Presslabs introduces AI-enhanced search for WordPress The upgraded ElasticSearch add-on delivers faster, more relevant results—boosting engagement and smarter content discovery. Fully managed by Presslabs engineers with minimal effort from clients. presslabs.com/news/ai-powere…

Grow your Pinterest traffic, diversify your traffic sources. Great job Mel.

What would you like to get from WordPress Santa 🎅? What would be the perfect gift?

I’ve been doing SEO for 22 years and have driven well over 1 billion visitors organically (no joke). Last year alone I drove an extra 1 billion pageviews to CNN Brazil through organic (not visitors but pageviews). And there are 4 things that people tend to take for granted. These 4 things aren’t really your traditional SEO advice, but they have a nice impact on organic traffic. 1. Brand queries – this is how many people are typing in your website's name into Google. The higher this number the better. As brand queries increase we have seen organic search traffic from other keywords increase. Search engines also use this as a signal. As they know popular brands are less likely to put out fake information or crap content. It also plays into E-E-A-T. 2. Updating content – have you noticed that Wikipedia ranks for everything? It’s because their content is continually updated. Just imagine this... you perform a search. Would you rather see a result from something that is 3 years old or 3 weeks old? Chances are the result that is newer probably will provide you with more relevant information. 3. Trends – we all know that riding the wave of trends is huge. News sites do this, but most companies don’t. Companies understand the value of trends, but again, most of them just don’t use them (not sure why). If you use tools like Answer The Public and Exploding Topics you’ll be able to find more trends within your industry. Create content around these trends. It helps drive a lot of traffic. 4. Emails – yes everyone knows an email list can make you a lot of money. But how focused are you on collecting emails from your visitor base? How often do you promote your new content through your email list? I’m not talking about promoting stuff you are selling, but instead just emailing out new content that you have published. This causes people to come back, helps you build a better brand, you’ll get more backlinks over time, and find that your rankings climb faster. Now if you only focus on the above 4 things and you ignore SEO basics, you won’t see the results you want. But if you combine the above 4 with SEO basics, your organic traffic should start climbing faster.

The New WordPress 6.4 contains over 100 performance improvements, making this version one of the most important updates so far dlvr.it/SxhQQM

“I think good performance should be a default for every hosting company, and good companies shouldn’t be afraid of bad results – if they actually plan on improving their services” @kevinohashi @ReviewSignal via @wptavern

We went from not a single client website hacked in nearly a decade to 8 hacked in the span of 3 weeks. All (except one) were regularly updated and maintained on a respected managed WP host. Is it just us, or are things really bad in #WordPress land right now?

If you are using Elementor on your WordPress sites, make sure you are on 3.11.7 arstechnica.com/information-…

We just launched new managed WP hosting plans, featuring the same superlative speed and security we’ve always offered. But now, Presslabs plans are more affordable and accessible than ever. Check them out presslabs.com/pricing/

What many don’t realize is, on the other side of a ChatGPT session is a $150k server that costs ~$16/hr. The server goes 24hrs/day and can time slice efficiently. But the economics of scale aren’t that different from a human. AI won’t be free like search was, at least not for awhile. We’re just beginning to understand the economics and viable business models. First technology innovation, then the business innovation.

ChatGPT wrote a working WordPress plugin for me today on the first try. Custom menu item, custom admin screen, saving a custom options value, validating the field before saving ... Holy hell.

U.S. Government advisory warns of CSRF vulnerability in WordPress plugin Shortcodes Ultimate which is used by over 700,000 websites via @martinibuster: searchenginejournal.com/word… #WordPress @WordPress #SEO

"Our goal is to remove technical burdens from the shoulders of our customers." Recent interview with @CyberNews by @PetreDobrescu cybernews.com/security/pedro… #WordPress #CyberSecurity #Hosting

Yoast SEO Plugin releases a new update to fix a fatal error caused by a conflict with certain other plugins via @martinibuster, @yoast,@wordpress,@jdevalk: searchenginejournal.com/yoas… #SEO

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👉 Today, we are very excited to share with you what's new in Presslabs Dashboard 1.7. 🙌 👉 Don't miss the latest features and UI enhancements designed to make our customers' lives more comfortable. presslabs.com/news/whats-new…