Following the initial announcement, at CMS MAG we wanted to delve a little deeper into WP Engine’s new offering aimed at medium and large newsrooms and content creators: WP Engine Newsroom. To that end, we attended a product demonstration to see its unique features.
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A new study confirms that your traffic drop is not only due to AI Overviews, there is something else
We have spoken at length about Google AI Overviews and how they are taking a significant amount of organic traffic away from the open web by providing answers based on sources of questionable credibility and containing errors. Well, SEO expert Aleyda Solís warns us that there is more going on in Google Search thanks to a study.
(more…)José Luis Núñez Fernández-Vivanco, new CEO of Protecmedia
Many are the moves currently taking place at Protecmedia. The veteran Spanish technology company, which has its own CMS among other products, was acquired in 2023 by Valsoft and, after two years, has decided to undertake deeper changes than those that had been taking place until now, which were not few.
(more…)Free Google Ads credit, why you shouldn’t use it
A new wave of free credit to invest in Google Ads is arriving in email inboxes and I think it’s good to quickly clarify why you shouldn’t use it, especially if you don’t really know what you’re doing. This will be the usual thing, since it’s credit for new accounts, especially aimed at beginners. There are plenty of reasons:
(more…)Dries Buytaert’s view on European digital sovereignty, founder of Drupal
Dries Buytaert argues that European digital sovereignty depends less on where software is made than on who controls it, emphasizing licenses and copyright structure while noting geopolitical and AI related pressures on open source.
(more…)Wix goes all in on the AI era with Harmony and Aria
We are living in the new era of generative artificial intelligence (AI), and we have already talked on previous occasions about the enormous impact AI is going to have on CMS from several points of view. The future becomes reality now with the launch of Wix Harmony, the new AI website builder that strongly resembles other proposals such as those from Automattic or Adobe.
(more…)Not everything is trouble for The Washington Post: Arc XP announces a deal with Editoria Italia
Arc XP, The Washington Post’s web content management system (CMS) that over the years has shifted toward a digital experience platform (DXP), has reached an agreement with Editoria Italia, the Italian media group that has publications such as Libero, Il Giornale, Il Tempo, Corriere di Viterbo, Corriere di Rieti and Moneta.
(more…)The best free paywall for your digital newspaper
If you are looking for how to bypass this or that newspaper’s paywall, you can go back the way you came, because this article is not about that, but about how to enable or create a free paywall for a digital newspaper, and which is the best one if you have hardly any budget (for big media outlets and press organizations there are several paid options available with different prices).
(more…)Most popular CMS of 2025
We received updated data from W3Techs regarding the market share of CMS and DXP on the Internet, that is, which are the most popular CMS in December of the year 2025 and, although there are no position changes in the top 10 CMS, we do find some interesting variations.
(more…)Create your professional digital newspaper for free in 2026
Nowadays there is a huge number of digital platforms that let you create a simple blog even for free, but in this article we are going to talk about how to create a professional digital newspaper, something that in 2026 requires a set of requirements and features that are necessary to succeed. In addition, you have to keep in mind that we are already fully immersed in the era of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and this brings some additional considerations.
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