Greenhat

20/09/2026

When our time tracking vendor put our subscription fee up 10x with three weeks’ notice, switching to a cheaper alternative would have been the easier choice, but here’s why we built our own system instead.

https://www.greenhat.net/blog/a-10x-price-rise-taught-us-when-to-build-instead-of-buy

Not every subscription hike means switching vendors. Here's how to tell when building your own system is the smarter move, and when it still isn't.

13/09/2026

Standard product pages are built for shoppers who already trust you. A lot of the traffic landing on them now doesn't, especially with more ad spend going straight to the product page instead of a proper landing page.

Read more here: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/the-cold-traffic-product-page-structure-why-a-standard-pdp-doesnt-always-work

06/09/2026

Australia's accessibility standard changed to WCAG 2.2 back in April 2025, and most business websites still haven't caught up.

The average homepage now carries over 56 accessibility errors, most of them from ordinary things like missing alt text and unlabelled forms. We wrote about what changed and how to check your own site in under an hour: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/is-your-website-actually-accessible-the-rules-changed-and-most-sites-havent-kept-up�

Australia's web accessibility standard changed over a year ago, and the latest global audit found accessibility errors on 95.9% of home pages. Here's what changed and what to check.

03/09/2026

Conversational AI search is only as good as the content behind it. Six practices that determine whether it actually works for your visitors: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/making-conversational-ai-search-work-for-your-visitors

24/08/2026

A good AI demo doesn't mean much if nobody mapped the workflow it needs to live in. That gap is where many AI projects stall.

We put together a handy PDF checklist covering the eight stages that take an AI project from idea to a system the business can actually rely on. Download for free here: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/ai-implementation-checklist

Use this checklist to move an AI project from idea to a working system, covering workflow mapping, integration, piloting, ROI and governance.

24/08/2026

If your customer or inventory data is spread across three systems that do not talk to each other, that is an AI conversation worth having before you spend money on any tool.

We wrote about what AI ready data actually looks like and the questions worth asking before your next AI investment here: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/why-your-business-data-is-the-foundation-of-any-ai-project

AI doesn't fail quietly with bad data. It scales the problem. Here's why the quality and structure of your business data will determine whether your AI investment actually pays off.

18/08/2026

A proper discovery phase is what separates projects that deliver from ones that quietly drift off track. We scope and price ours separately for exactly that reason.

Read more: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/why-the-best-web-projects-start-with-discovery

The best web and software projects share one thing in common: a thorough discovery process before development begins. Here's what that looks like and why it matters.

11/08/2026

Off-the-shelf AI tools are great for the basics. The moment a business needs governance, access controls, or deep integration with existing systems, a purpose-built solution is what actually gets the job done. More businesses are already making that shift than most people realise.

Read more: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/custom-ai-solutions-vs-off-the-shelf-ai-tools

Compare custom AI solutions and off-the-shelf AI tools. Learn when SaaS is enough and when your business needs tailored AI workflows.

02/08/2026

Quick test: if an AI tool in your business got something wrong tomorrow, could you trace what data it used, who approved the output, and what happened next?

For a lot of businesses experimenting with AI, the honest answer is no.

Secure AI implementation means permissions, audit trails, validation and human approval built into the workflow from day one, not bolted on once something goes wrong.

We wrote about what executives should ask before approving an AI project, and why governance tends to improve ROI rather than slow it down.

https://www.greenhat.net/blog/secure-ai-implementation-for-business

Learn how secure AI implementation uses governance, permissions, audit trails, validation and cloud security to reduce enterprise risk.

26/07/2026

Ok, so AI can do the work, but the real question is whether it should, without a person checking first.

We break down where human oversight belongs in enterprise AI workflows and why it's what makes them trustworthy.

Read more: https://www.greenhat.net/blog/human-in-the-loop-ai-enterprise-oversight-matters

Learn why human-in-the-loop AI helps enterprises manage risk, compliance, errors and accountability while still improving workflow speed.