Tips this week include:

• How much free site help from your host is costing you

• Live site audit and speed session for Webmaster Level 6 members

• How to renew your Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate on SiteGround if you use Cloudflare

• A new aggregate speed index from Google PageSpeed Insights

• Examples of the slimy SEO industry tricks that you’re competing with

• An update on the recipe plugin schema markup tests

• How to get more social shares on your blog posts and why this is good for SEO too

• How to jump on Google now letting us verify the Knowledge Graph it carries on us

• A site speed case study that shows you how to improve conversion rate

• The big news with a new online shopping sales tax law being passed

• 10 super unique blogging tips that will break you out of your rut and give you a fresh mindset