Podcast

Tips this week include:
• Why we’re still waiting to update to WP 5.6, and where to find instructions for doing it
• All about Cloudflare’s APO email you may have gotten, and why we won’t be using it yet
• 38 states file suit against Google’s search monopoly and what it means for your SEO
• Why Astra has become too much of a moving target
• My revised holiday hours for BlogAid
• A few host migration tips and help
• What folks who are just now getting back to blogging should do
• An update on my Video SEO research and how Team Yoast helped
• When the Quick Checks for the DIY SEO course will come out ahead of our live workshops starting

Tips this week include:
• No checkbox to turn off auto updates in WP 5.6
• State of the Word address this week on Dec 17
• Why you need to check your Grow Social Pro license
• Why I’m so happy with the new GTMetrix tester
• Why Google PageSpeed Insights is not an accurate tester
• Where Google gets its speed data about your site
• Update on Genesis Full Site Editing
• BlogAid holiday schedule
• Update on meeting with my video SEO clients for more testing
• What to do if you can’t see edits in preview
• A final word on getting errors when saving UpdraftPlus settings
• Why not to run end around your host security settings
• Why hosts are removing the WordPress Toolkit app in cPanel and what you need to check for

Tips this week include:
• See what’s new in WordPress 5.6 that rolls out tomorrow
• A potential issue with the new WordPress Toolkit settings in cPanel
• The important State of the Word Keynote address will be live streamed on Dec 17
• How to promote your content with audiograms
• Why some folks can’t update UpdraftPlus and the action we are taking with support
• How to get ready for Core Web Vitals becoming a ranking factor soon
• A reminder that HTTPS security headers are a Core Web Vitals metric
• My take on the new Crawl Stats Report in Google Search Console
• Why we’re not happy about GA4 being the new analytics default when new sites are added
• Genesis calling for Full Site Editor beta testers, and what this means for the framework
• Reminder there is still time to get in on the BlogAid Holiday sale discounts
• An update on the big SEO issue at BlogAid that has been fixed
• The new schema markup tutorials coming to the DIY SEO course over this
• The YouTube milestone reached for my woodworking site
• A great opportunity for you to get more eyeballs on your post with my Share the Joy post on Facebook
• Why I want to hear your thoughts about the MeWe social media platform

Tips this week include:
• BlogAid Holiday Sales are still running
• Free Gutenberg Webinar this Thursday, Dec 3 and everyone is welcome to attend live
• New tutorial for Atomic Blocks to Genesis Blocks Migration
• Update on the BlogAid SEO issue
• Why not to be a Yoast hater here
• WordPress 5.6 releases on Dec 8 and why we won’t be updating right away
• Who will get my special update instructions for WP 5.6
• When the new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials with the WP 5.6 features will be released
• Has SiteGround moved you to the new custom control panel?
• ModSecurity at our hosting has tightened the rule set
• The issue with UpdraftPlus that ModSecurity change made happen
• A blip of a security issue with cPanel
• Why you need separate accounts for hosting, domain, and email
• Why you need to upgrade to PHP 7.4 right now
• Why we won’t be using PHP 8.0 yet

Tips this week include:
• BlogAid Holiday Sales are LIVE!
• Where the link to my Helpful Posts page is hiding
• A holiday fundraiser I may be setting up
• Why I’m once again modifying my office hours
• A surprising update on what my video SEO research revealed
• The schema markup the Astra theme uses
• Why case studies are so incredibly important
• WordPress 5.6 Release Candidates are out and what I’ll be testing
• What to look for when you migrate from Atomic Blocks to Genesis Blocks
• What’s up with that email you got from Amazon S3
• Why the AS3 interface changes are making me crazy
• Big news about YouTube inserting ads into all videos
• Mediavine creates a mid-roll video ad placement and why you might not want to use it
• What I think about the Yoast Zapier integration

Tips this week include:
• Free Gutenberg webinar coming in a few weeks
• How I’m splitting up the niche site metrics I’m watching
• Why you need to jump super fast on the holiday sales post coming soon
• What I found on my client sites during my recent video SEO research
• The SEO issue I found on BlogAid
• Why I may hire a schema markup expert from Team Yoast
• The schema checks and fixes coming to the DIY SEO course
• Why I have to check out new schema markup validators
• What the WordPress 5.6 Beta 4 signals to me
• Why I’m not crazy about the release of PHP 8.0 at SiteGround
• The very serious concerns I have about Microsoft Clarity
• Why Google is dropping the word Webmaster and changing its blog domain
• A fix for the Edge browser’s issue with lazy load on iFrames
• The speed challenge when using iFrames for video embed when you run ads

Hello Happy Site Owners and Webmasters! Tips this week include: The deep dive I’m doing into extra video SEO Why I have to make time to do woodworking posts The price of success The caveats and rewards of mixing pleasure and business Why I don’t monetize my passions Finding your creative balance What’s up with…