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FYI: Google starts sending Search Console warnings for back button hijacking: Google today issued Search Console warnings to sites detected hijacking the browser back button, ahead of the June 15, 2026 spam policy enforcement deadline. https://ppc.land/google-starts-sending-search-console-warnings-for-back-button-hijacking/ #Google #SearchConsole #SEO #Webmasters #DigitalMarketing

To all #webmasters who use their service: This may be a quick fix for your #crawler woes. But you're not going to like the future they usher in. Your own #descendents will ask you one day why you ceded the control of this wonderful public resource to the likes of CF.

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🤖🤡 Ah, the irony! A tale of #AI #deflation thwarted by a mere '403 Forbidden'—The Register's own robot overlords can't handle a bit of cheeky traffic. Someone call the webmaster, their sensors need a reboot! 📉🔧
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/overinflated_ai_balloon/ #403Forbidden #Webmasters #RobotOverlords #CheekyTraffic #HackerNews #ngated

Hey, #webmasters ... just so you know.

#Facebook's new-ish "meta-externalagent" #webcrawler, which they document is for stealing data for their Grand Theft Autocomplete (cough #AI cough), is ignoring robots.txt on my websites.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers

Is anyone surprised?

#Meta #LLM #scrape #web #copyright #RobotsTXT

If you have an #SSL certificate issued by #Entrust, you might want to consider changing to a different provider: https://techcentral.co.za/entrust-certificates-chrome-google-cyber1/247744/?utm_source=MastodonAfrica #webmasters