The Web CMS industry has truly arrived...

Added By Tony Byrne at 25-Mar-2009 | Twitter: @TonyByrne |

How do I know? Some smaller vendors are starting to peddle their CMS wares via spam. The latest was a random mass mailing I received today to one of our spam-catcher addresses pitching, "Advanced CMS for Your Site!" -- from an interactive agency I had never heard of.

They wanted $3900 for their product. That could buy a lot of "enhancement" pills. But the address and phone at least pointed to what seems like a legitimate firm in Silicon Valley rather than Nigeria.

Does this mean Web CMS tools and services have become the dreaded "commodity"? I don't think so. Yet, the lowest end of the marketplace is getting increasingly crowded. You can operate a small-business website running any number of reputable open source CMS packages for as low as $10/month from web hosting companies. If you want greater customizability and scalability, you have to pay more -- much more -- and that's where things get interesting...

Categories: Tony Byrne, Web Content Management, Marketplace at Large, Selecting Technology