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Reconsideration

Been spending a bit more time on my website of late than I usually do. I always tinker, as use my website to try different things and see what happens but I have been reappraising the site as a whole.

All of it > https://iamgerardthomas.com/?p=106164

#Blogging #websites #Writing

Reconsideration

Been spending a bit more time on my website of late than I usually do. I always tinker, as use my website to try different things and see what happens but I have been reappraising the site as a whole.

All of it > https://iamgerardthomas.com/?p=106164

#Blogging #websites #Writing

For decades, #publishers did everything to rank highly in #Google #Search

For many #websites, traffic from Google was their greatest source of #audience & #revenue

Now handful of influential players are moving in opposite direction, laying groundwork for what was unthinkable: removing themselves from Google Search

The #content delivery network #Cloudflare, which hosts roughly one-fifth of the websites in the world, gave Google an ultimatum.

https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/

#AI #monopoly #Greed

For decades, #publishers did everything to rank highly in #Google #Search

For many #websites, traffic from Google was their greatest source of #audience & #revenue

Now handful of influential players are moving in opposite direction, laying groundwork for what was unthinkable: removing themselves from Google Search

The #content delivery network #Cloudflare, which hosts roughly one-fifth of the websites in the world, gave Google an ultimatum.

https://www.adweek.com/media/publishers-opt-out-google-search/

#AI #monopoly #Greed

Justin Pot: Google is strip mining the web. Publishers might leave.. “Google changed the terms of publishing online. For decades Google indexed the web and, in return, gave publishers traffic. Now they’re just going to index the web and show users a summary of it, meaning only Google gets traffic (and ad revenue). Why should publishers take that deal? It makes sense that some are starting to […]

Justin Pot: Google is strip mining the web. Publishers might leave.. “Google changed the terms of publishing online. For decades Google indexed the web and, in return, gave publishers traffic. Now they’re just going to index the web and show users a summary of it, meaning only Google gets traffic (and ad revenue). Why should publishers take that deal? It makes sense that some are starting to […]

AI-Powered CRM Platform HoneyBook Launches New Tools for Photographers https://petapixel.com/2026/07/09/ai-powered-crm-platform-honeybook-launches-new-tools-for-photographers/ #honeybook #Websites #workflow #News #crm

AI-Powered CRM Platform HoneyBook Launches New Tools for Photographers https://petapixel.com/2026/07/09/ai-powered-crm-platform-honeybook-launches-new-tools-for-photographers/ #honeybook #Websites #workflow #News #crm

92% of US city websites fail Ada accessibility

https://accesslumens.com/research/state-of-us-local-government-accessibility-2026

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48844956

#HackerNews #ADA #accessibility #city #websites #accessibility #failure #digital #equity #US #government

92% of US city websites fail Ada accessibility

https://accesslumens.com/research/state-of-us-local-government-accessibility-2026

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48844956

#HackerNews #ADA #accessibility #city #websites #accessibility #failure #digital #equity #US #government

#Design #Guidelines
Let’s fix the web’s text size · Introducing the HTML ‘text-scale’ meta element https://ilo.im/16e8k4

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#Scaling #Text #Websites #Accessibility #WCAG #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

#Design #Guidelines
Let’s fix the web’s text size · Introducing the HTML ‘text-scale’ meta element https://ilo.im/16e8k4

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#Scaling #Text #Websites #Accessibility #WCAG #Browsers #WebDev #Frontend #HTML #CSS

OnlyFans models are accidentally helping scrub hacked government websites from the internet

https://1ban.news/onlyfans-government-websites-dmca-2026/
#1ban #onlyfans #government #websites #dmca #tech

OnlyFans models are accidentally helping scrub hacked government websites from the internet

https://1ban.news/onlyfans-government-websites-dmca-2026/
#1ban #onlyfans #government #websites #dmca #tech

Hi, brilliant authors! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoWednesday —time for a fresh round of #WritersLift! 🌟 Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, or anything else you're proud of. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity

How to get rid of file extensions in web development? Apart from #hugo that does it automatically

file.”html” really looks ugly to me tbh

#webDevelopment #websites #coding

How to get rid of file extensions in web development? Apart from #hugo that does it automatically

file.”html” really looks ugly to me tbh

#webDevelopment #websites #coding

Hi, fantastic authors! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoWednesday —time for a fresh round of #WritersLift! 🌟 Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, or anything else you're proud of. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity

Discord Banned Around 8,200 Users for Posting Inoffensive Images of Grids https://petapixel.com/2026/07/07/discord-banned-around-8200-users-for-posting-inoffensive-images-of-grids/ #perceptualhashing #Technology #technology #Websites #discord #hashing #News #csam

Discord Banned Around 8,200 Users for Posting Inoffensive Images of Grids https://petapixel.com/2026/07/07/discord-banned-around-8200-users-for-posting-inoffensive-images-of-grids/ #perceptualhashing #Technology #technology #Websites #discord #hashing #News #csam

