BlogAid WordPress Tips Tuesday episodes:

• June 01, 2021Tips Tuesday – Site Speed Tweaks, Duotone Images, Future of Plugins, FLoC Block

  • Theme case study is underway
  

  • New speed tweaks I found for us
  

  • Why the migration process is different for the new boutique hosting
  

  • Why I’m looking outside the WP world for new opportunities for us
  

  • What the only thing is that you really own in your online business
  

  • A look at 40 WP milestones as it turns 18 years old
  

  • Cool duotone image filters coming to Gutenberg
  

  • Genesis discusses what making their framework free will look like
  

  • The future of plugins
  

  • 2 more big CMS block Google’s FLoC and what it means for WP and folks who run ads

  ...more

  

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• May 25, 2021Tips Tuesday – Content SEO Workshops, Video SEO Booster, 8 Graphics Tools

  Tips this week include:
  

  • Why not to panic when goofy stuff happens with your site
  

  • Why the sky won’t fall if you don’t get a post out on time
  

  • How hosts are shooting you and themselves in the foot
  

  • Why we are moving to boutique hosting
  

  • Special invitations are coming to site audit clients soon
  

  • 3 new and/or updated tutorials for webmasters
  

  • Formal theme testing is underway
  

  • My new summer office hours
  

  • What’s up with the multiple plugin issues we’ve seen over the last 2 weeks
  

  • Our Content SEO series of Workshops start this week in the DIY SEO course
  

  • Why Google had to partner with Shopify
  

  • Discover why videos are hot and why product videos are even hotter
  

  • Video SEO Booster course Phase 2 launch is coming soon
  

  • Why webmasters need to start testing WP 5.8 today
  

  • Why it’s worth living through this messy WP revolution
  

  • 8 powerful online graphic creation tools for you to check out

  ...more

  

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• May 18, 2021Tips Tuesday – Genesis is Free, YouTube Shorts, White Screen on Post Edit

  Tips this week include:
  

  • A salute to one of my favorite bloggers
  

  • DIY SEO Special Content Formatting Workshop this Thursday
  

  • Video SEO Booster course beta testing is nearly complete
  

  • New boutique hosting clients are moving into their new home
  

  • Why you need paid migration help these days
  

  • Reminder to site audit clients to get in the BB Hub
  

  • WP 5.7.2 security release rolled out
  

  • Why I’m so interested in Liquid Web’s purchase of GiveWP
  

  • Why Genesis had to make their framework free
  

  • Where we are with all theme revamps
  

  • Why Block Patterns are the new page templates of the future
  

  • Where to learn how to make your own landing pages
  

  • Whether or not you need a theme designer now
  

  • Why you should just say no to accessibility trickery
  

  • Why designers need a legal statement about accessibilities compliance
  

  • Whether or not you should have plugin auto updates on or not
  

  • Recent issues with the Cloudflare plugin losing connectivity
  

  • Clarifying the confusion about what the Cloudflare plugin does and doesn’t do
  

  • How the new PHP Version Manager is breaking sites
  

  • More info on the White Screen of Death when editing posts some folks are getting
  

  • Why not to contact your host first for site fixes
  

  • Confirmation of massive brute force attacks rolling globally
  

  • Why to stop doing speed tests yourself
  

  • Why I’m looking into more ways to block bad bots via Cloudflare
  

  • Why I’m overjoyed with the release of the new schema markup validator
  

  • The long-term catch in YouTube’s announcement to pay creators for making Shorts

  ...more

  

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• May 11, 2021Tips Tuesday – Find CLS issues, Video SEO Booster Course, Content Silo Workshop

  Tips this week include:
  

