I noticed that you are strongly recommending Yoast.
While it gets really bad (and worsening) reviews from users, current average being 4.0 out of 5.0, but the latest ones is probably more like 2.5 out of 5.0. So why still such love and strong push both in your description, recommendation as tested and even in your support tickets?? Why wouldn’t you look into alternatives as well, because I almost trusted and went with your suggestion but still decided to go over reviews.
here are some examples:
“Bloated and way to many notifications. Has been my goto plugin for years but looking hard for alternatives. ”
With every recent update it just pushes itself more to the center and gets irritating to a point where the irritation trumps the usefulness. Used to be that you could choose to set and forget most options, now impossible as new and mostly unwanted features insinuate themselves everywhere.
Very sadly looking for alternatives at this point.
This used to be the best SEO plugin, hands down.
Now, even with the SO Hide SEO Bloat plugin installed (which makes her look a bit more attractive) she’s just not what she used to be.
I’ve decided to use Genesis’ built-in SEO options from now on. Simply can’t stand how this plugin went from perfect to a dud.
This latest update makes the plugin very confusing for newbies. I can no longer recommend it for that reason. I wish Yoast would just leave the plugin be. It doesn’t need all this change, nor the extra features.
Help! I installed 3.3 and my wordpress installation has become WORDPRESS BY YOAST!
so clean up wp seo plugin to the rescue..
OK I’ve finally snapped and gone back to All In One SEO.
So many pointless updates, all the pop-ups and notification spam.
These guys at Yoast has lost themselves along the road in recent months. Adding new stuff on something that was already complete, with “EXTRA” tools that not everybody want ( might be cool to some). But don’t you read the negative feedback you keep receiving since November 2015?
Why don’t you make a new plugin instead as integration?
I used to love this plugin, now it is on my list of “get rid of it asap”
Hi
Each plugin on the market have its pro and cons and there is not a perfect tool for doing one specif job. We recommend Yoast because it works fine with the theme and is still one of the best plugins for seo. There are many plugins for seo but not being tested with the theme we can’t recommend them.
Thanks!
Also be aware some reviews are from people who don’t know how to follow directions to use the plugin properly, and then like to whine about it on the plugin support pages. As with all plugins, one still needs to know how to test a plugin, then roll back if a new version has a glitch (common to *all* plugins, including WordPress!).
There is no penalty to trying a plugin out for yourself, as in all things. A lot of people hate Apple, too, but they still make great products, so reading some of the reviews for the iPhone and how it skinned their cat and ruined their marriage must be taken with grain of salt (e.g., be cautious in what people post, including those who make competing products!).
But again, just like choosing which type of cola is best for you, which pizza delivery service, etc., you need to decide for yourself. Try one, and if it doesn’t meet your needs, try another one.
I’ve been using YOAST SEO for many years now since we abandoned our in house tool which did many of the same things. It’s a little bloated, sure, but people keep asking for it to do something new and they add that in. However, they have also taken some things out, too. SEO changes over time, so too the plugin. It’s a fluid universe in webdev, so welcome to the circus! 🙂
