WP Engine Vs Automattic & Mullenweg Is Back In Play
WP Engine filed a Second Amended Complaint against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, putting six claims against them back into play.
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Search Atlas Announces New Features For Agencies
Search Atlas announced an ambitious slate of features that make it easier than ever to manage every aspect of SEO
Builderius Brings AI-Assisted GraphQL Development To WordPress
Builderius expands its WordPress builder with AI-powered GraphQL features for both learning and productivity.
Google’s AI Mode: What We Know & What Experts Think
Google AI Mode introduces a shift in what content gets surfaced. Here’s what you need to know to succeed.
W3C Rolls Out A New Evocative Logo
The W3C unveiled a new polysemic logo, one that is purposely designed to be evocative of multiple concepts
Yoast Announces New AI Visibility Tool
Yoast announced a new AI visibility tool that can help SMBs improve AI SEO.
Google AI Overviews Overlaps Organic Search By 54%
Google AI Overviews increasingly overlaps with organic search results, especially for YMYL queries.
Google Explains Expired Domains And Ranking Issues
Google’s John Mueller answers a question about expired domains and ranking issues.
Squarespace Rolls Out New AI Tools For SEO And Design
Squarespace announced new AI-powered tools for SEO, AI-search visibility, and identifying growth opportunities
Hostinger Makes WordPress Agentic Web-Ready
Hostinger makes WordPress Agentic Web-compatible with one-click Web2Agent.
Newfold Digital Sells MarkMonitor As Part Of Strategic Refocus
Newfold Digital sells MarkMonitor, says it will “double down” on core brands like Bluehost and Network Solutions
Are AI Search Summaries Making Evergreen Articles Obsolete?
Evergreen articles once were reliable drivers of steady traffic, but AI summaries may now render them obsolete.
LLMs.txt For AI SEO: Is It A Boost Or A Waste Of Time?
Is innovation or anxiety the driving force behind the adoption of LLMs.txt and where does it leave SEOs in terms of AI visibility
Google Answers SEO Question About Keyword Cannibalization
Google’s John Mueller offers a thoughtful answer to a question about keyword cannibalization.
The Future Of Rank Tracking Can Go Two Ways
Google’s actions against SERP scraping are forcing the search industry to reconsider what ranking data is truly actionable.
Google Is Hiring An Anti-Scraping Engineering Analyst
Google is hiring an anti-scraping engineering analyst to help develop ways to stop search results scrapers.
WP Engine Vs. Automattic: Rulings Preserve WP Engine’s Lawsuit
Court rulings enable WP Engine to proceed with nine claims and are given the chance to amend five others.
WordPress Versus Everyone: The Top CMS For Core Web Vitals
WordPress Core Web Vitals performance is compared and ranked against five other content management systems.
Amazon Experiences Drop In Google Search Visibility
Amazon has lost significant visibility in Google’s organic product grid, creating opportunities for merchants.
Google Retiring Core Web Vitals CrUX Dashboard
Google announced the deprecation of Looker Studio-based CrUX dashboard and promoted the CrUX Vis alternative.
Google Uses Infinite 301 Redirect Loops For Missing Documentation
Google purposely chose to use 301 redirects on missing web pages instead of 404s, creating infinitely circular crawl loops.
Google Antitrust Case: AI Overviews Use FastSearch, Not Links
Google antitrust case shows that AI Overviews does not use links in its ranking algorithm
Interaction To Next Paint: 9 Content Management Systems Ranked
Nine content management systems and ecommerce platforms are ranked according to Interaction to Next Paint scores.
Google Adds Guidance On JavaScript Paywalls And SEO
Google’s updated documentation asks some publishers to change how they block users from paywalled content.
TablePress WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects 700,000+ Sites
WordPress plugin vulnerability affecting the TablePress plugin could lead to stored XSS attacks
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.