Stay22's New Dashboard is Here – Take a Look at the Features
This article was sponsored by Stay22.
We've been big fans of Stay22 for many years now, as the affiliate network has completely overhauled our earnings thanks to their many partners and novel products.
One of Stay22's latest updates trends to the analytics and functionality side, with a complete overhaul of their dashboard hub!
So let's take a look at some of the new features you'll find in the hub, and highlight a few components we are most excited about.
How to Use Schema Markups for SEO and GEO
Ever since AI Overviews were launched, SEO experts immediately started to dig in and try and figure out how they work. This gave rise on a new variant of the industry, aptly named as GEO- or Generative Engine Optimization.
Although this is still in its infancy, so much so that I am not personally prepared to make any definitive statements on what “works” just yet, one element has come up in conversation from many independent sources whose advice I trust- structured data is becoming immensely important.
One way bloggers can add more structured data to their sites, that AI crawlers may pick up on, is through an older code type known as Schema Markups. Many bloggers ignored these for decades because, well, they weren't entirely necessary when keywords could do the trick. But with more and more AI tools growing and using structured data as its backbone, it is becoming a critical tool in the GEO arsenal.
So I dove down into research and set up a test using my own sites as the subjects. In this one, I wanted to break down a bit more about what Schema markups are, how I used AI to generate my own code, and share a bit of the results I'm seeing so far as they are, admittedly, a fair bit encouraging!
Disclaimer: In my guides, I usually like to produce content only on topics that are easily repeatable (e.g. do X, Y, Z, and wait to see if you have results like mine). Schema Markups are not easily repeatable. In a way, the steps I took in this one falls under the new notion of “vibe coding”- using AI to develop code in an iterative process to reach a mostly good, but not perfect, end goal. This article is not perfect. You will run into trouble along the way. Treat this as a starting point, because, to be honest, even with my best instructions, it is almost impossible to get AI to recreate this code verbatim. So use these steps and start testing. But let me be the first to say, I consider this one to still be quite risky and prone to error.
How to Write a Thoughtful Restaurant Review
If there is one thing I hate as a writer in the food space, it is poorly written posts that “review” bars and restaurants.
You have probably seen the type a thousand times over on social media by now. “We went to [restaurant]. We had [list of menu items]. It was sooooooo good. 1000000000000/10. Your new favorite hangout.” And then that influencer, likely omitting that they were also hosted by the restaurant, never, ever goes back again until the next time they're given a free appetizer.
Yeah, they sure “loved” it, alright. So much so that I hope everyone can (or at least, I hope) see right through it as nonsense.
If that sounds like you, I've got some good news. It is actually really easy to write a thoughtful restaurant review, and I'm going to share all of the secrets with you today!
7 Reasons Why I Hate Being Called an Influencer
It seems like every decade or so, new media gets a buzzword that immediately goes toxic.
A word becomes popularized, it becomes beaten to death, and a large number of people cringe every time they hear it.
Right now, that word is influencer, and I really, really hate being called one.
3 Ways to Minimize Social Media Use on Your Phone
For those who read This Week in Blogging regularly, it should be somewhat obvious that I do not like being constantly on, constantly working, and, perhaps worst of all, spending a lot of that time on social media in particular.
So in 2026, I set a goal to detox from my phone. Although this was primarily with social media in mind, it really is for all the things- playing on Instagram, reading Reddit, searching the web, etc. I was simply on my phone far too much!
Since most social networks have made their services worse purely to keep you on their pages longer, I just threw my hands up and decided to do the opposite. So in this one, I thought I'd share three things I'm doing to help minimize my screen time.