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Google Says It’s Okay To Block Some JavaScript Resources With Robots.txt via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's John Mueller said it's okay, within a specific use case, to use robots.txt to hide resources from Googlebot. The post Google Says It’s Okay To Block Some JavaScript Resources With Robots.txt appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

From Physical Store to Livestream: V-Style Partners with SHOPLINE to Create a Meta-Recognized Livestream Shopping Case Study

The livestream ended, yet orders kept pouring in. For the founder of V-Style, what should have been a night worth celebrating turned into an experience of hand-copying orders one by one with colleagues, working busily late into the night. "For anyone doing normal business, hearing an order notification is exciting, but

PageSpeed Insights Scores May Rise After Lighthouse Update via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

A Google Lighthouse update changes how PageSpeed Insights simulates page loads, which can raise lab scores on pages that haven't changed. The post PageSpeed Insights Scores May Rise After Lighthouse Update appeared first on Search Engine Jo

NY Times Accuses Brave Of Scraping And Exploiting Content via @sejournal, @martinibuster

New York Times lawsuit accuses Brave of selling access to paywalled content to AI companies and depriving publishers of ad income. The post NY Times Accuses Brave Of Scraping And Exploiting Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

How The Athletic Gets More Clicks With One Simple Trick

Clickability isn’t just headlines and images. Showing readers which articles other readers are talking about is a distribution lever most publishers ignore. The post How The Athletic Gets More Clicks With One Simple Trick appeared first on

HTML vs. XML Sitemaps for Ecommerce

Both sitemaps help search engines, but neither replaces a fast, well-structured, and well-interlinked website. The post HTML vs. XML Sitemaps for Ecommerce appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

How To Run A Full-Funnel Ecommerce Account Through BFCM Week via @sejournal, @tonyadam

Build demand before BFCM, give Google room to capture peak sales, and turn holiday visitors into December buyers with a phased ad strategy. The post How To Run A Full-Funnel Ecommerce Account Through BFCM Week appeared first on Search Engin

Pick one from each, pay one price: Introducing Set-Price Combos

With Set-Price Combos, BigCommerce merchants can sell mix-and-match deals shoppers understand and love. Offer one item from each of up to five groups for one set price, without building a product for every combination.

Bulk Coupon Management: Create Codes or Bring Your Own

Hackers Hijacked DebugBear’s DNS To Serve Malicious JavaScript via @sejournal, @vahandev

DebugBear told customers to remove its Core Web Vitals monitoring script. Site owners should also check exposed accounts and unauthorized changes. The post Hackers Hijacked DebugBear’s DNS To Serve Malicious JavaScript appeared first on Sea

Discord To Put Public Chats On Pages Search Engines Can Show via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Discord's most public servers will each have a web page that may carry AI summaries and some messages search engines can show. The post Discord To Put Public Chats On Pages Search Engines Can Show appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

The Link Building Graveyard: What To Bury & What Still Wins via @sejournal, @hethr_campbell

Resolve's Michael Johnson outlined a keep-or-cut approach to link building, from qualifying publishers and earning roundup placements to creating linkable assets and a 90-day execution plan. The post The Link Building Graveyard: What To Bur

I Built a Voice Bot for Customer Calls

Customer phone support has been a burden for Beardbrand. The solution is synthetic voices from AI agents. The post I Built a Voice Bot for Customer Calls appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

What Search Console Can Still Tell You When Indexing Data Lags via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Search Console's Page indexing report has fallen behind before. Here's what Google has said and what each remaining check can show while the data lags. The post What Search Console Can Still Tell You When Indexing Data Lags appeared first o

Google’s Q3 Earnings Call Casts Shadow Over Classic Search via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google's Q3 earnings call outlined a vision in which traditional Search may no longer be the central experience. The post Google’s Q3 Earnings Call Casts Shadow Over Classic Search appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Multi-Store Payment Management: Disputes and Reconciliation

Q4 stocking and promotion season is close, and for sellers running dozens of stores, the pressure lands on the back office as much as on the storefront. Orders surge, disputes pile up, and balances sit in several currencies at once. Multi-s

Stripe on Stripe: What we learned moving $1B in vendor payments to Global Payouts

In early 2026, we began moving our vendor payments to Global Payouts, Stripe’s product for paying recipients in 160+ countries. New-market setup fell from six weeks to one, with a 99.9% payout success rate. Here’s what we learned.

Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report 2026 Q3: More swarms, fewer giants

First-party website, automation, AI or security update. Review the original deployment requirements.

HubSpot Lost 80% Of Its Traffic – CMO Kipp Bodnar Explains Why Revenue Kept Growing via @sejournal, @gregjarboe

HubSpot's traffic collapse shows why SEOs need to measure revenue per visit, track AI referral conversions, and build audiences beyond Google. The post HubSpot Lost 80% Of Its Traffic – CMO Kipp Bodnar Explains Why Revenue Kept Growing appe

Google Recommends Using Custom 404 Error Pages via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google says missing pages aren't a ranking threat, but what visitors encounter after a 404 can matter to a business. The post Google Recommends Using Custom 404 Error Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Launch a Second Online Store: Multi-Store Management Guide

Your product lineup already sells, and now you want a second ecommerce store for a new country. The same questions tend to show up on day one:

Commerce Named a Challenger in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Report for Seventh Consecutive Year

WordPress Announces Another Security Release: Version 7.1.4 via @sejournal, @martinibuster

WordPress announced security release version 7.1.4 that fixes 22 vulnerabilities, including one that affects its updater. The post WordPress Announces Another Security Release: Version 7.1.4 appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Google Lets Restaurants Directly Opt Out Of Ordering Providers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Restaurants can now turn off specific third-party ordering providers in the Business Profile dashboard instead of waiting on each provider to remove them. The post Google Lets Restaurants Directly Opt Out Of Ordering Providers appeared firs