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Tips this week include:
• WordPress 6.8.2 releases today
• WordPress 6.9 due in December
• Social Pilot has been acquired – and why we care
• Plugin conglomerates rule
• Site security is not just about hacking anymore
• Bad bot security at Cloudflare
• Bad bot security at the Host
• Sites overwhelmed by new bad bot hits
• What we thing the new bad bots are after
• Why I’m glad to be at Iridium Hosting
• Hosts that are ripping folks off
• Designers need security too
• The AI browser wars are coming
• My favorite AIs
• Will AI browsers be better?
• Why to look beyond the shiny new stuff
• YouTube monetization policy changes that are good for us
• Backlash on AI voice ban
• How video will still rule – with examples

Tips this week include:
• New Site Setup tutorials for webmasters
• Hitting the top of Substack rankings
• Why to use Substack strategically
• Cloudflare toll on AI Bots
• Yoast Video SEO price increase
• Update on llms.txt file
• How I’ll be spending my summer of creating content
• Why there will be less competition for us on YouTube soon
• New TikTok USA version coming

Tips this week include:
• Tracking email open rates
• RSS feed to email – why not to use it
• Flip your time this summer
• Content Silo promotion
• Celebrating YouTube milestones
• Shorts get eyeballs – LOTS of them, and fast
• Watching your metrics works
• Try it and see – a path to success
• What you need to know about the FAIR project for WordPress

Tips this week include:
• Be sure you’re opening BlogAid emails
• Update on that huge leak of login credentials
• Why to check emails all over your site
• Hotlink protection tutorial
• Kadence Author Box tutorial
• YouTube Shorts workshop
• Yoast SEO fixed AI classes goof
• Why I’m checking into whether llms.txt files are a good idea or not
• Seeing more images in SERPs
• Why I’m doing siteless vlogging
• VEP3 coming to YouTube Shorts
• Canva adds VEO3 access
• Midjourney adds videos
• TikTok makes still images into videos
• Facebook makes all videos Reels
• YouTube Shorts get views!
• Why it’s plain that video is the future

Tips this week include:
• Making WP links can be buggy
• Last week’s internet outage
• Create videos in Canva workshop this week
• How a “just do it” mindset helped one client make a great video
• Important update to the Link in Bio page build workshop has been added
• DO NOT turn on the new AI feature in Yoast SEO
• Why I recommend not integrating any AI with your WP site
• Ad revenue moves to video – and surpasses all others combined
• How to get paid twice with video
• YouTube Posts now in Shorts – this is SO exciting
• Cookie Plugin list updated
• Discussion on social and pin plugins
• Where to place your social follow buttons
• A serious problem with media uploads and bots
• Kadence block high resource usage issue
• How to rebrand a site the right way
• Why to refocus a site instead of doing a rebrand

Tips this week include:
• Test your contact form
• Updates to WP Fastest Cache Settings
• Test of Kadence Form block
• Important AI SEO article that is a must-read
• Getting clicks in AI Search
• Google still shows videos first
• Internal YouTube promotion rocks
• Get video clicks with AI SEO help in YouTube
• Making Shorts for more eyeballs
• Short video workshop coming soon
• Why I’m going all in on Content Silos
• ADA compliance refresher
• Why you can’t afford to be a tip collector anymore