sd1111

Great point by @roam92 above. I still see the pipe separator in search results often.

It would be different it the use of the | separator was found to consistently hurt rankings. Then I could get behind it being removed from the plugin.

However, just because Google replaces it sometimes doesn’t mean it’s a problem.

Did Yoast even do a study to see how often it’s replaced? This choice feels completely random and not based on any real evidence or reasoning.

Honestly, the over-reach to remove a symbol I prefer when it’s not a choice that negatively impacts SEO makes me want to consider a different SEO plugin for my site and for my clients.

Ah, bummer. I was hoping the client wouldn’t have to do any image resizing to make this work. Thanks for your help, and please do consider revising (though I know this isn’t all you do! ?? )

Cheers,
Sara

Ah! Ok, then we have a different issue. When the RSS Image Size is set to 560, my headshots are showing up as 560px wide even though the original post uses a “medium” size, right-aligned image.

Screenshot now: https://11web.com/files/cc-rss-problem-screenshot-20150304.png

I did regenerate thumbnails, if that matters. Thank you Robin!

I had the same issue! Thank you for providing your solution once you found it. I was able to restore my site in minutes thanks to you.

Cheers,
Sara

Thanks to you both for the information!

@wezcornell — Did you find a solution to this problem? I am having the same issue.