December 2, 2023

Vice: The Palestinian Internet of the 90s Is Being Preserved, One GIF at a Time

Vice: The Palestinian Internet of the 90s Is Being Preserved, One GIF at a Time. “To many Palestinians, Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip is destroying not just buildings and human lives, but a people and their history. With Israeli strikes expected to continue after a brief pause this week, one artist is trying to preserve that history with a digital archive that gathers remnants of the Palestinian internet as it existed in the late 90s and 2000s.”

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November 5, 2023

Hongkiat: 10 Free Platforms to Build Websites and Landing Pages

Hongkiat: 10 Free Platforms to Build Websites and Landing Pages . “With the myriad of tools and platforms available for website creation, it’s easy to find a decent one. However, if you’re aiming for more than just “decent,” the search can be a bit more intensive. Seeking the best in the market requires careful consideration. Value for money and user-friendliness are certainly key factors to consider. Yet, the true essence of a great tool lies in its adaptability, versatility, and its ability to produce a website that is both responsive and optimized for search engines.”

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October 28, 2023

The Verge: The poster’s guide to the internet of the future

The Verge: The poster’s guide to the internet of the future. “The idea is that you, the poster, should post on a website that you own. Not an app that can go away and take all your posts with it, not a platform with ever-shifting rules and algorithms. Your website. But people who want to read or watch or listen to or look at your posts can do that almost anywhere because your content is syndicated to all those platforms.” If you’ve been on the Internet since the early 1990s, this is going to seem very familiar…

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September 14, 2023

Meduza: Russian authorities blocked more than 885,000 websites in first half of 2023

Meduza: Russian authorities blocked more than 885,000 websites in first half of 2023. “In the first six months of 2023, Russia’s federal censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, ordered the blocking of more than 885,000 websites that allegedly contained information banned under Russian law. That’s 85 percent higher than the number of sites blocked in the same period in 2022, a representative of the agency told the Russian newspaper Kommersant.”

Tweaks & Updates 0
August 29, 2023

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri health agency quietly scrubbed sexual health, LGBTQ resources from website

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri health agency quietly scrubbed sexual health, LGBTQ resources from website. “As Missouri lawmakers were considering the most anti-LGBTQ bills of any state, the state health department quietly scrubbed youth sexual health and LGBTQ resources from its website. Lisa Cox, the spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, emailed the agency’s website team in late January directing the removal of links from the website’s adolescent and teen health information page.”

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August 16, 2023

TechCrunch: X, formerly Twitter, slowed down access to Threads, The New York Times, Bluesky and more

TechCrunch: X, formerly Twitter, slowed down access to Threads, The New York Times, Bluesky and more. “X, formerly known as Twitter, was throttling traffic to websites that the social network’s owner Elon Musk publicly dislikes. The platform slowed down the speed it takes when accessing links to a handful of websites, including The New York Times, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, Threads, Reuters and Substack. The platform appears to be reversing the slow access to news sites on Tuesday afternoon.”

Tweaks & Updates 0
July 6, 2023

MakeUseOf: How to Use Google Translate for Specific Websites

MakeUseOf: How to Use Google Translate for Specific Websites. “You can browse the web in any language with Google Translate. For instance, if you want to read an article from a German webpage, you can plug in Google Translate and translate all the content into English or any other language. Once you choose a language you want to see a specific website in, Google Translate will automatically translate all the pages you visit on that site. Here’s how to do this on both desktop and mobile browsers.”

Useful Stuff 0
May 31, 2023

Search Engine Journal: Executive Director Of WordPress On 20 Years Of Innovation

Search Engine Journal: Executive Director Of WordPress On 20 Years Of Innovation. “On May 27, 2023, WordPress celebrates 20 years of extraordinary growth. It powers approximately 43% of all websites and is the leading content management system by far. How did WordPress achieve this milestone and will it be able to continue as arguably the most successful open source project ever?”

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April 7, 2023

Lifehacker: How to Spot a Fake-Ass Website

Lifehacker: How to Spot a Fake-Ass Website. “A fake website is a scammer’s attempt to seem like a reputable business, when in reality, they don’t actually provide any goods or services: Their ‘business’ is to trick you into thinking they do, and to get you to pay for it. There are different types of fake websites to be aware of: those that try to mimic a reputable website, and those that create their own unique website.” If you’re not sure, the About page is often an indicator. Also the bios of any people on the site. Fake ones tend to be vague or a George Santos level of nonsensical.

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January 19, 2023

Digiday: Publishers lament the removal of Twitter Moments as referral traffic dips

Digiday: Publishers lament the removal of Twitter Moments as referral traffic dips. “Twitter referral traffic to a dozen major publishers’ websites declined, on average, by 12% in December 2022 compared to November 2022, according to an analysis by Similarweb, a data analytics company that monitors web traffic. Some publishers — such as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times, USA Today, the BBC and Yahoo — each saw referral traffic from Twitter fall between 10% and 18% month over month.”

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