Yoast. and away
So, I suppose you're wondering what the heading is about?
Those of you from the Bugs Bunny and Daffy duck era will figure it out for sure.
YOAST PLUGIN:
About 6 months ago one of my good friends from WA, Zed the Smartketeer completed some training on the Yoast Plugin.
I read the training and was convinced that I needed to understand more.
After discussing the plugin with Zed I decided I needed to load in on wordPress for my gardening blog.
Well, someone wrote a blog a few days back here at WA about Fear.
Boy, I Had a Lot Of Fear:
Everyday after I loaded it I would take another look to see if it was still there in wordpress, and YES , it was.
Everyday my big finger would hover above the 'activate' button.
Every day, I would pull back and not do anything.
WHY:
I had spent months constructing my website, adding great content and streamlining the site.
My site was, and is, super fast on both the PC and mobile configurations.
In other words I had a fantastic site.
BUT:
I was afraid.
Afraid I would ruin it, . So for over six months nothing happened.
THEN:
IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.
I still haven't activated it on my gardening site.
BUT...
I have another site. One that I've hardly looked at, and have only written one post for.
I decide to load it onto that site.
Then my finger hovered over the 'activate' button again, but this time it didn't take long.
I clicked on it WITHIN A SPLIT SECOND.
WOW!!
IT WAS SO EASY TO activate I didn't even need to go to Zeds training for help.
I then spent about 2 hours fixing my post.
Yoast told me everything that was wrong with my blog. The Meta description was to long. The Title page was to long. The Slug needed shortening. I needed more pictures, more keywords
ETC., ETC.,
I HAD A LIST OF ABOUT 20 ITEMS THAT NEEDED FIXING.
I fixed as many as I can and then a little green circle appeared at the top of the page, that circle had been orange.
The Green Circle is Yoasts Stamp Of Approval.
Thank you Yoast.
Thank you Zed.
If you're not sure about trying out yoast, well take it from me...
It's brilliant.
Go For It
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All The Best My Friends. Jim
Recent Comments
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I added it last night and I was shocked to see all the red (bad) dots that came up, which I needed to fix. The Yoast plugin explained how to fix them and wouldn’t turn green until I’d done it properly. It’s very satisfying seeing them turn to green.
As soon as I get in from work tonight, I’ll be back sorting out those red dots.
I installed Yoast, about a month ago and really like it. Yoast helps with what little I post. Improving what I write, correctly identified problem.
Thanks for the post
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I'm using Yoast for quite a while now and I'm loving it! I like it a lot more than All in one SEO plugin because it tells you SEO and readability errors which is very useful!
That's what I like about it Mario.