Is Google lying about AI Search? A study tracking over 1,000 users found Google sends less clicks and people dislike it.

Google DeepMind's Autoregressive Ranking is an AI system that can rank documents without the limitations of current systems.

Google DeepMind's Autoregressive Ranking is an AI system that can rank documents without the limitations of current systems.

Automattic board of directors placed Matt Mullenweg on a paid leave of absence. Mullenweg claims he was conspired against.

Rank Math paused its controversial Support Agent after users discovered it secretly generated site credentials. Says it will return.

WordPress users upset at Rank Math over allegations that it creates administrator-level access without prior consent.

Judge who ruled that Google is a monopoly observed in the Penske vs Google hearing that the AI Overviews situation "seems really unfair."

Reports indicate that Google's recent spam update focused on catching mass-generated SEO AI content.

Google's research shows that LLMs experience difficulty recalling facts when questions reverse the usual subject/object entity order.

Claude's watermark is still a secret, but Anthropic has disclosed enough details to pin down how it might work.

Claude's watermark is still a secret, but Anthropic has disclosed enough details to pin down how it might work.

Google loses Jeff Dean, who helped build Google Search and AI systems, replaced as Chief Scientist by DeepMind's Demis Hassabis.

The European Commission's AI transparency law provides four ways publishers may qualify for an exemption from AI content labels.

Google announced an update to the Open Knowledge Format that adds five trust signals, available now in version 0.2.

Google's NotebookLM rebrand may expose websites to more AI scraping with zero attribution unless site owners take action right now.

Marketing a brand online doesn't have to be hard. Here's a strategy that can be adapted for virtually any organization.

Google's DMCA crisis is enabling bad actors to remove legitimate content, leaving publishers trapped in a system turned against them.

John Mueller says skipping meta descriptions carries no penalty, but writing them still serves a valuable purpose.

Google's VP of Search says publishers losing traffic to AI need only write content people actually want to read.

Senior Scientist at Google DeepMind says "if the traps are laid, agents may stumble upon them when interacting with the web."

Google research shows why AI-generated spam is becoming harder to catch and why content-level quality filters may no longer be enough.

Google publishes guidance after new law that gives small businesses a way to fight back against lost visibility and deleted reviews.

Anthropic suspends Fable 5 due to U.S. government export control directive. The company disputes underlying security concerns.

WordPress is facing a sustained decline in market share while other platforms remain stable and growing in popularity.

WordPress 7.0 exposes AI API keys. Security researcher says there "will be an absolute rush by hackers to steal API keys"

Google's John Mueller says that those who self-identify as SEO gurus are clueless imposters.

Cloudflare's WordPress competitor EmDash could be the future of CMS's but there are six reasons why it's not that CMS today.

Delay in release of WordPress 7.0 driven by concerns over real-time collaboration feature. The focus now is on targeting "extreme stability."

Microsoft explains what matters for AEO and GEO and offers three actionable strategies for getting recommended by AI assistants.

Google's new user intent extraction research shows the direction they're taking for the next generation of on-device AI

AI search has fundamentally changed SEO, requiring an additional focus on building widespread brand mentions.

OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT's collaboration features to all users across every plan.

WP Engine filed a Second Amended Complaint against Automattic and Matt Mullenweg, bringing six claims back into play.

Google AI Mode introduces a different logic for ranking and rewards content that fits into this new way to discover information.

Internal WordPress conflicts burst into the open, raising questions about authority, burnout, and the long-term health of the project.

Perplexity's Discover pages are praised as an example of programmatic SEO. In fact, they’re something more ambitious in scope.