=> recent data

#web #publishing #content #creator #writing #media #news #websites #internet #creative #business

https://www.leadershipinseo.com/p/weekly-insight-1-habitual-publisher

=> recent data

#web #publishing #content #creator #writing #media #news #websites #internet #creative #business

https://www.leadershipinseo.com/p/weekly-insight-1-habitual-publisher

Hi, magnificent authors! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoTuesday —time for a fresh round of #WritersLift! 🌟 Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, or anything else you're proud of. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity

Hi, great authors! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoTuesday —time for a fresh round of #WritersLift! 🌟 Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, or anything else you're proud of. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity #booksky

A Pew Research Center analysis shows that “a quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible, as of October 2023”. Furthermore, the research looked at Wikipedia and found that “54% of pages contain at least one link in their 'References' section that points to a page that no longer exists.”
More in the Miscellanea newsletter:
https://miscellanea.danielprindii.com/archive/digital-ghost-towns?utm_source=mastodon

#internet #linkrot #websites

A Pew Research Center analysis shows that “a quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible, as of October 2023”. Furthermore, the research looked at Wikipedia and found that “54% of pages contain at least one link in their 'References' section that points to a page that no longer exists.”
More in the Miscellanea newsletter:
https://miscellanea.danielprindii.com/archive/digital-ghost-towns?utm_source=mastodon

#internet #linkrot #websites

Hi, beautiful authors! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoTuesday —time for a fresh round of #WritersLift! 🌟 Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, or anything else you're proud of. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity

Library of Congress: Remembering the Past, Preserving the Present: The America 250 Semiquincentennial Web Archive. “The America 250 Semiquincentennial Web Archive documents how Americans are commemorating and reflecting on the nation’s 250th anniversary. In this interview, Malea Walker discusses how the collection evolved from a project focused on government websites into a broader effort to […]

Library of Congress: Remembering the Past, Preserving the Present: The America 250 Semiquincentennial Web Archive. “The America 250 Semiquincentennial Web Archive documents how Americans are commemorating and reflecting on the nation’s 250th anniversary. In this interview, Malea Walker discusses how the collection evolved from a project focused on government websites into a broader effort to […]

Search Engine Journal: Fake DMCA Complaints Keep Erasing Real Pages From Google – What To Watch For. “Copyright complaints can remove live pages from Google search before the dispute is resolved. Here’s how the takedown process works and how to spot it.”

Search Engine Journal: Fake DMCA Complaints Keep Erasing Real Pages From Google – What To Watch For. “Copyright complaints can remove live pages from Google search before the dispute is resolved. Here’s how the takedown process works and how to spot it.”

Petrapixel is building an Indie Web Database. “The Indie Web Database is a collection of all things indie web. For now, we have a collection of websites, webrings and cliques. The database is a project created and managed by Petrapixel (that’s me, hi!), but contributions can come from everyone. This way, the maintenance of the database is not depended on one person, but a task of the community. […]

Petrapixel is building an Indie Web Database. “The Indie Web Database is a collection of all things indie web. For now, we have a collection of websites, webrings and cliques. The database is a project created and managed by Petrapixel (that’s me, hi!), but contributions can come from everyone. This way, the maintenance of the database is not depended on one person, but a task of the community. […]

Pootlepress: Turn Any WordPress Playground Into a Guided Education Experience. “WordPress Playground makes it incredibly easy to share a complete WordPress site with a single link. But the moment someone opens it, they’re often on their own. Students don’t know where to begin. Clients are worried they’ll break something. Plugin users miss the feature you wanted them to see. Guided Tours […]

Pootlepress: Turn Any WordPress Playground Into a Guided Education Experience. “WordPress Playground makes it incredibly easy to share a complete WordPress site with a single link. But the moment someone opens it, they’re often on their own. Students don’t know where to begin. Clients are worried they’ll break something. Plugin users miss the feature you wanted them to see. Guided Tours […]

Business Today: GoDaddy warns India’s fake website crackdown could damage the internet and privacy. “India is cracking down on websites that impersonate established brands. However, GoDaddy, the US-based internet domain seller, argues that its new court-ordered rules against fake websites could create privacy, security, and operational problems for website owners, not just scammers.”

