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The Genesis 3.0 update contains AMP support in the core. And it is being billed as a great way to speed up the mobile version of your site.
And it does.
But are you ready to pay the revenue-dropping price for how it does that?
See what you need to know about AMP and why I advise my clients not to use it.
An XML sitemap is like a treasure map of links to your site’s content that’s made specifically for search engine bots to read.
WordPress doesn’t natively generate one.
That’s why we have to use plugins like Yoast SEO to generate one for us.
Now WordPress, Yoast, and Google are conspiring to bring XML sitemap generation into the core of WordPress.
Discover what’s on the drawing board for this proposal, and what it means for your SEO.
Here’s something you can’t do in the WordPress Classic Editor – put clickable links on top of images, including in an image gallery.
Discover the endless possibilities of how you can use this unique Gutenberg feature.
Tips this week include:
• Huge sale to celebrate the grand re-opening of the Webmaster Training site
• The new specialty block suite and theme I’m checking out for the Gutenberg course
• A new tutorial in the Gute course for putting text links on image galleries
• What I’m doing to speed up BlogAid ahead of my annual site audit
• Why not to use the Shareaholic plugin
• How I got unstuck with my hobby to money-making site and put it back on track
• What’s in the WordPress 5.2.2 release that is rolling out today
• Why XML Sitemaps coming to the WordPress core is such a big deal, and who’s involved in making it happen
• What’s being served up in the new Gutenberg Snackbar
Sites can’t just be pretty anymore.
They need to be secure and fast now too.
If you’re a pro designer or maintain sites for a living, you need all the help you can get to stay on top of site tech.
My Webmaster Training was created with you in mind.
And right now it is on sale.
My dad gave me a great piece of advice. If at first you don’t succeed, try playing second.
My plans to dominate search with woodworking videos didn’t hit a snag.
They ran into a boulder.
Discover how I dealt with it to get me and my plans back in motion.
Tips this week include:
• Special discount celebration on the Grand Re-Opening of the BlogAid Learning Center
• Why I’m giving another free month of access on the Gutenberg Ninja course
• Where to access the Gute course during this changeover
• A HUGE thank you to my membership site revamp team
• How things are going at my new host and why I’m so damned impressed with them
• Why I switched away from Contact Form 7 to a more modern form plugin and how Formidable Forms met all of my criteria
• The two big plugins bequeathed to WordPress recently
• What’s in the Yoast SEO 11.3 update and why you may not want to use it
• The update in WP Fastest Cache that is my fault and what to do with it
• Why we’re tickled about more user requested features come to Social Pug
• A tip about what to do right after you update plugins
• What the new Google Rich Results Tester checks
• Why we’re silly happy about more diversity of domains in search
• Why that diversity is great for videos too
• What’s coming in the Genesis 3.0 release in a couple of weeks
While Contact Form 7 has been the go-to contact form plugin for nearly a decade, it is not keeping up with critical site needs like speed, GDPR, and integrations for all our site form needs.
See why I chose Formidable Forms as my replacement plugin for CF7, plus tips on what you may want to consider when making the switch too.
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