Judge In Penske Vs Google Says AI Situation “Seems Really Unfair”
Judge who ruled that Google is a monopoly said in the Penske vs Google hearing that the AI Overviews situation “seems really unfair.”
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Wix Introduces Symphony, An Easy Way For Local Businesses To Use AI Agents
Wix introduced Symphony, an easy and safe way for small to medium size local businesses to use AI agents.
.Org Sites Are 34% Likelier To Generate Ecommerce Revenue Than .Com
Data shows that alternative domain extensions show stronger performance over traditional .com domains.
Reports Indicate Google’s Spam Update Focused On SEO AI Content
Google’s recent Spam Update may have partially focused on catching mass-generated SEO AI content.
Cloudflare Says EmDash Version 1.0 Is Releasing Soon
Cloudflare’s EmDash CMS, the spiritual successor to WordPress, is set to release version 1.0 soon after proving itself on their high traffic blog.
Webflow’s New OpenAI Codex Integration Simplifies Site Management
Webflow adds Codex support with built-in Skills that vastly simplifies automating common website management and development tasks.
Google Answers If Some Sites Can Ignore GEO And Just Focus On SEO
Google explains whether some industries can get away with focusing on search and ignore GEO altogether.
Google Answers Why Spam Updates Need To Happen
Why does Google have spam updates every once in a while? Google’s John Mueller answers that question and explains the reason why Google doesn’t just...
Google Explains Why Search Updates Aren’t Announced Right Away
Google’s John Mueller explains why updates aren’t announced earlier when rankings are already bouncing around.
Google: Subject/Object Entity Order Affects AI Answers
Google’s research shows that LLMs struggle to recall facts when questions reverse the usual subject/object entity order.
Anthropic Reveals What The Watermark Is And How It Can Be Defeated
Anthropic offers more details about its watermark including how it can be defeated.
Why Anthropic’s Claude Watermark May Be A New Text-Marking Method
Anthropic has revealed enough about Claude’s watermark to identify how it might work. A new research paper may be the clue.
Automattic Fires Back At WP Engine’s Motion For Sanctions
Automattic rebuts WP Engine, says Matt Mullenweg’s “personal communications with romantic partners” has “nothing to do with this case.”
WPForms Lite Accused Of Adding Backdoor. I Tested It And Was Surprised
WPForms Lite WordPress plugin accused of adding a backdoor to new installs. I gave it and try and what happened was unexpected.
Google’s Ex-AI Chief Jeff Dean Explains How To Improve Context Engineering
Google’s former Chief Scientist explains why AI models are less important and why context engineering increasingly matters more.
WordPress Security Release 7.0.3 Fixes High Severity XSS Vulnerability
WordPress security update fixes 12 vulnerabilities. Security researcher: “nastiest one is a login screen XSS.”
WordPress 7.1 Accessibility Change May Break Some Plugins
A WordPress 7.1 accessibility improvement could impact some plugins that make changes in the admin screens.
Google Chief Scientist Who Helped Build Modern Search And AI Steps Away
Google loses Jeff Dean, who helped build Google Search and AI, replaced by DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis as Chief Scientist.
Reddit CEO Intends To Show More Reviews And Recommendations
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman revealed intent to leverage the platform’s vast amount of evergreen content on recommendations and reviews.
Report That Cloudflare AI Bot Blocking Prevents Googlebot From Indexing Sites
Anecdotal report that blocking AI training bots with Cloudflare blocks Googlebot from indexing websites.
WooCommerce Social Login WordPress Plugin Enables Full Site Takeover
WooCommerce Social Login vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of ecommerce sites.
Snapchat Clamps Down On AI-Generated Videos
Snap announced that it is removing wholly AI-generated videos from Snapchat’s Spotlight recommendations in favor of promoting authentic human-authored experiences.
Free Advanced Link Training Lessons
One of the most advanced SEOs of all time, Bill Hartzer, is giving away free advanced link training lessons.
Google Recommends Using 304 Status Code To Conserve Crawl Budget
Google’s updated crawl budget documentation recommends serving a 304 response code to Googlebot for pages that haven’t changed.
Google’s AI Image Generation In Google Earth Literally Became Disastrous
Google Earth’s AI image generator was rolled back after the internet used it to create realistic scenes of destruction.
EU Commission Article 50 AI Transparency Law Has Four Exemptions
The European Commission’s AI transparency law that has taken effect contains four exemptions from its AI labeling requirements.
Google’s Documentation Refresh Offers Ideas For SEO Content Updates
Google’s updated documentation refresh shows where to focus on when updating your own content for SEO.
Google May Treat Search Box Pages As A Site Quality Issue
Google said that spammed search box pages may become a site quality issue and dealt with as if they were hacked.
WP Engine Partners With BigCommerce To Scale WordPress Stores
WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a safe way for fast-growth brands to modernize and scale while preserving design, SEO, and user experience.
Head Of Anthropic’s Claude Code Says Prompt Engineering Not That Important
Anthropic’s Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, explains how to become one of the top 1% of users who get things done.