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Yoast does not always play nice with Genesis, so test extensively first.
I stopped using Yoast in 2012, and from what I've read in the support forums at wp.org, there are still issues with excessive page load times, and features being removed or crippled (without any heads-up for users) in favor of premium add-ons to replace them.
The newest update caused a lot of sites to break, from what I read as well, so one client site that has it (I inherited the setup) I haven't updated yet because of those reports.
Since Genesis has SEO tools built in, so far that has served my needs. However, I've seen speculation that those features might someday be removed, so I have begun testing out separate SEO plugins (currently evaluating SEO Ultimate, and WPMU Dev's Infinite SEO). No results to report yet 🙂
WordPress / Genesis Site Design & Troubleshooting: A Touch of Summer | @SummerWebDesign
Slice of SciFi | Writers, After DarkI've been using Yoast since I joined StudioPress a few years ago. The plugin has gotten better with updates recently. I've never ran into any conflicts or problems. I'm on Godaddy managed web hosting and the plugin is not causing any issues. I heard in the past Yoast SEO and Hostgator shared web hosting was not a good mix and caused major problems.
I don't use out dated plugins (ones that never been updated) so I tend to not run into problems with Yoast. I've read the reviews of this plugin and still wonder how problems could come up with his plugin.
Before I joined StudioPress I used All In One SEO plugin. Back then they didn't have many features.
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Thanks guys. I think I'll stick with the Genesis SEO settings for the time being. Are there any guidelines to best practices for things like the Homepage Document Title, Home Meta Description, Keywords, etc?
I tend to research SEO best practices at sites like searchengineland.com, moz.com and seoroundtable.com. Most folks there have the time and best interests in keeping up with Google's algorithm changes and changes to results displays & listings.
As for why I dropped Yoast, I had three sites Yoast was installed on go from normal page load speeds to over 35 seconds each with the plugin's upgrade to version 1.5 way back when, and then response in the support forums was basically "switch to managed hosting and your problem will be fixed, oh here use my affiliate link", which was an answer that left a bad taste in a lot of folks' mouths.
Since the problem went away when Yoast was deactivated, I decided it was time to just walk away and never look back. I did give it a shot once again last year just to see if anything had been fixed, but same problem, different hosting setup (dedicated, not shared), and I decided it was 4th down and 40 to go for good for that plugin and my desire to use it ever again for my own sites.
Outdated plugins is not the issue... it's the fact that 40% of people who upgraded to the latest version of Yoast (each time there's an upgrade) have reported problems. I'm not going to chance that with a client site. Problems come up the same way problems with new versions of any plugin or even WordPress itself happen; it's not possible to test for 100% coverage of configuration or installation eventualities, and as a result some things will break. When those things break, the people it affects will almost always yell the loudest 🙂 But when the response is consistently "it's not us, it's you", there's a serious gap in communication and customer service somewhere.
As for Hostgator, their problems have gotten so bad, several of their servers are continually being flagged as spam relays and as malware hosts. I'm talking several clients into moving their accounts off Hostgator because it's become so heinous.
WordPress / Genesis Site Design & Troubleshooting: A Touch of Summer | @SummerWebDesign
Slice of SciFi | Writers, After DarkSummer, I really appreciate you taking time to post your experience. Your comments confirm that I made a wise decision. 🙂
I'm using All In One SEO pack with Genesis and Prose. It hasn't broken my site as far as I'm aware. I'm curious as to which plugins if any the experts would recommend for use with Genesis
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