6 Reasons Why Cloudflare’s EmDash Can’t Compete With WordPress ● It's a promising preview of a CMS of the future. ● Solves the plugin safety issue. ● It is an early developer Beta release. ● Future versions may challenge WP, but not this one. www.searchenginejournal.com/6-reasons-wh...

The release of WordPress 7.0 has been delayed past April 9, 2026, to ensure stability. The final launch now expected to move into late April or May 2026. www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-de...

An analysis of Microsoft's Guide to Winning in AI Search. www.searchenginejournal.com/a-breakdown-...

Google's new User Intent Extraction research shows the direction they're taking for the next generation of on-device AI. 👉It takes screenshots of user actions, 👉Summarizes them 👉Then another on-device model generates the user's intent. www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-...

😺👉AI search recommends sites that are mentioned by other sites. This is how to get high quality brand mentions. www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-culti...

OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT's collaboration features to all users across every plan. www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-relea...

There's little here for defendants Automattic and Mullenweg to celebrate. WP Engine refiled six of the previously dismissed counts against Automattic and put them back into play. #wordpress @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/wp-engine-vs...

Here's my deep dive into how Google's AI Mode ranks websites. The article shows how to reconstruct the hidden fan-out queries and explains how that subtly changes the meaning of topical relevance. www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ai-m...

Messy internal WordPress dispute raises concerns about core contributor burnout and leadership. www.searchenginejournal.com/internal-wor...

Perplexity's Discover pages are praised as an example of programmatic SEO. They're actually something more ambitious, a swing for the fences. www.searchenginejournal.com/perplexitys-...

Researchers tested Sergey Brin's advice about unconventional prompting strategies like threatening the AI and found they sometimes work. Brin said in May: "I don't really expect it to work. And then you're like, whoa, that actually worked." www.searchenginejournal.com/researchers-...

Kind of controversial? But maybe shouldn't be? www.searchenginejournal.com/why-its-okay...

OpenAI's ChatGPT agent marks a change in direction in how users interact with web pages and complete transactions. This could be the most consequential change to online interactions since the introduction of mobile browsing. www.searchenginejournal.com/openai-chatg...

Google's new Graph Foundation Model breaks new ground in machine learning precision, with up to a 40x boost in precision in identifying spam in ads. It can operate at Google scale and is applicable to a wide range of tasks within Google. www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-...

Internet Marketing Ninjas has been acquired! www.searchenginejournal.com/internet-mar...

How to engage users to increase AI search visibility with a clever social sharing button technique. www.searchenginejournal.com/how-to-use-n...

Google's trust ranking patent shows how Google adopts user behavior as the basis for identifying trustworthy sites. Understanding this patent helps for achieving a better understanding of Google's ranking system priorities. www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-trus...

Google published details about a new algorithm that's one of those milestone announcements. All upsides and wins, no downsides. It also integrates with existing infrastructure. www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-new-...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin says AI is transforming search from link retrieval to answer synthesis from thousands of results & conducting follow-up research. This shift is changing how people interact with information online. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-serg...

Flashback Friday! I met Sergey Brin at the 2005 Google Zeitgeist event. The friend who took the photo accidentally changed a camera setting, distorting the image.

Thought @martinibuster.bsky.social was messing around when he said he "felt an article brewing" about a post I did on why referral traffic is a 2x-vulnerability Woke up to this from @sejournal.bsky.social Completely 100% agree, become a destination! www.searchenginejournal.com/how-referral...

Perfect description of how to write content for LLMs and search engines. The finest article on the topic to date, imo. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/how-llms-int...

Researchers tested AI agents by Anthropic, Google and OpenAI for what influenced their recommendations. 👉 Gemini applied filters extensively 👉 GPT-4o rarely used filters 👉 Claude was in the middle Banner ads were clicked most but text ads worked best. www.searchenginejournal.com/marketing-to...

Drop what you're doing and read THIS. Pivotal moment. Shopify's CEO published an internal memo that's a slap in the face wake up that AI has to not only be deployed into your workflow but also envisioned as part of your end user's interactions as well. www.searchenginejournal.com/shopify-memo...

Great info shared at Google Search Central Live NYC about how AI Overviews chooses links. www.searchenginejournal.com/google-searc...

Google + Vibe Coding = Exponential Change A recent message from Google's co-founder Sergey Brin suggests that vibe coding may soon influence DeepMind AI development and possibly algorithms that affect #SEO @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/why-google-m...

Does Google use compression ratio as a quality signal or is it an SEO myth? The bottom line is that the average website does not have to worry about compression ratios. www.searchenginejournal.com/is-googles-u...

Leaked Slack chat shows Matt Mullenweg considering delaying WordPress releases until late 2027, citing reduced corporate contributions @sejournal.bsky.social #wordpress www.searchenginejournal.com/mullenweg-co...

Awkward Q&A at WordCamp Asia. 1. Mullenweg couldn't answer what WordPress will look like in 5 years. Apparently no plan other than the WP roadmap. 2. Attendee said WordPress is hard to use. Asked Mullenweg's advice for convincing people to use it. www.searchenginejournal.com/wordcamp-asi...

🐱WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg expects the WP Engine dispute to be resolved within months and then forgotten. Says people are making it a bigger deal than it really is. @sejournal.bsky.social #WordPress www.searchenginejournal.com/matt-mullenw...

Check out the SEJ SEO Rewind! We talk about AI Integration in Search and what it means for SEO in 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDwc...

Google's requiring JavaScript on Search which they're using to block scrapers, which includes SEO tools. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/confirmed-go...

Court filing challenges Matt Mullenweg's control over WordPress, proposing a Governance Oversight Board. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/mullenwegs-g...

New filing in WP Engine Lawsuit challenges Mullenweg's control over WordPress with a proposed Governance Oversight Board. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/mullenwegs-g...

Automattic paints itself as the victim and points a finger at the WordPress community to justify minimizing resources. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/automattic-t...

Insights from @martinibuster.bsky.social on @sejournal.bsky.social : Sundar Pichai sees Google Search evolving beyond the box by 2025 with AI-driven interactions like voice & images. A must-read for marketers preparing for this shift! Article here: https://bit.ly/41WHDTo #AI #SearchMarketing

You NEED to read this: 👇 Googlers discuss if AI has put SEO on a 'dying path,' but do their views match the actual experience of SEOs and publishers? www.searchenginejournal.com/google-says-...

Google's CEO outlines an AI strategy for 2025 that effectively implies a de-emphasis of Google's traditional Search Box in favor of Gemini and other AI apps. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ceo-d...

Major outage hits ChatGPT and the API. Sora is only partially affected. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/major-outage...

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Joost De Valk calls for leadership change. Mullenweg says no but it may be too late. The momentum for change is picking up. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/yoast-co-fou...

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A frank examination of today's SEO practices with 5 key takeaways. Don't start the new year without reading this first. @sejournal.bsky.social www.searchenginejournal.com/cut-the-mala...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt: "With a computer, it'll do exactly what you say. And the gains in computer programming from the AI systems are frightening..." www.searchenginejournal.com/googles-ex-c...

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's comments reflect the direction AI is heading in the near future. SEOs should pay attention. via @martinibuster.bsky.social #seonews #Google

THIS is the big takeaway: Google's CEO struggles to articulate how Google cares for the web content ecosystem. Cites how YouTube benefits big corporate interests instead. Out of touch?🤖 www.searchenginejournal.com/google-ceo-s...

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