Blo.gs moves to Automattic
News today that Automattic/we have acquired blo.gs from Yahoo!. We approached Yahoo! a while ago to ask about their plans for blo.gs and were able to structure a deal to take it over. We plan to maintain continuity for blo.gs users. Matt has more details.
I don’t know if this is part of a larger trend of Yahoo! concentrating more on its core business, but I found Yahoo! to be refreshingly quick and focused to work with on this deal.
Blo.gs Lives On — Matt Mullenweg 8:46 pm on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Toni has a few more thoughts. [...]
Brian Colinger 11:02 pm on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
This should be interesting! Gotta get more hardware than that 1 server though!
Barry 11:41 pm on April 20, 2009 Permalink |
It hasn’t run on 1 server for a long long time. I need to update that page
Brian Colinger 9:39 am on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
I’d be interested to see some details on the server setup. Clustering?
I’m very interested in distributed computing these days!
Automattic buys Blo.gs | Weblog Tools Collection 9:50 am on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Please subscribe to our News feed. Thanks for visiting!Yahoo Spins Off Blo.gs To Automattic: WordPress parent company Automattic has bought the blo.gs pinging and blog trackback service from Yahoo. Sounds like a good deal for everyone involved, including Yahoo’s recent attempts at tearing down their “Wall of Shame” of failed products. Matt has more details and so does Toni. [...]
BLO.GS LIVES ON « Scorenalizer’s Blog 1:09 pm on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Toni has a few more thoughts. [...]
Automattic compra Blo.gs y ¿sale del Wall of Shame? | Denken Über 1:17 pm on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Personalmente creo que Blo.gs es un servicio demasiado de nicho como para que entre en una estrategia de Yahoo! donde hasta acaban de crear el Wall of Shame donde la nueva CEO pone los productos con los que no está contenta y busca ejecutivos que se hagan cargo… o los vende y rápido como dice Toni de Automattic [...]
Greg Cohn 2:57 pm on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
Congrats again guys; delighted to see blo.gs find such a good home.
Paid Content : Yahoo Spins Off Blo.gs To Automattic 3:07 pm on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
[...] and blog trackback service from Yahoo. Financial details weren’t disclosed, but Automattic CEO Toni Schneider said the deal-making process was “refreshingly quick.” Aside from feature upgrades, Automattic will make [...]
hating on netscape, those were the days « wordpress™ wank 3:40 pm on April 21, 2009 Permalink |
[...] anyone else look at the ‘acquisition’ of blo.gs and think of our old friend BrowseHappy, i.e. third party finds itself with domain it can’t [...]
Blog company Automattic buys Blo.gs » VentureBeat 7:05 am on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] to produce the early WordPress feature that reordered your blogroll based on update times. CEO Toni Schneider also blogged about the deal, saying Yahoo was “refreshingly quick” in doing the [...]
Techeroid » Blog company Automattic buys Blo.gs 7:20 am on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] to produce the early WordPress feature that reordered your blogroll based on update times. CEO Toni Schneider also blogged about the deal, saying Yahoo was “refreshingly quick” in doing the [...]
Blog company Automattic buys Blo.gs | TechBeat|Gather Tech News 7:52 am on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] to produce the early WordPress feature that reordered your blogroll based on update times. CEO Toni Schneider also blogged about the deal, saying Yahoo was “refreshingly quick” in doing the [...]
Blog company Automattic buys Blo.gs | TechgearX.com 7:59 am on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] to produce the early WordPress feature that reordered your blogroll based on update times. CEO Toni Schneider also blogged about the deal, saying Yahoo was “refreshingly quick” in doing the [...]
Automattic gets blog ping update service in its kitty! | Blog Design Studio 2:22 pm on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] to them and didn’t mention that it was sold to them by Yahoo Inc for an undisclosed amount. Toni at Automattic, also didn’t mention the price and has just said that they were able to structure a deal with [...]
Automattic compra Blo.gs y ¿sale del Wall of Shame? « powerx7 4:20 pm on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Personalmente creo que Blo.gs es un servicio demasiado de nicho como para que entre en una estrategia de Yahoo! donde hasta acaban de crear el Wall of Shame donde la nueva CEO pone los productos con los que no está contenta y busca ejecutivos que se hagan cargo… o los vende y rápido como dice Toni de Automattic [...]
Automattic buys Blo.gs :: CMS Design Resource 8:37 pm on April 22, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Automattic, the parent company of the WordPress publishing system, has worked out a deal with Yahoo to buy its almost defunct blog updating service blo.gs. You can read about it on Matt’s blog, and Toni’s blog. [...]
Automattic buys Blo.gs | The Latest Headlines 3:17 pm on May 6, 2009 Permalink |
[...] Yahoo Spins Off Blo.gs To Automattic: WordPress parent company Automattic has bought the blo.gs pinging and blog trackback service from Yahoo. Sounds like a good deal for everyone involved, including Yahoo’s recent attempts at tearing down their “Wall of Shame” of failed products. Matt has more details and so does Toni. [...]
Hicham 7:11 am on June 17, 2009 Permalink |
Aleady read and comented few months ago over MA.TT’s blog however I want to ask any idea when it will be up and functionaling again? I check the news section but the latest update is on Apr 21st and it’s not working yet.
mitesh 3:45 am on August 6, 2009 Permalink |
Congrats Automattic… WordPress is great tool – and it seems Automattic will also do a good job in making Blo.gs a HIT product