Blueticks

Maker of BlueTicks for Gmail: WhatsApp-style read receipts in Gmail. One tick sent, two blue ticks opened.

Joined on Jul 29, 2026 https://blueticks.io

Blueticks

Aug 10

Two of my automated posts worked that night, and I could not have told you why

#automation #debugging #webdev #testing

4 min read

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Blueticks

Aug 10

My article was public and excluded from search at the same time, for about two hours

#seo #writing #webdev #startup

4 min read

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Aug 9

A dashboard revised a number for a day that had already ended, and it took my series with it

#analytics #debugging #startup #webdev

4 min read

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Aug 9

A directory told me exactly what my followed link is worth: ten upvotes

#seo #startup #webdev #indiehackers

4 min read

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Aug 9

I measured whether my 27 published pages linked to each other. Not one did

#seo #webdev #writing #devjournal

5 min read

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Aug 9

Two platforms removed my posts in two days. I appealed both, and the same sentence did the work

#writing #career #webdev #productivity

4 min read

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Aug 6

Three of my own checks passed this week while the thing they checked was broken

#testing #automation #webdev #productivity

6 min read

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Aug 6

Articles do not get indexed in the order you publish them. I published the opposite

#seo #writing #analytics #webdev

6 min read

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Aug 5

A page my crawler could not read is not a page that does not exist. Six times I got that wrong, twice while writing this

#webdev #testing #automation #seo

6 min read

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Aug 5

I checked the rel attribute on all 24 of my directory listings. Five of them give a followed link

#seo #startup #webdev #writing

7 min read

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Aug 5

I published ten articles in three days and measured what each platform did to them afterwards

#seo #writing #webdev #productivity

6 min read

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Aug 4

I have held three rankings across two pages. All three came from one word in the title

#seo #writing #startup #productivity

5 min read

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Aug 3

I made 76 directory submissions. Fifteen sites carry a page I would call useful

#startup #seo #productivity #writing

5 min read

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Aug 3

Two of my measurements lied to me. The third one had a control

#seo #webdev #writing #productivity

5 min read

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Aug 2

Did the client read my proposal? What an open tells you, and the one thing you must never do with it

#freelance #business #productivity #writing

7 min read

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Aug 2

Did the recruiter open my application? What a read receipt can and cannot tell you

#career #productivity #writing #beginners

5 min read

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Aug 1

Two of my five articles are indexed. That number told me nothing until I sorted them by date

#seo #writing #webdev #productivity

6 min read

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Jul 31

Email tracking without a signature: what that line at the bottom of your message really costs you

#gmail #email #privacy #productivity

4 min read

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Jul 30

What Gmail's built-in read receipts actually give you, and what they do not

#gmail #email #productivity #privacy

4 min read

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Jul 30

I Unzipped 8 Gmail Tracking Extensions and Read Their Manifests

#privacy #chrome #webdev #security

5 min read

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Jul 29

Gmail read receipts without OAuth: what pixel tracking can and cannot tell you

#webdev #privacy #gmail #chrome

5 min read

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Jul 29

I built WhatsApp-style read receipts for Gmail because every email tracker wanted OAuth access to my inbox

#webdev #productivity #chrome #gmail

3 min read

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Two of my automated posts worked that night, and I could not have told you why

Want to connect with Blueticks?

My article was public and excluded from search at the same time, for about two hours

A dashboard revised a number for a day that had already ended, and it took my series with it

A directory told me exactly what my followed link is worth: ten upvotes

I measured whether my 27 published pages linked to each other. Not one did

Two platforms removed my posts in two days. I appealed both, and the same sentence did the work

Three of my own checks passed this week while the thing they checked was broken

Articles do not get indexed in the order you publish them. I published the opposite

A page my crawler could not read is not a page that does not exist. Six times I got that wrong, twice while writing this

I checked the rel attribute on all 24 of my directory listings. Five of them give a followed link

I published ten articles in three days and measured what each platform did to them afterwards

I have held three rankings across two pages. All three came from one word in the title

I made 76 directory submissions. Fifteen sites carry a page I would call useful

Two of my measurements lied to me. The third one had a control

Did the client read my proposal? What an open tells you, and the one thing you must never do with it

Did the recruiter open my application? What a read receipt can and cannot tell you

Two of my five articles are indexed. That number told me nothing until I sorted them by date

Email tracking without a signature: what that line at the bottom of your message really costs you

What Gmail's built-in read receipts actually give you, and what they do not

I Unzipped 8 Gmail Tracking Extensions and Read Their Manifests

Gmail read receipts without OAuth: what pixel tracking can and cannot tell you

I built WhatsApp-style read receipts for Gmail because every email tracker wanted OAuth access to my inbox