BlogAid WordPress Tips Tuesday

Tips this week include:

• Several updates to the BlogAid site

• How to Hotlink Protect Your Images

• Security patches in WordPress 4.8.2

• New gallery plugin coming in WordPress 4.9

• What JavaScript framework agnostic approach to building Gutenberg means for you

• Yoast weighing in on the new JavaScript framework

• A deep keyword research process to attract more customers

• The trick I think that got one of my posts into Google’s Knowledge Graph

• 10 things that don’t directly affect your Google ranking

• More on Facebook dropping organic reach for slow sites

• New data in WebPage Test for better performance

Tips this week include:

• Outsourcing when there’s no ROI

• WordPress drop REACT and is rebuilding Gutenberg

• What’s up with Gutenberg and structured data?

• Throwback plugin will be released with Gutenberg, and will TinyMCE Advanced work with it

• Super helpful WordPress keyboard shortcut keys list to help you work faster

• Why you need to stop focusing on vanity metrics

• Help for non-geeks with Google Analytics

• A post I’m blowing out of the water for best CDN comparisons

• Why I’m adding detection of HTTPS trickery to my site audit checklist

Tips this week include:

• HTTPS and WWW or Non: Which is Best to Use?

• Plugins affected by SWFUpload being removed from WP core

• An easy way for you to get rid of old plugins on your site and why you need to

• Plans for large scale testing for the Gutenberg Text Editor

• Update to WP Fastest Cache settings

• What’s new in Yoast SEO 5.4

• What’s up with the new WP site Equifax is using for affected clients

• Why there’s no need for forced HTTPS regex code on converted sites

• What you need to know about the new SVG image type for better SEO

• 6 awesome tools for running social media contests

Tips this week include:

• Gutenberg at version 1.0 - See what it can do

• New WordPress Documentation: Goodbye Codex, Hello HelpHub

• Reminder to Update Your Text Widgets

• WP Fastest Cache Not Clearing

• New Minimum PHP version requirement for plugins

• What to do if Your Site’s on an Old PHP Server

• 15 top free photo websites for your online projects

• Image Optimization Tutorial

• Best Option for Website SEO: Wix vs. Squarespace vs. WordPress vs. Weebly

• Why Your Analytics Data is Wrong

• AdRotater Plugin Tutorial - Good for More Than Ads and the plugin I’m using

• A Guide to SMS and Push Notifications for WordPress

• Push Notification Plugins and Caveats

Tips this week include:

• Interview with Scratch to Published client Tara Dusko and her new site

• New BlogAid Today Livestream Recap post

• Splitting Multiple Sites into cPanels on WHM Hosting Webinar

• New HTTPS Content Policy Security Header for sites with ads

• Update on Bluehost and free SSL certificates

• Updates on the top 10 reasons not to use free HTTPS conversion

• Update on the 2nd wave of HTTPS conversion clients underway

• 4 non-optional site upgrades you must do right now

• The new PHP education pages from WP.org

• Comment from Matt Mullenweg on how the Gutenberg text editor will impact the WP ecosystem

• Major snag with WP using Facebook’s React Code and what that means for us

Tips this week include:

• My Eclipse 2017 experience

• cPanels in WHM Webinar on Thursday

• New NOT SECURE penalty in Chrome for non-HTTPS sites

• Why an SSL certificate is not enough

• Whether your host offers free SSL certificates or not

• I’m asking for your help to bust the myths and rumors

Tips this week include:

• New WHM Hosting Webinar Series on making your multiple sites faster and safer

• The site foundation upgrades you need to get done right away

• Goals and release schedule for WordPress 4.9

• The new Gutenberg Text Editor may be here in 6 months

• How to Add Watermarks to your old and new images

• How to create a responsive image gallery

• How to create a video gallery with FooGallery and Envira Galler

• How to get notifications for livestreams on Facebook

Tips this week include:

• Severe DDoS Attack at A2 Hosting

• WP Fastest Cache Tests at SiteGround

• WHM Reseller Account Webinars coming next week

• What’s New in Gutenberg Text Editor for this week

• Publishers moving back to WordPress from Medium

• Beginner’s Guide to Woocommerce REST API

• Great ways to style Contact Form 7

• How to get around ad-blockers

• Why you must have a fast site if you want your links to show up on Facebook

• How to secure your social media accounts

• August Google Webmaster Report

Tips this week include:

• HTTPS Redirects update

• SiteGround and WP Fastest Cache test update

• Why you need to split multiple sites into their own cPanels and how to do it

• What new tests and tutorials are rolling down the pike

• A progress report on turning my carving site into passive income

• What SiteLock acquiring Patchman means for you

• The end of Adobe Flash coming

• Whether or not Google uses Google Analytics to find new links to crawl

• 9 free or cheap alternatives to Photoshop and tutorials on how to use them

• Why video marketing is a big part of Facebook’s rising stock prices

• Easy ways for you to get started with video marketing

Tips this week include:

• Live Open Q&A Chat for DIY SEO members

• What’s happening in the Booming Bloggers Hub

• How to migrate your site to a new host

• How and why to switch your site to PHP 7

• An update on HTTPS and CloudFlare settings

• Site revamp project updates

• Site audit project updates

• My first look at the new Custom HTML Text Widget coming in WP 4.8.1

• When we expect WP 4.8.1 to roll out

• Plugins that are dropping your visitors because they can’t handle IPv6 addresses

• What you should know about sites converted to HTTPS attracting top traffic

• The difference in how videos rank in Google search and on YouTube

• How to check if your content marketing efforts and strategy are working

• How to create top-of-funnel content that works

• Using GIFs as highlight images