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I recently presented at Pubcon Vegas in October and March 2024, and over the past 20 years have presented at search conferences across the United States: Pubcon, SMX, Affiliate Summit & SES (Search Engine Strategies) and have served as a Head Judge at the U.S. Search Awards .
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Google Updating Cryptocurrency Advertising Policy For 2024
Google announced changes to their cryptocurrency advertising policy that takes effect in 2024
WordPress Releases Version 6.4.2 For Critical Vulnerability
WordPress releases a security update version 6.4.2 to address a critical severity vulnerability
Elementor WordPress Plugin Vulnerability
Elementor website builder up to version 3.18.0 discovered to be vulnerable remote code execution attacks via template import functionality
Mozilla VPN Security Risks Discovered
Third party security audit uncovers several security risks in the Mozilla VPN service
Survey Reveals 100% of Digital Agencies Are Using AI
Survey of over 200 digital agencies reveals 100% adoption of AI and further embedding of technology into their workflow in 2024
Research Shows Tree Of Thought Prompting Better Than Chain Of Thought
Research in jailbreaking GPT-4 shows Tree of Thought Prompting is a powerful way to get better results
Critical WordPress Form Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To +200,000 Installs
Critical vulnerability in the MW WP Form plugin allows attackers to upload malicious files and potentially stage remote code execution on vulnerable sites
Firefox URL Tracking Removal – Is This A Trend To Watch?
Momentum appears to be growing to omit tracking data from URLs. How far could it go and will it affect online marketing?
Researchers Extend GPT-4 With New Prompting Method
Microsoft researchers published details of advanced prompt engineering techniques that makes GPT-4 outperform specialist AI at previously impossible levels
WordPress AMP Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 100,000+ Sites
Popular AMP plugin for WordPress patched a security flaw that could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts
New AI Framework Powers LinkedIn’s Content Moderation
LinkedIn announced the use of AI models to help Trust & Safety team remove harmful content
Google’s Advice On Fixing 404 Errors From Inbound Links
Google’s John Mueller explains the nuance of fixing (or not fixing) 404 errors caused by broken inbound links
New AI Model Outperforms Google’s Powerful PaLM-2
Inflection AI rockets past Google’s best PaLM-2 AI and will soon power the free Pi AI conversational platform
Google Removing Crawl Rate Limiter Tool From Search Console
Google announced that the Googlebot crawl rate limiter will soon disappear from search console
Google On Traffic Metric & SEO
Google’s John Mueller offers his thoughts about how SEOs should consider traffic metric
Search Console Insights: What The Report Can Tell You
An easy guide to using Search Console Insights to quickly understand actionable information about how your site is ranking in Google.
Google: Site Quality Is Simpler Than People Think
Google podcast offers four ideas that can help with understanding and overcoming site quality issues
Google: Don’t Rely On SEO Tools To Tell You How To Write
Google’s John Mueller offers advice on the use of SEO tools that tell you what to write
Google Presentation May Change How We Think About Ranking
Danny Sullivan suggested in a presentation that Google’s published SEO guidance is not what we think it is
Google’s Update Florida Offers Insights 20 Years Later
The legacy of Google’s Update Florida continues to influence how we do SEO 20 years later
Instagram Adds New Ways To Create Content
Instagram added new ways to find, edit and create content, filters for creatively expressing moods and better analytics for content performance
Google Adds New Documentation For Mystery Crawler
Google updated their documentation to add information about a mysterious crawler that was generally unknown
Google Proposes A Globalist Approach To AI Regulation
Google’s Opportunity Agenda proposes a globalist approach to AI regulation that doesn’t harm innovation
Google On Topical Authority: Don’t Worry About It
Google’s John Mueller on what to do about Topical Authority
List Of 16 GPT SEO AI Tools Publicly Available Right Now
Check out these 16 AI SEO tools that are created by SEOs and publicly shared right now
Mullenweg Confirms Tumblr Failed But Not Closing
Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic confirmed that Tumblr failed to achieve a turnaround and will operate with reduced staffing
Senate AI Insight Forum Considers Who’s Liable For AI Harm
Mark Surman, President of the Mozilla Foundation encourages the development of a framework for imposing liability for AI harm
WordPress 6.4.1 Maintenance Release Fixes Bugs In Version 6.4
WordPress publishes Maintenance Release 6.4.1 to fix several bugs identified in the recently published version 6.4
WordPress 6.4 Crashing Sites Using A Popular Page Builder
WordPress 6.4 is causing users of the popular Oxygen page builder to crash but only when legacy themes are installed