Over the years at CMS MAG we have seen it all. Many clients have shared their CMS-swap stories with us: their successes and, above all, their mistakes. And, of course, we can clearly discern which are the unmistakable signs that you must change your CMS or DXP immediately.
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First major lawsuit in Europe against Google over its use of AI in its search engine
It finally seems something is shifting over AI Overviews and Google’s latest exercise of market power. Reuters has exclusively revealed that a group of independent publishers has filed an antitrust complaint, largely because there is no effective way to opt-out of Google’s AI without completely destroying traffic from Google Search.
(more…)At last, someone stands up for content creators in their battle with AI
Content creators have found a new superhero in Cloudflare and the good news is that it already handles around 20 % of all internet traffic.
(more…)CMS Market: market share data updated to July 2025
It has been a few months since we last caught up with global CMS market share. We are going to make up for that lapse by providing the latest figures, in which WordPress is, of course, the clear number 1, yet for some time it has been showing signs of stagnation and, in fact, its share is slowly declining, according to W3Techs. WordPress is, of course, the clear number 1, yet for some time it has been showing signs of stagnation and, in fact, its share is slowly declining, according to W3Techs.
(more…)It’s official: Google June 2025 core update launched
For some time, many observers had been pointing out that search results were shifting markedly, the system felt “hot” in industry jargon, which heralded the imminent arrival of the Google June 2025 core update. In addition, it had been quite a while since the previous core update, despite Google representatives having said there would be more and more frequent core updates.
(more…)Matt Mullenweg talks up Newspack in a new interview
In an interview published by The Verge, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg spoke about Automattic’s local-news project, Newspack. His remarks came in response to a question about why local journalism is also dying in the United States, framed within his view that websites are “dying” in favour of big tech’s closed platforms.
(more…)Figma acquires the CMS Payload
Not long ago, Figma announced Figma Sites, effectively turning the platform into a kind of CMS. Figma’s acquisition of Payload aims to strengthen its ambition to transform the market-leading design tool into software that can publish directly to the web and manage content with the simplicity and power of a modern CMS.
(more…)Cloudflare CEO calls AI an “existential threat” to content creators
AI, and more specifically Google, is breaking the Internet as we know it today. In this post, Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, has once again emphasised that quality content creators are not being adequately protected. According to this executive, when a search engine integrates AI in its current form, it practically sends no traffic back to the source, contradicting what Google claims.
(more…)WordPress VIP review, Automattic’s premium tier for enterprises and digital newspapers
WordPress VIP is no upstart. Operating since 2006, it now serves both corporations and media outlets—no mean feat—and after digging into the documentation and viewing a demo (where the team graciously fielded all my questions), I offer this assessment and my view of the competition, chiefly Glide Publishing Platform and Arc XP at similar price points.
(more…)How to access AI overviews data
Google does not provide figures for its AI Overviews because it claims the project is still liable to change. The truth, however, is that the data would not work in its favour, even though the company could publish them in the not-too-distant future. All that changes now thanks to Sistrix: content creators no longer have to wait for Google’s goodwill, because these metrics are already within reach.
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