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eCommerce · 6 min read

How to Measure Traffic and Sales From ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Other AI Assistants in GA4

GA4 now has an AI Assistant channel, but it misses part of the picture. How AI traffic shows up in Analytics, a custom channel…OCT 26, 2026
Opencart extensions free download · 6 min read

AI Alt Text for OpenCart Product Images: Describe Every Photo in Every Language With Claude (Free Extension)

OpenCart 4 uses the product name as the alt text of every product image. This free extension has Claude look at each image and…OCT 26, 2026
Drupal · 12 min read

Cloudflare Rules for WordPress: The Security, Redirect, and Cache Rules Every Site Needs

A handful of Cloudflare rules stop most of the junk traffic that hits a WordPress site: login guessing, vulnerability scanners, content scrapers, and requests…OCT 24, 2026
Salesforce · 14 min read

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Last updated: October 2026 Thanks for picking up The Technical Web Guide for Marketers: What Every Marketer Should Know About Domains, Email, Tracking, Search…OCT 23, 2026
Salesforce · 4 min read

How AI Search Reads Your Website: AI Crawlers, robots.txt and What Marketers Can Control

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews all read your website. Which crawlers do what, how to allow or block them with robots.txt,…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

Website Redesign Without Losing Traffic: The SEO Redirect Checklist for Marketers

Most traffic lost in a website redesign or platform migration comes from missing redirects. A step-by-step checklist for before, during and after launch, written…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

12 Technical SEO Checks Every Marketer Should Run Before Blaming the Content

Great content can't rank if Google can't crawl or index it. Twelve technical SEO checks a marketer can run in an afternoon with free…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

Google Consent Mode v2 Explained for Marketers: Basic vs Advanced, and What It Does to Your Data

Consent Mode v2 tells Google tags what each visitor agreed to on your cookie banner. What the four consent signals mean, basic vs advanced…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

Why Your Analytics and Ad Platform Numbers Don’t Match (and Which One to Trust)

Meta says 120 conversions, Google Ads says 95, GA4 says 70 and your store says 80. Here is why every tool counts differently, how…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 3 min read

UTM Parameters Done Right: A Naming Convention Your Whole Marketing Team Can Follow

Messy UTMs split your campaign data and push traffic into "Unassigned" in GA4. A simple UTM naming convention, the values GA4 expects, and the…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft Bulk Sender Requirements: What Marketers Must Have in Place

Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft Outlook now require authentication, one-click unsubscribe and low spam rates from bulk senders. A plain-language checklist for email marketers, and…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

DNS Records Explained for Marketers: A, CNAME, MX, TXT and What Breaks When You Change Them

Landing page tools, email platforms and Google all ask you to add DNS records. Here is what A, CNAME, MX and TXT records do,…OCT 23, 2026
Salesforce · 5 min read

Who Owns Your Domain? A Domain Ownership and Security Checklist for Marketers

Your domain carries your website, email and every campaign link. Check who owns it, who can change it and when it renews, with this…OCT 23, 2026
Tools · 4 min read

The Technical Web Guide for Marketers: What Every Marketer Should Know About Domains, Email, Tracking, Search and AI (New Book)

A plain-language book for marketers who work with websites every day: domains and DNS, email deliverability, tracking and attribution, technical SEO and AI search.…OCT 23, 2026
Opencart extensions free download · 9 min read

Serve WebP (and AVIF) Images in OpenCart 4 Automatically: Faster Pages Without Re-uploading Your Catalog (Free Extension)

OpenCart 4 resizes your product images but keeps them as JPEG and PNG. Serve WebP or AVIF versions automatically, cut image weight by more…OCT 23, 2026