by Nikka | Aug 4, 2025 | Google
Google has reversed its earlier decision to fully discontinue support for its goo.gl URL shortening service. While the company initially planned to end all functionality, it has now confirmed that certain shortened links will remain active, following user feedback....
by Nikka | Aug 4, 2025 | Google
Google’s Gary Illyes recently confirmed that the company does make use of a system similar to Multi-Vector Retrieval via Fixed-Dimensional Encodings (MUVERA). However, he was less specific when asked about the use of Graph Foundation Models (GFMs). These comments came...
by Nikka | Aug 1, 2025 | Google
Google has resolved a flaw that allowed anonymous users to misuse an official tool to remove any website URL from its search results, posing a serious negative SEO risk. The issue, which had existed since 2023, meant that individuals could exploit the tool to deindex...
by Nikka | Aug 1, 2025 | Google
A security alert has been released regarding the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin, which is currently active on more than 80,000 websites. The issue involves a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw that allows unauthenticated users to inject malicious scripts...
by Nikka | Aug 1, 2025 | Google
A major security issue has been identified in Wix’s Velo (formerly Base44) coding platform, which left applications potentially open to unauthorised access. The flaw, uncovered by cloud security firm Wiz, allowed attackers to bypass normal authentication procedures...
by Nikka | Jul 29, 2025 | Google
Google’s Gary Illyes recently shared insights into how content is technically indexed, highlighting how certain errors can negatively affect a website’s crawl budget. Speaking at the Google Search Central Deep Dive event in Asia—summarised by Kenichi...
by Nikka | Jul 29, 2025 | Google
John Mueller, a prominent figure at Google, has drawn attention to an experiment that explored how effectively ecommerce websites can be navigated by AI agents. These AI agents are designed to browse and shop on behalf of real users, making it increasingly important...
by Nikka | Jul 28, 2025 | Google
Google has confirmed that soft 404 pages still use up your crawl budget, even if they return a 200 OK status code. This means that although the server is saying the page is fine, Google may still treat it as a non-existent or unhelpful page. These types of pages don’t...
by Nikka | Jul 28, 2025 | Google
Gary Illyes from Google recently admitted that the company is still working out how to balance user needs with those of the wider web ecosystem. During the Search Central Live Deep Dive 2025 event, Kenichi Suzuki questioned Illyes on how Google measures the quality...
by Nikka | Jul 22, 2025 | Google
John Mueller from Google recently responded to a query about llms.txt and whether it might be considered duplicate content. He explained that it’s unlikely for llms.txt to be treated as duplicate content, but he also mentioned that there could be valid reasons...
