Podcast

  • Tips Tuesday – Full Site Editing, Ranking Factors, Cloudflare, Kadence Themes

    Tips this week include:
    • Ranking Factors Part 1 Workshop on Thursday
    • Video embed speed case study is complete, and I have the fastest way to do
    • What I found when testing the Yoast Video SEO plugin’s new speed feature
    • Video schema markup testing is complete
    • Update on the new boutique hosting for us
    • Why the order of my site services wait list may flip
    • The new TOS for site audit client perks I’m drawing up, and why
    • Why you must get your site checkup every year now
    • More on the new mastermind groups coming this summer
    • How WP Fastest Cache and Cloudflare work together
    • What Google’s calculation change to Cumulative Layout Shift means for your site
    • What’s in the email Cloudflare sent out about IP changes
    • Why I’m excited about Cloudflare’s revamped Web Application Firewall
    • Update on Cloudflare’s new Super Bot Fight Mode and why we won’t be using it
    • Why I’m looking into blocking some bots manually
    • The new Rate Limit function I’m looking into at Cloudflare
    • Why I’m not happy about iThemes acquiring Kadence Themes
    • Will Full Site Editing be rolling into WP 5.8?
    • The big split in Gutenberg and Classic we have now and why a bigger split is on the way
    • What to do if a theme revamp project is on your horizon
    • Why you need to jump on the Gutenberg train right now

  • Tips Tuesday – Keywords, Video Embed Speed, Gutenberg Tutorials, Super Bot Fight Mode

    Tips this week include:
    • Keyword Part 2 Workshop is this week
    • New Gutenberg tutorials updated with nifty WP 5.7 features you’ll like
    • New Gutenberg block suite plugins I’m looking into
    • Update on the Video SEO course embed testing
    • Why my site services wait list is filling up with folks leaving SiteGround
    • How and why to move out of your newb mindset and into a money-making one
    • More on how the cyber security situation is getting worse by the day
    • hCaptcha vs reCAPTCHA vs CleanTalk vs Akismet for spam filtering
    • What the new Super Bot Fight Mode at Cloudflare is all about
    • How to permanently disable Full Screen editing mode in Gutenberg
    • What will become of Unsplash now that Getty Images has acquired them
    • How to optimize Ads on your site for CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)
    • When, and when not to purge cache on your site

  • Tips Tuesday – Real HTTPS, SiteGround Exodus, Stolen Content, Caching Issues

    Tips this week include:
    • Keyword SEO Part 1 Workshop this week
    • WP Fastest Cache has a new integration method for Cloudflare
    • 7 new GTMetrix tutorials for Webmasters
    • Theme testing update
    • Why not to blame Genesis for poor speed
    • Why there is a mass exodus from SiteGround going on now
    • New, better hosting update
    • Live session to get to the bottom of caching issues like not seeing changes in Preview
    • How to make it hard for scrapers to grab your content
    • How to find and remove stolen content
    • WordPress is dropping support for old Internet Explorer versions
    • Which is the worst browser to use for working on your site – besides IE
    • A primer on Full Site Editing from the man known as the spark of Gutenberg
    • What Chrome 90 using HTTPS as the default means for your site
    • Why there’s more to HTTPS than just getting that S at the end

  • Tips Tuesday – WP Fastest Cache, WebPage Test Tutorials, Site Speed, HTTPS Security

    Tips this week include:
    • Image SEO Part 2 Workshop is this week
    • 10 new WebPage Test Tutorials have been released
    • New GTMetrix tutorials are underway
    • An update on the Video SEO course and Google’s new video SEO guidelines
    • When the new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials for WP 5.7 will hit
    • Important updates for WP Fastest Cache and why I could just kiss the dev
    • When you should manually purge your cache
    • Update on the search for better hosting
    • A round up of all the goofy stuff we’ve been experiencing online
    • Are Reusable Blocks more stable for you since the WP 5.7 release
    • 65 new Block Patterns released by Astra
    • What’s up with that SharedBufferArray email from Google Search Console
    • How to see if your HTTPS security header status meets Core Web Vital requirements

  • Tips Tuesday – Image SEO, Speed Tests, Featured Snippets, Cloudflare and GSC Warnings

    Tips this week include:
    • Part 1 of the Image SEO Workshop is this Thursday
    • Whether it’s safe or not to update to WP 5.7
    • New Gutenberg Ninja tutorials on the way
    • The themes on our list for deep testing
    • New super deep WebPage Test and GTMetrix tutorials underway
    • The snag I hit in the Video SEO tutorial making
    • All manner of goofy stuff we’re seeing with our sites like:
    • Seeing the WP admin bar after we log out
    • Red error banner from Cloudflare
    • Post links changing in WP
    • Why I think the Bing URL Submission plugin is a good thing to use
    • A Google Discover Case Study that explains why we’re not getting seen in it
    • Proof that Google Featured Snippets dropped to record lows
    • The search engine me and my DIY SEO folks are paying more attention to now
    • What’s up with the Cloudflare email about deprecated cookies
    • What we’re looking into with the Search Console email about SharedArrayBuffer support

  • Tips Tuesday – WP 5.7 Tour, Links SEO Workshop, W3TC Testing, Cumulative Layout Shift

    Tips this week include:
    • What’s new in WordPress 5.7 video tour and post
    • Where to get update instructions for WP 5.7
    • Links SEO workshop is this week
    • All the new messaging on BlogAid
    • Why to be careful who you hire for theme design
    • An update on theme testing and which ones are back on the table
    • A peek into the timeline for what’s coming to you this spring from BlogAid
    • Why I’m putting W3 Total Cache back on my case study test list
    • What causes 90% of Cumulative Layout Shift issues
    • What will happen when Google stops selling ads based on 3rd party cookie tracking
    • Why you need to do your own cookie tracking
    • The new mastermind groups coming by summer
    • Why you need to write like you talk on your blog posts
    • The online tester tool I used to check the spam score on the email I use for newsletters
    • How to avoid getting caught in the scam going around for domain renewals

  • Tips Tuesday – Theme Speed Tests, WP 5.7 Features, SiteGround Caching, Divi Security Issue

    Tips this week include:
    • Site and page SEO Workshop this week
    • Odd stuff still happening on sites and hosting
    • Video SEO course update
    • Theme testing update and the one we dropped from our list
    • The perfect course for designers who need to know more about speed
    • What I’m testing in the WP 5.7 Release Candidate this week
    • Gutenberg changes coming to WP 5.7
    • Why SiteGround turned on Super Cacher for every account, and how to turn it off
    • Ready to move to better hosting? Get your request in now
    • Divi theme has ModSecurity issues and why my head blew up with their support replies
    • Why not to let any host, theme, or plugin compromise your site security
    • How to monetize your expertise and why you should