Podcast

  • Tips Tuesday – Holiday Specials, WordCampUS, FireFox Quantum Browser

    Tips this week include:
    • The BlogAid Holiday Specials are here!
    • The end of the Tips Tuesday live recap
    • Bugs in the new FireFox Quantum browser that will affect webmasters
    • Details on WordCampUS coming up in December
    • Whether it’s safe to update to WordPress 4.9 or not
    • What’s up with all the internet connection issues
    • What popular theme builder doesn’t convert to HTTPS
    • Why the Really Simple SSL Pro plugin is a rip off
    • An open survey on what you want to learn most about SEO

  • Tips Tuesday – WordPress 4.9, SEO Ranking, Instagram Dominates

    Tips this week include:
    • A fun video tour of what’s new in WordPress 4.9
    • DIY SEO course updates
    • A preview of what will be included in the next SEO Workshop
    • An update on the new Google Analytics and Search Console Courses
    • What’s up with SSL certificates that can’t auto renew
    • Why WP-Spamshield was pulled from the WP plugin repository
    • A new jpg compression tool in the works
    • Why designers hate Gutenberg but shouldn’t and what site owners need to know about this
    • A new guide on local SEO ranking factors for 2018
    • 4 ways to shift your thinking to focus on your audience
    • 12 types of awesome visual content for your blog posts
    • How shopping on Instagram will dominate this holiday season and why Pinterest folks need to care

  • Tips Tuesday – Link Building , Cache Preloading, Comment Reply Plugins

    Tips this week include:
    • What’s up with all the internet and site outages
    • Best comment reply notification plugins results are in
    • Revamp of the DIY SEO course underway
    • What I discovered while making the WP Rocket tutorials
    • Scary security issues with one ad network
    • What’s going into and coming out of core in WordPress 4.9
    • A serious discussion about WP core using iFrames going forward
    • The top 5 link building methods for 2018 that everyone should read
    • Tips for how to show up better in local search results
    • How to target different generations on social media and why you should

  • Tips Tuesday – Plugin Test Results, WordPress Survey, EU Plugin Standard

    Tips this week include:
    • Why there’s new music on Tips Tuesday
    • More of what I’m finding in After HTTPS checks and the big thing missing from the all
    • Why I decided to use Buffer instead of CoSchedule for now
    • Wrapping up the Comment Reply Notification plugin tests
    • Update on my new WP Rocket plugin tests
    • WordPress 4.9 beta 4 released and what’s not in it, thankfully
    • Confirmation on whether TinyMCE Advanced will work with Gutenberg
    • Results of 40 end users trying out Gutenberg – a case study from Yoast
    • Why you need to add your 2 cents on the new WordPress survey
    • What’s in the PHP 7.2 release coming soon
    • Why the new EU plugin standard will be of interest to those who run ads
    • The Postman SMTP plugin is now under new management
    • How to get your site ready for Google’s Mobile First Index
    • A new single optin default at MailChimp
    • My results with the new Sonar testing tool from Microsoft
    • Why you get radically different results with different online testers
    • The retirement of FireFox Firebug

  • Tips Tuesday – Links and SEO, WP 4.9 Beta 3, Great Content, Mini Courses

    Tips this week include:
    • What me and a client found in our After HTTPS Conversion check
    • Why we’re having a redo on a comment reply notification plugin test
    • What happens to your old comments when you change to a new User in WordPress
    • Stopping bots from running end around CloudFlare
    • WP Rocket tests are starting
    • New mini courses, workshops, and boot camp in the works
    • WordPress 4.9 Beta 3 released, and the dog doo doo in it
    • Google’s take on whether comments are really better on your site than on social media
    • How links in headers, footers, content, and navigation impact your SEO
    • The trick to finding the balance with titles that work for SEO, social media, and site visitors
    • Facebook ditches authorship
    • Whether Google bots support the HTTP/2 protocol and why we care
    • Do you know if your site is ADA compliant?
    • The 3 attributes of great content

  • Tips Tuesday – After HTTPS Services, Image Widgets, Get More Traffic

    Tips this week include:
    • New After HTTPS Services launched
    • 5 Ways to Create Image Widgets: That Won’t Slow Down Your Site
    • Update on our Comment Reply Notification Plugin tests
    • What’s up with the KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability
    • Why I’m keeping a close eye on BuzzSumo being acquired by Brandwatch
    • Cool image gallery layouts in the MaxGallery plugin
    • What Gutenberg Means to the Future of WordPress
    • WordPress 4.9 Beta 2 Released
    • How to Make Time for Social Media
    • Why I’m Checking Out CoSchedule
    • Why an argument for using AMP falls short for most of us bloggers
    • How to Deal with Scope Creep on a Web Design Project
    • 7 Secrets For Getting Traffic To Your Blog
    • Whether You Should Add Push Notifications to Your WordPress Website

  • Tips Tuesday – Free Images, UX and SEO, WP 4.9 Beta, Regenerate Thumbnails Plugin

    Tips this week include:
    • Update on the Comment Reply Notification plugin tests
    • A video to see just how much a Pinterest widget slows down your site
    • Why we won’t be using the Gutenberg text editor when it rolls out
    • A new Gutenberg test feedback link
    • New SEO courses underway
    • Changes to the Webmaster Training courses
    • New services for after HTTPS switch help
    • What’s in the WP 4.9 Beta release
    • Major data breach at the Disqus comment service
    • How to protect your accounts and site from attacks like this
    • An epic must read post on the three marks of great content
    • A beginner’s look at UX and SEO
    • Why webmasters want to learn how to manage their sites from the command line
    • The big news with the Regenerate Thumbnails plugin
    • The best free and paid stock photo sites

  • Tips Tuesday – Page Builders, Lead Generation, Video Marketing

    Tips this week include:
    • BlogAid posts syndicated in The Daily Bolt
    • Live chats this week with DIY SEO and Webmaster Level 6 members
    • Comment reply notification plugin tests underway
    • Why you must switch away from the Fast Secure Contact Form plugin
    • A super beginner’s guide to Regular Expressions
    • How staying logged into your site is causing performance issues
    • Why there is no such thing as 3 top ranking factors for SEO and what to focus on instead
    • What’s new in Yoast 5.5
    • 5 easy steps for lead generation that every site owner should read
    • Cloudflare releases a new video streaming platform
    • How even 2 seconds of video watch time can radically increase your revenue
    • A super speed comparison of popular page builders