Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce Ventures

Re:Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce ... by gk1 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @10:27AM (#21016483)

Translation: We're actually doing well, but you only hear about Wix and others because they spend more money on advertising than we do.

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Re:Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce ... by ksec on Thursday September 19, 2019 @05:59PM (#21021139)

I wish I could stop having Wix ads on youtube, I have seen it like 500 times already. While Squarespace is on all the information channel as sponsors.

I have yet to see a single ads on Wordpress.

Not necessarily a bad thing, but now whenever I think of doing a simple website my brains clicks on Wix or SqaureSpace instead of thinking about Wordpress.com

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Re:Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce ... by davidjnelson on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:54PM (#21023215)

Youtube premium removes video ads. Plus you can skip the product placement ads if you want.

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Re:Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce ... by notatoad on Friday September 20, 2019 @12:10AM (#21023278)

(only if you live in countries where youtube premium is offered)

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Re:Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce ... by whalesalad on Thursday September 19, 2019 @10:59AM (#21016802)

I see a lot of WP ads lately so perhaps I’m just being targeted.

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Re:Automattic raises $300M at $3B valuation from Salesforce ... by jakoblorz on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:15AM (#21016971)

300m in pure ads incoming

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