Tips Tuesday

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

April 13, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

April 6, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

March 30, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

March 23, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

March 16, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

March 9, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

March 2, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

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

Tips Tuesday – Core Web Vitals Workshop, WP 5.6.2, Theme Speed Tweaks

February 23, 2021 by MaAnna Stephenson

Hello Happy Site Owners and Webmasters! Tips this week include: Core Web Vitals workshop this week in the DIY SEO course What’s in WordPress 5.6.2 that rolled out Monday Why I’m concerned about lazy load of iframes coming in WP 5.7 Why I think WP has no business including any type of lazy loading How […]