Google’s updated documentation asks some publishers to change how they block users from paywalled content. The post Google Adds Guidance On JavaScript Paywalls And SEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal .
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Google Adds Guidance On JavaScript Paywalls And SEO via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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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 .
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TablePress WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects 700,000+ Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster
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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 .
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WordPress Ocean Extra Vulnerability Affects Up To 600,000 Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Google confirms no conversion minimums for AI Max for Search, but Smart Bidding is required for search-term matching.
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Google: AI Max For Search Has No Conversion Minimums via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…
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Daily Search Forum Recap: August 29, 2025
From hosting to plugins, your WordPress stack shapes performance and growth. Here’s what CMOs need to audit for a marketing-driven setup.
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From Plugins To Performance: What CMOs Need To Ask About Their WordPress Stack via @sejournal, @alexmoss
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.
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Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Spam Update, AI Mode Changes, ChatGPT Does Use Google, Search Ad News & More
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.
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Google August 2025 Spam Update Impact Felt Quickly
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.
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Bing Webmaster Tools Sitemaps Index Coverage Button Missing For Some
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.
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Google Tests Rounded Search Results Snippet Design Again