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Rich Missey
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#SEO | #DogDad | #Chicago | Left-leaning Independent | Thoughts, opinions, & sass are my own. (he/him)

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THE GUARDIAN: US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
What. Is. This.
(Chicago)
January 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A request for anyone that offers webinars: In your confirmation emails and confirmation screens, PLEASE include "Add to Calendar" links for: Outlook (Desktop), Outlook (365 Online), Google/Gmail, Apple Calendar.

Most confirmation emails I see include 2 or maybe 3 of those, but rarely all.
January 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
January 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I wonder if we're seeing the early signs of the end of WordPress' reign as preferred CMS. I'm fairly confident that a new entrant will emerge from this entirely unnecessary fiasco & relegate WP to the ashes of history (hello, GeoCities).

www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-t...
Automattic Turns Against WordPress Community Itself
Automattic cites criticism by the WordPress community in announcement of reduction of support for the core CMS project
www.searchenginejournal.com
January 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I've had a few people reach out to me recently asking for help with LCP issues where they are looking at optimising the wrong thing. They were asking what frontend improvements they could make when that was not the problem.

Yup it's time for another long thread to try to explain...

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January 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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OK #WordPress community, help me find a talented theme designer! I want a new, custom, FSE based, theme for joost.blog - Who would you recommend?
Joost de Valk - Internet entrepreneur
The homepage & blog of Joost de Valk, founder of Yoast, Investor, Developer, Marketer.
joost.blog
January 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's lots of CMS/Website Builder options out there who aren't engaged in reputational suicide. This Search Engine Journal (SEJ) article's a good resource for anyone looking to change platforms/providers.

www.searchenginejournal.com/23-wordpress...
23 WordPress Alternatives Best For SEO
This guide covers various options, from user-friendly website builders to open-source solutions, to help you find the right WordPress alternative for your website.
www.searchenginejournal.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Google November 2024 core update rollout is now complete searchengineland.com/google-novem...
Google November 2024 core update rollout is now complete
This update took 24 days to roll out and was a typical Google core update.
searchengineland.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
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Different ways to Map Keywords to topics – with Supervised and Unsupervised ML approaches: A comprehensive guide by the awesome @lazarinastoy going through different ML methods pros and cons!

Read here: www.mlforseo.com/machine-lear...
December 4, 2024 at 4:15 PM