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 @atomicpoet @kraft @fediversenews Pretty wild! About 70% of my clients are on WordPress. WordPress has always been like an athlete that moves up to the head of the pack slowly, and everyone is like. "Look at that guy, what's his name again?" 😅 As a side note, Yoast, the SEO plugin for WordPress now has a Mastodon Specific site verification option that can be unlocked by buying a license. 14 comments
 @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft @fediversenews And that's not all! "You can only verify your site on Mastodon with Yoast SEO if your site represents an organization"  @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft @dec23k @fediversenews that is some shady bullshit, @dec23k @atomicpoet @kraft @fediversenews I didn't look into it too deeply, but yeah it's a simple matter to verify your site. I was posting mainly because of the Mastodon recognition. @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft Seriously? Is there some SEO magic that Yoast Premium does, beyond a "rel=me" link, that makes it worth installing a paid plugin? I mean SEO magic that's specific to Mastodon, not the SEO stuff that every WP plugin for SEO is already doing. @dec23k @atomicpoet @kraft I'm not sure if you're responding to me, but no... no magic going on here. And no for the paid plugin thing as well. Not worth it. You can place an HTML widget in your footer with the rel="me" attribute and you're good to go. I'm just responding to the general notion that this very simple problem needs *a premium plugin* to solve it. @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft My profile's "rel=me" link is currently on @spacehey and It Just Worked. No subscription needed. Most of my other social platforms (Fedi or not) can do the same. The "rel=me" link attribute is nothing new. But it's great news that a big-shot well-known commercial plugin for WP is acknowledging Mastodon :-\  @dec23k @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft @fediversenews Sounds like an SEO plugin to avoid. As with the majority of Wordpress plugins. @simonzerafa @dec23k @atomicpoet @kraft @fediversenews Naw, many of them are just fine. If you install more than ~20 of them, yeah you'll probably run into conflicts though. It's true I won't look at Yoast in quite the same way anymore, but their free version is fairly decent. @simonzerafa @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft It is being added to my "GOODBYE DOLLY" list, right now, for this bullshit specifically. @the_Effekt @atomicpoet @kraft The amount of little steps required to get each new WP site up to a basic level of security is almost scary. @dec23k @atomicpoet @kraft Yeah WP is not known for robust security out of the box. I have maybe 20 active clients on the platform. |
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@the_Effekt What? When did this happen? Please send me a link!