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Google Top Stories Preferred Sources Graduates Labs

Google has blog.google/products/search/preferred-sources”>launched the Preferred Sources top stories feature fully in the US and India, after testing it in Search Labs for a bit over six weeks. As I said then, this is a nice feature for publishers and hopefully will lead to more traffic from Google Search for some. For example, you can add…

Vulnerability In 3 WordPress File Plugins Affects 1.3 Million Sites

Vulnerability In 3 WordPress File Plugins Affects 1.3 Million Sites

An advisory was issued for three WordPress file management plugins that are affected by a vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers delete arbitrary files. The three plugins are installed in over 1.3 million websites. Outdated Version Of elFinder The vulnerability is caused by outdated versions of the elFinder file manager, specifically versions 2.1.64 and earlier. These…

How 8 Companies Are Evolving Their SEO Strategies

How 8 Companies Are Evolving Their SEO Strategies

First, we had “blog/the-great-decoupling/”>the great decoupling”, now we’re seeing “the great diversification”. Brands are overhauling their strategies since losing clicks to Google.  You’ve probably heard that Google’s AI search features are tanking organic traffic. In April, we reported that click-through rates dropped by 35% across 300,000 keywords. Now, a Pew Research study has revealed that…

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How to Double Monthly Traffic Within 6 Months [eCommerce 2025 Case Study]

Do you have an eCommerce website with hundreds of category pages and thousands of product pages? Learn how to grow your organic Google traffic in this follow along case study. I’ll guide you step-by-step so you can learn the same tactics that my team at The Search Initiative used to double our client’s organic traffic…