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Tips this week include:
• The new BlogAid Pinterst page
• My upcoming chat with Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WP
• Why you need HTTPS even if you’re not selling anything on your site
• Update on site hacks via the REST API
• Google Search Console wording change on site update notifications
• Two of my fave plugins no longer supported or removed from the repository
• Follow up on the BlogVault hack
• How Google determines which version of your site to index
• What cPanel partnering with Comodo means for your site and hosting
• What HSTS is and why you have to have it
• Hosts using PHP7 by default now and what you need to watch out for
• And epic list of 134 free stock photo sites
• How and why you need to verify and authenticate your email address with MailChimp
• An in-depth tutorial to block referral spam in Google Analytics
• Why SEO is essential for your business
• A comparison review of StudioPress Sites and Rainmaker
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Tips this week include:

Celebrating this podcast listed in top ones to catch in 2017
HTTPS site conversion checklists updated
New code in .htaccess for Let’s Encrypt SSL Certification validation
DIY SEO member site updates
Webmaster bonus material updates
What’s coming in WordPress 4.7.3
Why and how to put a privacy policy on your site
Why to stop doing SEO like it’s 2012
Major Russian spam bot attack continues
Proof of why you have to turn XML-RPC fully off
A little secret about renewing VaultPress without JetPack
BlogVault’s security breach
How HTTPS is becoming the norm for web traffic
How HTTP/2 protocol removes the performance hit of HTTPS
Google partnering with CloudFlare for faster ads

Tips this week include:
• Why BlogAid and the podcast may have interruptions soon
• Why to get on my HTTPS site conversion list now
• How to protect your site from user generated spam
• An important State of WordPress Industry webinar on Wednesday
• More details on the huge changes coming to WordPress this year
• StudioPress getting in on the managed hosting business
• 19 Facebook Marketing predictions
• A hiccup with UpDraftPlus that’s been fixed
• Sticky Bar Recommendations
• How to cloak affiliate links for SEO
• Pretty Links vs the Redirection plugin
• An even better way to make pretty shortlinks
• The 6 best FTP clients to use for designers and webmasters
• Celebrating perfect security header scores on HTTPS sites

Tips this week include:
• HTTPS Site Conversion Webinars Follow Up
• Why you need to get on the list to get your site converted to HTTPS
• Why designers need to learn HTTPS or go out of business
• SiteGround Auto Issues Free SSL Certificates
• A Google Ranking Factor post I just can’t believe
• What Matt Cutts is up to now that he resigned from Google
• How HTTP Status Codes affect your SEO
• And which big domain registrar is buying up another

Tips this week include:
• How image optimization impacts your bottom line
• The new membership site I’m building right now
• The price of being a hands off site owner
• WordPress 4.7.1 bug fixes
• What the Google mobile pop up penalty rolling out means for you
• Why I have to change my SEO and marketing strategy
• How Google changed its test for image optimization
• Google PageSpeed integrated with WebPage Test
• What crawl budget means for Googlebot and how site speed matters
• An update for current VaultPress users
• The Chrome form autofill security issue
• GoDaddy revokes SSL certificates
• An SSL certificate tip for you
• Why not to pay a host to convert your site to HTTPS
• An ultimate HTTPS checklist in the making
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