  • Content Silo live workshop this week
  

  • Video SEO Booster course is in live beta
  

  • How-To blocks and card tutorials are underway
  

  • What I’ll be checking in the upcoming theme testing case study besides speed
  

  • Why not to jump on a theme redesign for speed and Core Web Vitals fixes
  

  • Why CLS issues are super hard to find sometimes, and the new methods I’m using
  

  • First site owners are moving into the new boutique hosting
  

  • A fix for buttons losing alignment since the WP 5.7 update
  

  • CC Search is relaunching as OpenVerse by WP with Creative Commons images
  

  • New CloudLinux PHP manager is goofing up sites, and the fixes
  

  • How First Contentful Paint is handled by different browsers
  

  • Google only cares about viewership on Chrome
  

  • Yoast SEO plugin had a minor bug
  

  • How to easily roll plugins updates back to the previous version
  

  • Why we may need to add the Classic Widget plugin after WP 5.8 comes out
  

  • Where to get step-by-step WP update instructions for major releases

  ...more

  

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• May 04, 2021Tips Tuesday – Core Web Vitals, Video SEO Booster, Better Hosting

  Tips this week include:
  

  • The new Video SEO Booster course is live – by private invitation for now
  

  • New boutique hosting is going live this week
  

  • Site Audit Client Perks and TOS has been sent
  

  • Why you may not want to go it alone for Core Web Vitals fixes
  

  • How you may be fixing the wrong things for better speed
  

  • Why not to throw out the Genesis baby with the bath water
  

  • Update on theme testing
  

  • The new Core Web Vitals fixes we’ve found
  

  • The huge number of sites that are not optimized for Core Web Vitals yet
  

  • Why Google needs to get the log out of its own eye for speed
  

  • More info about Full Site Editing that’s coming in WP 5.8
  

  • Mailchimp introduces new Stores and Appointments features
  

  • What I found interesting in the April Genesis Shapers meeting notes for speed
  

  • Why you should keep posting to social sites that never send you direct traffic

  ...more

  

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• April 27, 2021Tips Tuesday – Core Web Vitals, FLoC Blocking, CLS Issues, Shopify Video

  Tips this week include:
  

  • DIY SEO Workshop spring break
  

  • Updates on progress with the Video SEO course, Gutenberg Ninja, theme testing, and boutique hosting
  

  • The CLS issues me and my webmaster designers are chasing
  

  • Why not to cut corners on getting your Core Web Vitals issues fixed
  

  • Why it may not be your host’s fault that your site is down
  

  • The scam emails flying around for host disk quota overages
  

  • My experiment with a new way to deter comment spam
  

  • A super podcast from the head of Shopify, including how to effectively use video there
  

  • The growing frustration with all those pesky notifications at the top of your WP admin pages
  

  • Full Site Editing is a go for the upcoming WP 5.8 release
  

  • An update on whether WP will block Google’s FLoC tracking or not

  ...more

  

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• April 20, 2021Tips Tuesday – FloC, Google Page Experience, CLS Testing, Genesis Plugins

  Tips this week include:
  

  • How Google’s Product Review Update will impact affiliate marketers
  

  • Why you can’t ignore your site for long stretches
  

  • The final tests we’re doing for the Video SEO course
  

  • Why I’m tripling up on the testing and where else you’ll see the new tutorials
  

  • New TOS for site audit clients on the way
  

  • What was in the WP 5.7.1 security release
  

  • More bugs reported for Reusable Blocks
  

  • Why we need a better comment system
  

  • The 2 plugins Genesis is deprecating
  

  • Google shuts down Feedburner RSS to Email service
  

  • Why Google changed the name of Core Web Vitals to Page Experience
  

  • What’s in the Evolving CLS metric Calculation
  

  • A welcome delay in the rollout of Google Page Experience
  

  • New Core Web Vitals options from Mediavine
  

  • New metrics in WebPage Test for CLS
  

  • Will WordPress block Google’s FLoC tracking

  ...more

  

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• April 20, 2021Tips Tuesday – FloC, Google Page Experience, CLS Testing, Genesis Plugins

  Tips this week include:
  

