Digital
Why search algorithm updates keep reshaping publisher traffic
Core updates now hit whole sites, not single pages — and Google tells publishers almost nothing about why.
Michael Hayes · September 13, 2026
Digital
Digital deals with how published work reaches people and how that reach is counted. Topics include search referral and its decline, social and app distribution, syndication, analytics and attribution, and first-party data collection. Explainers describe the mechanism behind a traffic change before assessing what a publisher can reasonably do about it.
Digital
Service providers now field over a million DMCA notices a day
The six elements a takedown notice needs, why a platform needs a registered copyright agent, and what actually happens once a subscriber counter-notices.
Amara Okonkwo · August 15, 2026
Digital
The 2024 Gmail and Yahoo sender rules, two years on: what publishers changed and what still bites
One-time authentication, spam-rate ceilings and easy unsubscribe became mandatory for bulk senders in February 2024 — the publishers who treated them as strategy, not compliance, came out ahead.
Amara Okonkwo · July 27, 2026
Digital
First-party data for publishers: what to collect, what it's worth, and what not to do
As third-party cookies finally fade and AI search eats anonymous traffic, logged-in reader data became the advertising and product asset publishers actually own.
Michael Hayes · July 5, 2026
Digital
Does your publication actually need an app? The honest decision framework
Most publishers do not need a native app; a small set with specific audience behaviors does — and the difference is a checklist, not a budget.
Amara Okonkwo · June 12, 2026