Tips Tuesday

Tips this week include:
• Meta retires Like and Comment buttons for 3rd-party apps
• WordPress 6.9 RCs are out
• Matt Cromwell resigns from Stellar WP
• AI is coming in WP 6.9
• Agentic AI used in hack attacks
• The future of AI agents
• Turn off AI in Gmail
• How AI music topping the charts affects you
• YouTube Shorts are leading the pack
• How I’m using Shorts – and not
• Podcast wars are heating up
• Running a podcast is challenging

Tips this week include:
• New YouTube channel launched
• No AI music for me – yet
• Why Coke going AI for Ads is a BIG deal
• AI entertainment is just the pendulum swinging
• The future for Creatives
• DIY SEO in 2026 sneak peek

Tips this week include:
• Get a brand deal from your video
• YouTube launches Ask Studio AI
• How my holiday craft videos are doing
• The Create plugin changes hands
• Why you need an AI contract rider
• Chrome begins HTTPS warnings in 2026
• Why you need to rotate your passwords
• Snake oil AI SEO tricks
• AI SEO is a subset ranking
• Canva’s recent updates are stunning
• Canva’s new email marketing features

Tips this week include:
• Why I’m semi-unplugging for a day or two
• Making good use of cloud storage
• WP 6.9 Beta is out
• OpenAI Atlas browser released
• Brave finds AI browser security issues
• Utopian Labs joins Zapier – this is a good thing
• The problem with vibe coding
• October SEO update from Yoast – summary of trends
• Videos outrank posts
• Confirmation of Google is ranking more than posts
• Instagram vs TikTok
• Update on my new YouTube channel

Tips this week include:
• AWS causes global disruptions
• What gets clicked in AI Overviews
• Why in-person video intros are so important
• Change of plans with my video creations – again
• Free YouTube vs paid course
• Gen Z is driving Pinterest and YouTube clicks
• Cater to generational homes and personal expression
• WP Accessibility Day affects everyone
• Playground with Gutenberg
• Local development improvements
• Doing safer updates

Tips this week include:
• WP and WP Engine lawsuit update
• Gutenberg block plugins performance compared
• Organic Search metrics borked
• Change to Cloudflare Rule for AI Bots
• Drop in YouTube views
• Drop in Pinterest traffic
• Agentic Commerce will take over
• What is MCP?
• eComm and video
• I hit a bit YouTube milestone
• An update on my YouTube projects

Tips this week include:
• WordPress 6.8.3 security release
• Is Comet an AI browser?
• ChatGPT becomes a shopping mall
• ChatGPT will be full of ads soon
• New Yoast AI Brand Insights tool
• AIO results change with every click
• Are you using LinkedIn?
• Why to write summaries into your posts
• No more holiday craft shorts for me
• Just in time publishing on YouTube
• More homeowner product videos
• Tool reviews vs tool tips videos
• Why controversy = money
• Get reach beyond your intended niche

Tips this week include:
• Rolling with constant disruption in content marketing
• Living on the in-betweens with AI and regular search
• Awaiting AI browsers
• What to do now to get traffic
• AI Agent terminology
• SEO vs GEO
• LLMs.txt is a waste of time
• Will AI force all content to be dynamic?
• Static content vs dynamic content
• The caveat of dynamic content
• Why you need to check metrics and adjust strategies
• The caveat of seasonal videos
• AI tools ramp up phishing attacks
• Your site security starts with you