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WordPress to Next.js: Why We Migrated Anyway
The WordPress site's problems could all have been fixed in place. Here's the real PageSpeed data and the honest reasoning for migrating to Next.js anyway.
Updated · Published Oct 12, 2026
Lorem Ipsum Live on a Brother's Site: Full Audit
A paid, "completed" WordPress build was still showing lorem ipsum on its Privacy Policy, Contact Us, and footer. Here's the full audit and the custom admin panel that came out of it.
Updated · Published Oct 12, 2026
Half Dev Report: What You Get From Free Page Scan
We scanned our own home page and walk through every section of the report, from the three scores to the fixes, with unedited screenshots and the limits stated plainly.
Updated · Published Oct 10, 2026
How We Built a Free AI Visibility Checker
A look at how Half Dev's free SEO, AEO and GEO checkers work, from scan rules to signed share links, plus the known limits of version 1.0 and what we deliberately left out.
Updated · Published Oct 10, 2026
What your Half Dev score means
Learn how the SEO, AEO and GEO scores are built, how partial credit works, and what a score does and does not tell you about your page.
Updated · Published Oct 7, 2026
Data piece: AI-readiness scan of 97 large sites
A scan of 97 large sites shows publishers block AI crawlers while SEO and developer sites publish llms.txt. Here are the numbers, the limits and the method.
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robots.txt, sitemap.xml and llms.txt: explained
Three files, three jobs. Here is what each one does, the mistakes to avoid, and which ones your site needs.
Updated · Published Oct 6, 2026
SEO, AEO and GEO: what is the difference
SEO, AEO and GEO sound like three separate projects, but most of the work is shared. Here is where they overlap, where they differ, and what to do first.
Updated · Published Oct 6, 2026
Does Blocking GPTBot Hurt Your Google Ranking?
Blocking GPTBot will not hurt your Google ranking. A wildcard rule might. Here is the difference.
Updated · Published Oct 5, 2026
How to Allow or Block GPTBot in robots.txt
The exact robots.txt rules to allow or block GPTBot, and the other OpenAI crawlers your rule will not cover.
Updated · Published Oct 5, 2026
Complete AI Crawler List for robots.txt
The AI crawler names worth knowing, what each does, and a starter robots.txt you can adapt.
Updated · Published Oct 4, 2026
What Is llms.txt, and Do You Need One?
llms.txt is a proposed file that points AI models at your best pages. Here is what it does, what it does not do, and whether it is worth publishing.
Updated · Published Oct 4, 2026
WP Site Not Indexed? 1 Checkbox Cost Us 7 Months
A WordPress site with 40+ articles got zero clicks and zero impressions for seven months. The cause was one checkbox under Settings → Reading.
Updated · Published Oct 3, 2026