by Glenn Brooks | Jan 21, 2026 | Quick Tips, Search Engines
Quick Tip: What’s a Google Spam Update? (Example: August 2025) TL;DR: A Google Spam Update is when Google upgrades its automated systems to detect and push down spammy or manipulative content in search results. If rankings drop after a spam update, the fix is usually...
by Glenn Brooks | Jan 21, 2026 | WordPress, ECommerce, Quick Tips
TL;DR: The fastest way to bulk assign categories and brands in WooCommerce is either (1) the built-in Bulk Edit tool for smaller batches, or (2) Export → edit CSV → Import for hundreds or thousands of products. If your “brand” is a taxonomy (most brand plugins), you...
by Glenn Brooks | Jan 11, 2026 | WebSite Design, Quick Tips, Search Engines, WordPress
TL;DR Soft 404 errors happen when your server responds with 200 OK for pages that have thin or missing content.Google spends crawl budget processing these misleading responses, then may de-index the URLs.Fix them by returning proper 404/410 status codes or applying...
by Glenn Brooks | Jan 9, 2026 | AI, Quick Tips
ChatGPT vs Claude AI: What’s the Difference, What They’re Best For, and Which One to Use Quick take: Both ChatGPT (by OpenAI) and Claude (by Anthropic) are powerful AI assistants. The real difference is how they tend to work best in real life: ChatGPT is often the...
by Glenn Brooks | Jan 9, 2026 | Email, Quick Tips
How to Whitelist an Email Address or Domain in GoDaddy (Step-by-Step) If emails from a specific sender keep going to junk, quarantine, or never arrive at all, you may need to whitelist the sender. In GoDaddy, the correct whitelist method depends on which email service...
by Glenn Brooks | Jan 9, 2026 | Quick Tips, WebSite Design
How to Remove the New Microsoft Outlook and Keep Outlook Classic (Windows 11/10) If clicking an “Add to calendar” link opens the New Outlook app instead ofOutlook (classic), it’s usually because Windows changed the default app for.ICS calendar files (or related...
