A new analysis predicts that the number of reported vulnerabilities will reach record highs in 2025, continuing the trend of rising cybersecurity risks and increased vulnerability disclosures. Analysis By FIRST…

Managing Google Shopping campaigns is both an art and a science. Even with the most refined strategies and detailed data, performance fluctuations can happen – and when they do, they…

New research of over 16 million webpages shows that Google indexing rates have improved but that many pages in the dataset were not indexed and over 20% of the pages…

A recent analysis by xfunnel.ai examines citation patterns across major AI search engines. The findings provide new insight into how these tools reference web content in their responses. Here are…

Google is introducing new features that streamline removing personal information from search results. These updates include: A redesigned “Results about you” hub A simplified removal request process An option to…

TikTok, including Douyin in China, earned $6 billion in in-app purchases last year, more than double any competitor, according to Sensor Tower’s Q4 Digital Market Index. This marked a 36%…

Investments in AI have reached unprecedented levels. According to a World Economic Forum report, the global AI infrastructure market was valued at $35.42 billion in 2023, and projected to reach…

New research on AI Overviews and organic search results presents a fresh view on how AIO is evolving and suggests how to consider it for purposes of SEO. Among the…

AA WordPress developer pleaded with Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Asia 2025, asking him to restore Automattic’s contributions to the WordPress core. Mullenweg apologized and said it’s not up to him;…

Recent studies by Gartner and Adobe show that generative AI is becoming a key tool in marketing. Almost three-quarters of marketing teams now use GenAI, and most consumers are comfortable…

This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Harjeet: “Hi! I have a website that provides information of warehouses all over United states. The problem is that only eight to…

Last week, I published a meta-analysis of AI Overviews and their impact on SEO. Today, I publish an analysis of the research on AI chatbots and their potential impact on…

An awkward Q&A at WordCamp Asia 2025 saw Matt Mullenweg struggle to answer where WordPress will be in five years. Apparently caught off guard, he turned to the Lead Architect…

A recent Dentsu study, in partnership with TikTok, shows that advertisers on the platform achieve strong returns on investment (ROI) for both short-term and long-term sales. The analysis (PDF link)…

A new lawsuit seeking class action status alleges that WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg and Automattic engaged in unfair business practices to harm managed WordPress web host WP Engine (WPE) and…

LinkedIn now offers email analytics for newsletters, providing data on email sends and open rates. LinkedIn added new email metrics for newsletter publishers. New data include emails sends and open…

Click fraud in lead generation can drain your marketing budget and corrupt your data, leading to misguided strategic decisions. While automated detection tools serve as a first line of defense,…

Structured data markup can work diligently behind the scenes to help your local business shine online. It can add eye-catching rich results to your search results, like review stars, FAQs,…

The European Commission is reportedly preparing to charge Google with not fully complying with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). According to sources, Google’s recent tweaks to its search algorithms haven’t…

Hostinger announced a new service called Hostinger Horizons that allows anyone to build interactive online apps (like an AI-based website builder) without having to code or hire programmers. The new…

ChatGPT referrals to publishers increased with the introduction of web search, but remain a minor share of overall traffic. ChatGPT referrals to publishers are growing eightfold but remain under 0.1%…

Google Shopping is a Google Ads product that allows advertisers to serve feed-based ads on the search engine results page (SERPs). The auction for Shopping Ads works in a similar…

Expanding your Google Ads campaigns to international markets sounds exciting – until you realize just how many settings can make or break your results. If you assume that what works…

Google Ads just rolled out an update to Responsive Search Ads (RSAs), and while it may not seem groundbreaking at first glance, it could have a noticeable impact on how…

In a recent social media discussion, Rene Ritchie, YouTube’s Creator Liaison, addressed questions about how Google traffic affects YouTube recommendations. The conversation centered on whether brief view durations from Google…

Our question today follows well from the one I addressed previously, which is all about metadata for images. This time, it focuses specifically on one aspect of metadata: “Is there…

WordPress.com updated their 100-year domain and hosting plan, unlocking the opportunity to secure a domain name for a one hundred year period for only $2,000. The new service is a…

Facebook now deletes live videos after 30 days, offering tools to download or transfer content before removal. Facebook will delete live videos after 30 days. Users can download or transfer…

What was considered best practice yesterday does not hold true today and this is especially relevant when it comes to XML sitemaps, which are almost as old as SEO itself.…

Keeping pace with AI is exhausting and overwhelming – and so important. To quench my own curiosity and make life easier for you, I’ve spent hours reading 19 original analyses…