Marketing & Tech Insights
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Another Plugin Code Clean Test
Plugin Code Clean TestTech Industry Downsizing in the Age of AI Investment Tech has always had a boom-and-bust rhythm, but the current cycle has a new lead singer: AI. Over the past couple years, companies have poured staggering amounts of money into AI...
Plugin Code Clean Test
Plugin Code Clean TestChatGPT Code Cleaner: Keep WordPress Content Clean Copying content from ChatGPT into WordPress is fast, but it can sometimes bring along extra HTML bits you never asked for. Those little artifacts can make your editor messy, bloat your page...
Do You Have A Sec?
Do You Have a Sec? Or Even a Microsecond? Two years ago Ocean & Cake helped redesign and launch Time.gov. Recently we were asked to widgetize the core of that code so that it can be embedded on other websites. The image you see in this post is from the Nist.gov...
The scam of Made for Advertising websites (MFAs)
The Scam of Made for Advertising Websites (MFAs) Caveat emptor! There’s a growing market of scam websites being pushed by bogus PR and publishers: Made for Advertising websites (or MFAs). They are made to look like a media websites complete with abundant posts and...
AI Job Reduction & Your Wallet
AI Job Reduction & Your Wallet Right v. Wrong in a Capitalist World Yes. Money. We love it, dream of it, and dedicate 3/4 of our lives pursuing it like a kid chasing their crush on the playground. So, when a new thingy pops up in the world that saves us money do...
PayPal Bug Report, A Support Failure, and Fire as Hyperbole
PayPal Bug Report, A Support Failure, and Fire as Hyperbole Are the mega-companies too big? Digital payments and processing has been under a lot of regulatory scrutiny in the past couple of years. You may have seen several changes in the tax reporting tools in PayPal...
We’ve been a busy little agency
We've been a busy little agency Silence is golden, right? We are grateful to have been so busy over the past couple of months that we haven't had time to post here. Rest assured (like you were losing sleep over it) we have tons to talk about. We've cannonballed into...
Top E-commerce Design Company
Ocean & Cake Recognized as a Top Ecommerce Development Company Thank you! Big thanks go out to the team at DesignRush.com for recognizing Ocean & Cake as a Top E-commerce Design Company in 2023. If you'd like an award winning website, get in touch with us. Lot's...
Human Grown Content
Human Grown Content The Perfect Tool... Too Perfect Putting our SkyNet fears aside for a minute, artificial intelligence is absolutely staggering in its capabilities. From copy writing to image creation to finding patterns in data that have escaped human eyes. It is...
When the Party’s Over
When The Party's Over Marketing Beyond the New Thing Hype Everyone loves new things and succumbing to new thing hype is an accepted part of life. As a marketing agency, this is our job. Create hype to get people on board then convert them to customers, believers, even...
There are a Lot of A’s in Our Industry
There are a Lot of A's in Our Industry The Time of the A There is no shortage of buzzy A things right now: artificial intelligence, augmented reality, that asshole Jeff down the hall. It's easy to get overwhelmed keeping up with all of the ground breaking new...
SEO vs HCO (Human Contact Optimization)
SEO vs HCO (Human Contact Optimization) The Elephant in the Room Quick sidebar before I jump into this post. Yes. We use AI for our post images. AND yes, that is a hand with 6 fingers. I even refined the image with "5 fingers" in the prompt to generate it. For all the...