TablePress WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects 700,000+ Sites
WordPress plugin vulnerability affecting the TablePress plugin could lead to stored XSS attacks
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WordPress Ocean Extra Vulnerability Affects Up To 600,000 Sites
WordPress stored XSS vulnerability affects up to 600,000 websites
Research Shows How To Optimize For Google AIO And ChatGPT
BrightEdge data reveals vast differences in AIO and ChatGPT brand citations and suggests a strategy to influence both
WordPress Trademark Applications Rejected By USPTO
The WordPress trademark applications for “Managed WordPress” and “Hosted WordPress” were denied by the USPTO in a Final Office Action.
Google Says GSC Sitemap Uploads Don’t Guarantee Immediate Crawls
Google’s John Mueller explained how Search Console handles sitemap uploads and said there’s no guarantees about URL crawling timeline
Perplexity’s Discover Pages Offer A Surprising SEO Insight
Many see Perplexity’s Discover pages as programmatic SEO. What they reveal is something more ambitious, a swing for the fences.
Perplexity Comet Browser Vulnerable To Prompt Injection Exploit
Vulnerability in Perplexity’s Comet AI browser enables attackers to access open browser tabs and gain access to sensitive data
Non-Profit Organization Announces Free Domain Names
A Cloudflare-backed non-profit is offering free domain names to help support a free and open Internet
Common Hosting Defenses Ineffective Against WordPress Threats
Case study shows that general web hosting security is ineffective against WordPress-specific vulnerabilities
Inspiro WordPress Theme Vulnerability Affects Over 70,000 Sites
Over 70,000 installations of Inspiro WordPress theme affected by Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
WordPress Contact Form 7 Redirection Plugin Vulnerability Hits 300k Sites
High severity vulnerability hits Redirection for Contact Form 7 plugin, affecting over 300,000 WordPress sites
OpenAI Announces Low-Cost Subscription Plan: ChatGPT Go
OpenAI announced a new discounted subscription tier that will initially be available only in India.
Tired Of SEO Spam, Software Engineer Creates A New Search Engine
A software engineer fed up by SEO spam in mainstream search engines creates a brand new one from scratch.
OpenAI Updates GPT-5 To Make It Warmer And Friendlier
OpenAI updated GPT-5 to make it less distant and detached.
Google Answers Question About Core Web Vitals “Poisoning”
Google’s John Mueller offered his opinion about a reported Core Web Vitals poisoning attack
ChatGPT-5 Now Connects To Gmail, Calendar, And Contacts
OpenAI announced ChatGPT-5 Google Apps connectors for Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts for Plus users
Google Explains Why They Need To Control Ranking Signals
Gary Illyes confirmed that external signals like social shares are not used as a ranking signal because they are out of Google’s control.
Critical Vulnerability Affects Tutor LMS Pro WordPress Plugin
WordPress vulnerability in Tutor LMS Pro could expose sensitive database information.
Vulnerability In 3 WordPress File Plugins Affects 1.3 Million Sites
WordPress vulnerability in three file manager plugins puts over 1.3 million sites at risk.
WordPress Contact Form Entries Plugin Vulnerability Affects 70K Websites
Critical WordPress vulnerability, rated 9.8/10, affects up to 70,000 installations
Google Confirms That AI-Generated Content Should Be Human Reviewed
Google’s Gary Illyes said that AI-generated content should have human editorial oversight.
Google Says AI-Generated Images Will Not Cause Ranking Penalty
Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed that AI-generated image content does not have a negative impact on SEO.
Brave Announces AI Grounding API With Plans Starting At Free
Brave Search announced an AI Grounding API that enables users to connect AI systems to Brave Search’s authoritative search index.
Google Is Testing An AI-Powered Finance Page
Google is testing an AI-powered finance destination for answering questions, displaying the latest news, and generating advanced charts
Why OpenAI’s Open Source Models Are A Big Deal
The new open-weight models from OpenAI deliver strong reasoning performance, with a tradeoff in hallucinations.
Perplexity Says Cloudflare Is Blocking Legitimate AI Assistants
Perplexity criticizes Cloudflare’s infrastructure for being unable to differentiate between AI assistants and harmful bots.
Cloudflare Delists And Blocks Perplexity From Crawling Websites
Cloudflare blocks Perplexity’s crawlers because of aggressive stealth crawling and failure to abide by the robots.txt protocol.
Researchers Test If Sergey Brin’s Threat Prompts Improve AI Accuracy
Google’s co-founder said that threatening an AI can improve performance. Researchers found that it sometimes works.
Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service
Google walked back recently announced plans to end its URL shortener service. It will continue to service some URLs.
Google Confirms It Uses Something Similar To MUVERA
Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed that Google uses a version of MUVERA in Search