Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog
Even with the correct information, Google’s “AI” will still spin BS
“AI” bros want you to serve the tech, not the correct way round
They say they don’t want a biased media, but really they do
One NZ keeps changing its tune about the 3G shutdown
Block and challenge away—there are so few exceptions, it’s like winning the lottery
Reminders that our current direction should give us pause
A farewell to Jimmy D: James Dobson’s own words
The nostalgia box
Film themes getting a second life in TV commercials
Cloudflare, because we don’t know how to use anything else
If Google is a marketing and disinformation portal, not a search engine, then treat it as such
How we chose this year’s Autocade Year of Cars cover
Caveat emptor: the hypocrisy of Natsav
Avoiding signing in to your Microsoft account during Windows set-up—and other tech matters
Facebook really is that moronic, and Semrush really is that dodgy
Out now: Autocade Year of Cars 2026
Top 10 car manufacturers by sales, 2024—beware the bogus figures
Variety is the spice of life, so get away from the defaults
Stuck with me for over 50 years
Ninety per cent of the web could be “AI” slop next year
Beware Substack—and TV3 makes terrible design and marketing decisions
Get the Abbey habit
Does clickbait work now? YouTube must think so
Thank you, Joe (Patroni)!
Easier to write about the past ones
Our own Eric and Ernie
The trails of the theftbots
How to ensure people won’t read your page
Autocade gets a new logotype; and we block a lot of “AI” bots
Google lies (situation normal), Google users run scrapers, Tencent users attack
Chelfyn Baxter honours Helen’s memory using AI in an ethical way
Two of the web’s worst brands wind up in a scam
The extra things you now do in online publishing: blocking suspicious bots
A product’s popularity is of no concern to me
Did you know that in the last three decades, media have changed?
In an overly narrow niche, no one hears you
The future of search—and it’s not “AI”
Getting out of fascism: what history tells the US