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Tips Tuesday – SEO Rank Tracking, Video SEO, Hack Attacks, Gutenberg Speed

February 2, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Tips this week include:
• DIY SEO Workshop for Tracking SEO Performance is this week
• The Video SEO course creation is underway
• BlogAid’s phoenix journey and the big changes I’m making and why
• What hosts have to do to protect against sophisticated hack attacks and how it impacts speed
• ModSecurity is blocking certain words
• More Full Site Editing features are coming in WP 5.7
• The plan for Full Site Editing to be a reality by the WP 5.8 release
• Why WP had to draw a line in the sand with plugins controlling their own updates
• Mediavine’s take on Web Stories
• How Gutenberg’s faster performance is eroding page builder dominance
• Where to get real-world, up-to-date tutorials for Gutenberg

Tips Tuesday – Too Many Redirects, Speed Plugin Tests, DIY SEO Live Workshops

January 26, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Tips this week include:
• Internet errors for “too many redirects” happening widely
• An update on the random 403 forbidden errors some are seeing
• New features in the WP Recipe Maker 7.0 update
• Google improves the Index Coverage report for more accurate crawl data and errors
• How to get amazing blog post ideas
• My Sage Age book site has been totally revamped on Astra
• BlogAid is now even faster and why I’m still making improvements
• Why I’m running an informal caching optimization plugin case study
• Improvements I submitted to the devs of the Grow Social plugin
• DIY SEO live workshops begin this Thursday
• An SEO spelling experiment I’ll be running

Tips Tuesday – 403 Forbidden Error, Astra 3.0, DIY SEO Quick Start

January 19, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Tips this week include:
• New rewrite rule in WordPress 5.6
• Why some folks are getting random 403 Forbidden error messages
• Why you need to get super duper serious about your passwords
• What’s so funny about Google finally crawling our sites using HTTP/2
• My advice about updating to Astra 3.0
• YouTube launches product tags and what this means for affiliate marketers
• Why you need to check and change your Follow settings for the BlogAid Facebook page
• Big changes to my site audit and migration request forms turning into applications
• DIY SEO Quick Start Challenge has begun just ahead of our live workshops

Random 403 Forbidden Error

January 18, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Discover the causes and fixes for random 403 errors on your site.

Tips Tuesday – SEO Content Silo, Edits in Preview Fix, Schema Markup Workshop

January 12, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Tips this week include:
• Why you need to re-register your .eu domain so it won’t break
• What’s so important about the release of the fully block-based version of TwentyTwentyOne theme releasing soon
• Why you need to read my op-ed on the Trellis theme before jumping onboard
• What’s up with Liquid Web acquiring the Events Calendar Plugin
• Why you need to check that you’re Following the BlogAid Facebook page, not just Liking it
• What came from my live chat with my site audit clients and webmasters last week
• The fix I found for not being able to see edits in preview
• Today we begin the Quick Start Challenge in the DIY SEO course
• Why I’m adding a new schema markup workshop
• Why I’m planning to add a new content silo micro course and who will get the first invites to it

Tips Tuesday – DIY SEO and Gutenberg Tutorial Updates, SEO in 2021, Site Success in 2021

January 5, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Tips this week include:
• Google’s priorities for SEO in 2021 as relayed by John Mueller directly
• Issues with the WP SMTP plugin
• Why to properly validate your email address for better delivery
• Last day to get your holiday discounts on BlogAid courses
• Gutenberg Ninja tutorials are updated for WP 5.6 changes
• DIY SEO standing tutorials are updated
• The survey coming to DIY SEO course members tomorrow
• Live chat for site success in 2021 on Thursday

Tips Tuesday – Pinterest Preview, Recipe Save Button, WP 5.6 Update, 2020 Year in Review

December 29, 2020 by MaAnna Stephenson

Tips this week include:
• Pinterest Preview Images not Displaying
• Google Submit URL for indexing tool is back
• Grow.me makes Save Recipe button available for WP Recipe Maker
• Genesis Shapers Dec Meeting
• State of the Word Address
• Last days on the BlogAid Holiday Sales savings
• Updates in the BB Hub member area
• My checks into why some of us can’t see edits in Preview
• How to update to WP 5.6 instructions are coming out tomorrow, and who will receive them
• My 2020 Year in Review post is out with sneak peeks into what’s coming for 2021

BlogAid 2020 Year in Review

December 27, 2020 by MaAnna Stephenson

Take a look back at this crazy year of site changes, plus you’ll discover what worked and what didn’t as I continue to pivot my online businesses. And, get a peek into what’s coming for 2021.