CSS-Tricks

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CSS-Tricks is an online publication run by Chris Coyer and a team that focuses on web development (CSS, HTML, Javascript) and about building websites in general from a front-end perspective, and occasionally publishes an article about the IndieWeb and IndieWeb building blocks like Webmentions.

Articles

Articles about or mentioning the IndieWeb:

• 2016-09-19 Chris Coyier From WordPress to Apple News, Instant Articles, and AMP

  I like the idea of writing on MY site and publishing wherever people will read it.
  — Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) September 18, 2016

  Not a far cry from an RSS feed. It's the idea behind IndieWeb:

  POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.

• 2017-07-19 Chris Coyier: Implementing Webmentions
• 2019-07-09 Chris Coyier: IndieWeb and Webmentions
• 2022-06-09 Geoff Graham: Am I on the IndieWeb yet?

Respun Content Site Spam

There appears to be a significant number of sites scraping CSS-Tricks articles for SEO/Ad value. Chris Coyier has stated that it is not a concern for CSS-Tricks, but it can cause issues when a site supporting Webmentions/Pingback is mentioned.

• 2020-12-29 Shawn Wang

  One thing I learned from getting published in @CSS Tricks is the *sheer amount* of sites that solely exist to repost CSS Tricks.

• 2022-06-09 Miriam Eric Suzanne: The Spam Has Arrived
• 2022-06-15 David Shanske: Pingbacks, Trackbacks, and CSS-Tricks

As a solution, Shawn Wang, Max Böck, and others have put together a block list that people can use to ignore some of these sites.

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