Tips Tuesday

Tips this week include:
• WordPress 7.0.1 released
• Meta’s evil stunt and my $.02 on it
• AI visibility tracking metrics are unstable
• Google AI tracking is not effective either
• Why you need the whole metrics story
• I got a brand invite!!
• Why brands are desperate for reviews

This week’s tips include:
• Updates on my video channels
• Why going back to kindergarten is fun
• Most AI bots are spoofs
• Cloudflare AI bot updates coming
• New AI Lighthouse test
• Black-hat AI SEO is here
• Feel-good movie for the summer

Tips this week include:
• Reminder to log out of your site
• PHP exhaustion issues
• New WP AI proposal rejected by devs
• Ride out the AI content wave
• Google ranking Meta posts – and what I’m doing
• Facebook Creator Studio Relaunched
• Llms.txt files aren’t being read
• Google’s new AI Markdown
• Claude data stolen
• What to check in who you vote for

A joy-filled post to kick off summer

Tips this week include:
• What’s New in WordPress 7.0
• Backup your devices
• Chrome update will disable ad blockers
• The better browser I use
• Personalized Search changes
• Google can be held liable for false AI summaries
• YouTube AI SEO Workshop
• My video channel updates and new path
• Why I’m following My Bliss
• A little help on YouTube and Trusts
• Anthropic and OpenAI file for IPO
• Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable 5 shut down by government
• Trust is the new golden ticket

Tips this week include:
• Critical update to UpdraftPlus
• Reminder about auto updates
• AI being used for good
• New 24 hour delay on plugin update releases
• Do you need a security.txt file?
• llms.txt and WebMCP workshop this week
• Why my bet is on NLWeb
• Bots make up 57% of site hits
• GSC adds AI tracking

Tips this week include:
• Matt white flags on lawsuits
• WP loses market share – and why not to care
• WP 7.0 testing update
• React 19 upgrade coming in WP 7.1
• Where do folks who leave Google go?
• Can Claude and Perplexity save blogs?
• Tell your friends to make the Search switch
• Bot types that access our sites – DIY SEO workshop
• YouTube improves AI labeling
• AI Search on YouTube – and how it will affect watchtime
• How to attract AI video suggestions

Tips this week include:
• WP 7.0 out – don’t update yet
• WP AI Team changes
• WP leaks API keys
• State of WP security in 2026
• Frequent host software updates
• Microsoft dumps SMS 2FA
• Google’s radical change to search – why, backlash, and what it means for us
• Update on DIY SEO Workshops