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Nate Shivar

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On this #ForestFriday, join us for a drive through a long leaf pine forest on Georgia’s Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest. 🎥 by Abby Schembra


I got Social Engine for WordPress working -> meowapps.com/social-engine/ TIL that Twitter / X's API is tricky, it's awful...but does still exist for free.


I'll just leave this here -> addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/… One of the best Firefox Add-Ons ever.


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Groan. In 1918, most lumber in North America came from old-growth forests (adiós, California redwoods!). These trees grew slowly over centuries in dense, competitive conditions, resulting in very tight growth rings and naturally dense, strong wood. These forests largely don’t…

Enshiitification of product. Over time, everything is lower quality.

aaron_lubeck's tweet image. Enshiitification of product.
Over time, everything is lower quality.


Google's Helpful Content era didn't even make it 2 years.

nshivar's tweet image. Google's Helpful Content era didn't even make it 2 years.

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I’m telling you. My money is on “-reddit.com” becoming a big search modifier in the next year. Many more “normies” (😂) will be teaching each other how to make those results go away. Not everyone wants to hear what some anonymous guy said on Reddit. I’ve been hearing this…

Super strange experience today. In two different work meetings, “normies” who know nothing about SEO complained about Google Search. One woman said that everything essentially above the fold on her phone now seems to be an ad. The other person said that if they wanted to go…



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We've built over 750 websites. We know what works and what doesn't. Today, I am giving you the playbook FREE. Conversion Focused Website Design: 15-Pages of website GOLD. Like, Retweet, & Comment "Conversion" to get it. (Must be following)

irentdumpsters's tweet image. We've built over 750 websites.
We know what works and what doesn't.

Today, I am giving you the playbook FREE.

Conversion Focused Website Design: 15-Pages of website GOLD.

Like, Retweet, & Comment "Conversion" to get it. 

(Must be following)

TFW Hanlon's razor shows up again -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27…

hot take (theory) - Google wants to help sites hurt by HCU but they can't because it's all machine learning and they don't really understand what it's doing or why - all they can do is collect examples of good sites hit to feed into the next training cycle.



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If an SEO tool, agency, or consultant recommends that you optimize your Google Business Profile description to improve rankings, drop them. The description is NOT used in the ranking algorithm. It has never been a ranking factor and never will be. #seo #localseo


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The story of every SEO 🥲 #SEO


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These Google updates are so strange. I think they're back to using pigeons - archive.google.com/pigeonrank/


Alaska’s Fat Bear Week proves conservation can be joyful -> economist.com/united-states/… “Maybe things aren’t super great all the time in the world”, says Felicia Jimenez, a current Katmai ranger, “but there’s some really fat bears in Alaska.”


Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. -> standardebooks.org Amazing project!


How fateful? -> chan.co.za/how-fateful Really fun, sweet post on using Google Maps to reverse engineer all the "What If?" moments in life.


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Today I met with officials in Helsinki, which has had a ~75% drop in road deaths over the last thirty years (including recent years with no ped/cyclist deaths at all). Me: “How much of a role has IT played in reducing crashes?” City official: “Zero. We simply slowed down cars.”

NEW! @USDOT is seeking your feedback on a critical topic – Intersection Safety. See “Enhancing the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users at Intersections” and see how you can contribute bit.ly/3QIiJgY

Research_USDOT's tweet image. NEW! @USDOT is seeking your feedback on a critical topic – Intersection Safety. See “Enhancing the Safety of Vulnerable Road Users at Intersections” and see how you can contribute bit.ly/3QIiJgY


Inside the Mind-Boggling World of the Antiquities Theft Task Force -> annehelen.substack.com/p/inside-the-m…


RSS is on fire again, and it's all down to SlackOps -> conoroneill.net/2022/07/18/rss… "I’m that guy, the one who never gave up on blogs and never ever gave up on RSS."


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