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Crawling, indexing, rendering, canonicals, redirects, robots controls, site migrations, and technical diagnosis.
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SEOPress 10.3 adds a built-in MCP server with 18 read-only and nine write-capable tools. A live upgrade check confirms that installing the release does not expose a site until its owner enables the endpoint.
WordPress 7.1.2 patches CVE-2026-87902, a critical local file inclusion issue that can lead to code execution under specific theme and server conditions.
Google clarified that text inserted with the CSS content property sits outside the DOM and may not be indexed, so meaningful copy belongs in semantic HTML.
Use isolated Worker branch previews to catch canonical, robots, redirect, schema and rendered-content failures before production.
Configure Browser Run hostname guardrails and use Session Recording logs, network HAR and final DOM to explain blocked dependencies.
Several site owners reported sudden zeroes in Bing Webmaster data after August 31. No official incident was found, so diagnosis must separate five possible failure paths.
Google Search profiles can gather a publisher’s articles, videos and social posts and add a follow action. Initial eligibility and control remain limited.
Google’s August 2026 spam update ran globally from August 18 to August 21. A traffic change in that window is a clue, not a diagnosis.
A decision matrix for Google regional search features, now including local-business queries in EEA aggregator and supplier units.
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