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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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11 Disadvantages Of ChatGPT Content
Virtually all ChatGPT content contains one or more of these flaws. This is how to prevent them.
10 Tools You Can Use For SEO Competitive Analysis
Here are the 10 SEO competitive analysis tools that you need to know.
Yoast SEO Founder: WordPress Admin Interface Is “Simply Bad”
Joost de Valk says “This is how we lose CMS market share to companies like Wix”
Is ChatGPT Use Of Web Content Fair?
A review of ethical concerns regarding how ChatGPT and other large language models use web content without attribution
Google Updates Discover Follow Feed Guidelines
Google updated the Discover Follow feed guidelines to highlight the importance of two feed elements
Meta Reinstates Trump to Facebook & Instagram
Meta lifts two year ban on former president Trump, promises that guardrails will impose heightened penalties for new violations of policy
Yoast SEO 20.0 Update Makes Big Changes
Yoast SEO 20.0 WordPress plugin introduces bold design updates that will change how users interact with the plugin
Duda Announces WooRank Integration
WooRank integration into Duda adds powerful SEO auditing and optimization tools
GPT-4 Is Coming: A Look Into The Future Of AI
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman comments on expectations for GPT-4. An overview of hints of what GPT-4 may offer.
Automattic Announces Blaze Ad Network Of Millions of WordPress.com & Tumblr Sites
Automattic introduced a new ad network called Blaze which places advertising on free WordPress.com websites and Tumblr. Advertising starts at $5/month.
How To Create A WordPress Ecommerce Website
Here’s your easy-to-read guide for understanding how to create a successful ecommerce store with WordPress.
FAQ Schema: A Guide For Beginners
Learn what FAQ schema is and how you can use it to improve your website’s presence in Google search results.
Google Answers How Long It Takes To Recover From Algorithmic Penalty
Google answers how long it takes for a site to become eligible to regain search rankings after quality issues are fixed
AI For SEO: Can You Work Faster & Smarter?
There’s a reason why AI tools are popular. This is what you need to know about using AI for SEO and content.
Google Updates Article Structured Data Guidance
Google updated the guidance for the headline property of the articles structured data
WordPress Popup Maker Vulnerability Affects Up To +700,000 Sites
WordPress Popup Maker plugin published an update to fix a flaw that could lead to a stored XSS exploit
Popular Plugin for WooCommerce Patches Vulnerability
Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability may affect up to 70,000+ installs of WooCommerce Booster plugin
Google Research Paper Resembles Helpful Content Algorithm
Google research paper may shed light on how the helpful content update works
How The ChatGPT Watermark Works And Why It Could Be Defeated
A looming ChatGPT watermark will expose auto-generated content. What is it and will the watermark be easy to defeat?
WordPress Anti-Spam Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 60,000+ Sites
60,000+ websites potentially at risk due to vulnerability discovered in a popular anti-spam WordPress plugin
What is ChatGPT And How Can You Use It?
Learn what ChatGPT is and why it may become one of the most important tools of our time
Google CALM: A New Language Model Technology
New research paper demonstrates a way to increase language model performance speed by up to three times with minimal modifications to the LLM
Google Retires Web Light Webpage Transcoding
Google retired the Web Light service that made the Internet faster for users in countries where mobile connections were slow.
Google Reveals More Information About Search Status Dashboard
Google search podcast reveals more details about the new Search Status Dashboard including why it’s not coming to other languages
ChatGPT For Content and SEO?
Six important things to know before using ChatGPT for SEO and content
Mozilla Acquires Pulse, A Hybrid-Workplace Collaboration Company
Acquisition of hybrid workplace collaboration company strengthens Mozilla’s plans for growing their suite of products
WordPress Hit With Multiple Vulnerabilities In Versions Prior To 6.0.3
WordPress recommends immediate action to fix multiple vulnerabilities discovered in versions prior to 6.0.3
Rackspace Hosted Exchange Outage Due to Security Incident
Details emerge that Rackspace outage due to a security incident – Customers encouraged to migrate to Microsoft 365
A New Era Of Google Search: What It Means For SEO
Google continues to evolve how users search and how data is presented. Here are surprising ways Google is changing what it means to search.