Presales question
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Hi there,
I am interested in your plugin but had a few questions:
– With wordpress there seem to be lots of duplicate pages created (especially when using WooCommerce), which I would like to sort out so they do not get listed in Google etc. Is it possible with your plugin to specify a canonical URL for specific URLs/pages, even if those URL’s are not necessarily listed as pages as such?
– I would like the ability to add a “no index, no follow” rule to specific URLs which are created by WordPress but should not be indexed (and again are not listed as pages as such). As an example, to be able to add “no index, no follow” to all URL’s which have “?” or “index.php” in the URL.
Many thanks
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Hi @dav74,
I think this is a “pre-use” question, rather than a “pre-sale”, it’s free — after all 🙂
Back to your questions:
1. Yes! You can remove whole types of (default) archives through the SEO Settings Robots metabox. You can also remove any public category, tag, post, page, product, etc. from index using the “noindex” option.
By default, empty archives will canonicalize to the home page whilst using “noindex’ automatically.
Default settings apply this: They remove Attachment Pages, Date and Search Archives, and every Second Archive Page from index.2. This isn’t needed. By default, when using any permalink structure besides “plain”, the query argument will be removed (aside from translation plugins) from the Canonical URL. This effectively forwards Google to the root page where the query argument is placed upon. From there, on that page, you can apply noindex/nofollow rules through the “In-Post” SEO settings.
Alternatively, there are loads of filters in place which allow you to perfect the SEO output in any situation, e.g. doing stuff when “index.php” is found in the request header.All in all, I can’t judge what would be your best set of options without seeing the site first. So for now, this is completely up to you.
I hope this clears things up, best of luck making a decision!
Hi @dav74,
This is the first time someone asked me this:
Why is this plugin free?
First, I love contributing to open source! Sharing idea’s, discovering the world of options within, learning from each-other… what’s not to love?Also, I appreciate the positive feedback and vibes! I know I’ve done a good job when I see another 5 star rating popping up. And the community thus-far has been very generous and forgiving for my mistakes.
And last but not least: I wanted to make a statement. A lot of people are asking others “what do you do for a living?”, they also are flabbergasted by the idea of a free and open world, based on resources, rather than money.
The statement is therefore simple, and it is the following:
We do not need money to create awesome things; only time, will and cooperation.Paid version?
Unfortunately, in this world, I can’t keep doing this for free. So I very recently created a companion plugin that allows for using a paid API key: The SEO Framework – Extension Manager.This companion plugin is completely optional and also free, it adds additional features to this plugin.
This companion plugin’s main goal is to add features that are too advanced or too scenario-specific for the main plugin. For example, not all sites are using Google’s AMP… so there’s the AMP extension. Most of such extensions are delivered for free as well!
Optionally, it also allows for an API connection to my servers, which allows you to use features that require off-site interpretation — like monitoring.
This API connection also gives you access to extensions which I’m currently testing and are very new in Google’s world, an example is the Articles extension. My comment on this is found here.
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