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What does this Google Search Console error message mean?

Every so often I get an email from a client or a potential client with questions about Google Search Console. This is a free service from Google which you can use to monitor how your website appears in Google’s search results. It will tell you things like the terms people were looking for when they […] The post What does this...
Morning Coffee – 22 April 2024

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Draft2Digital is now distributing to Fable. Jonathan Bailey delves into why the Kindle Store is over run with spam ebooks. Here’s more on the spam ebook problem in the Kindle Store. Here’s why there’s nothing icky about promoting a book. If you use Jetpack Stats […] The post Morning Coffee –...
Monday Morning Coffee – 15 April 2024

Here are a few stories to read on Tax day. Facebook thought about buying Simon & Schuster to feed its AI, but then decided that it would be cheaper to steal the content. Kobo’s long-rumored color ereaders are now official. Baldur Bjarnasson has some great advice about how to evaluate the claims being made about […] The post Monday Morning Coffee...
Monday Morning Coffee – 8 April 2024

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning. Amazon has announced that they will not be raising their printing prices this year. Canadian bookstore chain Indigo has been acquired. Here’s an interesting piece on Powell’s, the world’s largest used bookstore. A new bill in Louisiana would make it a crime to join that […] The post Monday Morning Coffee...
Jetpack Stats is No Longer Free – Now What?

Has anyone else noticed that Jetpack Stats is no longer free? I noticed on Sunday, and a client brought it to my attention on Monday. Basically what happened is that Automattic is now checking to see if you use your site for business, and if so they want you to pay $8 a month for […] The post Jetpack Stats is...
Do you have a catastrophe recovery plan for your website?

Last month I had a graphic reminder of just how bad things can get when a server crashes. While sites do go down at times, in March 2024 A2 Hosting’s servers went offline for 50 hours, taking all of the sites they hosted with them. I have only seen a catastrophic failure like this a […] The post Do you have...

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