Chrome To Block HTTPS with Mixed Content Starting December 2019
See how your site could get more than just a warning, and actually get elements blocked from view, if your HTTPS is not set up properly.
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What’s New in WordPress 5.3
A LOT of big changes are being packed into the next major release of WordPress 5.3, which will roll out in November.
They include a whole gaggle of Gutenberg updates too.
Get a sneak peek at what you’ll see and changes you need to know about in the upcoming release.
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Tips Tuesday – GDPR and Legal Site, Image SEO, WordPress 5.3, Amazon Affiliate
Tips this week include:
• Getting up to speed with the Amazon Affiliate Program
• Is your site legal?
• When controversy is good for your site
• Do you really have time to blog?
• Why you don’t need to use LinkTree for Instagram if you use Gutenberg
• Big news about what’s in WordPress 5.3 and an upcoming livestream on Wednesday to discuss
• My assessment of the Revisionize plugin for changing your post’s publish date
• What’s up with SiteGround charging for migration backups
• New security info about why you must stop making links open in a new tab
• A review of GDPR a year later and lessons learned
• Clarity on Google’s new no snippet code
• See how easy it is to add Google Analytics code to Astra Themes
• How Google uses machine vision to see objects and text in your images
• Brian Gardner’s goodbye letter from Genesis, and why it’s not really goodbye
• Whether Gutenberg spells the death of themes -
Tips Tuesday – NoFollow/Sponsored Links, Astra Themes and Gutenberg, Old Content SEO, YouTube Hacks
Tips this week include:
• Why you need to stop blaming your host for overages and asking them to fix things they are not qualified to do
• More live sessions for revamping old content in the DIY SEO course
• New post with an update on where I am in flipping a hobby site into a money-maker
• Yahoo is making some changes, and why you still want to leave their email service
• New post with my advice about using the nofollow and sponsored link attributes
• New video tutorials on how to manually add those link attributes and why not to use plugins
• A fantastic post on how to use Astra Themes and Gutenberg by one of my fave webmaster designers
• What’s up with high profile YouTube accounts getting hacked and how to protect yourself
• A reminder that it’s time to update above PHP 7.1 now, before time runs out -
Using Google’s Nofollow and Sponsored Link Attributes
Affiliate marketers – get the scoop on Google’s new sponsored link attribute and how nofollow is now regarded. Plus, see how to add these links manually.
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When It’s Time to Monetize Your Site
The goal of so many new bloggers is to make money from their site.
But when and how to monetize is different for everyone.
Discover why I chose to start monetizing Heartwood Art after only 9 months with only a few blog posts.
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Tips Tuesday – New Gutenberg Blocks, SEO Tutorials, Google Updates, LastPass
Tips this week include:
• Why you need a reseller hosting account for multiple sites
• New Google Connections tutorials are live
• Live DIY SEO workshop this week for revamping old content
• Why Google Site Kit is a no go
• The eye-opening results of my Gutenberg survey
• An update on the nofollow and sponsored link news from Google
• Old Search Console is dead, long live new Search Console
• Google’s reason for why not to use Instagram embeds on your site
• What happened to Cloudflare’s stock once they became publicly traded
• The new Kioken block suite plugin that made it onto my list to check out
• Why the EditorsKit Gutenberg plugin may not make it on my check out list
• A new dummy content for blocks plugin
• Why you need to update LastPass right now -
Tips Tuesday – DIY SEO Tutorials, Lazy Load, Google Site Kit, Bing
Tips this week include:
• Why you need to make a long and short term contingency plan for your site
• Updated tutorials in the DIY SEO course
• Our next DIY SEO booster on revamping old content
• Update on my year end goals for Heartwood Art
• Genesis minor updates rolling out
• Why I haven’t reported on the recent backdoor hack attacks on some plugins
• A new lazy load plugin from Google and why not to use it
• What’s in the new Site Kit Plugin from Google
• Why I’m considering adding Bing to the DIY SEO course