Just when I thought life was going smoothly, I got hit with a wrench in my spokes! They are moving my blog and everyone else’s to a new site called WordPress. How it works with the NDN site, I have no idea. Do I have any idea what to do on the site? Heck no!...Read More

Google Analytics is a freemium software service that helps websites monitor traffic and identify trends in site visitor behavior that could, ultimately, impact marketing, conversions, revenue, and profits. WordPress is the single most popular content management system with between 48 percent and 62 percent of the CMS market, according to BuiltWith, Opensource CMS, and W3Techs....Read More

If you’re not measuring your website or business’ performance, or keeping track of client interactions and relationships then you’ve got a lot of catching up to do. As we grow towards learning more about social and business triggers, we realize that having valuable data truly is invaluable. Regardless of whatever type of venture you’re running...Read More

Automattic, the company behind the popular WordPress blogging platform, has seen a rapid increase in DMCA takedown notices in recent years. Most requests are legitimate, aimed at disabling access to copyright-infringing material. However, there are also many overbroad and abusive takedown notices which take up a lot of the company’s time and resources. Last November,...Read More

I sat down with Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of WordPress’ parent company, Automattic, for an extended interview in March, just ahead of the company’s $160 million financing round a month later, which valued the company at $1.16 billion. (Apologies for posting this so long after the fact.) For a company that powers 22% of the...Read More

Dominic Smith is a senior writer and content strategist for Rackspace Digital, the digital marketing infrastructure specialists. Putting together a recent comparison infographic of WordPress, Drupal and Joomla! got me thinking about what the Internet looked like before open source content management systems (CMS) came along. It’s been a decade or so since open source...Read More