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Day One, the Journaling App, Joins Automattic

Web Monkey2 years ago03 mins

We’re excited to welcome Day One to the Automattic team. Day One is a private journaling app that makes writing for yourself a simple pleasure. A beautifully designed user experience has earned the app prestigious awards including App Store Editor’s Choice, App of the Year, and the Apple Design Award, along with high praise from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Wired, and more.…

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SEO news in May 2021: Google introduces a new language model

Web Monkey3 years ago028 mins

This month, Google held their annual I/O conference, an event at which they announce new product releases and other interesting stuff. They introduced us to MUM, their new language model and the next step in understanding online content.…

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Rich results are rocking the SERPs

Web Monkey3 years ago021 mins

Rich search results are everywhere. Years ago, search engines presented search results without much adornment. Today, the search results look very different, especially on mobile. We see extra information beneath the links, plus a couple of big blocks of rich — often visual or action-oriented — content, depending on what you look for.…

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5 years of writing readable content with Yoast SEO

Web Monkey3 years ago017 mins

Writing seems simple enough, but writing a compelling text that keeps the attention is quite hard. Especially online. To keep people on your page, you need to write quality content that’s easy to read.…

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Social Spotlight: Drift wins by keeping things personal

Web Monkey3 years ago015 mins

We’ve written a lot of Social Spotlights over the past year. And while our writers typically rely on outside observations and research to inform our content, we thought it only fitting to make this spotlight a bit more…personal.…

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Canonical publishes LTS Docker Image Portfolio on Docker Hub

Web Monkey3 years ago08 mins

Ten year maintenance commitment on app images provides secure cloud software supply chain November 24th 2020: Canonical has published the LTS Docker Image Portfolio, a curated set of secure container application images, on Docker Hub.…

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Mark Shuttleworth on overcoming software complexity

Web Monkey3 years ago02 mins

While today we see an enormous amount of incredible software being published, both by tech giants and niche providers, there is a significant lag in the telco industry’s ability to leverage it. …

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Canonical’s Open Operator Collection extends Kubernetes operators to traditional Linux and Windows applications

Web Monkey3 years ago09 mins

13th November 2020: Canonical’s Open Operator Collection, the largest collection of application operators, now supports both cloud-native and traditional applications on Windows and Linux. The collection is hosted at Charmhub.io…

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Malawi’s TNM selects Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack to help lead virtualisation charge

Web Monkey3 years ago07 mins

10 November 2020 – Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, today announced that its Charmed OpenStack, an open source private cloud solution that allows businesses to control large pools of computer, storage and networking in a datacentre, has been selected by Telekom Networks Malawi Plc (TNM), to modernise and virtualise its entire telecommunications infrastructure.…

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Open Infrastructure Summit 2020: Highlights from Canonical’s first digital OIS

Web Monkey3 years ago08 mins

Another Open Infrastructure Summit just passed, and yet this one was like no other OIS past. Head-sponsoring the first ever virtual OIS was an interesting experience to say the least, with more than 10,000 community members worldwide hoping on the hand-built OIS platform to see what’s new in the open infrastructure space, connect, and – why not?…

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Automattic Awarded Coveted Spot on Forbes Cloud 100 List

Web Monkey3 years ago03 mins

Automattic — a leader in publishing and e-commerce software and the parent company behind the industry-leading brands WordPress.com, WooCommerce, WordPress VIP, Jetpack, Tumblr, and more — was awarded a coveted spot on the prestigious Forbes Cloud 100 list, the annual ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies.…

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Industry Experts and Pro Bloggers Come Together to Inspire, Teach, and Help You (and Your Site) Succeed

Web Monkey3 years ago014 mins

At the Official WordPress.com Growth Summit, the two-day virtual conference running twice from August 11-13, you’ll have access to about 50 speakers and presenters across 90+ breakout sessions and keynote conversations.…

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Celebrating Pride Month with Out in Tech

Web Monkey4 years ago011 mins

Happy Pride Month! Last year, I shared resources and highlighted organizations doing awesome work in the LGBTQ+ community. This year, I’m excited to tell you more about Out in Tech, an organization that Automattic has partnered with for the past four years.…

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Working Remotely Isn’t Just About the Work

Web Monkey4 years ago06 mins

With COVID-19, the business world has come to a fork in the road: Down one route, shuttered offices. Down the other, companies embracing remote work, showing us how businesses can survive — and thrive!…

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Add a Post Carousel and Embed a Podcast Player in Seconds with Our Two Latest Blocks

Web Monkey4 years ago07 mins

The WordPress editor keeps expanding its library of blocks, adding new and exciting functionality to websites on a regular basis. After a crop of new business-related blocks last month, our most recent additions will appeal to three communities we hold close to our heart: podcasters, podcast lovers, and bloggers.…

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The creation of our first digital story using the block editor

Web Monkey4 years ago016 mins

We write a lot of blog posts. And, not only about SEO topics, but also about our mission, company culture, and our broader vision. We hope that by writing those kinds of posts we can give you a glimpse into who we are as a company, and who we are as people.…

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Add A Simple Payment Button To Your WordPress.com Site

Web Monkey6 years ago09 mins

May 2016: Hajj Flemings, CEO of Rebrand Cities with renowned photographer, Shawn Lee, in a redesigned school bus en route to working with small business owners in Detroit.…

Inclusive Illustrations, By Design

Web Monkey7 years ago024 mins

I like to think that designers solve problems, while artists ask questions. And when the two go hand-in-hand, real magic happens. Why? Because the right question gets answered with the right solution — art asks, and design responds.…

Independent Publisher 2 Is Here

Web Monkey7 years ago013 mins

The popular Independent Publisher design is a WordPress theme that has long been beloved for its simplicity and legibility. So we are happy to announce that it has been improved, ever so slightly, with the design talents of Caroline Moore and Kjell Reigstad.…

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The Best of WordPress: September 2016

Web Monkey7 years ago07 mins

Hi everyone, it’s been a busy few weeks in the world of WordPress, WordPress.com, and Automattic, so I thought I’d share a roundup with all of you!…

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Welcome to the New WordPress.com and WordPress.com App for Mac

Web Monkey8 years ago07 mins

What if WordPress.com helped you… … update your pages and respond to comments from a desktop app? … manage all your WordPress blogs and sites in one spot, on any device?…

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Field Notes: BlogHer PRO 2014

Web Monkey9 years ago05 mins

Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do when not in front of a computer — from talking about making great products to using design to tackle social challenges.…