Tips Tuesday

Website and WordPress tips, news and more.

  • Tips Tuesday – Social Follow Plugin, Higher Click Throughs, Prevent Database Hacks

    Tips this week include:
    • What I’m uploading in the new Google Search Console course
    • How you pay a hefty price down the road using theme builders
    • New designer help for Gutenberg in Genesis
    • Cool updates to the Simple Social Icons plugin
    • Why we need to be concerned about the upcoming release of PHP 7.3
    • How and why to better vet your plugins before installing on your site
    • An update on staging sites at both A2 Hosting and SiteGround
    • How your database gets hacked and ways to prevent it
    • Why I won’t be using the new Cloudflare Firewall Rules
    • How to get more clicks from Search and social media like Pinterest

  • Tips Tuesday – Gutenberg Dates, Social Sharing Plugins, G+ Shutting Down

    Tips this week include:
    • New dates announced for the Gutenberg Beta release
    • What will be in Phase 2 of Gutenberg
    • Is Genesis becoming a theme builder?
    • The new feature in Scriptless Social Sharing you’ll love
    • The new social sharing plugin I’m hearing a lot of buzz about
    • The big bucks Google paid out to remain the top search engine and what that means for you
    • Why I’m rethinking what should be in our robots.txt file
    • Does author authority on topic matter anymore?
    • Big news on G+ shutting down, and the real story behind it
    • A new cookie option from Facebook
    • Improved staging sites at A2 Hosting

  • Tips Tuesday – Google Images, Data Security, Wholesale Domain Registration

    Tips this week include:
    • What I’ve been finding in the new Google Search Console interface that worried my clients
    • Why you must read what’s in the recent Google Images Algorithm update
    • My thoughts on the new Image metadata that Google is now including
    • How AI driven search results for content will change the way you blog
    • How to download and delete all the data Google is tracking on you
    • What to be concerned about with the recent Facebook data breach and why the GDPR fines may shake up all of social media
    • Why you need to get super serious about protecting your own site’s data
    • The amazing deal Cloudflare just announced for domain name registration

  • Tips Tuesday – Mobile-First Indexing Emails, Genesis Future, Cloudflare Gifts

    Tips this week include:
    • The change I’m making to the New Search Console Course that you’re going to like
    • What to look for in those Mobile-First Indexing emails you’re getting from Google
    • Which site types can make the most use of the new Speakable Content schema markup
    • What the future holds for the Genesis theme framework and Gutenberg
    • All kinds of birthday goodies coming from Cloudflare this week

  • Tips Tuesday – Republishing Posts, Blogging Templates, Clone Your Site

    Tips this week include:
    • It’s move week at BlogAid
    • What my house adventure brought to mind about running an online business these days
    • An eye opening post on Voice Search stats and how they’re growing fast
    • How Google determines what date to show in snippets
    • Rethinking the process of republishing posts
    • Why I’ve got my eye on adding schema markup to how-to posts
    • A super post on using templates and checklists to make your blogging life easier
    • An easy way to clone your site for testing that is totally DIY and cheap

  • Tips Tuesday – Grow Optins, Lazy Load, Browser Updates, Search Console Course

    Tips this week include:
    • What you need to do to ensure you stay on the BlogAid email list
    • The backup tutorials I’ve been updating for my webmasters
    • The bonus you get as a site owner who is ahead of the change curves
    • What’s up with my October site audit schedule and why you need to beat the rush
    • An update on the status of the new Google Search Console course, and who will get discounts soon
    • Mark your calendars for a show on Wed talking about Gutenberg and the future of the web
    • An easy way you can guide the future of WordPress development
    • What’s in the update for the Best Recipe Plugin tests
    • A super way I found to speed up your site with lazy load, even if you run ads
    • The new feature I’m tickled to see come to WP Fastest Cache
    • Will the new schema markup Blocks for Yoast mess up your recipe posts?
    • Why small biz site owners can now add Yelp and other reviews to their sites
    • What’s in the updates to FireFox and Chrome that should deeply concern you
    • Tips for great ways to grow your email list

  • Tips Tuesday – Site Backups, HSTS for HTTPS, EAT Score for SEO

    Tips this week include:
    • An update on my new image SEO research and the Pandora’s box that opened
    • A WordPress Backup Checklist that is a must-read for all site owners
    • New Backup Quick Checks for my Site Audit Plus clients
    • Where to find a new Gutenberg Block Index
    • How long the Classic Editor plugin will be available
    • A radical split in vision from 2 major voices in forking WordPress and an LTS version
    • What the release of PHP 7.3 means for site owners and plugin developers
    • Why you need HSTS for your HTTPS conversion and what Google has to do with it
    • Google begins notifying site owners of bad HTTPS conversions
    • What your EAT score is and how to improve it for SEO

  • Tips Tuesday – Analytics Changes, Gutenberg, SEO Formatting Works

    Tips this week include:
    • Yoast’s video answer to my question about lazy load and SEO
    • My new video tutorial on using iFrame and lazy load for faster video loading
    • An unexpected issue I ran into with using lazy load
    • The launch of a new member area for my site audit clients
    • Test results for the best recipe plugin to use
    • Conclusive evidence that the featured snippet formatting I teach in the DIY SEO course works
    • Mark your calendars for my upcoming interview on the Tinkering with Tech Show
    • What’s up with the ClassicPress petition and major fork of WordPress
    • My thoughts on the “Try Gutenberg” adoption rate reports
    • How convenience and free cost you more in the long run
    • What Oakley Capital buying up cPanel means for us as site owners and our hosts
    • How the Image data change to Google Analytics could look like a downturn in traffic
    • A new auto verify feature for sites in Search Console and how it works
    • How Google Analytics is lying to you in a massive way, or maybe not