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You no longer have to use Gravatar on WordPress for avatars, thanks to FAIR

By in Web Development News

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FAIR initiative decentralizes WordPress updates

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Shopify shut down Linkpop

By in Ecommerce News

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Inputs and Signals

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WordPress creates an AI Team to accelerate development

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Google’s AI optimization tips for Search include the same practices SEOs already use

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Why you should use a VPN at home and which ones are best

By in Productivity News

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Google Search ‘AI Mode’ seen as content theft by news publishing industry representative

By in SEO News

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Tab Search added to Chrome’s toolbar to help find open tabs

By in Productivity News

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Google made video indexing more challenging, but you can still get indexed with these tips

By in SEO News

SparkToro dashboard for mastodon.social showing it draws 988 thousand to 1.3 million monthly visits who over-index on X, TikTok, Reddit, and Microsoft.

Audience research platform, Sparktoro, gets a new look and significant new features

By in Content Marketing News

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Why you should do more than resizing images with the srcset property

By in Web Development News

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Google adds better PWA visibility and navigational linking to Chrome

By in Web Development News

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I moved all of my WordPress sites to Pressable from WP Engine, and here’s everything you need to know

By in Product Reviews

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Sites using reCAPTCHA must migrate to Google Cloud; Cloudflare Turnstile may be a better alternative

By in Web Development News

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Bitly adds interstitial ads to shortened URLs, unlocking new revenue stream

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Signal can now sync messages with new devices

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Screenshot of a Pixelfed post titled “Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg” that begins, “Dear Mark, I hope this finds you well. I noticed something interesting today - it seems Instagram is blocking links to my little open-source project. You know, the one that lets people share photos without harvesting their personal data or forcing algorithmic feeds on them. I have to admit, I'm flattered. Who would've thought a small team of volunteers could build something that would catch your attention? We're just trying to give…”.

Pixelfed creator publishes open letter to Mark Zuckerberg

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‘AirPrint Bridge’ script enables iOS devices to print to older printers

By in Productivity News

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Why web apps are quietly replacing native apps on phones and computers

By in Productivity News