Tips Tuesday

Tips this week include:
• My number one word for 2020
• More new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials released
• A caution about Gutenberg blocks and theme compatibility
• Why I need to outsource even more
• What’s new and not so new with the release of Genesis Blocks
• Why I suggest not using Genesis Pro yet
• The difference in Astra and Genesis themes
• Google adds a new Activities at Home section to Search
• What’s in the new Schema Tab in Yoast SEO 14.8
• The SEO difference in putting your site into Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode
• What was behind the major internet outage this past weekend
• A checklist of what it means to have a high-quality site
• What you need to pay attention to now with Core Web Vitals becoming a ranking factor in 2021

Tips this week include:
• More Gutenberg Ninja tutorials updated
• New rebranding tutorials underway
• How and why to make a contingency plan for your site
• I’m calling it safe to update to WordPress 5.5, but there may still be breaks, and why that’s good
• When we can expect the WP 5.5.1 release
• WP’s 3 point plan to update jQuery
• Why you need to check your paid plugins versions
• Upcoming perks for Site Audit Plus clients
• What’s coming to the Create recipe cards and why it will be available in other recipe plugins
• The new Search Console Insights Beta rolls out

Tips this week include:
• I’m delighted my interview with Kate Ahl was featured on the Simple Pin Media Podcast
• Why rebranding jobs are pouring into BlogAid and why I’m hiring help for them
• What Gutenberg Ninja tutorials have already been updated and what tutorials are next
• Why I’m reviewing new member and community site setups
• My deeper checks into WP 5.5 changes that weren’t in my What’s New video tour
• Why PHP level compliance is so important now, and how to check and change yours
• Why you need to get out of any auto update program at your host
• More on why the jQuery change in WP 5.5 broke plugins and why that is a good thing
• My research into how lazy loading is done with our plugins, WP 5.5, and in browsers
• The future of WP, plugins, and themes and why all of these changes are for the better
• How to get ahead and stay calm through all of the site tech changes

Tips this week include:
• Why a Video SEO course is closer to on its way from me
• Kicking off BlogAid’s new Rebranding Services
• Why I’m checking into new member site and product platforms
• The Search Console tutorials are all updated in the DIY SEO course
• My Ultimate Guide for Creating Links in WordPress tutorial has been updated
• Why you need to use Sponsored AND Nofollow link attributes
• A video tour of what’s new in WordPress 5.5 and why we won’t be updating to it right away
• Astra got pulled from the WordPress theme repository and what it took to get them back in
• Bing has added image and video reporting
• My proof on why videos are fantastic for SEO
• And why I’m postponing the making of new Bing tutorials

Tips this week include:
• Updates to the DIY SEO course
• Why I’m bringing in webmasters to help with client site work
• The first release candidate for WP 5.5 is out and what that means for you and what I’m looking into
• What’s with the PHP upgrade notification you may be getting in your WP Dashboard
• The new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials in the works
• Why Google updated its GDPR policies
• My ongoing research into first and third party cookie tracking and why I spoke with a lawyer
• Why I like the new Bing URL inspection tool better than Google’s
• Whether or not you should optimize your content for questions
• How the relationship between Google Search and content creators has changed
• The future of affiliate marketing
• A beginner’s guide to writing better headlines
• A big change to Unsplash’s image use license agreement

Tips this week include:
• Gutenberg vs Elementor: Which is Faster? – it was no contest!
• What’s being revamped in the Gutenberg Ninja course this week
• The new DIY SEO tutorials and bonus sessions coming
• Our Webmaster bonus training is underway and meeting live again this week
• Industry experts speak on the pros and cons of the Gutenberg editor
• Mozilla has a new VPN service and why you may want to get it
• Why you need to log out of WordPress
• Google’s Rich Results tester is out of beta and what we’ll be using instead
• Why Google’s AMP is going away and what criteria will replace it for getting into Top Stories
• Why not to use WebP images
• Why Squoosh is my favorite image optimizer
• Why to get rid of your image optimization plugin

Tips this week include:
• Replay is available on Get Started with Astra chat with Michelle Phillips
• More LIVE chats coming and who my guests will be
• The results are in on my head-to-head theme tests for Astra, Genesis, and Divi
• Gutenberg vs Elementor case study underway
• Webmaster bonus performance training has started
• What’s in the update to my WP Fastest Cache Settings tutorial
• Why you must get your site audit request in soon
• Why Cloudflare was down for a bit last week, and the reality of how fragile the internet is
• Confirmation that Yoast SEO already has the feature for turning off WP native XML sitemaps
• Astra Themes hits 1 million installs
• A synopsis of what was discussed in the July Genesis Shapers meeting and how Atomic Blocks will be changing soon

Tips this week include:
• Why you need to get your site service request in right now
• Getting started with Astra – live chat with Michelle Phillips on Wednesday
• The updates that are coming to the Gutenberg Ninja course
• Webmaster bonus training for Core Web Vitals starting this week
• My prediction came true about how Yoast will deal with native XML sitemaps coming in WP 5.5
• Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool is going away, and what to use instead
• Features in Mediavine’s new Grow.me tracking and sharing service
• What you need to know about Chrome blocking 3rd party cookie tracking
• Whether alternative tracking methods will work or not
• How the entire ad industry is being shook up over cookie tracking
• Why you need to stay informed from a wide variety of sources
• Why you need to think broader about the future of revenue generation from your site