Forget Semrush — I Tried 9 Best Semrush Alternatives for Bloggers

Semrush has always been my favorite go-to tool for SEO research. Unfortunately, it comes with a hefty price tag that can’t always be justified, especially for small businesses just getting started. While it’s incredibly powerful, many bloggers simply don’t need to pay a premium for a massive suite of enterprise features they will never use. … Read more

Matt: To Cut A Pineapple

Google has turned 25, which is wow, and they made a cute video about it: Of course I tried to visit the original howtocutapineapple.com site, and unfortunately saw a database error connection. From Archive.org it looks like whoever had that domain made a nice WordPress site.

#190 – Seth Rubenstein on Block Composability in WordPress’ Future

Transcript [00:00:19] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, block composability, what it is and how it’s shaping WordPress’s future. If you’d … Read more

Matt: Make No Little Plans

Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. … Read more

Matt: Albumin

Since reading the Four Hour Workweek and Tim Ferriss I’ve been a bit of a bio-hacker, always trying weird and new stuff. Today was a new one! I did therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), also known as plasmapheresis, which supposedly gives you all the benefits of parabiosis without, you know, needing to be a vampire or … Read more