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Tips this week include:
• Fixing up older sites
• Clearing out a ton of plugins
• Cleaning out orphaned files, folders and database tables
• Properly securing everything
• Create by Mediavine had a major security issue
• WordPress 6.5 is rolling out – but don’t update yet
• New borders & Shadow styling for Blocks
• Check your URLs for query strings
• ADA and UX workshop in the DIY SEO course this week
• Why Accessibility is so important – notes from DECODE conference
• Testing INP
• New Cloudflare speed tests
• New AVIF image speed tests
• AI coding that scares the poo out of me

Tips this week include:
• Looker Studio Update
• WordPress 6.5 testing begins
• Updates with Cloudflare and Let’s Encrypt
• Core Web Vitals workshop is this week
• The real reason for the new INP metric
• An update on Google’s big March Core Update
• 5 thing you need to know about the March Core Update
• Did John Mueller’s site really get deindexed?
• Mediavine launches Journey to run ads on smaller traffic sites
• The confusion around Grow and Grow.me
• The confusion around Hubbub and Grow
• Grow and Journey
• My take on putting ads on your site now
• Why not to monetize too early
• Where the real money is these days
• Why to do your own thing
• Brand deals on the Clara app
• The De{CODE} conference is this week

Tips this week include:
• The benefit of focusing on one site
• Why multiple streams of income are good
• WordPress 6.5 Release Candidates are rolling out
• The Decode conference is all about AI in WP this year
• INP launches in Core Web Vitals today
• The problem with INP
• Why INP is not a ranking factor
• Ranking Factors Workshop Part 2 is this week
• Update on Google’s huge March core update
• Review of AI in the Link Whisper plugin

Tips this week include:
• Removing Spectra is a pain
• Update on Looker Studio
• New plugin tutorial for Change Last Modified Date
• New Cloudflare settings tutorial
• What a consultation client shared that just made my day
• Ranking Factors workshop this week
• Google claims their search has improved – in court
• Automattic to sell user data for AI training
• AI is all about who gets paid
• Are you making money with AI yet?