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 […]
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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 […]
When you’re talking about search engines, the noun to use, I feel like, is Google, right? Google’s like the noun and the verb of the search engine world. How important are other search engines when it comes to SEO? So the headline here is that DuckDuckGo installs are up. Google searches are down due […]
DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being force-fed Google’s AI search. We’ve done it. What browser do you guys use? I still use Google. My wife is an avid DuckDuckGo user. She’s always like “Why are you still using Google?” But I think I still use Google only so that I just have […]