Tips Tuesday

Website and WordPress tips, news and more.

  • Tips Tuesday – Canva Alternatives, Ahrefs Blocked, Gutenberg Tutorials, Video SEO

    Tips this week include:
    • The deep rabbit hole I went down with video SEO this weekend
    • Running niche sites entirely with vlogs
    • I’m the only SEO that seems to know a big secret trick that I’ll teach you
    • Status on our wait to update to WP 5.8
    • New Gutenberg Ninja tutorials are underway
    • The insane poll results from pro SEOs for nofollow sponsored tag use
    • Ahrefs getting blocked and why that service will confuse you
    • Google changes messaging on Page Experience no longer being a tie breaker
    • Google simplifies Page Experience report and why it’s still worthless
    • Why I’m thrilled that Team Yoast is working on persistent user settings for WP
    • A popular GDPR cookie plugin turns into a paid service
    • The best Canva alternatives for creating graphics fast

  • Tips Tuesday – Video SEO, Good Themes, Interworx vs cPanel, FLoC Testing, YAT Emojis

    Tips this week include:
    • More digital downloads and masterminds coming
    • What I’m bummed about in the Video SEO testing
    • An update on my effort to stop SEO agency bot crawls
    • Why new sites need security too
    • Update on UpdraftPlus not backing up for some folks
    • Why I’m excited that the Gutenberg Block Pattern Directory is live
    • The death of page builders
    • Automattic acquires Pocket Casts
    • Google finishes first phase of FLoC testing for alternative 3rd party cookies
    • Why to set affiliate links to nofollow AND sponsored
    • New list of approved Genesis child themes coming soon
    • What designers think of the new theme.json styles file instead of CSS
    • Which theme should you use?
    • What to do before entering the design process these days
    • A new look for cPanel that resembles Interworx
    • Why me and more of my clients are switching to Interworx control panel
    • Will we use YAT Emojis instead of URLs someday?

  • Tips Tuesday – Schema Markup, UpdraftPlus Backups, Affiliate Cookies, Video SEO

    Tips this week include:
    • Ecommerce for digital downloads mastermind this week
    • 2 new tutorials for testing and fixing theme schema markup
    • A post on whether your theme is destroying your SEO
    • New boutique hosting is open to the public
    • WP 5.8 issues reported
    • UpdraftPlus free version is not backing up for some folks
    • Mediavine requires JS exclusions in WP Rocket
    • Are affiliate tracking cookies being phased out?
    • Is Kadence behind or ahead in their theme philosophy?
    • A new way to get your videos into Google Search
    • A peek into our future

  • Tips Tuesday – WP 5.8, Ecomm Masterminds, Deleting Sites, Gutenberg Tips

    Tips this week include:
    • We start our E-comm masterminds this week in the BB Hub
    • An update on theme speed testing and which theme to use
    • An update on theme SEO testing and new tutorials coming
    • Why you should use a child theme instead of customizing on the framework
    • An update on the recipe and how-to video SEO testing
    • Why brand new sites need security audits too
    • Why removing WP files is not enough to delete an abandoned site
    • Why I delete sites at the old host after a migration
    • Help with retiring a site properly
    • The WP 5.8 release is today, and why we won’t be updating
    • When I’ll be releasing a What’s New video tour of 5.8 and Gutenberg tutorials
    • Clarity on the confusing image upload setting in Gutenberg that will save you time
    • A super cool rotating gradient background for Gutenberg blocks
    • A new domain alignment feature for MailerLite users
    • Why you need to get your email off your hosting

  • Tips Tuesday – Ecomm Mastermind, YouTube Tutorials, Theme SEO, Video on Social

    Tips this week include:
    • More BB Hub Masterminds coming up for Ecommerce
    • 3 new YouTube tutorials added to the Video SEO Booster course
    • Update on the theme SEO tests
    • What are you wasting your time on today?
    • A super infographic for video on social platforms
    • Why not to ask your host to fix your slow site
    • We’re coming to the final release candidates for WP 5.8
    • Why I’m excited about the new Sketch Book drawing block in Gutenberg

  • Tips Tuesday – Video SEO Booster Launched, New Lighthouse Speed Metrics, Block Patterns

    Tips this week include:
    • The Video SEO Booster course is live!!!
    • Super Summer Sales Event is on with discounts on all BlogAid courses
    • Great progress with theme testing
    • Contingency Plan mastermind is this week for BB Hub members
    • What we’ll be covering in our Ecommerce masterminds
    • A super evergreen content case study and which post types do best
    • Update on Mediavine GDPR method
    • The super sneaky thing the WP Mail SMTP plugin does to some folks
    • Speed metrics going stricter in the new Lighthouse 8 tester
    • Why you need pro help with your site speed
    • WordPress 5.8 RC1 is out
    • How Gutenberg Block Patterns will change everything

  • Tips Tuesday – Instagram Mastermind, Cookie Tracking News, Ezoic Ads, Blogging Budget

    Tips this week include:
    • Why you need to make a blogging budget for time and money
    • Why it’s worthwhile to do new or hard things
    • The Instagram mastermind is this week in the BB Hub
    • Updates on theme testing, video SEO course, and site services
    • What’s new with the Grow Social Pro plugin and what you need to check
    • How the major revamp at GitHub will impact our plugin support
    • What to check if you use the GDPR notification from Mediavine
    • What we’re testing in the WP 5.8 Beta 4 that just released
    • A preview of the WP 5.8 theme editor
    • Is AMP finally deprecated for good?
    • Why I can no longer offer support for sites running Ezoic ads
    • How expert roundups get you more traffic
    • Huge news with Google delaying removal of 3rd party cookie tracking
    • Why now is the time for you to diversify your revenue and traffic streams

  • Tips Tuesday – AI Generated Content, YouTube Shorts, Google Page Experience

    • Content Revamp How-To workshop is this week
    • Why evergreen content is king on YouTube
    • New tutorials for the Video SEO Booster course
    • Our first ever masterminds are scheduled for BB Hub members
    • What’s going on with Ezoic?
    • Monetization alternatives to ads
    • Mediavine ad speed settings
    • How Astra continues to be tone deaf
    • Phase 1 of Google’s Page Experience with Core Web Vitals is out
    • Why what you see in Search Console is lying to you
    • How to get real speed help
    • Whether or not you want to shoot for a position zero feature in Google Search or not
    • The best AI content generation tools and why I suggest you check them out
    • Is AI generated content your friend or foe?