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76 Unindexed Pages on Our Blog? What I Found Digging Into Google Search Console
Our 4-language blog showed "76 pages not indexed" in Google Search Console, which was alarming at first. It turned out 51 were auto-generated hashtag pages needing no action — only 17 pages, including real articles, actually needed attention. Here's the investigation and how to manually request indexing for priority articles.
10 hours ago4 min read
What's the Difference Between Claude Chat, Cowork, and Code? A Plain-Language Guide for Non-Engineers
Claude comes in three flavors: Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code. They're the same Claude underneath, but differ in where they run and how much you can hand off. A plain-language guide to what each one does and when to use which.
21 hours ago4 min read


Rereading Our Old Rakuten API and Amazon MWS Posts — How Design Changed in the SP-API Era
Revisiting our Rakuten Item Search API and Amazon MWS posts from around 2020 and comparing them with today's SP-API design. Three shifts — async processing, exponential backoff, and price-floor protection — trace how a system's design grows up.
Aug 215 min read
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[August 2026] AI & IT News Roundup for SMBs|6 Handpicked Stories
August 2026's AI and IT news, distilled into 6 stories for small and mid-sized businesses. EU AI labeling obligations begin, new AI agents from Microsoft and Google, a serious WordPress vulnerability, and more — the topics owners and managers should know.
Aug 195 min read
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[Deadline July 30, 2026] Several AWS Services Stop Accepting New Customers — The Full List and What to Check Now
On June 30, 2026, AWS announced availability changes for several services. From July 30, Amazon Kendra, Amazon Q Business and others can no longer be adopted by new customers. Here's the full list and how to check whether your company is affected.
Jul 205 min read


How to Upgrade the Memory on a Lenovo IdeaPad C340-IWL15
The Lenovo IdeaPad C340 (15) can have its memory increased up to 20GB by upgrading (replacing) the memory. Here I explain how to choose the memory to add and how to install it. 1. Choosing the memory to add 2. Preparation before adding memory (tools) 3. How to add (replace) the memory 4. Checking after adding the memory 1. Choosing the memory to add Going to Crucial's site lets you find memory that suits your computer. If you tick "I agree to the terms of use" and click the
Jul 203 min read


Amazon Repricing Tool "Automate Pricing" — Setup and How to Use It
Price setting is an important factor in winning the Buy Box on Amazon. Amazon Seller Central also provides a tool that sets prices automatically. It's an extremely handy tool, so master it and get ahead of your rivals. What is "Automate Pricing"? Until now I'd been adjusting prices manually while watching my rivals' listing prices, but with this tool you can automatically adjust the price of target products in line with changes such as the Buy Box price. 1. You can create mu
Jul 204 min read


How a Salaried Worker with Rental Income Prepares a Statement of Earnings and Expenses (Shushi Uchiwakesho) with e-Tax
Some people work as salaried employees while also investing in property and earning income from it. If you have rental income in addition to employment income, a final tax return is required in Japan. This explains the flow for preparing the statement of earnings and expenses when filing with e-Tax, and what to enter in each field. Starting the tax return Go to the National Tax Agency's tax return preparation corner and click "Start preparing." Since we want to submit via e-
Jul 204 min read


How to Obtain a gBizID Prime Account
gBizID is a shared authentication system in Japan that lets corporations and sole proprietors access multiple government services with a single ID and password. Accounts have no expiry date and require no annual renewal. (As of March 28, 2023) Please keep the gBizID account information you obtain safe. Types of gBizID gBizID has three account types: Prime, Member, and Entry. The government services you can use differ by account type. For details, see the "List of government s
Jul 202 min read


Debugging Lambda in Cloud9 (Passing Arguments via payload)
I could never quite get on with the AWS Toolkit, so I'd turned it off and developed using the tools that appear on the right side of the Cloud9 screen — but it seems using the toolkit has finally become mandatory, and I can no longer turn it off. I was debugging on Cloud9, and got stuck right at the point of passing arguments to the program. Development environment Cloud9 ・Instance type: t2.micro ・EBS: 30GB (gp2) ・Development language: python3.9 How to pass arguments to a pro
Jul 201 min read
[Linux] Zipping a Directory with the zip Command
A note on Linux commands zip -r <zip file name> <directory to zip>
Jul 201 min read
FeatureNotFound Error When Running BeautifulSoup
When running BeautifulSoup on AWS Lambda with python3.9 as follows soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml') I'm noting down how I dealt with the following error, for future reference. [ERROR] FeatureNotFound: Couldn't find a tree builder with the features you requested: lxml. Do you need to install a parser library? Fix 1: Installing lxml From the error message I thought installing the lxml parser would solve it, so I installed the lxml library pip install lxml -t . But th
Jul 201 min read


