Tips Tuesday

Website and WordPress tips, news and more.

  • Tips Tuesday – WP 5.0/Gute Workshop, Blog Titles, Indexing Livestreams

    Tips this week include:
    • How to Prepare for WordPress 5.0 upgrades coming to SiteGround this week
    • You can now follow my new woodworking venture on Instagram
    • A Flash Offer that ends Thursday for safely updating to WP 5.0 and trying Gutenberg
    • More on my WordCamp US experience this past weekend
    • 9 of the best headlines to get clicks
    • What your blog post titles say about your brand
    • Whether good blog posts are enough to improve your search rankings
    • A new API that allows Google to index livestreams
    • A rumor I heard about Gutenberg compliant themes coming to my fave framework

  • Tips Tuesday – DIY SEO Challenge, SG Optimizer Revamp, Minor Updates Issue

    Tips this week include:
    • Why I’m vetting new WordPress basic courses
    • How to get a free livestream ticket to WordCamp US happening this weekend
    • Holiday Deals are still going strong here
    • The DIY SEO Jumpstart Challenge starts this week
    • A new Gutenberg FAQs page from Matt Mullenweg
    • How to prepare for NOT updating to WP 5.0, including things to do now
    • Why a minor release auto update issue could be a huge problem for us
    • Updates to the post on how to change your PHP version
    • SiteGround’s SG Optimizer plugin has been totally revamped
    • What I’m checking with image optimization and HTTP/2 protocol
    • A glitch in Google’s algorithm that makes it think a site is hacked
    • A must read interview for foodie bloggers on advanced SEO and other tips

  • Tips Tuesday – WordPress 5.0 Delay, Genesis Tutorials, 2019 Planning

    Tips this week include:
    • Get your holiday goodies and big discounts on BlogAid courses and services now or later
    • The next Google Search Console live lab is on Thursday
    • New Genesis tutorials for site revamp clients
    • Whether it’s safe to update to the latest Genesis version
    • Why we don’t know when WordPress 5.0 will roll out
    • Why big contributors are begging for a WP 5.0 January release date
    • What to do before WP 5.0 rolls out, even if you don’t plan to update
    • How to bring an email list back from the dead
    • Planning for 2019

  • Tips Tuesday – WordPress 5.0, Free Images, Boost SEO, Promote Your Posts

    Tips this week include:
    • Holiday site success savings start now!
    • An upcoming post on what you need to do prior to WordPress 5.0 rolling out next week
    • New tutorials in the works for all kinds of redirects
    • What’s coming next in our DIY SEO live workshops and challenges
    • A quick tutorial on how to delete cache everywhere
    • An update on my wood site revamp
    • What’s in the WP 5.0 Release Candidate
    • Confirmation on the rumor of how often WP will start updating
    • How to attend WordCamp U.S. for free
    • How to test your site for PHP 7.1 and higher
    • An issue with the Cloudflare plugin on PHP 7.2 for some folks
    • 3 social media strategies you can use to boost SEO
    • 27 steps to promote your blog post
    • Whether it’s okay to update to Genesis 2.7.1 yet
    • A new Sqoosh image optimizer from Google
    • A big list of places to get free images
    • And the big site speed boost coming with the HTTP/3 protocol

  • Tips Tuesday – Hosting, Free Images, Best Marketing Tools

    Tips this week include:
    • Why where you host matters so much, even which country
    • The junk that can come over during a host migration
    • Top 4 ways to turn off Gutenberg and when to do it
    • Why you must upgrade your PHP level before the end of the year
    • The next Google Search Console Live Lab on Thursday for Coverage Report Exclusions
    • The big voices calling for a delay in the WordPress 5.0 release, and how long we’ll be waiting
    • Matt Mullenweg’s open Q&A about Gutenberg and WordPress at WordCamp Portland
    • WP Rocket has 3 fantastic features, but maybe you shouldn’t use them, see why
    • Google PageSpeedInsights has revamped their report, and it still misses the mark
    • What’s in the new Google Search Console Property Sets feature
    • A nice guide to getting started with FooGallery, which is one of my fave plugins
    • What the heck happened to Pixabay?
    • Best Email, Chat, and Social Media Tools for 2018 and beyond

  • Tips Tuesday – PHP Changes, Photo Memes, DIY SEO Live Labs

    Tips this week include:
    • A new time for our live Tips Tuesday recap
    • The status on my test for turning off Gutenberg in WP 5.0
    • The start of the DIY SEO course Live Labs this week
    • Why daydreaming is good for the soul
    • The first Release Candidate for WP 5.0 is here
    • An update to Google’s reCaptcha code for a frictionless user experience
    • Big changes coming with PHP
    • A new video tutorial to help you easily change your PHP level
    • What’s in the Genesis 2.7 Beta release
    • A super story of how one blogger shifted to engage with her audience more and diversify her income stream – and it worked
    • A Canva step-by-step guide for both experienced and beginner users
    • A fun, free way to create video blips, GIFs, and photo memes

  • Tips Tuesday – WordPress 5.0 Beta, Speed Warning Emails, DIY SEO Course Discount

    Tips this week include:
    • Your last chance to get a huge discount on my DIY SEO course
    • What I’m testing in the WordPress 5.0 beta release that just came out
    • When WordPress 5.0 will be available for everyone
    • The new feature in UpdraftPlus that excites me
    • New speed warning emails from Google Search Console and how to test your site speed
    • Foodie theme updates getting out of hand
    • The new theme maker WPEngine just purchased and what this means for our future with Genesis and Gutenberg too

  • Tips Tuesday – Search Console Course Discounts, Image Sitemaps, 7 Content Marketing Tips

    Tips this week include:
    • The new Google Search Console Course is releasing this week!!
    • How to get a discount to the new course
    • Why hiring good help is so important – and why paying more isn’t always a good thing
    • Why putting your site on a solid foundation sooner rather than later is more profitable
    • Why the Gutenberg Accessibility Audit has been postponed indefinitely
    • A big hiccup at SiteGround that panicked a bunch of folks with downed sites
    • The wackiest optin trend I’m seeing lately
    • The 2 bugs that got fixed in Search Console
    • Why Yoast doesn’t have a separate image sitemap
    • A guide to mobile-first indexing
    • A list of mobile emulators to test your site
    • 7 questions to help you troubleshoot your content marketing efforts