Podcast

Tips this week include:
• The new edition of What Every Site Owner Should Know has been released
• Gutenberg Ninja tutorials are all updated and has a new Astra section now too
• DIY SEO course tutorial updates are in the works
• How you are overlooking important site notifications and what to do about it and why
• The exponential growth my clients are getting
• Scheduling of live client interviews is underway
• Why I have to draw a limit on “one quick question” emails
• Why I hope you always say thank you
• The new collaborations I’m excited about participating in this fall
• Yep, it’s finally time to upgrade to PHP 7.4
• A new custom PHP setup for some SiteGround clients
• The real reason WP Support wants to curb paid plugin support in the forums
• The full jQuery change plans for WordPress
• Why WordPress needs to go ahead and break some things
• How and why you need to move away from your freebie mindset and how much it is costing you not to

Tips this week include:
• Specialty Blocks and Reusable Block tutorials updated in the Gutenberg Ninja course
• Why to be careful which block plugins you use
• The new optin that BlogAid News subscribers can look forward to soon
• My first look at the new Google Search Console Insights beta, with screenshots
• A much needed, and way overdue overhaul is coming to GTMetrix
• The 4 posts you need to read right now for running your own speed tests
• Whether outbound links affect your SEO
• An SEO News wrap up for August from Team Yoast
• Why we are excited about Yoast investing in the WordProof plugin
• Why the WP Support Team is trying to curb paid plugin support in the free plugin forums and what else they really need to address
• A Gutenberg Block Patterns Resource List and why this is a game changer
• Plus why Block Patterns may be the death knell for page builders
• Why you need to stop opening links in a new tab

Tips this week include:
• My number one word for 2020
• More new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials released
• A caution about Gutenberg blocks and theme compatibility
• Why I need to outsource even more
• What’s new and not so new with the release of Genesis Blocks
• Why I suggest not using Genesis Pro yet
• The difference in Astra and Genesis themes
• Google adds a new Activities at Home section to Search
• What’s in the new Schema Tab in Yoast SEO 14.8
• The SEO difference in putting your site into Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
• What was behind the major internet outage this past weekend
• A checklist of what it means to have a high-quality site
• What you need to pay attention to now with Core Web Vitals becoming a ranking factor in 2021

Tips this week include:
• More Gutenberg Ninja tutorials updated
• New rebranding tutorials underway
• How and why to make a contingency plan for your site
• I’m calling it safe to update to WordPress 5.5, but there may still be breaks, and why that’s good
• When we can expect the WP 5.5.1 release
• WP’s 3 point plan to update jQuery
• Why you need to check your paid plugins versions
• Upcoming perks for Site Audit Plus clients
• What’s coming to the Create recipe cards and why it will be available in other recipe plugins
• The new Search Console Insights Beta rolls out

Tips this week include:
• I’m delighted my interview with Kate Ahl was featured on the Simple Pin Media Podcast
• Why rebranding jobs are pouring into BlogAid and why I’m hiring help for them
• What Gutenberg Ninja tutorials have already been updated and what tutorials are next
• Why I’m reviewing new member and community site setups
• My deeper checks into WP 5.5 changes that weren’t in my What’s New video tour
• Why PHP level compliance is so important now, and how to check and change yours
• Why you need to get out of any auto update program at your host
• More on why the jQuery change in WP 5.5 broke plugins and why that is a good thing
• My research into how lazy loading is done with our plugins, WP 5.5, and in browsers
• The future of WP, plugins, and themes and why all of these changes are for the better
• How to get ahead and stay calm through all of the site tech changes

Tips this week include:
• Why a Video SEO course is closer to on its way from me
• Kicking off BlogAid’s new Rebranding Services
• Why I’m checking into new member site and product platforms
• The Search Console tutorials are all updated in the DIY SEO course
• My Ultimate Guide for Creating Links in WordPress tutorial has been updated
• Why you need to use Sponsored AND Nofollow link attributes
• A video tour of what’s new in WordPress 5.5 and why we won’t be updating to it right away
• Astra got pulled from the WordPress theme repository and what it took to get them back in
• Bing has added image and video reporting
• My proof on why videos are fantastic for SEO
• And why I’m postponing the making of new Bing tutorials

Tips this week include:
• Updates to the DIY SEO course
• Why I’m bringing in webmasters to help with client site work
• The first release candidate for WP 5.5 is out and what that means for you and what I’m looking into
• What’s with the PHP upgrade notification you may be getting in your WP Dashboard
• The new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials in the works
• Why Google updated its GDPR policies
• My ongoing research into first and third party cookie tracking and why I spoke with a lawyer
• Why I like the new Bing URL inspection tool better than Google’s
• Whether or not you should optimize your content for questions
• How the relationship between Google Search and content creators has changed
• The future of affiliate marketing
• A beginner’s guide to writing better headlines
• A big change to Unsplash’s image use license agreement

Tips this week include:
• Gutenberg vs Elementor: Which is Faster? – it was no contest!
• What’s being revamped in the Gutenberg Ninja course this week
• The new DIY SEO tutorials and bonus sessions coming
• Our Webmaster bonus training is underway and meeting live again this week
• Industry experts speak on the pros and cons of the Gutenberg editor
• Mozilla has a new VPN service and why you may want to get it
• Why you need to log out of WordPress
• Google’s Rich Results tester is out of beta and what we’ll be using instead
• Why Google’s AMP is going away and what criteria will replace it for getting into Top Stories
• Why not to use WebP images
• Why Squoosh is my favorite image optimizer
• Why to get rid of your image optimization plugin