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Luke ThompsonOctober 27, 2026
An AI Answer Reached a Customer and Was Wrong. What Happens Next?
Use a practical incident timeline to contain a wrong customer-facing AI answer, assign the correction, and decide whether the affected use can resume.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 27, 2026
JavaScript SEO for Small Business Websites: What to Verify Before Launch
Compare initial and rendered content, test direct article URLs, and give the developer concrete launch findings for a JavaScript website.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 26, 2026
Who Pays When Several Teams Share One AI Workflow?
Use a filled allocation agreement to assign base costs, usage charges, support, and department-requested changes for one shared AI workflow.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 26, 2026
Structured Data for a Service Business Website: What Matches Your Pages?
Choose markup from visible page content, validate the live output, and avoid unsupported rich-result promises or invented business facts.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 25, 2026
My Top AI Skills: War Council and Ponytail
Use War Council to challenge a decision and Ponytail to keep the next step simple. Includes original sources, a no-install trial, and a reusable prompt.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 25, 2026
Renew, Reduce, or Replace? Review an AI Vendor Before the Contract Rolls Over
Prepare an AI vendor renewal memo using actual seats, accepted work, support effort, required features, and contract notice dates.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 25, 2026
Image SEO Checklist: Alt Text, File Size, and Useful Visuals
Review image relevance, alt text, delivery, and mobile readability with practical examples for service pages and editorial diagrams.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 24, 2026
How to Evaluate Low-Code Platforms for an Internal Business App
Test an internal app requirement across low-code platforms using role permissions, failed updates, usable exports, and maintainer handoff.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 24, 2026
Does Website Speed Affect SEO? What to Fix and How to Check It
Compare field and lab performance, investigate one slow service page, and approve fixes that preserve the inquiry path without promising rankings.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 23, 2026
What Data Access Does an AI Agent Actually Need?
Use a task-to-permission matrix to give an AI agent bounded access, separate drafts from sends, and test denied actions before release.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 23, 2026
Before You Buy Link Building, Ask Where the Links Will Come From
Compare three link-building proposals and request evidence about publishers, payment, relevance, and link treatment before you approve the work.
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Luke ThompsonOctober 22, 2026
Ask Your Team What AI Helped Them Finish, Not Just How Fast It Felt
A five-question staff survey and two worked responses that distinguish reported usefulness from measured value and identify the next evidence to collect.
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- JavaScript SEO for Small Business Websites: What to Verify Before Launch
- Who Pays When Several Teams Share One AI Workflow?
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- My Top AI Skills: War Council and Ponytail
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- How to Evaluate Low-Code Platforms for an Internal Business App
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