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PHP2Shell: What Last Week’s Critical PHP Update Meant for Your Website

28 October, 2026

Last week the PHP project shipped emergency fixes for two critical security flaws, now known as PHP2Shell. If your website runs on WordPress, it runs on PHP, and this was…

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Social Media, Search and AI: What Gets Your Business Noticed

14 October, 2026

Digital Strategy

Until recently, most of what a business posted on social media stayed inside the app. In the last year, that’s changed in two directions at once. The first is search.…

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Are People Leaving Google for AI? What the Research Actually Says

05 October, 2026

SEO & AI Search

Almost everyone using ChatGPT still uses Google. The change is in how often they search and how often they click through. What that means for your website.

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What Scoping a Custom Web Application Actually Involves

28 September, 2026

Web Design & Development

Most custom software goes wrong before a line of code is written. What a proper scope covers, and the questions to answer before you build.

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Could AI Replace the Software You’re Paying For? Three Questions to Ask

22 September, 2026

AI for Business

Before you renew, cancel or rebuild, run three questions over the process the software supports. A named process with a named cost is a decision you can make.

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Do Google Reviews Still Matter Now AI Answers the Question?

11 September, 2026

SEO & AI Search

AI answers name three or four businesses, not ten. Reviews are part of how they choose, and the words customers use now count as much as the stars.

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AI Readiness: The Two Questions Business Owners Keep Asking

27 August, 2026

AI for Business, SEO & AI Search

Most AI conversations land in two buckets: being found in AI search, and getting AI to do real work inside the business. How to check both.

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WooCommerce or Commerce7? What We’ve Learned Building Winery Websites

25 August, 2026

Web Design & Development

If you’re weighing up WooCommerce against Commerce7 for a winery, the answer turns on how much of your business is the wine club and the cellar door. Whichever way it…

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How AI Assistants Decide Which Local Business to Recommend

18 August, 2026

SEO & AI Search

A few weeks back a new client told me how they found us. A mate recommended us, they googled us, then they asked ChatGPT if we were any good. The…

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PHP2Shell: What Last Week’s Critical PHP Update Meant for Your Website

Are People Leaving Google for AI? What the Research Actually Says

What Scoping a Custom Web Application Actually Involves

Could AI Replace the Software You’re Paying For? Three Questions to Ask

Do Google Reviews Still Matter Now AI Answers the Question?

AI Readiness: The Two Questions Business Owners Keep Asking

WooCommerce or Commerce7? What We’ve Learned Building Winery Websites

How AI Assistants Decide Which Local Business to Recommend

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