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@Dieterrr Dieterrr released this 20 Nov 16:16
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= 9.3.0 =
Release Date: December 11th, 2018

Enhancements:

  • Changes the output of schema preventing unnecessary escaping of forward slashes, only available on sites running PHP 5.4 or higher.
  • Changes the website schema @id attribute to include the home URL to be a unique identifier.
  • Adds the page number to the breadcrumbs when an archived page is entered.
  • Removes a redundant Edge-specific CSS fix for the tooltips in the post overview. Props mkronenfeld.
  • When the recalibration feature flag is switched on, the single title assessment is added. This assessment makes sure that you don't use superfluous H1s in your text.

Bugfixes:

  • Fixes a bug where the 'Select primary category' label in the primary taxonomy picker would overlap the 'Add new category' button.
  • Fixes a bug where the cornerstone filter was still visible with the metabox disabled.
  • Fixes a bug where non-functional markers are shown for taxonomy pages.
  • Fixes a bug where the og:description tag would remain empty after setting the author description.
  • Fixes a bug where texts in the configuration wizard would overlap each other and break out of the columns in Internet Explorer 11. Props DrGrimshaw.
  • Fixes a bug where keyphrases weren't recognized in the URL when the words in the URL were separated by underscore characters instead of hyphens.

Other:

  • Adds a toggle feature for subscribing to the recalibration beta under SEO->General->Features.
  • When the recalibration feature flag is switched on, the following assessments have a changed behavior:
    • Keyphrase density: changes scoring schema to account for the length of the keyphrase and changes feedback strings so that we give feedback about the number of occurrences rather than a percentage.
    • Outbound links assessment: changes the scoring schema so that red bullet instead of an orange bullet is shown when you have no outbound links.
    • Image alt attributes: if there are at least 5 images, checks whether the alt tags contain the keyphrase or synoynyms in 30-70% of all images. If there are less than 5 images, 1 image with the keyphrase or synonym in the alt tag is still scored as good.
    • Keyphrase in title: function words preceding the exact match keyphrase are ignored when determining the position of the keyphrase in the title.
  • Keyphrase length: makes the scoring scheme less strict for languages that don't have function word support, so that for these languages keyphrases with 1-6 words are scored as green, 7-9 as orange, and more than 9 as red.
    • Keyphrase in subheading: only takes H2 and H3 level subheadings into account and changes the scoring schema so that 30%-75% of these subheadings need to include the keyphrase or its synonyms. In languages without function word support, a match is only counted if all the words from the keyphrase/synonym appear in the subheading.
    • Text length: on taxonomy pages, the recommended minimum text length is increased from 150 to 250 words.
  • When the recalibration feature flag is switched on, the following assments are not used anymore:
    • The assessment checking the length or your URL.
    • The assessment checking whether your URL contains stopwords.
  • Shows a notice about the analyses, when the recalibration beta is enabled.
  • Shows a notice about stale content, when the recalibration beta is enabled.
  • Shows a notice when recalibration beta has not been enabled yet.
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