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NotificationX WordPress WooCommerce Plugin Vulnerabilities Impact 40k Sites via @sejournal, @martinibuster
A WordPress and WooCommerce plugin vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. The post NotificationX WordPress WooCommerce Plugin Vulnerabilities Impact 40k Sites appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works via @sejournal, @martinibuster
Interview with Perplexity AI offers insights into what makes AI answer engines different from regular search The post Perplexity AI Interview Explains How AI Search Works appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
OpenAI Search Crawler Passes 55% Coverage In Hostinger Study via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Hostinger analyzed 66.7B bot requests across 5M+ hosted sites and found AI training crawlers are blocked more often, while OpenAI’s search bot expands. The post OpenAI Search Crawler Passes 55% Coverage In Hostinger Study appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Case Study: How Entity Linking Can Support Local Search Success via @sejournal, @marthavanberkel
Understand why entity linking is becoming a strategic requirement for local SEO in AI search environments. The post Case Study: How Entity Linking Can Support Local Search Success appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
The Great Decoupling via @sejournal, @Kevin_Indig
AI search broke the link between traffic and revenue. This piece explains how SEO creates demand without page views. The post The Great Decoupling appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Why Loop Marketing matters in 2026, according to our State of Marketing report
HubSpot’s latest State of Marketing data shows that 65% of companies exceeded their goals last year, and 93.7% improved lead quality. Should the industry celebrate and prepare for a relaxed 2026? Barely. The current state of marketing mirrors what happens to an Olympic athlete who hits a personal best — the reward is a higher bar. Coaches expect more. Training intensifies. When everything goes well, expectations and performance pressure keep rising. So marketing teams succeed, but they succeed inside systems that demand speed, iteration, and tight data feedback cycles. All of this makes Loop Marketing more relevant than ever heading […]
Why Agentic AI May Flatten Brand Differentiators via @sejournal, @martinibuster
The co-lead of the WordPress AI Team says some sites face a “more complex” future as brand differentiation gets flattened. The post Why Agentic AI May Flatten Brand Differentiators appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Data Shows AI Overviews Disappears On Certain Kinds Of Finance Queries via @sejournal, @martinibuster
New data from BrightEdge shows which kinds of finance-related queries trigger AI answers and which kinds do not The post Data Shows AI Overviews Disappears On Certain Kinds Of Finance Queries appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How Much Of Your Paid Media Budget Should Be Allocated To Upper Funnel?
Learn how to balance upper and lower-funnel budgets across paid search and social, backed by research, frameworks, and practical strategies to drive long-term growth. The post How Much Of Your Paid Media Budget Should Be Allocated To Upper Funnel? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
How To Analyze Google Discover
Why Discover success depends on outperforming expected early performance, and how entities, headlines, and images shape long-term credibility. The post How To Analyze Google Discover appeared first on Search Engine Journal.