Sep 10, 2026
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5 min read
Rank Math exposed a WordPress risk no security patch can fix
Sep 3, 2026
4 min read
A Ninth Circuit decision could force websites denied Section 230 protection to litigate longer before they can appeal.
Aug 27, 2026
European publishers get scraped 4x more and paid back less. Robots.txt was never a contract.
Aug 20, 2026
Cloudflare is building payment rails for AI agents, but most publishers still cannot collect a cent from the traffic.
Aug 13, 2026
Most search traffic isn't search intent anymore. What survives a platform or algorithm change is the audience you actually own.
Aug 6, 2026
You assumed the DMCA protects your anti-bot wall from scrapers. A federal judge just proved that assumption wrong.
Jul 30, 2026
Publishers are racing to block AI crawlers. The data suggests they're solving the wrong problem.
Jul 23, 2026
A 93-year-old magazine lost three-quarters of its traffic and is about to post its best revenue year ever.
Jul 16, 2026
A podcaster with 11 million weekly listeners says the only asset she controls is her email list
Jul 9, 2026
One in four chatbot answers cites YouTube creators, but platforms keep the revenue.
Jul 2, 2026
AI companies pay billions for training data. Most creators never see a cent.
Jun 25, 2026
Content optimization and schema markup mean nothing if your WordPress server can't respond to AI crawlers in time.
Jun 18, 2026
The CMA forced Google's hand. Publishers now have a formal opt-out right they cannot safely exercise.
Jun 11, 2026
A federal court hears today whether your ToS, not just robots.txt, can block AI agents from your site
Jun 4, 2026
Vox sold New York Magazine at a loss. BuzzFeed exited for $20 million cash. Traffic was never the business.
May 28, 2026
Amazon cut Associates commissions up to 50% with no public announcement. Publishers found out from their account managers.
May 21, 2026
Google expanded AI Search link surfaces this week. Publishers still cannot measure whether any of it drives clicks.
May 14, 2026
The scraper economy rebranded as "agentic infrastructure." The extraction math has not changed one bit.
May 7, 2026
TJ Palma built $1.2M in real estate revenue from platform fame - the followers were the funnel, not the product
Apr 30, 2026
Even YouTube’s biggest creators can’t sell their own films
Apr 23, 2026
Every major browser now ships AI that acts on your behalf. Most websites are structurally broken for the shift.
Apr 16, 2026
7 min read
Copyright lawsuits trace creator videos to AI training datasets. Plus: Yoast adds free AI visibility scans for WP sites
Apr 9, 2026
Cloudflare solves developer security — but skips the ownership, monetization, and exit questions publishers actually care about
Apr 2, 2026
Independent creators weren't invited to the News/Media Alliance licensing deal that pays publishers when AI cites their content
Mar 26, 2026
Plus: AI pays Disney millions: the two-tier content economy is here - creators are on the wrong side of the deal
