Yoast SEO 11.3 is out with…

ByDan Knauss Posted onMay 31, 2019

Yoast SEO 11.3 is out with some bug fixes and enhancements. As soon as WordPress 5.3 comes out, Yoast will go back to supporting the two most recent versions — starting with WordPress 5.2 and 5.3.

Congrats to Marieke van de Rakt…

ByDan Knauss January 31, 2019

Congrats to Marieke van de Rakt who is the new CEO of Yoast! Marieke is the founder of Yoast Academy as well as the former Chief Strategy Officer at Yoast. In this new role, Marieke is replacing Yoast founder Joost de Valk as Joost starts “focusing mostly on software development” as the new Chief Product…

For Black Friday, Yoast released an…

ByDan Knauss December 6, 2019

For Black Friday, Yoast released an update that placed an animated banner on the dashboards of all WordPress admin pages where it was installed. This resulted in some negative feedback and discussions about ad policies from plugin companies. Yoast was updated a short time later with the banner removed, and CEO Marieke van de Rakt…

Omar Reiss at Yoast has assembled…

ByDan Knauss October 29, 2020

Omar Reiss at Yoast has assembled a “WordPress and PHP 8 compatibility report.” WordPress developers should take note, and it’s also a good general resource for any PHP developer. The report covers some possible breaking changes and compatibility challenges. 💔 Isn’t WordPress already compatible with PHP 8? Omar advises caution: “[My team] is highly doubtful….

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How to avoid getting scammed by an SEO

ByRobert Neu August 2, 2013

I didn’t get into SEO because I thought it was a way to get rich. In fact, I sort of learned about it against my will, but I stuck with it because I enjoy helping people. Let me give you a little context. Before I started FAT Media, I was a freelancer. I built a couple…

It appears that Yoast founder Joost…

ByDan Knauss September 2, 2020

It appears that Yoast founder Joost de Valk and Yoast’s current CEO Marieke van de Rakt have a stake in WordProof, which is building a Timestamp Ecosystem that will support multiple blockchains to verify online content. Wordproof explains the SEO angle: “timestamping content on the internet combined with search engine optimization” creates “opportunities to fight…

Apparently some WordPress recipe plugins that…

By February 9, 2016

Apparently some WordPress recipe plugins that provide rich snippets are causing some sites to get hit with algorithmic SEO penalties. This is far from my area of expertise, but worth looking into if you’re working with a lot of food bloggers.

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