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  • Tips Tuesday – Rebranding, Lazy Load, PHP, WordPress 5.5 Code Changes

    Tips this week include:
    • I’m delighted my interview with Kate Ahl was featured on the Simple Pin Media Podcast
    • Why rebranding jobs are pouring into BlogAid and why I’m hiring help for them
    • What Gutenberg Ninja tutorials have already been updated and what tutorials are next
    • Why I’m reviewing new member and community site setups
    • My deeper checks into WP 5.5 changes that weren’t in my What’s New video tour
    • Why PHP level compliance is so important now, and how to check and change yours
    • Why you need to get out of any auto update program at your host
    • More on why the jQuery change in WP 5.5 broke plugins and why that is a good thing
    • My research into how lazy loading is done with our plugins, WP 5.5, and in browsers
    • The future of WP, plugins, and themes and why all of these changes are for the better
    • How to get ahead and stay calm through all of the site tech changes

  • Tips Tuesday – WP 5.5 Tour, Astra, Bing, Sponsored Links, Video SEO

    Tips this week include:
    • Why a Video SEO course is closer to on its way from me
    • Kicking off BlogAid’s new Rebranding Services
    • Why I’m checking into new member site and product platforms
    • The Search Console tutorials are all updated in the DIY SEO course
    • My Ultimate Guide for Creating Links in WordPress tutorial has been updated
    • Why you need to use Sponsored AND Nofollow link attributes
    • A video tour of what’s new in WordPress 5.5 and why we won’t be updating to it right away
    • Astra got pulled from the WordPress theme repository and what it took to get them back in
    • Bing has added image and video reporting
    • My proof on why videos are fantastic for SEO
    • And why I’m postponing the making of new Bing tutorials

  • Ultimate Guide for Creating Links in WordPress

    The way links should be created in WordPress has changed radically due to the prominence of mobile site surfing, new security threats, the release of Gutenberg, and failing link related plugins.

    Discover how to properly create links in WordPress now, including manual creation, opening in a new tab, and affiliate links.

    And see a real test of what happens to your links created with a nofollow plugin when it is deleted.

  • Tips Tuesday – SEO Tips, GDPR, Bing Tools, WP 5.5, Affiliate Marketing, Unsplash Changes

    Tips this week include:
    • Updates to the DIY SEO course
    • Why I’m bringing in webmasters to help with client site work
    • The first release candidate for WP 5.5 is out and what that means for you and what I’m looking into
    • What’s with the PHP upgrade notification you may be getting in your WP Dashboard
    • The new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials in the works
    • Why Google updated its GDPR policies
    • My ongoing research into first and third party cookie tracking and why I spoke with a lawyer
    • Why I like the new Bing URL inspection tool better than Google’s
    • Whether or not you should optimize your content for questions
    • How the relationship between Google Search and content creators has changed
    • The future of affiliate marketing
    • A beginner’s guide to writing better headlines
    • A big change to Unsplash’s image use license agreement

  • Tips Tuesday – Elementor Speed, Gutenberg Updates, Image Optimization, Bye to AMP

    Tips this week include:
    • Gutenberg vs Elementor: Which is Faster? – it was no contest!
    • What’s being revamped in the Gutenberg Ninja course this week
    • The new DIY SEO tutorials and bonus sessions coming
    • Our Webmaster bonus training is underway and meeting live again this week
    • Industry experts speak on the pros and cons of the Gutenberg editor
    • Mozilla has a new VPN service and why you may want to get it
    • Why you need to log out of WordPress
    • Google’s Rich Results tester is out of beta and what we’ll be using instead
    • Why Google’s AMP is going away and what criteria will replace it for getting into Top Stories
    • Why not to use WebP images
    • Why Squoosh is my favorite image optimizer
    • Why to get rid of your image optimization plugin

  • Tips Tuesday – Theme Speed, Astra Help, WP Fastest Cache, Atomic Blocks Changes

    Tips this week include:
    • Replay is available on Get Started with Astra chat with Michelle Phillips
    • More LIVE chats coming and who my guests will be
    • The results are in on my head-to-head theme tests for Astra, Genesis, and Divi
    • Gutenberg vs Elementor case study underway
    • Webmaster bonus performance training has started
    • What’s in the update to my WP Fastest Cache Settings tutorial
    • Why you must get your site audit request in soon
    • Why Cloudflare was down for a bit last week, and the reality of how fragile the internet is
    • Confirmation that Yoast SEO already has the feature for turning off WP native XML sitemaps
    • Astra Themes hits 1 million installs
    • A synopsis of what was discussed in the July Genesis Shapers meeting and how Atomic Blocks will be changing soon