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Security researchers issued an advisory regarding the popular WordPress plugin Essential Addons For Elementor that was discovered to contain a Cross-Site Scripting storage vulnerability affecting more than 2 million websites. Flaws in two different widgets that are part of the plugin are responsible for the vulnerabilities. Two widgets that lead to vulnerabilities Countdown Widget Woo Product Carousel Widget Essential plugins for Elementor Essential Addons is a plugin that extends the popular WordPress page builder Elementor….

The rise of AI has been on a fast track lately, with no sign of slowing down anytime soon. Although artificial intelligence is not a new concept, generative AI in particular had a major breakthrough last year. In fact, 80% of Fortune 500 companies adopted ChatGPT by 2023. From search engines and social networks to advertising platforms and productivity software, generative AI is already embedded in many aspects of our work lives. So, if you’re…

The Google Search Link responded to a series of posts on Twitter, prompting it to ask SEOs to stop trying to “show things to Google”, explaining that the process of doing things on your site to rank -get better at Google is the opposite of Google’s advice. giving Instead, show your users/visitors things that those people will like. The whole series of posts and replies is kind of sad. I mean, Google has been saying…

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is showing AI-generated summaries of results for some searches as part of its Search Generative Experience (SGE). This feature was previously optional, but is now being tested on a limited group of US users without registration. Google is testing a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to generate summary results for Google search results, somewhat bypassing the traditional list of links. Google last year announced the Search Generative…

A couple of weeks ago, Google’s Gary Illyes and Lizzi Sassman had Dave Smart as a guest on the Search Off The Record podcast and they he was talking about crawling. In one part, they again said that the quality of your site can affect how quickly and how much Google will crawl your website. It’s a topic we covered many times, so I decided not to bring it up again. So yes, Google will…

The Rank Math SEO plugin with over 2 million users recently patched a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to upload malicious scripts and launch attacks. Rank Math SEO Plugin Rank Math is a popular SEO plugin that is installed on over 2 million websites. It has an amazing array of features ranging from keyword tracking, Schema.org structured data integration, Google Search Console and Analytics integration, a redirect manager and other features that make the…

This is not good! Click here! Google’s AI-powered search feature takes platform users straight to malware-laden spam sites. By BleepingComputerthe problem was first spotted by search engine optimization (SEO) expert Lily Ray, who took to X-formerly Twitter last week to show that Google’s AI-powered generative search experience (SGE), which generates web content and regurgitates it into paraphrased snippets, had returned numerous pages of spam in response to the query “pitbull puppy for sale on craigslist”…

One of the world’s most popular WordPress themes quietly fixed a security vulnerability over the weekend that security researchers say appears to have patched a stored XSS vulnerability. the officer Astra changelog offered this explanation of the security release: “Enhanced Security: Our code base has been strengthened to further protect your website.” Its changelog, which documents the changes to the code included in each update, does not provide any information about what the vulnerability was…

In a recent public service announcement on Twitter, YouTube product manager for homepage and recommendation Todd Beaupre warned content creators against arbitrarily removing videos from their channels. YouTubers: Don’t delete videos unless you have a very, very good reason. When you delete a video, you remove your channel’s connection to the audience that watched it. If you want to maximize your growth, keep your videos public or unlist them if necessary. — Todd B. (@hitsman)…

The EU announced investigations into Google, Meta and Apple for potential violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). If any of the tech giants are found in breach of the DMA, each could face fines of up to 10% of their annual turnover. What is the Digital Markets Act (DMA)? The DMA is a new law designed to ensure that large online platforms, called “gatekeepers”, behave fairly online to create a fair and open environment…