Our views on technology, security, marketing & design
For 25 years the deal was simple: rank on Google, win the click, win the customer. That game is ending right now, in 2026 — and most small business owners have no idea it’s happening, because from their desk nothing looks different. Here is what has actually changed about the way customers find local businesses, what it’s quietly costing the businesses that aren’t paying attention, and how to find out whether you’re still being found.
It’s National Donut Day, and a donut is supposed to have a hole. Your website isn’t. Your website is the hardest worker on your team — the one salesperson that never clocks out. The question is whether it’s actually working, or just sitting there looking pretty while the phone stays quiet. Here are the holes costing you customers, and what a website that truly works should do for your business every single day.
ShinyHunters stole personal data on 185,000 7-Eleven franchise applicants by exploiting a misconfigured Salesforce portal – not a software vulnerability, just a permissions setting that nobody reviewed. The same configuration mistake is hiding in countless small business systems right now. Here is what to look at and what to do about it.
Iran’s IRGC-affiliated Nimbus Manticore group used SEO poisoning and AI-assisted malware to compromise aviation, software, and telecom targets in 2026. Here is what small business owners need to do about it.
