Anthropic’s announcement signals a strategic shift toward vertical-specific AI tools with the release of its latest product. The post Anthropic’s Financial Tool May Signal Shift To Offering Specialized Services appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

WordPress released version 6.8.2, which fixes 35 issues and ends security support for versions 4.1 through 4.6 The post WordPress Update 6.8.2 – Ends Security Support For 0.9% of Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google updated the Search Analytics API with a metadata field that helps identify when recent data is still being processed.

In this week’s Growth Memo, Kevin Indig lays out the case for a topic-first SEO approach, and how it helps future-proof your visibility. The post Topic-First SEO: The Smarter Way To Scale Authority appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web…

Google has updated its local ranking documentation and Tips to improve your local ranking on Google page. The new wording is shorter and has fewer details than the older version.

Google seems to be automatically adding social media links to Google Business Profiles. A post from Darren Shaw of Whitespark shows that hundreds or thousands of locations had their social media links added over the past short period of time.

Google announced it has a new metadata field for its Search Analytics API (for Search Console’s performance reports) that will tell you about incomplete data points you received through the API.

This week’s Ask An SEO dives into why content stopped ranking, even when it seems original and experience-based. The post Ask An SEO: Why Your Content Is No Longer Good Or Helpful appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google AdSense may have a bug with its PIN verification processs. There are tons of AdSense publishers complaining in the Google AdSense Help Forums about issues where they are unable to use the PIN verification anymore. It seems like a widespread bug but I am not sure, as Google has not responded to those complaints.