All-in-one-SEO Scam?

I am fed up by all the updates of some of these WordPress plug-ins! All a head of the race the All-in-one-SEO Pack.

Popularity Contest

Not long ago All-in-one-SEO was shouting how popular the plug-in was with over 1 Million downloads. Today the stats show over 1.8 Million Downloads making it THE most popular plug, namely if you consider recent weeks.

Popularity has to do with perception and often with taking people for a ride. Many serious bloggers use All-in-one-SEO and fear that by not keeping up with the updates, their site will disappear from the SE radars. This may be true, however looking at some of the recent updates, they seem to serve only one purpose: winning the popularity race by artificially boosting download stats.

We need stability

Bloggers are not developers and do not want to spend their time on technical issues, they are busy blogging. (Wow, this may be a major discovery for some developers, huh.)

When there is a WordPress update or a new version, then plug-in developers may need to adjust and that’s OK. As they are all smart and often self-declared gurus, they should be capable to use their superior skills to provide a tested stable product. Also, it would be helpful to get a clear list of what has changed and a mention about the need for updating. If the site continues to behave well as before without an update, then that should be mentioned in a user-friendly way, understandable by us average bloggers.

We want clean Plug-ins

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear Plugin Developer,

we are fed up with the widely applied “Screw-the-Free-Plug-in-User-Community” business Model. I know, you put a lot of work and effort into your product and you are expecting a reward; glory does not feed your kids.

However, I would prefer a clean version, even if I had to pay for it. A version without any irrelevant hyperlinks and distractions, a version without importing your whole web site into my blog dashboard; I hate Alex King for that.

Sure you are learning from the best, Matt himself.

But we also can learn from pay TV and allow people to get an ‘advertising free’ version of media.

Think about it. (Thanks for clicking on my Donate Button if this helps you making more money with your Plug-in).

In the mean time I will continue to clean your scripts before using them and I recommend all users to do the same.

Sincerely,

Yorgo