How to avoid bad WordPress plugins. This week on the DNW podcast meet Mika Epstein, a WordPress engineer at DreamHost. She explains what to look for in WordPress plugins to make sure you aren’t opening up a backdoor to your website. We also hear ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Newspack could solve one of WordPress’ problems
· UncategorizedWordPress-for-newsrooms could help small publishers avoid the IT guy. There's a problem with WordPress: it's too complicated for the typical small business owner. It's also too complicated for the typical small news publisher. So it's exciting to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
October’s top domain stories
· UncategorizedHere's what happened in the domain name and web presence business last month. These are the top stories on DNW last month, ranked by pageviews. 1. The Problem with WordPress - WordPress is too complicated for the typical small business owner, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
CrowdSignal is PollDaddy’s new name
· ServicesThe CrowdSignal mystery is solved. Last week I wrote about how Automattic, the company behind WordPress, was getting ready to launch a new polling/survey service called CrowdSignal. That was sort of right. The company will indeed soon have a ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz – DNW Podcast #206
· PodcastsSedo's CEO explains how the domain parking and domain sales business has performed so far in 2018. Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz is our guest this week. We discuss what’s happening in domain parking and the aftermarket, and he explains where the company gets ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Automattic readies CrowdSignal survey platform
· Domain SalesCompany acquires CrowdSignal.com and applies for trademarks. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is getting ready to launch an online polling/survey platform. The company recently acquired The CrowdSignal.com domain name and has registered ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Quickly building a website on GoDaddy managed WordPress and Beaver Builder
· ServicesI built USMCA.com easily thanks to GoDaddy's wizard and Beaver Builder. Last week I wrote about a problem with WordPress: it's simply too difficult for the typical small business owner to figure out how to create a website using WordPress. I ... Continue Reading10 Comments
The problem with WordPress
· ServicesWordPress is too complex for the average small business owner to use. The on ramp needs to be simpler. WordPress powers 31% of the web. I've used it on this very blog since 2005. But WordPress has a problem for the millions of small business owners ... Continue Reading12 Comments
WP Engine acquires StudioPress, maker of the Genesis framework for WordPress
· ServicesWordPress hosting company acquires maker of popular framework for building WordPress sites. WordPress hosting company WP Engine has acquired StudioPress. StudioPress is the creator of the Genesis framework for WordPress site design/development. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WordPress.com and domain names – DNW Podcast #169
· PodcastsKellie Peterson talks about what WordPress.com is seeing as a domain name registrar. WordPress.com operates a domain name registrar with a unique characteristic: almost all of the domain names it registers are for end users that put them to use with a ... Continue Reading1 Comment