Data Confirms A Surge In WordPress Vulnerabilities
Security researchers confirm an increase in the number and severity of WordPress vulnerabilities
About
I have 25 years hands-on experience in SEO, evolving along with the search engines by keeping up with the latest research, patents and what’s happening in the search results.
Need a consultation? Contact me at roger@martinibuster.com or use the contact form at: Martinibuster.com
I recently presented at Pubcon Vegas in October and March 2024, and over the past 20 years have presented at search conferences across the United States: Pubcon, SMX, Affiliate Summit & SES (Search Engine Strategies) and have served as a Head Judge at the U.S. Search Awards .
Articles
15 Vulnerabilities In 11 Elementor Addons Hit +3M WordPress Sites
11 Elementor Addon Plugins Hit With 15 Vulnerabilities Affect Up To 3 Million WordPress Sites
Google Explains How CWV Is A Ranking Factor But Doesn’t Improve Rankings
Google explains why Core Web Vitals are a ranking factor that you shouldn’t waste much time optimizing for
Elementor WordPress Plugin Hit By 6 Vulnerabilities
+5 million sites affected by swarm of six different vulnerabilities found in Elementor Site Builder WordPress plugin
Google Explains Why Images Are Gone From Some SERPs
Google’s John Mueller answers question about why image thumbnails are disappearing from the search results
WordPress 6.5 Release Derailed By Bugs In New Feature
WordPress 6.5 was postponed due to a disagreement on the best way to implement a new font library
Let’s Be Real: Reddit In Google Search Lacks Credibility
Why stuffing Google Search with Reddit answers negatively impacts the search results
Google Adds A New Product Structured Data Type
Google updated the Product Structured Data documentation to add support for 3D product models on merchant webpages
2M+ WordPress Sites Hit By Essential Addons For Elementor Vulnerability
Up to 2 million sites affected by XSS vulnerability discovered in Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin
Google: About Us & Contact Pages Not Important?
Is it true that having contact and about us pages is important for Google’s assessment of a website?
Rank Math WordPress SEO Plugin Vulnerability Affects +2 Million Sites
Security researchers warn of an XSS vulnerability affecting +2 million websites in the Rank Math SEO plugin
WordPress Astra Theme Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites
Astra WordPress theme issued a security update that appears to mitigate a possible stored XSS vulnerability in +1 million installs
Google Offers Advice For Those Affected By HCU
What steps should website publishers take if their pages have lost rankings due to the Helpful Content Update (HCU)?
Google Testing AI Chat On Developer Pages
Google is beta testing a new AI feature called Side Panel Chat that will be integrated into Google’s developer pages
Google Answers If Different Content Based On Country Affects SEO
Google’s John Mueller answers the question: Does changing content based on a visitor’s country impact SEO?
Google’s Advice For Ranking: Stop Showing
Google’s SearchLiaison offered suggestions on what to focus on if you really want top rankings
AI Spam Sites Beat Google’s March 2024 Spam Update
AI generated spam still enjoy top rankings after escaping Google’s March 2024 spam update in a demoralizing blow against human authored websites
Google On Spammy Backlinks & Negative Impact On Rankings
Google’s John Mueller answered a question about spammy backlinks that were said to negatively impact search rankings
Google Had Discussed Allowing Noindex In Robots.txt
John Mueller revealed that Google had considered respecting the noindex directive in the robots.txt
OpenAI’s Sam Altman On Challenging Google With AI Search
CEO of OpenAI opened up about his vision of what an AI search engine would look like
7 Reasons To Be Skeptical of 25% Search Drop by 2026
These are the reasons to doubt the prediction that AI chatbots will cause a 25% drop in search volume by 2026
How LinkedIn Unlocked A Genius SEO Strategy With AI
This is the genius SEO strategy LinkedIn used for ranking in Google with AI, human experts, and 10 million UGC articles
The Saga Of John Mueller’s Freaky Robots.txt
The weird robots.txt file of Google’s John Mueller’s personal site became an object of curiosity after the site was deindexed
Google Now Says Core Web Vitals Used In Ranking Systems
Google updated their documentation to make it clear that CWV is used in their ranking systems (without explicitly calling them ranking factors)
WordPress Site Builder Addon Allegedly Adds “Backdoor” To Disable Websites
WordPress developers accuse a Bricks Builder add-on plugin of intentionally adding a backdoor that unpublishes entire website
Google’s Algorithm Hates AI Content? How To Make Google Love It
The March 2024 core algorithm update is penalizing AI content. Here’s how to make Google love it instead.
Google’s Website Cache Is Still Available (For Now)
Google’s recent update of its cache documentation highlights that the cache is actually still available
WordPress Announces Bluehost Managed Cloud Hosting
New managed WordPress cloud hosting built on top of Automattic’s WP Cloud infrastructure delivers speed and security with a 100% uptime
Google March 2024 Update: 6 Insights On Manual Actions
Insights from sites receiving manual actions suggests this update may reach historic levels not seen since the Panda & Penguin Updates
Google March 2024 Core Update: 4 Changes To Link Signal
Google’s Core Algorithm update contains 4 changes to the link signals