Google is making significant changes to its AI search features, including placing inline links higher in AI Overviews and testing a new section for official task-related sources. The company is also expanding timely article carousels and testing creator profile links in AI Mode videos. These updates aim to improve user access to relevant information and highlight preferred sources.
WordPress 7.2 Beta 1 has been released, offering significant updates for website creators and developers. Key features include expanded responsive design controls, streamlined navigation management, and faster media uploads. The beta version also introduces new tools for collaboration and enhanced APIs for developers.
Google took the Indexing API approval form and request steps out of its documentation on Oct. 16. Default quotas remain listed, but the pages no longer say how to ask for more or what happens to pending requests.
Jetpack 16.3 adds blocks for VideoPress playlists and Zoom scheduling, conditional logic in Forms and a single Features tab. It also fixes false connection warnings and improves keyboard, screen reader and high-contrast support.
Chrome UX Report now offers experimental Core Web Vitals that count in-app page changes on single-page apps. Most sites will see no change, while SPA-heavy sites tend to score higher, and Search Console will follow once the metrics leave the experimental stage.
Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots can browse, fill in forms and check out for users. They publish no user agent, so robots.txt cannot name them, and analytics may count their visits as real customers.
Jon Henshaw’s Coywolf Pack adds backup, video, SEO and performance modules to EmDash. Its WordPress importer keeps redirects, heading links and category hierarchies that EmDash’s native importer can lose.
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