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Tips this week include:

• What’s New in WordPress 6.4 – rolling out today
• Helpful Content Update Workshop on Thursday, Nov 9
• Why the order of SEO changes matters
• Identifying issues in Search Console
• A recap of the do-it-all AI plugin we reviewed live last week
• The impact of the AI Executive Order on WordPress and Apps

Boo y’all. Happy Halloween to those who celebrate. Tips this week include:

Tips this week include:
• WordPress 6.4 RC2 is out and my testing has begun
• MailerLite migration update – new tutorials will be released soon
• Multiple Cloudflare tutorials updated
• Recent DDoS attack is 300% bigger than any in history
• Is your content helpful?
• Google October Core Update just finished – and its impact
• New Helpful Content Workshop coming – public invited
• GTMetrix updates to current Google Standards
• Why PageSpeed Insights is a joke
• Kinsta offers free hosting for static sites – and why I wouldn’t touch it
• AI Engine – WP plugin – my first look

Tips this week include:
• A look behind the scenes of a week at BlogAid
• Bad bot investigations
• New Cloudflare settings
• New MailerLite Migration service coming soon
• When to get help with DNS record changes
• Why you need to get a solid SEO foundation first
• How I make money answering questions
• Do you need a new site or a rebrand or something else?
• How much time it takes to read the site-related news
• What’s up with the big HTTP2 Rapid Reset vulnerability
• Why you need to get serious about protecting your Facebook account
• Will Google succeed in replacing passwords with passkeys?
• A guide to the Helpful Content Update
• My advice about SEO tips right now
• APIs are not as secure as we thought
• Why we need to close WP REST API endpoints
• Update on my AI plugins testing
• The reason you have to pay for AI
• The all in one AI plugins I’m testing
• 2 kinds of resource usage with AI plugins
• Trading convenience for security and hosting costs

Tips this week include:
• Tips Tuesday Plus in now LIVE!
• AI plugin testing site is ready
• Where I sourced AI plugins to test – TT+ bonus
• Popular plugins I’ll be testing first – TT+ bonus
• Kadence Amplify Summit on Oct 20 has great tips beyond the theme
• Which AI bots to block or not
• Universal Analytics is still closing
• Google broad core update is rolling out
• Social media referral traffic is way down
• What to do about declining social traffic – TT+ bonus
• No more free Gmail accounts on SMTP
• Why some hosts don’t want to offer email services anymore
• The SMTP plugin me and my clients use – TT+ bonus
• Google requires verification for free Gmail bulk sends
• Where to get real email service and setup help

Tips this week include:
• Tips Tuesday Plus subscriptions are available
• AI powered plugins and themes are here
• Kadence is going all in on AI
• We’re not early to AI anymore
• Why isn’t anyone paying attention to AI security?
• Developers will soon become whole-site AI agent builders
• The new snake oil salesman are coming – what to watch out for
• WP 6.4 Beta 1 is out
• Where the exclusive WP updates are moving to
• Plugin devs still upset with WP.com
• How to find and whitelist your IP address in Cloudflare – updated tutorial
• Is your search traffic up or down lately? See where not to check for problems
• Bing’s bad choice to block its bot
• Bing acts like Google doesn’t exist
• Should you block the Bard bot?
• What you should be blocking instead of AI bots
• It’s too easy for bots to break through paywalls now
• Live session with DIY SEO course members this week
• New AI-powered SEO agency bot that we will be blocking and why