Public Record
What changed, and when
We log material content updates here so you can see how this site changes over time — corrections, methodology shifts, new sections, and editorial decisions. Typos and styling tweaks don't make the list; anything that could change a recommendation or a number does. See our methodology for how we decide what to update.
- Content
GSC-aligned polish: gummies, mason-jar decarb, LĒVO buyer pages
Search Console shows Google testing three areas: gummies with tincture, mason-jar decarb, and LĒVO buyer terms. No new pages — we densified the three existing pages against the exact queries: the gummies recipe gained direct-answer sections ("How to Make Gummies with Tincture", "Can You Use Tincture in Gummies?", "How Much Tincture to Add", "Why Tincture Gummies Won't Set", "Best Tools"), and the LĒVO comparison gained "LĒVO 1 vs LĒVO 2", "Is LĒVO Worth It for Cannabutter?", "Best Machine If You Only Make Butter", and "When to Skip the Machine Entirely". We also cleaned up legacy URLs still showing in GSC: the old Amazon-machines archive now points at the LĒVO comparison, the WordPress/page-sitemap.xmland/cannabis_strains-sitemap.xmlpaths redirect to our real sitemap, and the CBD-pets / bare strains archive return 410 Gone so Google removes them from index. - Site
Cannabutter revenue loop + honest tracking upgrades
Two changes. First, our cannabutter guide is now the center of the maker workflow — it has a side-by-side handoff at the end (skip the machine with a manual starter kit, or compare LEVO/Ardent/MagicalButter) and stronger reverse feeders from the "why is my cannabutter weak?" troubleshooter. Our LEVO 2 operating guide also now shows the LEVO product card in the first screen instead of only at the bottom, so buyer intent has somewhere to click. Second, internal reporting became more honest: the Machine Finder no longer inflates completion rate when someone lands on a shared result URL (they now count as a separate "shared result" entry, not a fresh start), the retired "calculator_result" event is called out as stale, and there’s a new money-join panel showing exactly how many affiliate clicks reconcile 1:1 between our click log and the analytics mirror. Nothing reader-facing changed in recommendations. - Site
Admin reporting fixed past 1,000 rows
Internal reporting now reads paginated analytics data instead of stopping at the first 1,000 rows. The snapshot also shows the latest view, event, and affiliate-click timestamps so we can tell whether numbers are moving before making a build decision. No reader-facing recommendations changed. - Site
Admin snapshot simplified — raw stats and a traffic-light health check
Our internal reporting page got noisy with self-monitoring tiles that tracked whether our tracking worked. We trimmed it back to the numbers that matter — reach, engagement, monetization — plus a single green / amber / red light per area. If counts are moving, the wiring works. Nothing reader-facing changed. - Site
Tracking truth, part 3 — every hub and spoke now reports, plus we can see what's leaking
Two changes. First, the remaining hubs and spokes (infusion, recipes, dosage, tools, troubleshooting, mushrooms, and 17 leaf guides) now use the same tracked links as our flagship guides — 70 more links flipped in one pass. Second, we added three quiet signals so we can spot problems instead of only confirming what already works: which guides readers finish vs. abandon halfway, which tools people start but never finish, and which searches land on a missing page so we know what to write next. Internal reporting now answers “what should we work on this week?” with a single sentence on the admin dashboard instead of a SQL dive. None of this changes what we recommend to readers — only our ability to tell, honestly, what's working and what isn't. - Site
Tracking truth, part 2 — the seven highest-traffic guides now report their own funnel
The decarb guide, cannabutter guide, tincture guide, gummies recipe, dosage calculator, machine finder, and starter kit page now use the same tracked links as the home page. That’s 45 in-content links flipped over in one pass. We also added three honesty tiles to our internal reporting: which instrumented pages are actually emitting clicks, what percentage of affiliate clicks join back to a funnel event (so we can spot any buyer module quietly bypassing the wrapper), and the new calculator-success metric next to the old one so we can watch the dedupe land before retiring the old series. Nothing about what we recommend changed — only our ability to tell which recommendations are working. - Site
Tracking truth pass — homepage now uses the same tracked links as the rest of the site
Every link on the home page — the three intent tiles (Make / Dose / Machine), the Start Here button, the Quick Start recipe steps, the four pillars, and the featured guides — now flows through the same tracked-link wrapper we use elsewhere, with the same fields (surface, placement, label, destination). This closes a measurement gap where homepage clicks looked low only because they weren’t being counted the new way. Our internal reporting also now reads both the legacy and new events during the transition, so we don’t double-count and don’t lose history. Nothing about what we recommend changed. - Site
Tracking consistency pass — every affiliate click and buyer-module view now logs the same way
We unified how clicks are measured across the site. Every recommended product, every rail card, and every “next step” button now records the same set of fields — which page, which component, which product, and where the visit came from — so we can tell honestly which guides actually help readers find the right tool. Also added written standing rules so future updates inherit the same treatment. Nothing about what we recommend changed; only how we keep ourselves accountable to it. - Trust
Published methodology, changelog, and corrections process
Added a public methodology page explaining our source hierarchy, kitchen-testing protocol, affiliate policy, and what we will not claim. Added this changelog and a corrections form. Added Last reviewed stamps and inline affiliate disclosures at every product callout. - Editorial
Honesty pass on product recommendations
Softened "best decarboxylator on the market" superlatives across Ardent FX coverage to match our actual testing voice. Reviewing every product page for honest cons and "skip this if…" notes. - Content
Removed fabricated review ratings from recipe schema
RemovedaggregateRatingJSON-LD from cannabis Kool-Aid, drinks, and gummy recipes — we don't collect on-site reviews, so emitting them was structured-data spam. - Content
Page-level cohesion and hierarchy audit
Locked one consistent layout shape per page type (hubs, flagships, recipes, troubleshooting), de-duplicated stacked callouts, and standardized where the dose-handoff and safety floor render. - Site
Migrated to bethehippy.com with full 301/410 redirect map
Moved canonical to bethehippy.com, preserved every legacy URL with a true 301, and retired stale pages with proper 410s. - Content
Rewrote flagship titles in problem-language
Switched flagship titles from generic "X Guide" framings to the questions readers actually type — e.g. "How to Decarb Weed Without Killing Your THC," "How Many Drops of Tincture?"
Spotted something we should add or correct? File a correction — we read every one.