Google arrived with very good intentions, don’t be evil and all the rest and we swallowed it. It was a matter of going public and all those intentions dissolved like a sugar cube. Since then, we have lived at the mercy of Core Updates like someone watching a roller coaster, hoping that Google will finally do its job properly and genuinely prioritize quality. In the end, this never happens.
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Some media outlets can now customize their publisher profile in Discover
Without announcing it publicly, Google has given many U.S. media outlets control over their publisher profile in Discover, a profile that usually begins with the URL profile.google.com/cp/ and is generally automatic and generated by Google.
(more…)One of the worst mistakes you can make in your CMS is also a major security problem
There is a mistake that most companies make, both journalistic and otherwise, that is easy to fix and that can become a major security problem: poor management of the roles and permissions system.
(more…)CMS market data: WordPress continues to bleed in April 2026
We have received the CMS market data for April 2026, according to data from the W3Techs website, which indicates that these are not good times for WordPress. It remains the undisputed king, far ahead of the rest, but the trend is increasingly negative and this month it is becoming more pronounced, as can be seen in the following table.
(more…)AI Overviews are unbearable
I have spent some time denouncing Google’s excesses in Google Search, specifically those created with AI Overviews, which are already causing so many layoffs and media outlet closures all over the world. It is obvious to everyone that Google is a de facto monopoly that finally has a decent competitor (OpenAI and Anthropic afterwards) and perhaps that is why it is acting in a rather reprehensible way. In this context, I sometimes come across some AI Overviews that are quite outrageous.
(more…)Schibsted releases a open source tool that turns news articles into AI videos
Schibsted has had the excellent idea of making its new tool Videofy available to everyone and to the news media. It automatically turns text articles into publish ready news videos in just a few minutes.
(more…)In enterprise (B2B), the product does not matter when selling software or a CMS
By chance I come across a text by Eduardo Manchón. I already considered him an insightful guy who explains everything well, even though communication is not exactly his field. I had read texts by him before, but this one hit the bullseye and it can surely be applied to CMS for newspapers and DXP for enterprises.
(more…)Drupal reveals the fortune it costs to maintain its infrastructure for open source
Drupal’s founder says maintaining the infrastructure behind its open source CMS costs about 3 million euros a year and argues that companies benefiting most from the ecosystem should help fund it more sustainably.
(more…)Can AI do away with CMSs?
Artificial intelligence (AI), despite how mind blowing it is among other drawbacks, is sweeping through everything. At CMS MAG, we have already spoken at length about its implications and how it is going to transform content management systems (CMSs) into something entirely new and surely more powerful, usable and friendly for people with little knowledge.
(more…)Review the changes in the CMS market in February 2026
W3Techs data has now been released, allowing us to see which CMSs were the most popular in February 2026. Without further delay, we bring you the updated CMS market share figures and then go on to comment on them.
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