UpdraftPlus WordPress Plugin Security Breach Enables Backdoor Attacks via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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 Search Engine Journal.
Google Reminds Sites To Serve A 503 During PHP Patch Downtime via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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 first on Search Engine Journal.
Rank Tracking Broke In September – The Future Is Measured By Brand & Revenue via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW
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 Brand & Revenue appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Wiretapping The SERP: Reverse Engineering Network Data
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 first on Search Engine Journal.
Critical PHP Core Security Flaws Affect Websites, Including WordPress via @sejournal, @vahandev
An emergency PHP update is due today. Website owners need their hosts to install the fix, and older PHP versions may need an upgrade first. The post Critical PHP Core Security Flaws Affect Websites, Including WordPress appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Google Images & Discover Previews Don’t Support JPEG XL via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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 Search Engine Journal.
Google Crawls Raw And Encoded Bracket URLs Separately via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
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 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
China Wrote The First GEO Rulebook After A TV Scandal – Western SEOs Should Take Notes via @sejournal, @MPentzek
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 A TV Scandal – Western SEOs Should Take Notes appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Details Emerge About Google Discover’s SDF Freshness Algorithm via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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 on Search Engine Journal.
Your Audience Uses AI But Doesn’t Trust It – Build Content For The Gap via @sejournal, @gregjarboe
Build an SEO and content strategy for audiences who use AI but distrust it, with clearer sourcing, audience segmentation, and honest product limits. The post Your Audience Uses AI But Doesn’t Trust It – Build Content For The Gap appeared first on Search Engine Journal.