Research finds that persona prompts "reliably damage" factual accuracy in certain kinds of tasks but work well in others.

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Bing's AI Performance dashboard now maps grounding queries to cited pages, letting you connect AI citation data to specific URLs on your site.

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Google's John Mueller responds to a question about search results that display outdated branding for a site that rebranded over ten years ago.

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Yoast SEO founder shares that most sites don't need content management systems like WordPress anymore.

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Google is testing AI headline rewrites in Search using similar language to the earlier Discover test that became a feature.

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Google's Universal Commerce Protocol adds cart management and catalog access, highlights identity linking support, and begins simplifying Merchant Center onboarding.

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Google's John Mueller implies that Googlebot crawling 404 pages is a positive sign about that site's content.

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An SEO experiment shows how easily misinformation ranks in Google Search and spreads to other sites.

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Google's John Mueller says why migrating a site to HTTPS may cause a site to lose all rankings.

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Chartbeat data shows search referral traffic fell 60% for small publishers over two years, compared with 22% for large publishers, per an Axios report.

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SISTRIX analyzed over 100 million German keywords and found AI Overviews reduce the position one click rate from 27% to 11%. Impact varies by industry.

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Google confirmed it removed "What People Suggest" from health searches. Additionally, the company announced new AI health tools for YouTube.

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Google is expanding Personal Intelligence to free U.S. users in AI Mode, connecting Gmail and Photos to search. Gemini app and Chrome rollout starting.

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The official WordPress Plugin Checker provides automated code review for security and best practices, perfect for checking vibe coded plugins.

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Data from 4M AI citations shows syndicated press releases barely register in AI answers. Editorial content and owned newsrooms fare better.

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Google shared that Googlebot's crawl limits are flexible and can be increased or decreased depending on the need.

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New third-party data shows local publishers lost national reach after Google's Discover core update.

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Google's Gary Illyes offered a candid overview of Googlebot, explaining there are hundreds of crawlers that are not publicly documented.

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Formidable Forms WordPress vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to pay a small amount and have a larger purchase marked as paid.

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An analysis of ChatGPT conversations found the default and premium models cite almost entirely different sources for the same queries.

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Google Maps launches Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature for local discovery in the U.S. and India, plus a navigation overhaul in the U.S.

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Google announced that Search Console's brand queries filter is open to all eligible sites, spurring questions about the feature.

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Gutenberg 22.7 adds features that lay the groundwork for a role as an AI publishing platform and improve the editing experience.

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WordPress issues second security release 6.9.4 to address vulnerabilities that version 6.9.2 apparently failed to patch.

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A survey of B2B decision-makers found peer recommendations are trusted nearly twice as much as AI chatbots, and white papers rank last for perceived value.

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