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TablePress WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects 700,000+ Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 11:09 pm

WordPress plugin vulnerability affecting the TablePress plugin could lead to stored XSS attacks The post TablePress WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects 700,000+ Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

WordPress Ocean Extra Vulnerability Affects Up To 600,000 Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 10:06 pm

WordPress stored XSS vulnerability affects up to 600,000 websites The post WordPress Ocean Extra Vulnerability Affects Up To 600,000 Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google: AI Max For Search Has No Conversion Minimums via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 8:25 pm

Google confirms no conversion minimums for AI Max for Search, but Smart Bidding is required for search-term matching.

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 29, 2025

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 2:00 pm

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

From Plugins To Performance: What CMOs Need To Ask About Their WordPress Stack via @sejournal, @alexmoss

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 12:30 pm

From hosting to plugins, your WordPress stack shapes performance and growth. Here’s what CMOs need to audit for a marketing-driven setup.

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update, AI Mode Changes, ChatGPT Does Use Google, Search Ad News & More

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 12:01 pm

This week we had our first Google spam update in 8 months, the August 2025 spam update. This update touched down very quickly, likely within 24 hours.

Google August 2025 Spam Update Impact Felt Quickly

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 11:51 am

Often, but not always, when Google releases an algorithm update, we don’t see the impact for the first few days. However, with the August 2025 spam update, we are likely seeing the effect within 24 hours after it was announced.

Bing Webmaster Tools Sitemaps Index Coverage Button Missing For Some

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 11:41 am

Some SEOs are noticing that when you look at your sitemaps report in Bing Webmaster Tools, for some sitemaps, some are missing the Index Coverage button. I personally can see the same thing for some of the properties I have access to within Bing Webmaster Tools.

Google Tests Rounded Search Results Snippet Design Again

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 11:31 am

Google is testing a rounded corner search result snippet card design again. We’ve seen this numerous times over the past decade or so and it seems to be back. The snippet sections are bordered in with rectangular outlines, and the corners of those rectangles are curved and circular.

Google NMX Business Profiles May Show New Profiles Button

Posted by admin on 2025/08/29 at 11:21 am

Google may show a new “Profiles” button in the Google Business Profiles NMX dashboard.