Take a look back at this crazy year of site changes, plus you’ll discover what worked and what didn’t as I continue to pivot my online businesses. And, get a peek into what’s coming for 2021.

Take a look back at this crazy year of site changes, plus you’ll discover what worked and what didn’t as I continue to pivot my online businesses. And, get a peek into what’s coming for 2021.

Tips this week include:

• Why we’re still waiting to update to WP 5.6, and where to find instructions for doing it

• All about Cloudflare’s APO email you may have gotten, and why we won’t be using it yet

• 38 states file suit against Google’s search monopoly and what it means for your SEO

• Why Astra has become too much of a moving target

• My revised holiday hours for BlogAid

• A few host migration tips and help

• What folks who are just now getting back to blogging should do

• An update on my Video SEO research and how Team Yoast helped

• When the Quick Checks for the DIY SEO course will come out ahead of our live workshops starting

Tips this week include:

• Why we’re still waiting to update to WP 5.6, and where to find instructions for doing it

• All about Cloudflare’s APO email you may have gotten, and why we won’t be using it yet

• 38 states file suit against Google’s search monopoly and what it means for your SEO

• Why Astra has become too much of a moving target

• My revised holiday hours for BlogAid

• A few host migration tips and help

• What folks who are just now getting back to blogging should do

• An update on my Video SEO research and how Team Yoast helped

• When the Quick Checks for the DIY SEO course will come out ahead of our live workshops starting

Tips this week include:

• No checkbox to turn off auto updates in WP 5.6

• State of the Word address this week on Dec 17

• Why you need to check your Grow Social Pro license

• Why I’m so happy with the new GTMetrix tester

• Why Google PageSpeed Insights is not an accurate tester

• Where Google gets its speed data about your site

• Update on Genesis Full Site Editing

• BlogAid holiday schedule

• Update on meeting with my video SEO clients for more testing

• What to do if you can’t see edits in preview

• A final word on getting errors when saving UpdraftPlus settings

• Why not to run end around your host security settings

• Why hosts are removing the WordPress Toolkit app in cPanel and what you need to check for

Tips this week include:

• No checkbox to turn off auto updates in WP 5.6

• State of the Word address this week on Dec 17

• Why you need to check your Grow Social Pro license

• Why I’m so happy with the new GTMetrix tester

• Why Google PageSpeed Insights is not an accurate tester

• Where Google gets its speed data about your site

• Update on Genesis Full Site Editing

• BlogAid holiday schedule

• Update on meeting with my video SEO clients for more testing

• What to do if you can’t see edits in preview

• A final word on getting errors when saving UpdraftPlus settings

• Why not to run end around your host security settings

• Why hosts are removing the WordPress Toolkit app in cPanel and what you need to check for

Tips this week include:

• See what’s new in WordPress 5.6 that rolls out tomorrow

• A potential issue with the new WordPress Toolkit settings in cPanel

• The important State of the Word Keynote address will be live streamed on Dec 17

• How to promote your content with audiograms

• Why some folks can’t update UpdraftPlus and the action we are taking with support

• How to get ready for Core Web Vitals becoming a ranking factor soon

• A reminder that HTTPS security headers are a Core Web Vitals metric

• My take on the new Crawl Stats Report in Google Search Console

• Why we’re not happy about GA4 being the new analytics default when new sites are added

• Genesis calling for Full Site Editor beta testers, and what this means for the framework

• Reminder there is still time to get in on the BlogAid Holiday sale discounts

• An update on the big SEO issue at BlogAid that has been fixed

• The new schema markup tutorials coming to the DIY SEO course over this

• The YouTube milestone reached for my woodworking site

• A great opportunity for you to get more eyeballs on your post with my Share the Joy post on Facebook

• Why I want to hear your thoughts about the MeWe social media platform

Tips this week include:

• See what’s new in WordPress 5.6 that rolls out tomorrow

• A potential issue with the new WordPress Toolkit settings in cPanel

• The important State of the Word Keynote address will be live streamed on Dec 17

• How to promote your content with audiograms

• Why some folks can’t update UpdraftPlus and the action we are taking with support

• How to get ready for Core Web Vitals becoming a ranking factor soon

• A reminder that HTTPS security headers are a Core Web Vitals metric

• My take on the new Crawl Stats Report in Google Search Console

• Why we’re not happy about GA4 being the new analytics default when new sites are added

• Genesis calling for Full Site Editor beta testers, and what this means for the framework

• Reminder there is still time to get in on the BlogAid Holiday sale discounts

• An update on the big SEO issue at BlogAid that has been fixed

• The new schema markup tutorials coming to the DIY SEO course over this

• The YouTube milestone reached for my woodworking site

• A great opportunity for you to get more eyeballs on your post with my Share the Joy post on Facebook

• Why I want to hear your thoughts about the MeWe social media platform

Tips this week include:

• BlogAid Holiday Sales are still running

• Free Gutenberg Webinar this Thursday, Dec 3 and everyone is welcome to attend live

• New tutorial for Atomic Blocks to Genesis Blocks Migration

• Update on the BlogAid SEO issue

• Why not to be a Yoast hater here

• WordPress 5.6 releases on Dec 8 and why we won’t be updating right away

• Who will get my special update instructions for WP 5.6

• When the new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials with the WP 5.6 features will be released

• Has SiteGround moved you to the new custom control panel?

• ModSecurity at our hosting has tightened the rule set

• The issue with UpdraftPlus that ModSecurity change made happen

• A blip of a security issue with cPanel

• Why you need separate accounts for hosting, domain, and email

• Why you need to upgrade to PHP 7.4 right now

• Why we won’t be using PHP 8.0 yet

Tips this week include:

• BlogAid Holiday Sales are still running

• Free Gutenberg Webinar this Thursday, Dec 3 and everyone is welcome to attend live

• New tutorial for Atomic Blocks to Genesis Blocks Migration

• Update on the BlogAid SEO issue

• Why not to be a Yoast hater here

• WordPress 5.6 releases on Dec 8 and why we won’t be updating right away

• Who will get my special update instructions for WP 5.6

• When the new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials with the WP 5.6 features will be released

• Has SiteGround moved you to the new custom control panel?

• ModSecurity at our hosting has tightened the rule set

• The issue with UpdraftPlus that ModSecurity change made happen

• A blip of a security issue with cPanel

• Why you need separate accounts for hosting, domain, and email

• Why you need to upgrade to PHP 7.4 right now

• Why we won’t be using PHP 8.0 yet