing all other content ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Quick and Easy Ways to Boost User Engagement on Your WordPress Website
· UncategorizedHere are ways to improve user engagement on your website. Have you developed one of your domain names into a website built on WordPress? Now it's time to build up traffic to the site and get people to stay and return. So now what? [clickToTweet ... Continue Reading6 Comments
My conversation with Matt Mullenweg about domain names
· UncategorizedA transcript of my in-depth conversation about domain names with the creator of WordPress. Two weeks ago I had Matt Mullenweg, creator of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, on the Domain Name Wire Podcast to talk about domain names. It was one of the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg talks domain names – DNW Podcast #91
· PodcastsMullenweg discusses domain names and .blog. Matt Mullenweg created WordPress and is the CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and many related products. On today's show, Matt will discuss the upcoming launch of the .blog top level domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
More details on .Blog and Automattic
· UncategorizedA few more interesting details about Automattic running .blog. There was big news in the top level domain world yesterday: Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, announced it will be running the .blog top level domain name. This will be a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
WordPress gets more aggressive with cybersquatting complaints
· Policy & LawWordPress Foundation files cybersquatting complaints...and wins. WordPress Foundation appears to be more aggressively going after people that use WordPress in their domain names. The group has won six cybersquatting complaints in the past ... Continue Reading1 Comment
VaultPress drops its price for WordPress security and backup
· ServicesMust-have security service now costs less. I was one of the first customers to use Automattic's VaultPress service, and it has saved my behind on multiple occasions. VaultPress is a WordPress backup and security system created by WordPress. The ... Continue Reading6 Comments