Tips Tuesday

Tips this week include:
• An update on switching BlogAid to Gutenberg
• Why I’m having to regroup on my end of year plans for BlogAid
• Great Gutenberg alternatives to republishing seasonal posts
• How Gutenberg makes it so easy to revamp your home page for the seasons
• How a consult can help you make a plan that makes you money faster
• What’s in the Astra 2.6.0 release and where to get more info
• What’s in the WP 5.6 beta release that I’m keeping an eye on
• How reading Tips Tuesday keeps you calm
• Why I’m delighted that block-based widgets will not be in WP 5.6
• Why the Gutenberg editor is powerful enough for now and we can wait for Phase 2
• Major changes to the Coming Soon plugin by Seedprod and what I’m using instead for maintenance mode
• How me and my webmasters help each other make money by saving time
• Why to hold off on installing the new Google Analytics code
• The exciting news of HTTP/3 with QUIC being in the Last Call phase
• What QUIC is and how it will speed up the whole internet
• The cutting edge speed tweaks you get on Cloudflare
• Why speed is about way more than adding a caching plugin

Tips this week include:
All new Site Services pages are on BlogAid, and who helped me create them
A reminder of why I don’t offer on-demand fix-it services
Why I had to overhaul my new rebranding service
Why my Webmaster Training course members get hired more
The Cloudflare tutorials are updated in the Webmaster Training course
Why I had to pull the trigger and flip BlogAid to a Gutenberg hybrid setup
How village opinions are like gold for your business
Why you need to make a plugins list
The new Google Analytics 4 has launched and why you need to keep your current analytics running too
What you need to know about Yoast and SEMRush teaming up for free keyword research
Bing launches a totally rebuilt Site Explorer
Update on what we’re finding in Bing Webmaster Tools
Changes to the way SiteGround handles domain-related email setup
The confusing HTTPS settings at SiteGround
A list of the hosts I can’t work with for audits

Tips this week include:
• New Bing Webmaster Tools tutorials have arrived
• New Google Web Stories tutorial section and live session
• Why I have to cut my workload a bit and my new office hours
• Fallout over the SiteGround WordPress support changes post
• Revamp of my hosting recommendations
• Which host is the latest to start charging for manual migrations and why this is a good thing
• Why you need to put a dollar value on expertise
• Authentication passwords are coming to the WP API sooner than expected
• Why free plugins are going to start dropping like flies
• Which new full theme editing elements coming to WP soon
• Updates to my WP database table prefixes list
• The major changes with the TinyMCE Advanced plugin
• Why I’m jumping up and down over the WP compatibility notice from UpdraftPlus
• Big podcast news from Google Podcast and the new Amazon Podcast services
• Why not to use image optimization plugins and what to do instead
• Why we won’t be using the new Automatic Platform Optimization feature from Cloudflare

Tips this week include:
• Bing Webmaster Tools tutorials are near to release
• Upcoming chat with Web Stories makers
• The Site Success Chat with Chas Greener replay is ready
• What’s up with recent email delivery issues
• Why you need to get off junk email providers
• The carrot that is in front of my horse that’s causing long hours
• Update on the Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg plugin causing massive file build up
• The Cloudflare plugin lost its mind for a little while
• A bombshell from SiteGround as they drop WordPress support
• Why I’m exciting about WordPress core finding a way to host Google fonts locally and what this means for plugin and theme devs and us
• A synopsis of the important live Q&A from Webpage Test and its new owner, Catchpoint

Tips this week include:
• Client interview series kicks off this Wednesday with Chas’ Greener
• Google Web Stories plugin has officially released
• A post with my first look at Web Stories
• A tutorial on how to make a Web Story
• Why I’m seeking speaking gigs for 2021 and why I need your help with it
• A few more recommendations I’d like to get from you
• The total site rebuild I’m doing on Astra and who’s going to help me with it
• How we deal with overwhelm as our business grows
• Why Facebook breaking the oEmbed connection may actually be ahead of the curve on what’s coming
• An update on the Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg plugin troubleshooting
• Why REST API passwords may be coming to the WordPress core and one thing I hope they finally drop
• An update on the raging DDoS attacks that are still actively affecting the whole internet
• Why you need to ensure you have a solid backup solution
• A tip about storing your backup files on Amazon S3

Tips this week include:
• Why I was excited to get the Yoast SEO survey that focused heavily on video
• Bing Webmaster Tool tutorials are in the works
• The new video SEO thing I got to try with my latest Heartwood Art video and post
• A setting you must check asap if you use the Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg plugin
• What’s up with Facebook and Instagram oEmbeds breaking later in October
• Why you should always use your canonical link for sharing
• Google will finally start crawling sites using HTTP/2
• What HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 are and why it matters for your site speed
• What I’m concerned about with Catchpoint acquiring my fave online tester, WebPage Test

Tips this week include:
• The new edition of What Every Site Owner Should Know has been released
• Gutenberg Ninja tutorials are all updated and has a new Astra section now too
• DIY SEO course tutorial updates are in the works
• How you are overlooking important site notifications and what to do about it and why
• The exponential growth my clients are getting
• Scheduling of live client interviews is underway
• Why I have to draw a limit on “one quick question” emails
• Why I hope you always say thank you
• The new collaborations I’m excited about participating in this fall
• Yep, it’s finally time to upgrade to PHP 7.4
• A new custom PHP setup for some SiteGround clients
• The real reason WP Support wants to curb paid plugin support in the forums
• The full jQuery change plans for WordPress
• Why WordPress needs to go ahead and break some things
• How and why you need to move away from your freebie mindset and how much it is costing you not to

Tips this week include:
• Specialty Blocks and Reusable Block tutorials updated in the Gutenberg Ninja course
• Why to be careful which block plugins you use
• The new optin that BlogAid News subscribers can look forward to soon
• My first look at the new Google Search Console Insights beta, with screenshots
• A much needed, and way overdue overhaul is coming to GTMetrix
• The 4 posts you need to read right now for running your own speed tests
• Whether outbound links affect your SEO
• An SEO News wrap up for August from Team Yoast
• Why we are excited about Yoast investing in the WordProof plugin
• Why the WP Support Team is trying to curb paid plugin support in the free plugin forums and what else they really need to address
• A Gutenberg Block Patterns Resource List and why this is a game changer
• Plus why Block Patterns may be the death knell for page builders
• Why you need to stop opening links in a new tab