BlogAid WordPress Tips Tuesday

Tips this week include:

• More digital downloads and masterminds coming

• What I’m bummed about in the Video SEO testing

• An update on my effort to stop SEO agency bot crawls

• Why new sites need security too

• Update on UpdraftPlus not backing up for some folks

• Why I’m excited that the Gutenberg Block Pattern Directory is live

• The death of page builders

• Automattic acquires Pocket Casts

• Google finishes first phase of FLoC testing for alternative 3rd party cookies

• Why to set affiliate links to nofollow AND sponsored

• New list of approved Genesis child themes coming soon

• What designers think of the new theme.json styles file instead of CSS

• Which theme should you use?

• What to do before entering the design process these days

• A new look for cPanel that resembles Interworx

• Why me and more of my clients are switching to Interworx control panel

• Will we use YAT Emojis instead of URLs someday?

Tips this week include:

• Ecommerce for digital downloads mastermind this week

• 2 new tutorials for testing and fixing theme schema markup

• A post on whether your theme is destroying your SEO

• New boutique hosting is open to the public

• WP 5.8 issues reported

• UpdraftPlus free version is not backing up for some folks

• Mediavine requires JS exclusions in WP Rocket

• Are affiliate tracking cookies being phased out?

• Is Kadence behind or ahead in their theme philosophy?

• A new way to get your videos into Google Search

• A peek into our future

Tips this week include:

• We start our E-comm masterminds this week in the BB Hub

• An update on theme speed testing and which theme to use

• An update on theme SEO testing and new tutorials coming

• Why you should use a child theme instead of customizing on the framework

• An update on the recipe and how-to video SEO testing

• Why brand new sites need security audits too

• Why removing WP files is not enough to delete an abandoned site

• Why I delete sites at the old host after a migration

• Help with retiring a site properly

• The WP 5.8 release is today, and why we won’t be updating

• When I’ll be releasing a What’s New video tour of 5.8 and Gutenberg tutorials

• Clarity on the confusing image upload setting in Gutenberg that will save you time

• A super cool rotating gradient background for Gutenberg blocks

• A new domain alignment feature for MailerLite users

• Why you need to get your email off your hosting

Tips this week include:

• More BB Hub Masterminds coming up for Ecommerce

• 3 new YouTube tutorials added to the Video SEO Booster course

• Update on the theme SEO tests

• What are you wasting your time on today?

• A super infographic for video on social platforms

• Why not to ask your host to fix your slow site

• We’re coming to the final release candidates for WP 5.8

• Why I’m excited about the new Sketch Book drawing block in Gutenberg

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Some of that time is trying to find info that will help us do what we need to do that will turn into us making more money.

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Tips this week include:

• The Video SEO Booster course is live!!!

• Super Summer Sales Event is on with discounts on all BlogAid courses

• Great progress with theme testing

• Contingency Plan mastermind is this week for BB Hub members

• What we’ll be covering in our Ecommerce masterminds

• A super evergreen content case study and which post types do best

• Update on Mediavine GDPR method

• The super sneaky thing the WP Mail SMTP plugin does to some folks

• Speed metrics going stricter in the new Lighthouse 8 tester

• Why you need pro help with your site speed

• WordPress 5.8 RC1 is out

• How Gutenberg Block Patterns will change everything

Tips this week include:

• Why you need to make a blogging budget for time and money

• Why it’s worthwhile to do new or hard things

• The Instagram mastermind is this week in the BB Hub

• Updates on theme testing, video SEO course, and site services

• What’s new with the Grow Social Pro plugin and what you need to check

• How the major revamp at GitHub will impact our plugin support

• What to check if you use the GDPR notification from Mediavine

• What we’re testing in the WP 5.8 Beta 4 that just released

• A preview of the WP 5.8 theme editor

• Is AMP finally deprecated for good?

• Why I can no longer offer support for sites running Ezoic ads

• How expert roundups get you more traffic

• Huge news with Google delaying removal of 3rd party cookie tracking

• Why now is the time for you to diversify your revenue and traffic streams

• Content Revamp How-To workshop is this week

• Why evergreen content is king on YouTube

• New tutorials for the Video SEO Booster course

• Our first ever masterminds are scheduled for BB Hub members

• What’s going on with Ezoic?

• Monetization alternatives to ads

• Mediavine ad speed settings

• How Astra continues to be tone deaf

• Phase 1 of Google’s Page Experience with Core Web Vitals is out

• Why what you see in Search Console is lying to you

• How to get real speed help

• Whether or not you want to shoot for a position zero feature in Google Search or not

• The best AI content generation tools and why I suggest you check them out

• Is AI generated content your friend or foe?

Tips this week include:

• How to make a content revamp plan workshop is this Thursday

• Security updates sent to all BB Hub members

• The theme tests are well underway, and what I’ve found so far

• The Video SEO Booster course is close to launch, and the new tutorials I just added

• Clarification on Inodes and where to see that total for your site

• Why I’m considering a switch to Interworx instead of using cPanel

• Why I’m not crazy about WP supporting WebP images in 5.8

• Why you may want to skip your image program’s optimization

• New section on Trend Observations

• Will Artificial Intelligence power our sites?

• Why personal touches on your content will mean more to your followers

Tips this week include:

• Content Audit Workshop this week for the DIY SEO course

• Why I’m doing more video SEO testing for how Google handles video schema markup

• The results of my new speed tweak testing

• Why the internet burning is throwing off your speed testing

• New and helpful results in Google PageSpeed Insights

• Why I use a variety of data and testers for site audits

• New Astra theme and UAG plugin beta testing

• Are you sure you can fully restore your site?

• Why the number of Inodes you have is more important than traffic numbers when choosing a new host

• New standards are here for all block-based themes

• What breaks we are expecting with WP 5.8, and why it’s okay