When Do You Receive Your Withholding Tax Statement (Gensen Choshuhyo)?
Generally, you receive the withholding tax statement together with your December payslip. When making a furusato nozei (hometown tax) donation, knowing your income for that year is very important in order to donate right up to the limit. For example: deduction simulations and calculation methods offered by furusato nozei sites. To know the details of your income, looking at the withholding tax statement is the reliable way. What is a withholding tax statement? The withholdi
Jul 202 min read


An Easy Way to Estimate FBA Fees — How to Use the FBA Revenue Calculator
Even when you find a product to sell on Amazon and judge from your research that it should sell, you can't tell how much profit you'll make unless you know the fees for selling via FBA. With FBA, besides Amazon's referral fee there are fulfillment fees and others. The fees also change with the product's size and category. FBA fees can be found right away by using the "FBA Revenue Calculator." Accessing the FBA Revenue Calculator Anyone with an Amazon Seller account can acces
Jul 202 min read


How to Use the Rakuten Ichiba Item Search API — Automated Reselling Research with the Rakuten API
If you research for Rakuten point reselling but struggle to find good products — using a little IT skill can improve your Rakuten research dramatically. Looking at Rakuten Developers, you'll see there are many APIs. Among them, this article introduces how to use the "Rakuten Ichiba Item Search API," which is useful for Rakuten research. Signing in to Rakuten Developers Go to Rakuten Developers (https://webservice.rakuten.co.jp/) and sign in with your Rakuten member ID. Issui
Jul 203 min read
An Important Notice About Migrating from Amazon MWS to SP-API Arrived
A notice arrived from Amazon addressed to Amazon developers. It's an important reminder about Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS): MWS becomes unusable after March 31, 2024. The official announcement in July 2022 gave notice that all private MWS developers, including Amazon selling partners integrated with MWS, would ultimately lose access to MWS after specific dates from September 2023 onward. All MWS users must either migrate fully to the Selling Partner API (SP-API) or re
Jul 202 min read
A Final Reminder About Migrating from Amazon MWS to SP-API Arrived
An important reminder about our existing integration with Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS) has arrived. As previously notified, MWS becomes unusable after March 31, 2024. To avoid interruption to operations using MWS, within 90 days all MWS users must either migrate fully to the Selling Partner API (SP-API) or replace existing app functionality with third-party apps. As the required action, prepare for the final retirement of MWS access to the following MWS API sections,
Jul 202 min read


How to Get Started with Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS)
If you feel your research for Amazon reselling takes too long and isn't efficient — using a little IT skill can improve that research dramatically. Looking at the Amazon MWS site, it does seem like all sorts of things could be automated. Data integration with Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS) enables advanced automation of selling operations, helping sellers grow on Amazon and expand their business. With Amazon MWS, exchanging data such as listings, orders, payments
Jul 203 min read
An Event to Learn the Basics of AWS in 3.5 Hours — Held January 18, 2024!
There's an event we'd recommend to anyone who wants to touch cutting-edge cloud technology and get the latest AWS information. It's the "AWS Builders Online Series." This is a regular online series held by AWS, aimed at digging deep into the future of cloud technology and giving participants the latest knowledge and skills. What is the AWS Builders Online Series? The AWS Builders Online Series is an online event where AWS experts focus on the latest cloud technology topics a
Jul 202 min read
[Google AdSense] A Consent Management Platform (CMP) Must Be Set Up by January 16, 2024
From January 16, 2024, new requirements apply to site owners and developers serving ads to users in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK. To comply with this requirement, you need to use a Google-certified consent management platform (CMP) integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF). To keep serving ads and receiving revenue in the applicable regions, you need to complete the necessary steps by January 16, 2024. So, we'll go ahead and set up the GDP
Jul 202 min read
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