Blog

  • Tips Tuesday – Mobile-First Indexing Emails, Genesis Future, Cloudflare Gifts

    Tips this week include:
    • The change I’m making to the New Search Console Course that you’re going to like
    • What to look for in those Mobile-First Indexing emails you’re getting from Google
    • Which site types can make the most use of the new Speakable Content schema markup
    • What the future holds for the Genesis theme framework and Gutenberg
    • All kinds of birthday goodies coming from Cloudflare this week

  • Tips Tuesday – Republishing Posts, Blogging Templates, Clone Your Site

    Tips this week include:
    • It’s move week at BlogAid
    • What my house adventure brought to mind about running an online business these days
    • An eye opening post on Voice Search stats and how they’re growing fast
    • How Google determines what date to show in snippets
    • Rethinking the process of republishing posts
    • Why I’ve got my eye on adding schema markup to how-to posts
    • A super post on using templates and checklists to make your blogging life easier
    • An easy way to clone your site for testing that is totally DIY and cheap

  • Tips Tuesday – Grow Optins, Lazy Load, Browser Updates, Search Console Course

    Tips this week include:
    • What you need to do to ensure you stay on the BlogAid email list
    • The backup tutorials I’ve been updating for my webmasters
    • The bonus you get as a site owner who is ahead of the change curves
    • What’s up with my October site audit schedule and why you need to beat the rush
    • An update on the status of the new Google Search Console course, and who will get discounts soon
    • Mark your calendars for a show on Wed talking about Gutenberg and the future of the web
    • An easy way you can guide the future of WordPress development
    • What’s in the update for the Best Recipe Plugin tests
    • A super way I found to speed up your site with lazy load, even if you run ads
    • The new feature I’m tickled to see come to WP Fastest Cache
    • Will the new schema markup Blocks for Yoast mess up your recipe posts?
    • Why small biz site owners can now add Yelp and other reviews to their sites
    • What’s in the updates to FireFox and Chrome that should deeply concern you
    • Tips for great ways to grow your email list

  • Tips Tuesday – Site Backups, HSTS for HTTPS, EAT Score for SEO

    Tips this week include:
    • An update on my new image SEO research and the Pandora’s box that opened
    • A WordPress Backup Checklist that is a must-read for all site owners
    • New Backup Quick Checks for my Site Audit Plus clients
    • Where to find a new Gutenberg Block Index
    • How long the Classic Editor plugin will be available
    • A radical split in vision from 2 major voices in forking WordPress and an LTS version
    • What the release of PHP 7.3 means for site owners and plugin developers
    • Why you need HSTS for your HTTPS conversion and what Google has to do with it
    • Google begins notifying site owners of bad HTTPS conversions
    • What your EAT score is and how to improve it for SEO

  • WordPress Backup Checklist

    If your site ever gets toasted, after you stop screaming, you’ll want an easy way to fully restore it.

    Your backup is THE last safety net in your site security, and may be the only way to get your site up and running again if it gets hacked or fried.

    Follow this quick checklist to be sure your backup includes everything you need to save your site, and that you are prepared to restore it.

  • Tips Tuesday – Analytics Changes, Gutenberg, SEO Formatting Works

    Tips this week include:
    • Yoast’s video answer to my question about lazy load and SEO
    • My new video tutorial on using iFrame and lazy load for faster video loading
    • An unexpected issue I ran into with using lazy load
    • The launch of a new member area for my site audit clients
    • Test results for the best recipe plugin to use
    • Conclusive evidence that the featured snippet formatting I teach in the DIY SEO course works
    • Mark your calendars for my upcoming interview on the Tinkering with Tech Show
    • What’s up with the ClassicPress petition and major fork of WordPress
    • My thoughts on the “Try Gutenberg” adoption rate reports
    • How convenience and free cost you more in the long run
    • What Oakley Capital buying up cPanel means for us as site owners and our hosts
    • How the Image data change to Google Analytics could look like a downturn in traffic
    • A new auto verify feature for sites in Search Console and how it works
    • How Google Analytics is lying to you in a massive way, or maybe not

  • Best Recipe Plugin for SEO Including Schema Markup and Speed

    A recipe plugin can do way more than give you a pretty layout or print option. It can dramatically help your SEO and get your recipe featured on Google, including Voice Search. That’s huge for foodie bloggers!!!!

    See which recipe plugin fared the best in my tests for both the SEO schema markup Google now requires, and which plugins have the fastest page load time. Plus, see what each plugin natively outputs to Pinterest.

  • Tips Tuesday – Google Authorship, Gutenberg Report, New Fonts, Let’s Encrypt Trust

    Tips this week include:
    • How a full HTTPS conversion saves and makes you money
    • How to embed a video using iFrame code for faster page loads
    • A new member level coming for site audit clients
    • Why I’m not surprised that Google Authorship isn’t dead after all
    • Huge news for foodie bloggers with the launch of the new Google Smart Display
    • An update on my recipe plugin tests and a clear winner is emerging
    • A look at the new Transport Layer Security version that just released
    • What the Let’s Encrypt milestone of being trusted by Microsoft means for you
    • The big font change by Gutenberg that all designers will want to know about
    • A report on what it’s like to use Gutenberg and how it could radically disrupt your content creation process