Tips this week include:

• Client interview series kicks off this Wednesday with Chas’ Greener

• Google Web Stories plugin has officially released

• A post with my first look at Web Stories

• A tutorial on how to make a Web Story

• Why I’m seeking speaking gigs for 2021 and why I need your help with it

• A few more recommendations I’d like to get from you

• The total site rebuild I’m doing on Astra and who’s going to help me with it

• How we deal with overwhelm as our business grows

• Why Facebook breaking the oEmbed connection may actually be ahead of the curve on what’s coming

• An update on the Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg plugin troubleshooting

• Why REST API passwords may be coming to the WordPress core and one thing I hope they finally drop

• An update on the raging DDoS attacks that are still actively affecting the whole internet

• Why you need to ensure you have a solid backup solution

• A tip about storing your backup files on Amazon S3

Tips this week include:

• Why I was excited to get the Yoast SEO survey that focused heavily on video

• Bing Webmaster Tool tutorials are in the works

• The new video SEO thing I got to try with my latest Heartwood Art video and post

• A setting you must check asap if you use the Ultimate Addons for Gutenberg plugin

• What’s up with Facebook and Instagram oEmbeds breaking later in October

• Why you should always use your canonical link for sharing

• Google will finally start crawling sites using HTTP/2

• What HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 are and why it matters for your site speed

• What I’m concerned about with Catchpoint acquiring my fave online tester, WebPage Test

Tips this week include:

• The new edition of What Every Site Owner Should Know has been released

• Gutenberg Ninja tutorials are all updated and has a new Astra section now too

• DIY SEO course tutorial updates are in the works

• How you are overlooking important site notifications and what to do about it and why

• The exponential growth my clients are getting

• Scheduling of live client interviews is underway

• Why I have to draw a limit on “one quick question” emails

• Why I hope you always say thank you

• The new collaborations I’m excited about participating in this fall

• Yep, it’s finally time to upgrade to PHP 7.4

• A new custom PHP setup for some SiteGround clients

• The real reason WP Support wants to curb paid plugin support in the forums

• The full jQuery change plans for WordPress

• Why WordPress needs to go ahead and break some things

• How and why you need to move away from your freebie mindset and how much it is costing you not to

Tips this week include:

• Specialty Blocks and Reusable Block tutorials updated in the Gutenberg Ninja course

• Why to be careful which block plugins you use

• The new optin that BlogAid News subscribers can look forward to soon

• My first look at the new Google Search Console Insights beta, with screenshots

• A much needed, and way overdue overhaul is coming to GTMetrix

• The 4 posts you need to read right now for running your own speed tests

• Whether outbound links affect your SEO

• An SEO News wrap up for August from Team Yoast

• Why we are excited about Yoast investing in the WordProof plugin

• Why the WP Support Team is trying to curb paid plugin support in the free plugin forums and what else they really need to address

• A Gutenberg Block Patterns Resource List and why this is a game changer

• Plus why Block Patterns may be the death knell for page builders

• Why you need to stop opening links in a new tab

Tips this week include:

• My number one word for 2020

• More new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials released

• A caution about Gutenberg blocks and theme compatibility

• Why I need to outsource even more

• What’s new and not so new with the release of Genesis Blocks

• Why I suggest not using Genesis Pro yet

• The difference in Astra and Genesis themes

• Google adds a new Activities at Home section to Search

• What’s in the new Schema Tab in Yoast SEO 14.8

• The SEO difference in putting your site into Coming Soon and Maintenance Mode

• What was behind the major internet outage this past weekend

• A checklist of what it means to have a high-quality site

• What you need to pay attention to now with Core Web Vitals becoming a ranking factor in 2021

Tips this week include:

• More Gutenberg Ninja tutorials updated

• New rebranding tutorials underway

• How and why to make a contingency plan for your site

• I’m calling it safe to update to WordPress 5.5, but there may still be breaks, and why that’s good

• When we can expect the WP 5.5.1 release

• WP’s 3 point plan to update jQuery

• Why you need to check your paid plugins versions

• Upcoming perks for Site Audit Plus clients

• What’s coming to the Create recipe cards and why it will be available in other recipe plugins

• The new Search Console Insights Beta rolls out

Tips this week include:

• I’m delighted my interview with Kate Ahl was featured on the Simple Pin Media Podcast

• Why rebranding jobs are pouring into BlogAid and why I’m hiring help for them

• What Gutenberg Ninja tutorials have already been updated and what tutorials are next

• Why I’m reviewing new member and community site setups

• My deeper checks into WP 5.5 changes that weren’t in my What’s New video tour

• Why PHP level compliance is so important now, and how to check and change yours

• Why you need to get out of any auto update program at your host

• More on why the jQuery change in WP 5.5 broke plugins and why that is a good thing

• My research into how lazy loading is done with our plugins, WP 5.5, and in browsers

• The future of WP, plugins, and themes and why all of these changes are for the better

• How to get ahead and stay calm through all of the site tech changes

Tips this week include:

• Why a Video SEO course is closer to on its way from me

• Kicking off BlogAid’s new Rebranding Services

• Why I’m checking into new member site and product platforms

• The Search Console tutorials are all updated in the DIY SEO course

• My Ultimate Guide for Creating Links in WordPress tutorial has been updated

• Why you need to use Sponsored AND Nofollow link attributes

• A video tour of what’s new in WordPress 5.5 and why we won’t be updating to it right away

• Astra got pulled from the WordPress theme repository and what it took to get them back in

• Bing has added image and video reporting

• My proof on why videos are fantastic for SEO

• And why I’m postponing the making of new Bing tutorials

Tips this week include:

• Updates to the DIY SEO course

• Why I’m bringing in webmasters to help with client site work

• The first release candidate for WP 5.5 is out and what that means for you and what I’m looking into

• What’s with the PHP upgrade notification you may be getting in your WP Dashboard

• The new Gutenberg Ninja tutorials in the works

• Why Google updated its GDPR policies

• My ongoing research into first and third party cookie tracking and why I spoke with a lawyer

• Why I like the new Bing URL inspection tool better than Google’s

• Whether or not you should optimize your content for questions

• How the relationship between Google Search and content creators has changed

• The future of affiliate marketing

• A beginner’s guide to writing better headlines

• A big change to Unsplash’s image use license agreement

Tips this week include:

• Gutenberg vs Elementor: Which is Faster? – it was no contest!

• What’s being revamped in the Gutenberg Ninja course this week

• The new DIY SEO tutorials and bonus sessions coming

• Our Webmaster bonus training is underway and meeting live again this week

• Industry experts speak on the pros and cons of the Gutenberg editor

• Mozilla has a new VPN service and why you may want to get it

• Why you need to log out of WordPress

• Google’s Rich Results tester is out of beta and what we’ll be using instead

• Why Google’s AMP is going away and what criteria will replace it for getting into Top Stories

• Why not to use WebP images

• Why Squoosh is my favorite image optimizer

• Why to get rid of your image optimization plugin