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Automattic Goes Shopping Again
By Mark Evans | October 15, 2008
For a long time, I’ve been a huge fan of Poll Daddy because it’s user-friendly yet effective way to do polls and surveys.
And given I’m also a Wordpress disciple, it’s exciting to see Automattic purchase Poll Daddy, which much to my surprise is only a two-man shop.
Given all the hand-wringing these days about business models and generating revenue, it is also refreshing to see that Poll Daddy offers free and premium services.
Wordpress’ acquisition portfolio now includes:
- BuddyPress, which is an initial move into the social networking.
- Intense Debate, which offers blog comment services
- Gravatar, which lets you add an avatar image.
With $29-million of financing, Automattic has more than enough muscle to make other strategic acquisitions at far lower prices than even a month ago.
Just for fun, let’s do a Poll Daddy poll:
For more thoughts on the deal, check out Mashable. Check out the Poll Daddy blog as well.
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