Google Answers Why A Site Doesn’t Rank Despite Good SEO
Google’s John Mueller offers advice about inability to rank despite good SEO
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Google: Domain Name Is Never Going To Make Or Break Your SEO
Google’s John Mueller discusses domain names and SEO
How To Choose A Domain Name
Here are 11 tips for choosing the best domain name that potential site visitors will remember.
Google Answers If Semantic HTML Element Has An Impact
John Mueller answers if using the ARTICLE Semantic HTML element has any impact on Google
Google Downgrades Visibility of HowTo and FAQ Rich Results
Google announced that it is severely restricting the visibility of FAQ and HowTo rich results in the SERPs
Google Ranking Algorithm Research Introduces TW-BERT
Google research proposes TW-BERT, a remarkable framework that improves search ranking and is easy to deploy to existing ranking systems
Google On Blocking Banner Ads From Getting Indexed as Main Content
Google’s John Mueller answers if it’s possible to stop banner ads from being indexed by Google as part of the main content
WordPress Paying Google Domains Transfer Fees
WordPress.com is paying domain transfer fees for first one million Google Domains customers plus committing to low registration fees for everyone
Wix Studio Offers Freelancers & Agencies Way To Scale Business
Wix Studio offers freelancers and agencies the opportunity to scale their businesses and easily handle more clients
Google Treats .AI Domains Like a gTLD And Not As A ccTLD
Google’s Gary Illyes answers a question about the SEO considerations of using the .AI top level domain which is associated with a Caribbean island
Google Answers If Matching How It Rewrites Titles Is A Good Idea
Google’s John Mueller answers whether it’s a good idea to match the title tag to how Google rewrites it
What’s Less Harmful: 301 Redirect or “404 Error Pages”?
Google’s Gary Illyes offered advice about choosing between the 301 and 404 status codes
WooCommerce Merchants Can Now Sell Directly On TikTok
WooCommerce and TikTok announce opportunity for U.S merchants to be among the first to sell directly in TikTok Shops in the USA.
Researchers Find That OpenAI ChatGPT Quality Has Worsened
Researchers discover that ChatGPT quality has become worse over the course of several months
Wix AI Site Generator Creates Entire Website: Images, Text – Everything
Wix AI Site Generator can create an entire website, including text and images. It also analyzes business trends and suggests strategies
Google Answers How To Get Discover Traffic Back After It Dries Up
Google’s Martin Splitt says that there is no easy answer but mentions the role of demand and habits of users.
Google’s Mueller To Those Who Create Fake Personas: You’re Deluding Yourselves
Google’s John Mueller makes it clear that fake personas and LinkedIn profiles aren’t fooling anyone
WordPress 6.3 Will Improve LCP SEO Performance
WordPress 6.3 helps publishers achieve better SEO with improvements to Largest Contentful Paint scores
Bluehost Unveils AI-Powered WordPress Platform
New platform makes it easy and fast to create an online presence with WordPress
Google On Fixing Discovered Currently Not Indexed
Google’s John Mueller answers whether removing non-indexed pages will help get other pages indexed
Why OpenAI Expansion Of GPT-4 API Means Apps Will Become More Powerful
OpenAI announcement means that more powerful AI-based applications and services are coming soon
Ultimate Member WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Allows Full Site Takeover
WordPress vulnerability in plugin with 200,00+ active installations is actively exploited, allowing full site takeover with trivial effort to bypass security filters
LinkedIn Reveals AI Image Detection Research That Catches Fake Profiles
LinkedIn shares details of new AI image detector that successfully identifies fake profile images at a rate of 99.6%
Google Sues Rank And Rent Marketer
Google sues a member of a Rank and Rent Facebook Group for breach of contract for creating hundreds of fake Google business profiles
Google Is Forming A Policy On AI Content And E-E-A-T
Googlers offer feedback on Google’s policies on AI content at Search Central Live Tokyo 2023
Google Domains Agrees To Be Acquired By Squarespace
Google Domains has agreed to be acquired by Squarespace, including approximately 10 million domains
Vulnerability In WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway Plugin Affects 900,000+ Websites
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway plugin vulnerability allows hackers to steal sensitive customer information
Google Research: Is This Dataset Used For Google’s AI Search?
Google research paper shows how they created a dataset for training language models for open-ended dialogue
Google: Links From Non-English To English Language Sites Are Not Bad?
Google’s John Mueller offers feedback about links from non-English to English language websites
Researchers Warn That ChatGPT Can Be Used To Spread Malicious Code
Security researchers publish proof of concept of how ChatGPT can be used by hackers to spread malicious code