WordPress 6.9.4 dropped this morning. If that version number doesn’t mean anything to you, don’t worry. You also missed 6.9.2 and 6.9.3. They all came out in the same 24-hour window. A security patch broke things. So they patched the patch. Then
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I never wanted to be a leader. That was never the plan. I wanted to sit in the corner and build stuff. Write code. Solve problems. Put my headphones on and disappear into the work. That's what made me happy. That's what got me into this
5 months ago, someone posted a leaked creator brief on Reddit that confirmed what a lot of us in the SEO industry already suspected. https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/1nm6daz/fyi_geos_ugly_campaign_of_intentional/ A company called Search Party, a GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) startup that
I’ve been building websites since 1999. In that time I’ve watched a lot of technologies get called game-changers. Most of them were just new ways to do the same things. AI is actually different. But not for the reason most people think. The conversation in our industry keeps
Google was granted a patent on January 27, 2026 that has the SEO world on fire. US12536233B1. Titled "AI-generated content page tailored to a specific user." You can read the full patent here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12536233B1/en PPC Land did a solid breakdown of the
A client told us recently that we weren't a "real tech company" because we use Stripe for payment processing. I've been sitting with that comment for a few days. Not because it stung – but because it's such a perfect window into one