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Category: WordPress

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Search and Social Update: You Get Four Days to Stop a Stranger Editing Your Google Listing

Google has confirmed you get four days to reject a user suggested edit to your Business Profile before it may publish anyway.…

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Search and Social Update: A WordPress Patch Was Under Attack Within Five Hours

WordPress 7.1.2 fixes a critical unauthenticated flaw, and attackers began probing for it under five hours after the patch went public. Plus…

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Wednesday Brief: Google Is Running a Spam Update Right Now

Google started the August 2026 spam update on Monday and it is still rolling out worldwide. WordPress 7.1 ships today, Instagram will…

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Your Week in Search and Social: 2 to 7 August 2026

Four dated changes landed this week and every one falls inside the next month. Google Ads targets stop being suggestions on 17…

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Search and Social Update: 7 August 2026

WordPress 7.0.3 closes twelve vulnerabilities, including a login screen flaw that needs no password at all. Google Shopping starts printing countdown badges…