Google has made a change to how it’s search results are served which will also help to secure it against bots and scrapers. Whether this will have further effect on SEO Tools or if they can use a headless Chrome that uses JavaScript remains an open question at the moment but it’s likely that Google … Read more
A prolific WordPress plugin publisher who has created over three dozen free plugins has released code that other plugin and theme publishers can use to block client’s of Matt Mullenweg’s WordPress.com commercial web hosting platform from using them. What The Plugin & Theme Code Does The plugin was created so that other plugin and theme … Read more
New standards are being developed to extend the Robots Exclusion Protocol and Meta Robots tags, allowing them to block all AI crawlers from using publicly available web content for training purposes. The proposal, drafted by Krishna Madhavan, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft AI, and Fabrice Canel, Principal Product Manager at Microsoft Bing, will make it … Read more
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about malicious bots that impact site performance, offering suggestions every SEO and site owner should know and put into action. Malicious Bots Are An SEO Problem Many SEOs who do site audits commonly overlook security and bot traffic as part of their audits because it’s not widely understood by … Read more
Google officials confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) that there’s no way to block content from appearing in Google Discover, despite the ability to do so for Google News. The conversation was initiated by Lily Ray, who raised concerns about a common challenge where certain content may not be suitable for Google News or Discover but … Read more
In a LinkedIn post, Gary Illyes, an Analyst at Google, reiterated long-standing guidance for website owners: Use the robots.txt file to prevent web crawlers from accessing URLs that trigger actions like adding items to carts or wishlists. Illyes highlighted the common complaint of unnecessary crawler traffic overloading servers, often stemming from search engine bots crawling … Read more
Over the past decade, Instagram has grown exponentially, with more than a billion monthly active users. However, with that increase in users has come an equal rise in fake accounts. According to this report, as of 2019, there were approximately 95 million fake Instagram accounts, representing about 9.5% of the platform’s total user base. With … Read more
In this blog post, Tom discusses the reasons why you might block AI bots. In many cases, this will come down not only to your beliefs about how this technology will evolve but also to the specifics of the business involved. Source link
Headlines: X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk recently announced that users will no longer be able to block followers anymore. He has explained that you cannot block followers to block their posts. However, you can still block their private messages. Elon also announced that a “new and better security and privacy system” is being developed … Read more
Google Search Advocate John Mueller suggests three ways to prevent potentially inaccurate AI chatbot content from being indexed. Website owners should be mindful of potential issues caused by AI chatbots that could impact the visibility and search presence of their websites. Mueller suggests the use of a ‘robotted iframe’, ‘robotted JavaScript file/resource’, or ‘data-nosnippet’ to … Read more
DuckDuckGo responds to recent criticism saying the third-party tracking scripts it blocks will now include scripts from Microsoft. Earlier this year, a security researcher discovered DuckDuckGo’s mobile browser transferring data to Microsoft-owned properties when visiting certain websites. As a company that promises never to track users, DuckDuckGo found itself in trouble when the security researcher … Read more
Have you been facing a lot of problems on Facebook recently? Is someone disturbing you? The immediate thing you can do is open their profile and block them. Does it not sound that easy to you? Well, in reality, it is. In case you are looking for ways regarding how to block someone on Facebook, … Read more
Blocking someone on social media is the very other thing people do every day. Some random stranger is disturbing? BLOCKED Has ex sent a connection request? BLOCKED Any creepy uncle has sent a dirty image? BLOCKED But have you ever thought if you block someone on Snapchat will they know? Whatever the reason is, you’ll … Read more
“I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.” Welcome to 2022. You don’t have to ask people to leave anymore. Because now you can block them – an easy solution to an even easier problem, especially on a platform like LinkedIn, which is strictly meant for professional networking. … Read more
