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Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
Automattic Is Not an Owner of the WordPress Marks It Asserted in Court, a Judge Rules
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The September 24 order brings back four antitrust claims the same judge had dismissed in an earlier ruling. It also holds that Automattic and Mullenweg are neither owners nor registrants of the WordPress marks, so they cannot assert them in their own right.
We Ranked Hosting Two Ways. We Resolved 108 GoDaddy Domains: 96 Point at Amazon.
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Ranked by domains on their nameservers, GoDaddy leads with 73.1 million. Ranked by hosting attribution it falls to 3.5 million, but that column records whose address space a site is served from. We resolved a sample of GoDaddy's domains: 89% land in blocks registered to Amazon.
IONOS Is Cutting 12% of Its Workforce Five Weeks After Raising Its Revenue Outlook.
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IONOS will reduce headcount from about 3,800 to about 3,350, spending around EUR 35 million once to save up to EUR 30 million a year from 2027. IONOS says the savings will be reinvested, including in AI product development and cloud, and its 2026 adjusted EBITDA forecast is unchanged.
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Plesk announces price and billing model changes effective January 2026
January 1, 2026. According to industry sources and partner communications, this update will introduce an average price increase of approximately 26%, alongside a structural change in how subscriptions are billed. These updates follow Plesk’s established pattern of annual price adjustments and reflect broader changes within the WebPros group’s commercial strategy.
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Why Secure Hosting Alliance Matters for the Industry with David Snead & Brett Dunst (DreamHost)
The Secure Hosting Alliance is gaining momentum. More and more companies are joining including big names like Hostinger and DreamHost. So we decided to take a closer look at what this initiative
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New cPanel prices for 2026 released – The tradition continues
As has become tradition, cPanel has once again announced updated licensing prices — and, as usual, the hosting community’s reaction ranges from weary sighs to outright frustration. Starting January 1, 2026, new pricing will take effect, and while the increases aren’t surprising, they will certainly sting for many administrators and resellers.
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Why Hostinger Wins the Web Hosting Industry?
When you look at the hosting industry, you don’t expect much change. Most companies move slow, stick to old playbooks, and call it innovation when they add a new control panel theme.
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BalticNOG – the missing piece for the Baltics
When Konrad Keck sat down with Vincentas Grinius during BalticNOG 2025 in Vilnius, the conversation quickly revealed something important: this event was not just another tech conference. It was, as Vincentas himself put it, “the last missing piece” for the region.
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Platform.sh Rebrands as Upsun: Built on Trust, Ready for the Future
Platform.sh is a cloud-native Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) purpose-built to make it easy for distributed teams to build, ship, and grow software across every major cloud. It originated in 2010 within SensioLabs, the Paris-based
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Com Laude acquires MarkMonitor
The domain management industry is changing again. Com Laude, a key player in corporate domain services, has announced it will acquire MarkMonitor from Newfold Digital. This deal, valued at around $450 million, marks a major shift in the competitive landscape. But what does this mean for the industry - and for hosting providers and corporate domain managers?
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Shared Hosting Tips in Kuwait
Now it's time to talk about hosting in Kuwait. Population here is 4 plus million people. There is a lot of gas and oil in this area. You can meet two types of people. First: the ones who like oil, gas and everything that supplies them. And second: the rest of the people who come from Sri Lanka, India, etc.
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WordPress Hosting Survey 2025 – an important initiative for the hosting industry
WordPress.org has just launched another edition of the Hosting Survey – a study that aims to better understand the state of WordPress hosting in 2025. It’s a great initiative that not only highlights the diversity of approaches among hosting providers but also helps set the direction for the entire industry
CVC acquires majority stake in Namecheap for $1.5 billion
CVC Capital Partners has announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Namecheap, one of the largest independent domain registrars and hosting providers. The deal values the company at around $1.5
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HOSTAFRICA expands into Tanzania with acquisition of Zesha
HOSTAFRICA, one of Africa’s fastest-growing hosting providers, is stepping into the Tanzanian market with the acquisition of Zesha, a local web hosting and domain company. The deal, announced in Cape Town on August 4, 2025, marks HOSTAFRICA’s fifth national operation after South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana.
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Domain Summit London Day 2 – Key Takeaways
London, September 3, 2025 – Day Two of the Domain Summit London 2025 was another jam-packed day full of insights, practical strategies, and inspiring stories from the world of domains and hosting.
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Shared Hosting Tips in Thailand
We have now reached the beautiful Thailand. The country has a population of around 70 million people and around 30,000 temples, which comes up to about 3 domains per single temple! But let’s talk about hosting now.
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Rocket.net Joins Hosting.com – A Merger That Could Redefine Hosting
Rocket.net - the fast-rising managed WordPress platform that barely existed six years ago and is already making noise at the top of the market - is officially joining forces with Hosting.com
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group.one acquires SocialPilot in $50 Million deal
Sweden-based digital solutions provider group.one has announced the acquisition of SocialPilot, a leading social media management platform, in a transaction valued at over $50 million. This move strengthens group.one's portfolio of SaaS tools aimed at small and midsize businesses (SMBs), extending its reach into the fast-growing sector of marketing automation.
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Shared Hosting Tips in Kenya
Africa’s digital boom offers huge potential for internet and hosting markets. Kenya, a leading tech hub, exemplifies this growth as it adopts digital technologies.
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WP Engine launches AI Toolkit for WordPress sites
WP Engine announced the launch of its AI toolkit designed specifically for WordPress websites. The toolkit includes three core features: Smart Search AI, AI-Powered Recommendations, and a Managed Vector Database with an open-source chatbot framework.
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How Cloudways is challenging traditional hosting providers – exclusive interview with Fatih Mehtap
After WordCamp Europe, I had the opportunity to speak with one of the most strategic minds in cloud hosting today - Fatih Mehtap, Vice President of Marketing at Cloudways and DigitalOcean. With
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DreamHost is giving away free WordPress websites. And no, this isn’t a joke.
Imagine signing up for web hosting and having someone build your website for free. No fuss, no page builders, no AI involved. You just sit down, fill out a form, and the DreamHost team takes care of the rest. From scratch. By hand. And it looks good. Sounds absurd? Yet it’s real - this is an actual offer.
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Once in Hosting, always in Hosting – how industry veterans created JetHost.com
We had the pleasure of speaking with the team behind JetHost — experienced hosting professionals who previously built SuperHosting.bg into the leading provider in Bulgaria and the Balkans. In this conversation, they