RicheyWeb Software Development

AI Browsers Turn Users into Spies

As a software developer and web admin, AI is my secret weapon. I feed it code snippets, API docs, and debug prompts, churning out prototypes or fixes in minutes; hours of grunt work slashed. I've even built Joomla publishing tools that utilize AI: System - AI Meta. But I’m meticulous: sensitive configs stay air-gapped, proprietary datasets never touch the cloud. I’ve spent years fencing off crawlers like GPTBot, keeping client data out of AI training pipelines. AI browsers threaten to make that effort a complete waste of time.

Negative SEO via URL Parameter Abuse in Joomla

Negative SEO uses malicious tactics to sabotage a website’s search engine rankings. A dangerous method, Negative SEO via URL Parameter Abuse, exploits a flaw in Joomla’s core System - SEF plugin’s canonical URL generation, enabling attackers to create duplicate content issues that harm rankings. This article explores this threat, how System - SEF causes it (as seen on an official Joomla site), why nearly all official Joomla sites disable the plugin (likely due to this exploit), and what RicheyWeb is doing about it - informed by SEO insights from dofollow.com.

Varnish and Joomla

I made a statement in the Joomla forums offering to describe how I use Varnish and Joomla together. Well...today is the day! Due to an unforeseen summer cold - I'm not doing the outside work that I thought I'd be doing, so it's time to make good on that promise.

Microsoft Deliverability - SendGrid and Blacklists

As a webmaster, I’ve been crushed by Microsoft Deliverability issues, with their S3140 error - “part of their network is on our block list” - blocking my RicheyWeb server’s 1–5 weekly emails to outlook.com, hotmail.com, live.com, and countless business domains hosted by Microsoft.