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Founded by Jon Henshaw, Coywolf focuses on modern web technologies and online marketing strategies to help technologists and entrepreneurs adapt and thrive in an ever-changing digital landscape.

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BTW, for those who may have heard about this issue and were (correctly!) concerned (or, like me, *actively* pissed off): https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/firefox-is-adding-an-ai-kill-switch/
Firefox is adding an AI kill switch
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Enzor-DeMeo, and then Jake Archibald, Mozilla's Web Developer Relations Lead, to assure users th...
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December 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.

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#Budget #PersonalFinance #OpenSource
A free app to visualize your subscription costs
SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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I was pleased to read Jake Archibald's social posts on Mastodon about Mozilla adding an AI kill switch. It's precisely what I wished Google had done with Google Chrome, and what prompted me to switch to the Helium browser (helium.computer)

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Firefox is adding an AI kill switch
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Jake Archibald, Mozilla's Web Developer Relations Lead, to assure users that there will be an AI...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Google deemed Preferred Sources a success due to high usage and doubling of traffic to sites from Top Stories. Google announced that the feature is being rolled out to all regions and languages.

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#SEO #News #Publishing
Google Search expands Preferred Sources for Top Stories globally
Google deemed Preferred Sources a success due to high usage and doubling of traffic to sites from Top Stories. Google announced that the feature is being rolled out to all regions and languages.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the fediverse.

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#Fediverse #Interview
Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse
In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The privacy-first GA4 alternative, Fathom Analytics, added the ability to block and exclude unwanted referral traffic.

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#Analytics #Spam
You can now block specific spam referrers in Fathom Analytics
The privacy-first GA4 alternative, Fathom Analytics, added the ability to block and exclude unwanted referral traffic.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Charts in Google Search Console (GSC) can now have custom annotations added to them to highlight events that may affect search performance.

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Google adds custom annotations to Search Console
Charts in Google Search Console (GSC) can now have custom annotations added to them to highlight events that may affect search performance.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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The Mastodon engineering team added SocialMediaPosting Schema.org markup to version 4.5 of its software to optimize social posts for search engines and other systems.

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#SocialMedia #SEO
Mastodon's social posts are now optimized for Google Search
The Mastodon engineering team added SocialMediaPosting Schema.org markup to version 4.5 of its software to optimize social posts for search engines and other systems.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The release of Mastodon 4.5 introduces a new "Quote post" feature designed to give users control over who can quote their posts.

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November 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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The new Alertmouse tool monitors people and brand mentions as simply as Google Alerts, but with better results and reporting that are similar to those from expensive, contract-based enterprise solutions, at a more affordable price.

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Alertmouse is a Google Alerts alternative with better monitoring, filtering, and insights
The new Alertmouse tool monitors people and brand mentions as simply as Google Alerts, but provides better results and reporting similar to those from expensive contract-based enterprise solutions.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Helium provides an alternative to Google Chrome for Mac users who don't want AI Mode and Gemini forced into the browser and prefer privacy over Google's data collection.

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The best Chrome browser for Mac isn’t Chrome, it’s Helium
Helium provides an alternative to Google Chrome for Mac users who don't want AI Mode and Gemini forced into the browser and prefer privacy over Google's data collection.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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molly.wiki
fixed that for you
CNBC headline: "Elon Musk’s AI-powered Wikipedia competitor goes live after a rocky launch". I've struck through "AI-powered" in red, and replaced it with "Wikipedia-powered" Grokipedia attribution text: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License."
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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@meredithmeredith.bsky.social, @signal.org's President, published an open letter on social media addressing concerns over Signal's reliance on AWS.

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President of Signal responds to AWS outage and user concerns
Meredith Whittaker, Signal's President, published an open letter on Mastodon addressing concerns over Signal's reliance on AWS.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The independent and privacy-focused email service Fastmail now has native desktop apps for accessing emails, calendars, contacts, and files.

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#macOS #Windows #Linux #Email
Fastmail launches native desktop apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux
The independent and privacy-focused email service Fastmail now has native desktop apps for accessing emails, calendars, contacts, and files.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The newest version of Google Chrome displays AI features in the browser without any way to remove them. Fortunately, there's a workaround that will allow you to continue using Chrome without having to include the features imposed by Google.

