Jim
Jim Hunt is a technical SEO architect and digital engineer specializing in search visibility for industrial-scale brands. With over a decade of experience in the "State of Search," he focuses on the intersection of technical performance and AI-first discovery.
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Search Queries Are Getting Longer: What the 2025 Data Means for Content Strategy
Key Takeaways Search Query Length Is Shifting Toward Longer, More Specific Phrasing The Datos/Semrush State of Search Q4 2025 report tracked search query length distribution for the first time, covering 15 months of desktop data across the US, EU, and UK. The results show a consistent shift: users are typing longer, more detailed queries into […]
The Anatomy of a Liquid Glass Button: WebGL, CSS, and 6 Layers of Chrome
Key Takeaways Live demo above. Hover over the button to see the 0.8s inversion. The chromatic border is rendering in real-time via WebGL. This liquid glass button uses a WebGL shader running in real-time to produce that animated chromatic border. The metallic highlights orbit the perimeter, shifting through spectral colors as they move. On hover, […]
Google AI Mode Clickstream Data: What the Q4 2025 Numbers Show
Key Takeaways Google AI Mode Clickstream Data Shows Steady but Tiny Growth The Datos/Semrush State of Search Q4 2025 report includes Google AI Mode clickstream data for the first time. The numbers tell two stories at once: consistent monthly growth and a share so small it barely registers on the chart. In the US, AI […]
X Open-Sourced Its Algorithm: What the Phoenix Source Code Actually Says
X published the source code for its Phoenix recommendation algorithm in January 2026. Built on Grok, it predicts 15 engagement types for every post. A single reply conversation where you respond back is worth 150 likes.
Claude Code Source Code Leaked via npm: 512,000 Lines of Unreleased Features Exposed
Claude Code's entire source code was exposed this morning through a source map file left in their npm package. Security researcher Chaofan Shou spotted it...
Google Searches Per User Dropped 20% in the US: The Most Underreported Stat of 2025
The Datos/Semrush State of Search Q4 2025 report surfaced a stat that most coverage overlooked: Google searches per desktop user dropped nearly 20% year...
Google’s 2 MB Crawl Limit Is Silently Killing Your AI Overview Citations
A little hyperbole, I know. Google's 2 MB HTML crawl limit has been widely covered as a technical SEO concern since the documentation update in February...
Claude Mythos Leaked: What We Know About Anthropic’s Most Powerful AI Model
Claude Mythos is an unreleased AI model from Anthropic that was never supposed to be public yet. On March 26, 2026, Fortune reported that a misconfigured...
Google Crawling Infrastructure Explained: Googlebot Is Just One Client
Google's crawling infrastructure has been misunderstood for over two decades. In episode 105 of Search Off the Record, Google engineers Gary Illyes and...
The ADA Website Lawsuit Surge: What Small Businesses Need to Know in 2026
ADA website lawsuits have exploded over the past four years, and small businesses are taking the worst of it. A Boston 25 News investigation published in...