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Well, it has been confirmed

October 6, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Well, it has been confirmed

that VeriSign has purchased weblogs.com. And now that it’s not just rumour anymore, it’s appropriate to comment.

What a bloody nightmare. VeriSign haven’t met a service they couldn’t screw up, a trust they couldn’t break, a marginally ethical lock-in they didn’t do everything in their power to try to gain over their own customers. I can’t imagine a worse option. Hope Dave’s happy with his money though – whatever your opinion of the guy, he has provided a fantastic service that was absolutely critical to the development of the world of blogs.

Update: Paidcontent.org has the details. There’s more all over the web. People seem a great deal more optimistic about VeriSign than I am – I guess that many lucky people have avoided being VeriSign customers.

Tags: Business, Scripting News, Verisign, Weblogs.com

Wow:

April 18, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Wow:

Adobe to Buy Macromedia in $3.4B Deal.

Tags: Acquisition, Business

Joshua Schachter,

March 30, 2005 by Michael Boyle

Joshua Schachter,

the guy behind del.icio.us, has taken some funding and is going to work on it full time.

Tags: Business, Delicious, Tagging, Web 2.0

FT.com is running

January 6, 2005 by Michael Boyle

FT.com is running

a nice and balanced article on weblogs as a business: Niche appeal of the blogging business. A must-read if you’re thinking about this subject.

Tags: Blogging, Business

More weblog industry news

October 7, 2004 by Michael Boyle

More weblog industry news

this week as Six Apart has taken Series B Funding to the tune of $10M from August Capital.

Tags: Business, Six Apart

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