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#Google #AI #NoAI
Google forced Gemini and AI Mode into Chrome; here's how to remove it from the browser
The newest version of Google Chrome displays AI features in the browser without any way to remove them. Fortunately, there's a workaround that will allow you to continue using Chrome without having to...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Until now, there hasn't been a Best Current Practice RFC IETF standard for how bots should crawl sites. The authors of a new Crawler Best Practices draft hope to fill that gap for bots and publishers.

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Crawler Best Practices draft seeks to standardize bot behavior for all bots on the web
Until now, there hasn't been a Best Current Practice RFC IETF standard for how bots should crawl sites. The authors of a new Crawler Best Practices draft hope to fill that gap for bots and publishers.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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A fool-proof method by @jon.henshaw.me for displaying geo-targeted content that is easy to implement and can be optimized for Google Search.

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#SEO #WebDev #WordPress
How to show and hide geo-targeted content by country, state, city, or zip code
My fool-proof method for displaying geo-targeted content that is easy to implement and can be optimized for Google Search.
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September 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Cloudflare introduced new rules for the Robots Exclusion Protocol to help publishers specify how AI bots can access their content.

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#AI #SEO
Publisher can now manage AI bot access with new 'Content Signals Policy' created by Cloudflare
Cloudflare introduced new rules for the Robots Exclusion Protocol to help publishers specify how AI bots can access their content.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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The independent and privacy-focused email service @fastmail.com has updated its Progressive Web App to support offline access to emails, calendars, and contacts. 💪

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#Productivity #Email
Fastmail's webmail app now works offline, and it's glorious!
The independent and privacy-focused email service Fastmail has updated its Progressive Web App to support offline access to emails, calendars, and contacts.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Google Search previously had a more user-friendly process for displaying coupon codes for online products. It has now become too obscure, removing a step that previously helped buyers complete purchases with the discount.

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#Google #Ecommerce
Google's clippable coupons in search results lack a crucial buying step it once had
Google Search previously had a more user-friendly process for displaying coupon codes for online products. It has now become too obscure, removing a step that previously helped buyers complete purchas...
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August 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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I don't have ads, and I use a single-column layout to help readers focus on my sites. Besides being a better user experience, it is paying off in other ways, too.

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The rewards of respecting the reader's experience
Presenting content ad-free and in a single column helps readers focus and provides a better reading experience, resulting in higher quality conversions at the end of an article.
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August 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Searchers can now add sites as a preferred source to Google Search, which will display them more prominently in Top Stories when they publish fresh and relevant content related to the search query.

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#SEO #Google
Google now lets you pick your favorite news sites for Top Stories
Searchers can now add sites as a preferred source to Google Search, which will display them more prominently in Top Stories when they publish fresh and relevant content related to the search query.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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In this guide, I outline the WordPress settings and essential plugins used to make all of my sites performant and optimized for Google.

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#WordPress
Configuring WordPress: The settings and plugins I use for optimal performance
In this guide, I outline the WordPress settings and essential plugins used to make all of my sites performant and optimized for Google.
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August 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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MacPaw updated its popular CleanMyMac app with a new tool called Cloud Cleanup. The tool extends the app's file management and cleaning capabilities to cloud drives, with initial support for Google Drive, Microsoft's OneDrive, and Apple's iCloud Drive.

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#Apple #Utilities
Cloud Cleanup removes unnecessary files and improves sync times on cloud drives
MacPaw updated its popular CleanMyMac app with a new tool called Cloud Cleanup. The tool extends the app's file management and cleaning capabilities to cloud drives, with initial support for Google Dr...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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@jon.henshaw.me got tired of his coffee and tea getting cold, so he tested using a self-heated mug and a mug warmer. He found that one of them was superior, and it's now what he uses every day to keep his hot drinks hot.

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#Review
Self-heating mugs versus mug warmers: which one is best?
I got tired of my coffee and tea getting cold, so I tested using a self-heated mug and a mug warmer. I found that one of them was superior, and it's now what I use every day to keep my hot drinks hot.
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July 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM