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“They are often just a worse experience for everyone involved.”

“The simplicity of HTML and CSS now feels like a radical act. To build a website with just these tools is a small protest against platform capitalism: a way to assert sustainability, independence, longevity.”

What are you interested in?

Discover website authors’ passions in a fresh way.

GPT-4o

OpenAI’s new model masters audio, vision, and text.

Google brings ‘web’ search, and an AI opt-out button

“It could be an incredibly popular change to Google’s search engine.”

When online content disappears

“38% of webpages from 2013 are no longer accessible.”

Is the planet the missing member of your project team?

Ways to design with the environment in mind.

What Mozilla is adding to Firefox next

Vertical tabs, profile management, and local AI.

RSS blogrolls are a federated social network

Blogrolls as a decentralized way to discover content.

How and why to make a /now page on your site

Share where you are in your life’s journey.

Slash Pages

A guide to common pages you can add to your website.

Hacker Search

What readers of Hacker News think about any topic.

Leaked Google Search API documents

What SEOs can learn from the data leak.

An even faster Microsoft Edge

Microsoft aims to speed up browser interactions.

PayPal plans ad network using purchase histories

The website payment provider will monetize user data.

How I’m using ‘AI’

Where AI can have its uses in day-to-day work.

Defending accessibility to skeptical stakeholders

How to support the world’s largest minority group.

Google warns

Sites that are inaccessible on mobile will not be indexed.

Is Google’s search algorithm hurting smaller websites?

“Making ‘helpful’ content is not enough.”

How to browse the web with the keyboard alone

There are very few keys you need to use.

Want more clicks?

A study suggests using simple headlines.

Turning the tables on AI

What if we used AI not to think less but more?

AI does not build your engineering team

“Writing code is the easiest part of software engineering.”

A fresh look at blogrolls

“We can use them to bootstrap a new kind of social network.”

What does it feel like to read RSS feeds?

Feeds offer curated content without distractions.

Scary Google page indexing spikes

What if Search Console reports them for your site?

Where does SEO come from?

From early web discovery to the SEO industry of today.

The internet isn’t for humans anymore

What does it mean that bots use it now more than we do?

“RSS isn’t dead; it’s the secret weapon of info-savvy rebels.”

“When someone reads a book, watches a video, or attends a live training, the copyright holder gets paid. Why should derivative content generated with the assistance of AI be any different?”

The internet is a series of webs

“The future of the web isn’t just open source code, it’s open creativity.”

Choose how you want to navigate the web with Firefox

Mozilla experiments with AI services in Firefox Nightly.

A local-first codebase supports more collaborators

Why the local-first development approach is “crazy helpful.”

Consent, LLM scrapers, and poisoning the well

A Luddite approach to more ethical AI use.

First test version of Opera One R2 browser

Opera unveils the newest version of its flagship browser.

Fighting bots is fighting humans

The downside of protecting content from AI scrapers.

CriticGPT

OpenAI now uses AI to spot errors in ChatGPT’s output.

How to avoid features that flop

Quick feedback with one-question surveys.

Microfeatures I love in blogs and personal websites

Delightful website features for your inspiration.

Flameshot

An open-source, cross-platform screenshot tool.

Google warns of soft 404 errors

They can impact a website’s crawlability and indexing.

Zero-Click Search Study 2024

“Google continues to send less and less to the open web.”

Should I remove this blog from Google Search?

To delist it, or not to delist it, that is the question.

Firefox arrives with selective translation

“It has been a while since Firefox received some meaningful feature additions.”

Fixing websites is a growth opportunity for freelancers

How modern website creation offers a business chance.

Web content, the social contract, and copyrights

How can we deal with website copyright violations?

Google now defaults to not indexing your content

“Small bloggers or niche websites face a much higher bar for inclusion.”

Private Browsing 2.0

Apple aims to set a new standard for private browsing.

Mozilla disappoints us yet again

Firefox collects user data for ads unless you opt out.

The four newsletter growth quadrants

Newsletter growth often requires a mix of strategies.

How many people actually recommend?

What the results of four longitudinal studies reveal.

Google shortener links will soon be unavailable

What you need to know if you are a goo.gl user.

Macro vs. micro conversions

How they can help you optimize your product for success.

The Boagworld Show

The renowned web design podcast is coming back.

Apple Maps on the web launches in beta

Users worldwide can now access it from their browser.

Google is the exclusive search engine on Reddit now

The exclusivity stems from a multi-million dollar AI deal.

Bing’s updated AI search will make site owners happy

It breaks with other search engine’s zero-click layouts.

AI crawlers need to be more respectful

For website owners, the AI gold rush can be costly.

The infuriating inefficiency of accessibility audits

Earlier accessibility testing is far more cost-effective.

Attribution is dying, clicks are dying

“The way we’ve done digital marketing for 20 years is ending.”

3 new Chrome AI features

In-browser search, tab comparison, browser history chat.

‘Copyright traps’ could reveal AI-scraped writings

An old tool might help against a new threat.

AT is more than screen readers

A screen reader is just one type of assistive technology.

Internet Phone Book

Want your website to appear in a real book?

AI Act is here

The first comprehensive regulation of AI in the world.

Introducing recommendations

Google brings SEO suggestions to your Search Console.

Distraction control for the web

Safari’s new way to fight back against web clutter.

The default blocklist

Why Google trusts big brands (but not you).

The US won its antitrust case against Google

Why that’s bad news for Mozilla Firefox.

Metrics can be a double-edged sword

How to navigate them for sustainable success.

Browsers, cookies and surfing the web

The quirky history of internet lingo.

The forgotten fulcrum of Google’s dominance

How Google uses Chrome to dominate online markets.

Zen Browser

A fast, elegant, and versatile browser based on Firefox.

Apple’s requirements are about to hit Patreon users

The 30% App Store fee also applies to creator payments.

The days are long but the years are short

OpenStreetMap marks 20 years of mapping the world.

Google monopoly

A ruling against Google could benefit the open web.

Change blindness

The AI landscape has evolved very quickly in 21 months.

State of SEO Report 2025

The latest trends in Search Engine Optimization.

Pricing projects as a freelancer or agency owner

Strategies to stand out in a crowded market.

The web we’ve (never) lost

“Don’t worry, the web of yore is still alive and kicking.”

Stripe Workbench

New developer tools for the popular payment solution.

“Pricing isn’t just about numbers. It’s about setting the foundation for a successful project and a positive client relationship.”

Data confirms disruptive potential of SearchGPT

BrightEdge’s takeaways on Google, Perplexity, and SearchGPT.

Upcoming changes for EU iOS/iPadOS users

Even Safari will be deletable for users in the European Union.

Celebrating an important step forward

Mozilla supports the latest definition of open-source AI.

Eye tracking comes to Wolvic

A new way to browse the web in virtual reality.

Objection handling

The secret to improving your website conversion rate.

Readers prefer to click on a clear, simple headline

Simple words and short sentences boost engagement.

Tumblr to move its blogs to WordPress

With 500 million Tumblr blogs, the move is a challenge.

“It’s so tempting to write for everyone. But everyone isn’t going to read your work, someone is. Name the people you’re writing for. Ignore everyone else.”

Why I don’t block AI scrapers

“I’m betting on more legal action against what looks like theft.”

Gemini AI now ready in Chrome’s address bar

Type ‘@‘ in the bar and select ‘Chat with Gemini’.

User Searcher

Search usernames across 2000+ popular websites.

Meta Previews

A web tool to boost your content for social sharing.

IndieWeb vs. indie web

“It’s unfortunate that the IndieWeb has that name.”

Awesome Indie

Products made by independent makers and creators.

How a new Chrome AI feature challenges SEO

Browser history search with AI diversifies web traffic.

Remote Work Dictionary

What do we mean when we say ‘remote work’?

The new digital world order?

“A new form of power has been quietly taking shape.”

“There’s something vulnerable about publishing a personal website for the whole world to see, like standing up before a big crowd. And there’s no bigger crowd than the whole internet.”