Content marketing, once the darling of digital strategy, is facing an existential crisis in 2025. The rise of AI-generated text, video, and even voice has fundamentally changed the landscape. Marketers, creators, and consumers alike are asking: Is the fine art of content marketing dead? Are we doomed to a future of “AI slop”—endless, soulless content churned out by algorithms? Or […]

SEO has been “dying” since I started in this industry—first with Google Ads, then business listings and maps, and now AI in search results. If you only wear an SEO hat, your career was cornered long ago. AI is the next big shift, changing everything, but it’s also bringing in a new wave of questionable offers. It all comes down […]

So sick of ferriting around CloudFlare support systems just to find the RAS certifcate key I decided to post it to my website where I could find it whenever I needed it. This is where you generate a key pair using CloudFlare self assigned certificates and need to add their final PEM in the to authenticate with CF. Bad explination […]

When a tool works flawlessly, it becomes essential. That’s exactly how I feel about CSS Compressor. It’s the only tool I’ve found that offers moderate compression, striking the balance between readability and performance. So when CSS Compressor suddenly went down a few weeks ago, I had to find a solution for the day. The problem? Most CSS compressors either minify […]

The internet’s full of noise, sure, but here’s the other angle: we’re not drowning in content. We’re parched. Desperate for fresh, real voices. Think about this: 5.17 billion people are scrolling social media, but only 207 million are creating anything. That’s 4% of people making stuff for the other 96% to consume. Do the math. That’s not saturation. That’s a […]

Cloudflare is one of the greatest SEO tools out there today—hands down. If you’re only using it for speed enhancements, you’re seriously missing out on everything it can do. While researching how some free movie sites serve pirated content, I stumbled across a Reddit list of around 50 sites. Most of them got obliterated by DMCA takedowns, but what stood […]

Python is a powerful tool for automating tasks, analyzing data, and providing deep insights. Here’s how SEO professionals can harness the capabilities of Python to boost their efforts. Web Scraping for Competitor Analysis Web scraping allows you to gather data on competitor keywords, backlinks, and content strategies. By automating the extraction of data from competitor websites, you can stay informed […]

SEO Yoast has been a cornerstone for SEO professionals worldwide since its introduction, providing robust features to optimize websites for search engines. However, the increasing nags and upsell prompts for the pro version have bloated the core plugin, prompting many users to seek alternatives that offer essential SEO speed functionalities without the extraneous overheads of features never used. This script […]

This code snippet creates an accordion menu on WordPress using the “Code Snippets” plugin, enabling users to embed collapsible sections within their content. When the shortcode ( accordion ) is used, it triggers the custom_accordion_shortcode function, which enqueues the jQuery UI Accordion script and applies custom styles to the accordion elements. The styles define the visual appearance, such as background […]

This code snippet is designed to optimize a WordPress site’s performance by compressing HTML output, removing unnecessary assets, and improving loading efficiency. It begins by compressing the HTML output, removing extra spaces and newlines to reduce the overall size of the HTML sent to the browser. This is achieved using the ob_start function, which starts output buffering and applies a […]