  • How Google’s Product Review Update will impact affiliate marketers
  

  • Why you can’t ignore your site for long stretches
  

  • The final tests we’re doing for the Video SEO course
  

  • Why I’m tripling up on the testing and where else you’ll see the new tutorials
  

  • New TOS for site audit clients on the way
  

  • What was in the WP 5.7.1 security release
  

  • More bugs reported for Reusable Blocks
  

  • Why we need a better comment system
  

  • The 2 plugins Genesis is deprecating
  

  • Google shuts down Feedburner RSS to Email service
  

  • Why Google changed the name of Core Web Vitals to Page Experience
  

  • What’s in the Evolving CLS metric Calculation
  

  • A welcome delay in the rollout of Google Page Experience
  

  • New Core Web Vitals options from Mediavine
  

  • New metrics in WebPage Test for CLS
  

  • Will WordPress block Google’s FLoC tracking

  ...more

  

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• April 13, 2021Tips Tuesday – Full Site Editing, Ranking Factors, Cloudflare, Kadence Themes

  Tips this week include:
  

  • Ranking Factors Part 1 Workshop on Thursday
  

  • Video embed speed case study is complete, and I have the fastest way to do
  

  • What I found when testing the Yoast Video SEO plugin’s new speed feature
  

  • Video schema markup testing is complete
  

  • Update on the new boutique hosting for us
  

  • Why the order of my site services wait list may flip
  

  • The new TOS for site audit client perks I’m drawing up, and why
  

  • Why you must get your site checkup every year now
  

  • More on the new mastermind groups coming this summer
  

  • How WP Fastest Cache and Cloudflare work together
  

  • What Google’s calculation change to Cumulative Layout Shift means for your site
  

  • What’s in the email Cloudflare sent out about IP changes
  

  • Why I’m excited about Cloudflare’s revamped Web Application Firewall
  

  • Update on Cloudflare’s new Super Bot Fight Mode and why we won’t be using it
  

  • Why I’m looking into blocking some bots manually
  

  • The new Rate Limit function I’m looking into at Cloudflare
  

  • Why I’m not happy about iThemes acquiring Kadence Themes
  

  • Will Full Site Editing be rolling into WP 5.8?
  

  • The big split in Gutenberg and Classic we have now and why a bigger split is on the way
  

  • What to do if a theme revamp project is on your horizon
  

  • Why you need to jump on the Gutenberg train right now

  ...more

  

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• April 13, 2021Tips Tuesday – Full Site Editing, Ranking Factors, Cloudflare, Kadence Themes

  Tips this week include:
  

  • Ranking Factors Part 1 Workshop on Thursday
  

  • Video embed speed case study is complete, and I have the fastest way to do
  

  • What I found when testing the Yoast Video SEO plugin’s new speed feature
  

  • Video schema markup testing is complete
  

  • Update on the new boutique hosting for us
  

  • Why the order of my site services wait list may flip
  

  • The new TOS for site audit client perks I’m drawing up, and why
  

  • Why you must get your site checkup every year now
  

  • More on the new mastermind groups coming this summer
  

  • How WP Fastest Cache and Cloudflare work together
  

  • What Google’s calculation change to Cumulative Layout Shift means for your site
  

  • What’s in the email Cloudflare sent out about IP changes
  

  • Why I’m excited about Cloudflare’s revamped Web Application Firewall
  

  • Update on Cloudflare’s new Super Bot Fight Mode and why we won’t be using it
  

  • Why I’m looking into blocking some bots manually
  

  • The new Rate Limit function I’m looking into at Cloudflare
  

  • Why I’m not happy about iThemes acquiring Kadence Themes
  

  • Will Full Site Editing be rolling into WP 5.8?
  

  • The big split in Gutenberg and Classic we have now and why a bigger split is on the way
  

  • What to do if a theme revamp project is on your horizon
  

  • Why you need to jump on the Gutenberg train right now

  ...more

  

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