Automattic Goes Shopping Again

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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