Five Things That Stood Out to Me in Canada's AI for All Strategy

Canada spent the last decade building world-class AI research. The next challenge is turning that leadership into adoption, productivity, commercialization, and long-term economic value.

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The Difference Between Building Content and Building Infrastructure

An analysis of the difference between digital content and digital infrastructure, examining how information, tools, APIs, datasets, and platforms create value in different ways.

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Chapter 1: SEO Fundamentals (SEO 101)

Learn SEO fundamentals in plain language. Understand the difference between on-page, off-page, and technical SEO, and explore how search engine algorithms like Panda and RankBrain have changed the way...

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Search Visibility vs. Search Dependence

An analysis of the difference between search visibility and search dependence, and how AI interfaces, platform incentives, and fragmented discovery systems are reshaping digital publishing and online ...

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The Difference Between Maintaining Projects and Growing Them

Why some projects remain active while others become platforms, ecosystems, and infrastructure.

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Google Explains Why Some Websites Use Multiple XML Sitemaps

Google explains why websites use multiple XML sitemaps, citing technical limits, content organization, and automation as key factors.

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Google Core Update, Crawl Limits, and Gemini Traffic Trends Reshape Search Landscape

Google rolls out the March 2026 core update, details Googlebot crawl limits, and sees Gemini AI referral traffic surge, signaling changes in search and indexing.

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Delegation: When AI Stops Assisting and Starts Acting

An analysis of how AI is shifting from assistive tools to delegated systems that act within workflows, reshaping control, accountability, and system design across digital infrastructure.

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The Next 20 Years of AI: From Tools to Infrastructure

A structured analysis of how AI is evolving from standalone tools into embedded infrastructure, examining phases of access, integration, delegation, and environment along with the incentives and const...

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Google Begins Rolling Out March 2026 Spam Update Across Search

Google has begun rolling out its March 2026 spam update globally, targeting policy-violating content with changes expected to complete within days.

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Ranking vs Reasoning: Two Different Logics of Information

An analysis of how traditional search ranking systems differ from AI reasoning systems, and what this shift means for information access, incentives, and digital infrastructure.

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Formidable Forms Vulnerability Let Attackers Reuse Low-Value Stripe Payments for Higher-Cost Purchases

A Formidable Forms vulnerability affecting WordPress sites could let attackers reuse low-value Stripe payments to complete more expensive purchases without paying the full amount.

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How AI Is Changing Search Without Replacing It

An analysis of how artificial intelligence is reshaping search systems through synthesis and conversational interfaces while leaving core search infrastructure and retrieval mechanisms intact.

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WordPress Releases 6.9.4 After Incomplete Security Fixes in Versions 6.9.2 and 6.9.3

WordPress released version 6.9.4 after discovering that earlier updates failed to fully apply fixes for ten security vulnerabilities affecting versions up to 6.9.1.

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Search Isn’t Dying. Discovery Is Fragmenting.

Search is not disappearing. Discovery is spreading across social platforms, AI interfaces, internal platform search, and recommendation systems. This article examines how fragmented discovery is resha...

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Google Updates JavaScript SEO Documentation, Removes Legacy Accessibility Guidance

Google has updated its JavaScript SEO documentation, removing legacy guidance that advised developers to design sites for users without JavaScript. The company said the recommendation was outdated due...

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WordPress Introduces Plugins for Integrating OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic Claude

WordPress has released plugins that integrate OpenAI, Google Gemini, and Anthropic Claude using the PHP AI Client SDK. The plugins allow developers to add AI capabilities such as text generation, imag...

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The Difference Between Innovation and Implementation

An analytical examination of the structural differences between innovation and implementation in technology, and why sustainable digital progress depends on both novelty and operational discipline.

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Google Introduces AI Mode Checkout and Branded Business Agents in Search

Google has unveiled AI Mode checkout, the Universal Commerce Protocol, and Business Agent chat, allowing shoppers to research and buy products directly in Search. The update signals a major shift in h...

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WordPress Social Media Post Sparks Backlash Over FAIR Project Criticism

An official WordPress.org social media post mocking the FAIR project sparked backlash from developers, raising concerns about professionalism, governance, and the future of decentralized plugin distri...

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Google’s Mueller Clarifies ‘Page Indexed Without Content’ Error in Search Console

Google’s John Mueller explains why the “Page indexed without content” status in Search Console is usually caused by server or CDN blocking, not JavaScript, and why the issue should be treated as urgen...

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Google’s Mueller Weighs In on SEO vs. GEO Debate as AI Referrals Grow

Google Search Advocate John Mueller addresses the SEO vs. GEO debate, urging site owners to focus on audience data and referral traffic as AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini reshape online discovery.

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“AI Is Everywhere” Curation Is Becoming More Valuable Than Search But That’s Not the Interesting Part

As AI-driven content explodes, curation is gaining importance over search. This analysis examines why selection, trust, and constraint are becoming core to digital infrastructure, and what that reveal...

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Google Deploys New AI Model to Strengthen Fraud Detection in Ads Platform

Google has deployed a new AI model called ALF to improve fraud detection in Google Ads, achieving major gains in precision and recall by analyzing advertiser behavior across text, images, video, and a...

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The “AI Scam” Panic Is a Symptom of a Bigger Trust Problem

The panic over “AI scams” misses the real issue. Artificial intelligence is exposing long-standing failures in digital trust, verification systems, and institutional credibility rather than creating a...

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Vulnerability Discovered in Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress Plugin

A vulnerability in the Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to upload or copy files under certain server configurations. Users are advised to update to vers...

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Google’s Top Searches of 2025 Highlight a Year Shaped by AI, Global Events, and Everyday Curiosity

Google’s Year in Search 2025 reveals how AI, global events, politics, entertainment, and travel shaped what people searched for worldwide and in the U.S., highlighting a year defined by technological ...

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Sam Altman Outlines OpenAI’s Long-Term Bet on Profitability

Sam Altman explains OpenAI’s long-term path to profitability, arguing that rising losses reflect aggressive investment in AI training and compute capacity as the company bets on sustained revenue grow...

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Microsoft Outlines How Duplicate Content Impacts AI Search Visibility

Microsoft explains how duplicate and near-duplicate content affects AI-powered search visibility, including how LLMs select representative URLs, why duplication weakens signals, and how consolidation ...

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Google Begins Rollout of December 2025 Core Search Update

Google has begun rolling out its December 2025 core search update, the third of the year. The update affects rankings globally and may take up to three weeks to complete, following earlier core update...

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