So images are not indexed?

[rglohre]

Continuing the discussion from W3c validator errors for x-widgetbar:

Holy Crap! H-U-G-E SEO miss here.

So basically in Cornerstone we have no control over SEO indexing of the images? OMG I had no idea.

The issues with SEO, optimization for Google pagespeed and other issues are so bad that I will likely have to look elsewhere for a theme.

This is bad guys.

[paul.r]

Hi,

Please note that that thread is old and is referring to an old version of the theme X 6.0.4

The theme latest version as of now is

X 6.3.8, Cornerstone 3.3.8

Please also note that the theme has no SEO issues. The problem was that Yoast can't properly access the content of our V2 elements to analyze but everything still outputs correctly on the front end

With regards to google page speed , kindly refer to the link below

Customizations - Performance

This article was last updated on the January 2, 2017. To better equip you with specific performance enhancement techniques, we have put together this article and will use it as a foundation to build upon. As a company we are committed to performance and keeping things as efficient as possible. While there are only so many things a theme can do to optimize for performance, the vast majority of performance improvements will be seen by properly setting up and configuring some of the options discu…

Thanks

[rglohre]

While I respect the fact that the thread did have some days behind it, the issue remains: Lack of compatibility with the most widely used and most effective SEO tool on the planet, Yoast. This is a major issue in and of itself. The fact that you all do not collaborate or see any benefit in working through those issues is ridiculous.

The fact that Yoast cannot access the V2 elements is a serious issue. For sitemaps, those images found on pages that rely on Google search have all but disappeared from Google in the past few months of releases of X. This has been a major killer to our organic traffic. X's unwillingness to deal with this is just Theme.co being smug at best.

As to your comment:

the theme has no SEO issues

That is not true at all and there are a number of seo issues with X that you all continue to gloss over. While not often referred to but very important to page ranking is Page Speed... The bloat of CSS, HTTP Requests and Javascript that X causes without opportunity to minify, slows pages down immensely. In tests run by GTMetrix, Pingdom, Google Page Speed...these issues are rampant and cause for more than 1/2 of the page speed issues on many of my sites running X.

As well, the duplication of Alt Tags for images instead of utilizing built in Alt Tags from the Media manager has also caused issues.

Add in the fact that Cornerstone does not allow Yoast to read the text...another issue.

The plugin "The Grid" continues to have compatibility issues that cause system load issues and parsing issues due to it's incompatibility with Yoast's prominent words SEO functionality.

The blatant manner in which everything is "coming soon" is getting to be a very tired excuse.
Back in May of this year there was "supposedly" a compatibility upgrade for Yoast...but alas it did not happen...as many things don't around here.
Continuing the discussion from Cornerstone SEO:

Cornerstone SEO

Hello @morgand377,

I can understand your frustration. However, we have started doing internal beta testing for the next release of X, Pro and Cornerstone that's broadly going to be one of our biggest releases ever. The focus of this release was stability (bug fixes), performance, and usability improvements. It also includes Yoast SEO compatibility with Cornerstone i.e Allow Yoast to analyze pages and posts made with the content builder.

After internal beta testing we plan to do a beta testing with close group of public users and after collecting the feedbacks and working on them, we hope to release for everyone.

At the moment I can't give you an ETA but can assure you that we are fast-tracking every thing and very soon we will launch this update.

Thanks.

[christian_y]

Hey @rglohre,

It's true. Yoast SEO currently does not recognizing images for the XML sitemap and this has been labeled as a bug. Please note that there is complexity behind this. If there's no fix yet, it does not mean that our company is neglecting the issue. There might also be major road blocks why this issue does not have a solution yet. If Yoast SEO sitemap is important to you, you should use all Classic elements. I know that isn't the best but that's what is compatible with Yoast's sitemap.

Alternatively, you can use a sitemap generator that crawls the actual content of your page unlike Yoast SEO which reads WordPress content.

Regarding your claim:

The bloat of CSS, HTTP Requests and Javascript that X causes without opportunity to minify, slows pages down immensely. In tests run by GTMetrix, Pingdom, Google Page Speed

That is false. The theme's resources are already minified. Cornerstone's CSS output is also minified.

The theme also is only a part of your website's speed. You should be optimizing your site using performance optimization plugins. We have a general guide posted by Paul. Here it is again: https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/customizations-performance/210

As well, the duplication of Alt Tags for images instead of utilizing built in Alt Tags from the Media manager has also caused issues.

This is not an SEO issue. There's an ALT field in the Image element. This is more of a usability concern rather than SEO.

Add in the fact that Cornerstone does not allow Yoast to read the text...another issue.

Please read this: https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/yoast-seo-does-not-recognize-text-in-pages-made-with-x-pro/42025/6?u=christian_y

The plugin "The Grid" continues to have compatibility issues that cause system load issues and parsing issues due to it's incompatibility with Yoast's prominent words SEO functionality.

Please use a lighter grid plugin. Yoast SEO is already heavy on the page editor. Adding in more functionality to the page will surely cause lag.

The blatant manner in which everything is "coming soon" is getting to be a very tired excuse.

With all due respect, we're not making any excuses here. The compatibility was for Yoast Page Analysis which was release last May. See https://theme.co/changelog/#theme-pro-2-1-0-theme-x-6-1-0-cornerstone-3-1-0

UPDATED: Allow Yoast to analyze pages and posts made with the content builder.

[system]

This topic was automatically closed 10 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.