Alex Denning from Ellipsis talks about Google’s monopoly and how Google is slowing down the rollout of AI.

Michelle Frechette and Corey Maass are starting up a new directory, an independent product alliance where WordPress product creators can work together to cross-promote each others work and hopefully get attention and sales.

The Beaver Builder team announced changes to their packages and pricing. Beginning in September, all of the their packages will include Themer and the Beaver Builder Theme. They are also offering a lower priced single site license and raising the prices of some of the packages.

Are you a freelancer or at an agency and don’t yet have an accessibility program? Gen Herres shares a blueprint of the steps you can take to get started and build up your program.

This is a very insightful video on marketing and market share. It takes a look at Wix marketing involving influencers and their targeting of agencies and designers and ties it in with WordPress.

There was an enterprise showcase of 9 organizations that introduced WordPress along with a discussion of what / how WordPress was used.

Automattic continues its courtship of agencies with a new program offing packages across its lineup of products. It is a 180 tun-around from several years ago when they were focused on competing with agencies.

Despite the marketing hype that Google wants to help you find information on the net, Roger Montti reports that the direction is to fill the first screen of search with AI Overviews and ads. It looks like Google is intending to use our Search Engine Optimized content in its AI search summary to offer more value to advertisers.

Lana Miro, the partnership manager for Crocoblock has written an ebook on the dos and don’ts on building WordPress partnerships. If you are starting a WordPress business then you’ll find some good tips on forming community relationships for promoting your products. The ebook is a free download.