So there’s a story making the rounds right now that’s still being fact-checked in real time, but its starting to hit the news cycle and its worth talking about. The short version: the data collected by Pokemon Go is now being used to train AI models that could assist military drones in urban warfare situations. […]
Author Archives: Broc Gardner
So there’s been some buzz lately about a U.S. government directive to suspend public access to certain AI models. If you’ve tried to access a specific version of Claude recently you may have seen a message saying that version is currently unavailable, with a link to an official statement. Basically the most recent version got […]
Every web developer has a story. That one project that made them do a double take. The client that had an idea that was either genius, completely unhinged, or somewhere in between. After enough years in the industry you start collecting these stories and they become the stuff of legend at team meetings. So the […]
This is one of those questions that almost every freelance web designer runs into at some point. And if you haven’t experienced it yet, consider this your warning, because it’s coming. The situation here is a pretty classic one. Someone new to freelancing built a website for a mobile detailer. Since they were just starting […]
So somebody recently asked a question that honestly a lot of people running directory sites or content-heavy websites probably wonder about. They had just started a directory site about a month in, and almost every other day they’re making changes — adding listings, removing them, updating stuff. And every time they do that, the sitemap.xml […]
So I’ve had a personal website for a while now that I honestly just… haven’t touched. Like at all. But I finally decided to actually work on it, add some portfolio stuff, make it look like I know what I’m doing. Before I go in and start changing things though, I wanted to get a […]
Here’s a post I recently saw on Reddit: “With DuckDuckGo seeing a boost, and we already kind of talked about this, is Yelp getting even mildly interesting? I’ve avoided most things Yelp beyond, most things Yelp beyond a free profile because, well, it both feels like hot garbage in terms of UX and their […]
Brand name change impact on SEO: “Hi folks, I run a small business with a big commerce store and I have a question about best practices for changing names of products so it doesn’t hurt SEO. This week, a major brand name in my industry reversed course on a decision they made in 2021 to […]
How do you audit a client site? If you’re running an SEO agency and are looking for ways to improve your audit flow, keep reading! A helpful way to improve your workflow is to hear someone else’s. For me, it usually starts with PageSpeed Insights to get the core web vitals baseline. Then I jump […]
Why does Google have such a massive market share? They’re the best, because they created a brand, not a tool. It all comes down to accessibility. At this point, Google is the main search engine for one of the two most popular operating systems for mobile devices, which is where most of the search […]