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Google On Protecting Anchor Text Signal From Spam Site Influence
Google explains one way it maintains the quality of their anchor text signals
Ray Kurzweil Rebuts Calls To Pause AI Research
Ray Kurzweil explains why there should be no pause in AI development
Leaked Google Memo Admits Defeat By Open Source AI
Leaked Google memo acknowledges looming defeat at the hands of open source AI and suggests a surprising way to restore dominance
Google Issues Statement About Support for Cross-Domain Canonicals
Google clears the air about their support for the canonical link element
Mozilla Acquires AI Product Review Analyzer Company
Mozilla acquires AI-based product review analyzer, Fakespot. Intends to integrate it into Firefox browser
Google Updates Guidance on Cross-Domain Canonicals
Google changed their guidance on the use of cross-domain canonicals for syndicated content
Google Announces 8 New Top Level Domains Including One For Lawyers
Google announces new Top Level Domains including ones that have value for law firms and dads
WordPress Explores AI Integration
WordPress opens discussion on possible roles for artificial intelligence
Chrome HTTPS Lock Icon Is Going Away
The Chrome lock icon is scheduled to be replaced by another one that is less (unintentionally) misleading
WordPress Vulnerability Hits +1 Million Using Header & Footer Plugin
Vulnerability discovered in WPCode – Insert Headers & Footers WordPress plugin – Second one this year
Jetpack for WordPress: End of Twitter Auto-Sharing
Jetpack WordPress plugin joins a growing list of social sharing apps and services that are leaving Twitter
New ChatGPT Plugins Enable Internet Browsing And Other Features
OpenAI ChatGPT can now access the Internet with new plugin functionality
Google On Ideal Number Of Products On A Page In Context of Ranking
Google’s John Mueller answers question about how many products on a page is best for ranking purposes
What Is HuggingChat By Hugging Face?
Hugging Face releases an open source ChatGPT clone trained with similar methodologies used by OpenAI
WordPress Has Done It: Performance Improvements Take Off
WordPress has initiated one of the most consequential changes to how each version is developed, resulting in significant performance improvements
April 2023 Reviews Update Is Officially Over
Google’s April 2023 Reviews Update is finished rolling out. This is what we know
Google Updates Googlebot Verification Documentation
Google updated the Googlebot verification documentation to add guidance about IPs from GoogleUserContent.com
Key Management Leader At Yoast SEO Steps Down
Yoast SEO transitions to new leadership following 2021 acquisition by Newfold Digital
Google Announces Internal Shakeup To Create Google DeepMind
Google creates a more powerful unit called Google DeepMind to accelerate the progress of AI innovation
Are ChatGPT, Bard and Dolly 2.0 Trained On Pirated Content?
Are ChatGPT, Bard and Dolly 2.0 trained on pirated books and is that even legal?
What is Auto-GPT And Is Now The Time To Freak Out About AI?
Auto-GPT is a new technology that leverages ChatGPT and GPT-4 to independently complete tasks by creating its own prompts
Google Updates Product Structured Data Documentation
Google updated the documentation for the product structured data to now include product returns policy markup
Google Reduces What Triggers Video Thumbnails In The SERPs
Google’s updated guidance announces they changed what will trigger video thumbnails to appear in the SERPs
Open Source Language Model Named Dolly 2.0 Trained Similarly To ChatGPT
Dolly 2.0: World’s first open source instruction-tuned language model trained using method similar InstructGPT, which underlies ChatGPT
Google April 2023 Reviews Update Focuses Heavily On Experience
Signals of experience play a strong role in Google’s April 2023 Reviews System update
Google’s Webspam Report Explains Role Of SpamBrain
Google’s annual webspam report highlights the incredible advances SpamBrain has made over the past year
Google’s John Mueller On Links From News Sites
Google’s John Mueller offers his insights into how Google handles links from news sites
WordPress Security Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites
Two security vulnerabilities affect the popular All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress plugin
New Adobe PDF WordPress Plugin Radically Improves User Experience
Adobe PDF Embed WordPress plugin finally makes PDF files easy to use on websites