Google Says Disavow Links If You’re Conflicted And Need To Be Sure
Google’s John Mueller confirmed that most sites don’t need to use a disavow file but if you need to be sure, do it.
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WordPress Releases AI Plugins For Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, And OpenAI
WordPress releases three plugins for integrating Claude, Gemini, or OpenAI into websites
Google Updates AI Recipe Results To Send More Traffic
Google updated AI Mode recipe search results to change how it displays recipes and to send more traffic to recipe blogs
Yoast SEO’s New Schema Aggregator Improves Entity Disambiguation
Yoast SEO introduces a feature that consolidates site schema and disambiguates entities like authors, articles, products, and organizations.
Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Affect 60K Sites
A warning was issued about two vulnerabilities affecting up to 60,000 installations of the Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin.
Builderius WordPress Page Builder Integrates Claude AI
Builderius page builder announced an experimental AI integration that enables it to apply changes inside the builder.
WordPress Calendar Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 100k Sites
Up to a hundred thousands websites affected by WordPress calendar plugin vulnerability.
Page Builder by SiteOrigin WordPress Vulnerability Affects Up To 500k Sites
Page Builder by SiteOrigin WordPress vulnerability rated 8.8/10 affects up to 500,000 websites.
WordPress User Registration & Membership Plugin Vulnerability
Critical vulnerability in WordPress User Registration & Membership plugin enables unauthenticated attackers to obtain administrator role.
Google’s Titans And MIRAS: Significant Advancement In Long-Context AI
Google’s Titans architecture and MIRAS framework enable AI to handle massive amounts of data and work faster.
Google’s AI Generated Landing Page Patent Is Limited To Shopping & Ads
Google’s AI landing page generator patent is limited to low conversion shopping pages, product feeds and advertising.
Why Open Source Projects Are Run By Benevolent Dictators For Life
It might come as a surprise that some open source projects like WordPress are said to be run by benevolent dictators for life.
New “Voiceprint” Claude Plugin Clones Your Writing Style
Voiceprint Claude plugin clones your writing style based on five writing samples. Works with any SKILL.md-compatible tool.
Report Shows WordPress Sites Are Getting Hacked At Faster Rate
Patchstack’s state of WordPress Security report shows more sites get hacked within hours of vulnerability disclosure
Google AI Overviews Surges Across 9 Industries
Google AI Overviews shows fast growth across nine industries, now triggering AI Search in nearly half of all search queries.
Joost de Valk Exits Federated WordPress Repository Project
Lack of support for an independent WordPress plugin and theme repository leads Joost de Valk to step away.
How Researchers Reverse-Engineered LLMs For A Ranking Experiment
Researchers compared two ways to improve rankings in LLMs: Shadow Model and Query-based solutions.
SEO Fundamental: Google Explains Why It May Not Use A Sitemap
Google’s John Mueller points to site content as the reason for Search Console sitemap error messages
WooCommerce May Gain Sidekick-Type AI Through Extensions
Automattic’s James LePage describes emerging WooCommerce capabilities that will enable Sidekick-type AI extensions
CleanTalk WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Threatens Up To 200K Sites
CleanTalk WordPress plugin, installed in 200,000+ websites, exposes sites to a critical vulnerability rated 9.8/10
Antitrust Filing Says Google Cannibalizes Publisher Traffic
Antitrust filing argues Google cannibalizes audience visits to sites it uses to power AI results.
Google AI Shows A Site Is Offline Due To JS Content Delivery
A site owner blamed Google AI Search for falsely reporting their site offline. The answer was a content delivery pitfall.
WP Engine Complaint Adds Unredacted Allegations About Mullenweg Plan
WordPress co-founder and Automattic are alleged to have planned to target at least ten competitors beyond WP Engine.
New Data Shows Googlebot’s 2 MB Crawl Limit Is Enough
New data shows that most web pages fall well below Googlebot’s two-megabyte crawl limit.
7 Insights From Washington Post’s Strategy To Win Back Traffic
The Washington Post’s controversial strategy begins with a foundation, then adjusts based on what works.
Google Shows How To Check Passage Indexing
Google’s John Mueller offered a simple solution to the question of whether a passage is indexed and is ready to rank.
WordPress Publishes AI Guidelines To Combat AI Slop
WordPress published AI guidelines with five principles designed to encourage responsible use of AI.
Why Proposal To Label Sections Of AI Generated Content Is Controvesial
A new proposal suggests using semantic HTML to label sections of a page that are AI generated to support EU compliance.
Google Shows How To Get More Traffic From Top Stories Feature
Google’s new documentation shows how to get traffic from their Top Stories search feature.
WordPress Announces AI Agent Skill For Speeding Up Development
WordPress announced a new AI agent skill that enables a clear feedback loop for AI, speeding up building and experimenting with WordPress.