Business Today: GoDaddy warns India’s fake website crackdown could damage the internet and privacy. “India is cracking down on websites that impersonate established brands. However, GoDaddy, the US-based internet domain seller, argues that its new court-ordered rules against fake websites could create privacy, security, and operational problems for website owners, not just scammers.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@myhauger/116856857086887274

Hey! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday Time for a #WritersLift! Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #games #indiegames #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, #Twitch or anything else you'd like to share. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity #gamingcommunity #booklovers #readers #kindle

https://www.amazon.com/Union-Sorrows-Beginning-M-Y-Hauger-ebook/dp/B086PHDXW6

https://my-hauger.itch.io/stranded

RE: https://mastodon.social/@myhauger/116856857086887274

Hey! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoSunday Time for a #WritersLift! Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #games #indiegames #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, #Twitch or anything else you'd like to share. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity #gamingcommunity #booklovers #readers #kindle

https://www.amazon.com/Union-Sorrows-Beginning-M-Y-Hauger-ebook/dp/B086PHDXW6

https://my-hauger.itch.io/stranded

#Development #Launches
ua-tracer · Inspect what a user agent actually does https://ilo.im/16e91f

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#UserAgents #Crawlers #AI #Websites #Development #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #JavaScript #Backend

#Development #Launches
ua-tracer · Inspect what a user agent actually does https://ilo.im/16e91f

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#UserAgents #Crawlers #AI #Websites #Development #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #JavaScript #Backend

#Design #Inspirations
This page left intentionally blank · “In our age of generative AI, a blank page is a deliberate act!” https://ilo.im/16e912

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#Print #Content #Websites #Blogs #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #AI #Crawlers #UxDesign #WebDesign

#Design #Inspirations
This page left intentionally blank · “In our age of generative AI, a blank page is a deliberate act!” https://ilo.im/16e912

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#Print #Content #Websites #Blogs #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #AI #Crawlers #UxDesign #WebDesign

ProPublica: How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral. “The mystery website ended up as just a single paragraph in our story. But the larger implication is obvious: fakes, counterfeits and frauds that would have taken considerable effort to create just a few years ago can now be churned out pretty much instantly.”

ProPublica: How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral. “The mystery website ended up as just a single paragraph in our story. But the larger implication is obvious: fakes, counterfeits and frauds that would have taken considerable effort to create just a few years ago can now be churned out pretty much instantly.”

For my volunteer job, I pushed the staging site out to production (i.e., the live website) a little while ago, checked all the pages, deleted the staging site, and downgraded our hosting plan (since we no longer need the staging feature). Hilariously, that last item was the hardest part. 😅

#websites #volunteering #Minnesota

For my volunteer job, I pushed the staging site out to production (i.e., the live website) a little while ago, checked all the pages, deleted the staging site, and downgraded our hosting plan (since we no longer need the staging feature). Hilariously, that last item was the hardest part. 😅

#websites #volunteering #Minnesota

Hey! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoFriday ! Time for a #WritersLift! Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #games #indiegames #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, #Twitch or anything else you'd like to share. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity #gamingcommunity
https://www.amazon.com/Union-Sorrows-Beginning-M-Y-Hauger-ebook/dp/B086PHDXW6
https://my-hauger.itch.io/stranded

Hey! It's #ShamelessSelfpromoFriday ! Time for a #WritersLift! Drop your #links, #websites, #books, #art, #games #indiegames #audiobooks, #YouTube channels, #Twitch or anything else you'd like to share. #writingcommunity #illustrations #readingcommunity #gamingcommunity
https://www.amazon.com/Union-Sorrows-Beginning-M-Y-Hauger-ebook/dp/B086PHDXW6
https://my-hauger.itch.io/stranded

How Gaming Websites Use Design To Keep Users Engaged https://visualmodo.com/how-gaming-websites-use-design-to-keep-users-engaged/ 💡🧑‍💻🎮 #Gaming #Websites #Design #UX #UI

How Gaming Websites Use Design To Keep Users Engaged https://visualmodo.com/how-gaming-websites-use-design-to-keep-users-engaged/ 💡🧑‍💻🎮 #Gaming #Websites #Design #UX #UI

#Business #Reports
Cloudflare’s economic layer of the AI web · The company’s shift from ‘pay per crawl’ to ‘pay per use’ https://ilo.im/16e83u

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#Payments #AI #AiSearch #SEO #Publishing #Content #Websites #Blogs #Design #WebDesign

Ars Technica: Trump’s plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors. “Last August, Trump created the National Design Studio, or NDS, by executive order. A temporary DOGE-like entity that answers only to the president, NDS was tasked with creating new standards to update the US Web Design System (USWDS) and overhaul 27,000 dot-gov websites in just three years…. Most people […]

Mighil: Notes from building Tinkerfont. “Tinkerfont is a browser extension for inspecting, replacing, and testing fonts on live websites…. Free on Chrome and Firefox. No account. Everything stays in local storage on your device.”

I've also been updating the Neighbourhood forum... 👀

https://robertafidora.com/updates

#Forum #Forums #Websites #Music

Just one of the many dangerous things the T...p regime is doing quietly in the background while distracting us with ballrooms and reflecting ponds. There is no justification for the creation of "shadow" govenment web sites for existing sites that citizens MUST USE for required interactions with their federal government.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears

#whitehouse #websites #trump #surveillance #tracking