Google has made a significant change: you now need to enable JavaScript to use Google Search. According to them, this move is about security and improving the experience for users like you and me. By requiring JavaScript, Google says it can better protect its platform against spam, bots, and other types of abuse. It also claims this change ensures you get “the most relevant and up-to-date information.”

Last week, Automattic announced that they'd be cutting their weekly contributor hours to WordPress.org from roughly 4,000 to a mere 45. This is a massive shift in how open-source WordPress has functioned for over a decade. Let's explore four possible implications of this major change.

If you've used Google lately, you've probably noticed a change: instead of just getting a mix of links and snippets, you're now seeing AI-generated responses that synthesize information from multiple sources right there in your results. This is what's known as generative search and it's changing how we optimize content for search engines. In this post, I'll explain how traditional SEO differs from GEO and where the concept of GEO originated from. Then I'll go over some best practices so you can improve your odds of getting featured in generative search results.

Happy almost-2025, everyone! While you’re finishing up your year-end to-do’s (or wishing you had started them earlier), I’ve been diving into some fresh data published by Cloudflare. This time, they’ve looked at how people around the globe have been spending their time online during the holiday season – between Christmas and the New Year. As it turns out, when the feasting starts, the web often takes a back seat.

Fundraising is hard. Accepting payments shouldn’t be. I tested popular WordPress donation plugins to determine how well they can help you meet your online fundraising goals.