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Last updated: October 26, 2026 at 06:00 AMData migration is under discussion in this episode thanks to Chris Huber, who brings tales from Automattic’s front lines. We explored how Data Liberation and the Static Site Importer give WordPress users the power to...
Two critical PHP flaws let attackers run code on your server without logging in. Here's how to check your PHP version and get your WordPress site patched. The post Critical PHP Flaws Found: How to Protect Your WordPress...
The PHP project has announced a security release that fixes two critical security vulnerabilities discovered in PHP. Due to the critical severity of the issues, site owners are encouraged to immediately update their...
This beta release is intended for testing and development only. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, use a test environment or local site to...
Google reminds sites to use 503s during PHP patch downtime. Other updates cover robots.txt controls, bracket URLs, and JPEG XL in Google Images and Discover. The post Google Explains 503s, Robots.txt Limits &...
Universal Cart, UCP, WebMCP, intelligent eyewear: the agentic web is arriving. Marie Haynes maps the opportunities most businesses are ignoring. The post GEO Is A Distraction: Here’s Where The Real Opportunity Is...
Make junior hiring an explicit part of your 2027 SEO budget, with defined learning roles and a scorecard that tracks unfilled seats. The post The Junior Hiring Gap Your 2027 Marketing Budget Should Name appeared first...
Rank trackers describe how they check suspect Google results, what customers see during checks, and what they say about reprocessing and past results. The post How Rank Trackers Say They Handle Suspect Google Results...
Roundups and comparison posts can still win customers, build trust, and grow audiences when you create them for readers instead of rankings. The post Do Comparison Posts, Roundups & Listicles Still Have Any Value?...
OpenAI explains how a custom LLM orchestrator interprets multi-turn conversations, nominates ads for auction, and drops placements that miss response deadlines. The post Inside ChatGPT’s Ad Auction: How Relevance,...
Google's CEO expects AI agents to reach websites by browsing pages and through protocols, and says protocols scale better but will take longer to develop. The post Google CEO Says Agents Will Hit Sites Two Ways, Pages...
Being indexed used to buy a visit. In the answer layer, it buys eligibility, and nothing promises anyone arrives at your site. The post Getting Indexed No Longer Means Getting Visited appeared first on Search Engine...
Reddit conversations can become news stories. Brands that listen and respond gain a chance to address problems before coverage follows. The post Why Reddit Belongs In Your PR Strategy appeared first on Search Engine...
Google's new robots.txt video says the standard covers crawling, not how content gets used, and recommends percent-encoding non-English robots.txt paths. The post Google Explains The Limit Of Robots.txt For AI Content...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the future of Search is an agentic layer that unifies Google's Search and AI experiences. The post Google CEO Sundar Pichai Views Search Absorbed Into Agentic Layer appeared first on Search...
Hackers installed backdoors on WordPress sites using UpdraftPlus, putting over 3 million active installations at risk. The post UpdraftPlus WordPress Plugin Security Breach Enables Backdoor Attacks appeared first on...
Taking a site offline to patch PHP? Serve a 503 from outside PHP and keep robots.txt reachable. Days of server errors may get URLs dropped. The post Google Reminds Sites To Serve A 503 During PHP Patch Downtime appeared...
Measure SEO beyond keyword positions with brand visibility, AI citations, and revenue as rank tracking outages expose gaps in traditional reporting. The post Rank Tracking Broke In September – The Future Is Measured By...
A beginner’s guide to exploring browser network data, how it uncovered a $13,337 Google exploit, and what it reveals about Google and ChatGPT. The post Wiretapping The SERP: Reverse Engineering Network Data appeared...
PHP's emergency security fixes are available today, October 21, and website owners should ask their hosts to install them immediately. The post Critical PHP Core Vulnerabilities Affect Websites, Including WordPress...
Chrome and Firefox now display JPEG XL, but Google says it isn't currently supported in Google Images or Discover previews. The post Google Images & Discover Previews Don’t Support JPEG XL appeared first on...
Google's John Mueller says raw and percent-encoded brackets are different URLs and recommends using one form across links, canonical tags, and sitemaps. The post Google Crawls Raw And Encoded Bracket URLs Separately...
China's five-part GEO standard offers Western SEOs a practical framework for measuring AI visibility, evaluating vendors, and separating optimization from manipulation. The post China Wrote The First GEO Rulebook After...
New details on Google Discover's SDF gives publishers insights into planning the right mix of content that will rank better. The post Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm appeared first...
Key Takeaways The 4 Ps of marketing (product, price, place, and promotion) have been around for decades, and they still drive decisions around every successful product launch. Also known as the “marketing mix,” they...
Key Takeaways Marketers rely on good strategy to reach their target audiences, and one of those strategies is harnessing the power of Facebook Groups.  With more than 3 billion monthly active users, 1.8 billion of...
Key Takeaways Tired of spending tons of time building SEO spreadsheets, sorting data, and double-checking each step? I’ve put together 19 SEO templates to make your life easier. From tracking organic traffic to...