> You can build anything on DigitalOcean
I was almost expecting that text to be a link to zombo.com
DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
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Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#22Good for CSS-Tricks team but Why does DigitalOcean need it in the first place? Is it some kind of purchase of real estate for future permanent advertisement of DO?
I've spent some time with Digital Ocean team members, and they're dead-set on having the best technical content on the internet. It's been a core to their growth strategy so far:
- Target long-tail searches -- queries where there may not be a lot of volume but also not a lot of competition
- Stand out with very good content (not just SEO filler)
- Build trust with the dev community
This is a time-consuming and expensive strategy. So acquiring large tranches like this makes sense.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#23Let's go!!!!
Congratulations Chris. Me and others owe our careers in webdev and our CSS sourcery magic to your great articles.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#24Congrats to the CSS-Tricks team!
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#25All frontend developers: keep the Flexbox article alive please.
I would love to see what % of their visits is the flexbox article.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#26This is one of the few instances where I can say I trust the acquiring company. I've been a fan of DigitalOcean since I started using them. They haven't given me a reason to dislike them. And like the post says, they do write some handy tutorials. One that's helped me a few times is how to spin up a quick FTP server on Debian, because for some reason I can never configure it right.
Congrats to the original owner on getting acquired, and by a company that will most likely do well with it.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#27This is one of the few instances where I can say I trust the acquiring company. I've been a fan of DigitalOcean since I started using them. They haven't given me a reason to dislike them. And like the post says, they do write some handy tutorials. One that's helped me a few times is how to spin up a quick FTP server on Debian, because for some reason I can never configure it right. Congrats to the original owner on g…
I'm a digo customer, but even if I weren't I'd still be using a lot of their online documentation.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#28I've also recently heard of larger VC firms quietly (secretly) buying tech publications lately. There's a lot of value in the eyeballs -- perhaps also the narrative.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#29Good for CSS-Tricks team but Why does DigitalOcean need it in the first place? Is it some kind of purchase of real estate for future permanent advertisement of DO?
In some ways, CSS-Tricks is a competitor to Digital Ocean's technical article marketing strategy. They are pretty high up in the search results for plenty of different technical answers, even beating out StackOverflow pretty often.
Re: DigitalOcean acquires CSS-tricks
#30All frontend developers: keep the Flexbox article alive please.
I would love to see what % of their visits is the flexbox article.
I bet it is in the millions. I help manage some sites which have CSS tutorials on them, and even if the article is about something like "How to use the CSS counter() property" - if you have the words "center" and "div" mentioned in the article, Google Search Console will report impressions for that article with keywords like "how to center a div". Funny!