Podcast

  • Tips Tuesday – Photoshop Alternatives, Caching Tests, SiteLock and Patchman

    Tips this week include:
    • HTTPS Redirects update
    • SiteGround and WP Fastest Cache test update
    • Why you need to split multiple sites into their own cPanels and how to do it
    • What new tests and tutorials are rolling down the pike
    • A progress report on turning my carving site into passive income
    • What SiteLock acquiring Patchman means for you
    • The end of Adobe Flash coming
    • Whether or not Google uses Google Analytics to find new links to crawl
    • 9 free or cheap alternatives to Photoshop and tutorials on how to use them
    • Why video marketing is a big part of Facebook’s rising stock prices
    • Easy ways for you to get started with video marketing

  • Tips Tuesday – WP 4.8.1 Coming, HTTPS Gets Top Traffic, Content Funnels

    Tips this week include:
    • Live Open Q&A Chat for DIY SEO members
    • What’s happening in the Booming Bloggers Hub
    • How to migrate your site to a new host
    • How and why to switch your site to PHP 7
    • An update on HTTPS and CloudFlare settings
    • Site revamp project updates
    • Site audit project updates
    • My first look at the new Custom HTML Text Widget coming in WP 4.8.1
    • When we expect WP 4.8.1 to roll out
    • Plugins that are dropping your visitors because they can’t handle IPv6 addresses
    • What you should know about sites converted to HTTPS attracting top traffic
    • The difference in how videos rank in Google search and on YouTube
    • How to check if your content marketing efforts and strategy are working
    • How to create top-of-funnel content that works
    • Using GIFs as highlight images

  • Tips Tuesday – Secure Site Webinar, Google Crawls, Brute Force Protection

    Tips this week include:
    • The Secure Site Setup Webinar this Thursday
    • New time for the live Tips Tuesday recap
    • How to bring joy back into your business
    • Site revamp projects
    • Accelerated site creation classes
    • How to turn off the link counter in Yoast SEO
    • A super Google Crawl Bot case study
    • Google testing new Search Console design
    • New image optimization tester tool
    • Why and how to rotate your SALT keys for brute force protection
    • Why to disable XML-RPC to prevent brute force and DDoS attacks
    • What’s up with A2 Hosting partnering with Sucuri
    • New Gutenberg Boilerplate for designing your own blocks
    • The new features in Gutenberg 0.5.0
    • Dev discussion updates on PHP and WordPress
    • Why you should update your PHP version now
    • New Webmention and Annotation standards and how to get them on your site now
    • Liquid Web acquires iThemes Exchange e-commerce plugin
    • Staggering trends in video marketing adoption rates

  • Tips Tuesday – Secure Site Setup, WP Text Widget and Editor, SEO Crawler

    Tips this week include:
    • Launch of the Secure Site Setup Webinar
    • How doing new things on your site can reveal problems
    • Why same ole same ole site ways don’t cut it anymore
    • How the Millennials are doing things differently – and succeeding
    • How getting educated about your site saves you from getting ripped off
    • Progress on the WP 4.8 Rich Text Widget
    • When WP 4.8.1 might roll out
    • Why some folks are pleading for Gutenberg to not be included in core
    • When we might see Gutenberg available for all sites
    • The new link counter in Yoast SEO 5.0 and how to make use of it
    • Why you shouldn’t worry about duplicate content issues when repurposing
    • A new SEO crawler I’m checking out
    • Let’s Encrypt passing the 100 million mark with certificates and what’s coming
    • Rich Snippets basics and adding them with Google Tag Manager
    • Why nginx is a host’s best friend to speed up a site
    • Which is the best host for you

  • Tips Tuesday – 301 Redirects, Powerful Headlines, Repurposing Content, Gutenberg

    Tips this week include:
    • The launch of the BlogAid Booming Bloggers Hub
    • What’s coming on the BlogAid Live Show and when
    • Behind the scenes look at what’s on my plate this week
    • New monthly roundup on the WordPress blog
    • A must-read post on what the Gutenberg editor means for the future of WP
    • What’s new in Gutenberg and a great way for you to play with it online
    • What the push for popular plugins to support Calypso means for you
    • A new online site tester I’m trying
    • Changes to my recommended HTTPS security headers
    • New Dev Tools in Chrome 59 that webmasters will like
    • A must-read post on 301 redirects and how Google treats non exact matches
    • Updates to the Google Test My Site tool
    • Why you should delete inactive plugins
    • A step-by-step guide on writing powerful headlines
    • An epic post for content repuposing

  • Tips Tuesday – Woocommerce Pricing, Gutenberg Text Editor, UTM Code Tracking

    Tips this week include:
    • What’s coming for site owners and designers
    • Client and expert interviews being lined up
    • The new BlogAid Booming Bloggers Hub launching soon
    • How to setup a secure site webinar right around the corner
    • Reviews on the new WP Gutenberg text editor
    • Renewal prices going up for Woocommerce extensions
    • 50 WordPress keyboard shortcuts that will save you time
    • A new image replacement plugin
    • A tutorial on how to track your social media marketing with UTM codes
    • What you need to know about Google’s Mobile First Project
    • A rebuttal to Chris Lema’s take on the shrinking WP economy
    • And the math on how many sites WP actually powers on the web

  • Tips Tuesday – Make More Money, Faster Page Loads, Real SEO Ranking Factors

    Tips this week include:
    • A call to help me reach 1000 subscribers on YouTube
    • The super plugin behind the new welcome banner on BlogAid
    • Return of the BlogAid Live Show
    • A live class on secure site setup coming soon
    • A full series of tutorials on the UpdraftPlus Migrator plugin
    • A comparison post on all UpdraftPlus plugins
    • Upcoming DIY SEO member meeting this week
    • Why Zapier is the bomb for connecting apps
    • A follow up on the new WP 4.8 rich Text Widget discussion
    • A follow up on the heated debate over which Javascript framework WP will be using
    • Why you need to see how WordPress loads
    • An eye-opening study on real SEO ranking factors
    • A story about a 10k hit a day client and how she is making more money
    • Why you must see the charts on what works and doesn’t for image optimization
    • The best how-to image optimization tutorials I’ve ever seen
    • Why bulk image optimization service is worth getting