Jan 21, 2026 | Design, General Business, SEO, Social Media
A vulnerability in an ACF addon plugin installed in 100k websites enables unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges. The post WordPress Advanced Custom Fields Extended Plugin Vulnerability appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Jan 21, 2026 | Design, General Business, SEO, Social Media
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...
Jan 21, 2026 | Design, General Business, SEO, Social Media
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.
Jan 21, 2026 | Design, General Business, SEO, Social Media
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.
Jan 20, 2026 | Design, General Business, SEO, Social Media
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.
Jan 20, 2026 | Design, General Business, SEO, Social Media
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.
