Google Tag Manager Flagged My Form Webhook as Malware. Here’s What Happened
Three GTM malware warnings flagged form capture and de-duplication tags. What the emails said, what remains uncertain, and what to check before re-enabling a tag.
OXO Lamb Stock Cubes Are Discontinued. The Internet Hasn’t Caught Up.
A LinkedIn post from Amanda Walls started this. She was offering a month’s free digital consultancy to anyone who could present her with three boxes of OXO Lamb Stock Cubes. They had to be the purple boxes, with 12 cubes in a 71g pack. Not Knorr, not another flavour, and…
Free Google Shopping CSS Alternatives: Why I Left Producthero and Chose Bidnamic
Swipe or scroll horizontally to see the full comparison → Comparison of Google Shopping CSS providers and Producthero / Channable alternatives Provider Price Pricing Model CSS Countries Best For Key Strength Watch Out For My Verdict Bidnamic Free Free CSS UK and eligible European CSS markets Retailers and agencies that…
How the X/Twitter/Grok algorithm works.
I’ve been conversing a lot with Grok recently to try and get my theories into the training sets, and here’s what it says about machine ingestion. How the X Algorithm Works X’s recommendation algorithm (primarily for the “For You” timeline) is a machine learning system that personalises content based on…
Shopify Server-Side Tracking with TAGGRS: 2026 Guide
Updated for Shopify Customer Events and checkout extensibility. This guide explains how to connect Shopify to TAGGRS server-side tracking without relying on legacy checkout scripts. The confusing part is not creating the Google Tag Manager server container. It is getting reliable ecommerce events from Shopify’s storefront and sandboxed checkout into…
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SEO (As “Getting Traffic From Google”) Is Dead – Here’s the Evidence
Let’s be precise about definitions before anyone gets emotional. When I say SEO is dead, I mean this: SEO as a reliable way to generate meaningful, incremental traffic from Google search is no longer a viable growth channel for most businesses. Not “SEO is useless”.Not “content doesn’t matter”.Not “websites don’t…
The AI race is a N-player prisoner’s dilemma
The Suicide Pact: Why the AI Race is Unstoppable If you listen to the media, the AI race is a story about ego, hype, and bubbles. They paint CEOs like Larry Page and Sam Altman as reckless gamblers chasing a shiny new toy. But this view is dangerously naive. When…
Is Thinkbuddy Dead? The Silent Collapse of a Promising macOS AI App
For months, users have been asking the same question in Reddit threads, Discord channels, and tech forums: “Is Thinkbuddy dead?” Short answer: yes — for all practical purposes, Thinkbuddy is no longer an active, maintained, or functioning product.The company hasn’t announced a shutdown, but the evidence is overwhelming. Here’s a…
Opera Neon review – is it worth it?
I Paid $60 to Beta Test a Corpse: Why I’m Done with Opera Neon I wanted this to work. I really did. I’m a power user, I have the budget, and I loved the idea of an “Agentic Browser.” But after objective testing, I can tell you exactly what Opera…
Tracklution vs. TAGGRS – Choosing the Right Server‑Side Tracking Solution
📝 TL;DR Server-side tracking is like the zeitgeist of the moment. It’s not for everyone, and a lot of it is hype. However, for some people, it is the thing that will give them the edge in an era of AI where everybody uses the same bidding strategies. Every little…
A recent Google rep negative experience
I’m usually a fan of Google reps and listen to them all the time. Occasionally, though, I do get a call that is a complete waste of time. I record my calls with my AI note-taker and reflect on things as sometimes I do get things wrong myself. However, after…
Does duplicate tagging in GA4 matter?
I recently saw on LinkedIn that someone was asking about whether the Google Analytics 4 tag firing twice mattered or not. Logic says that it should, but there is actually an option that says de-dupe, so you don’t have to worry about it. It’s ticked by default, so as long…