Would anyone want this Mac app I made where you can just use the API to pull all the basic SEO fixes, see them in a dashboard and live-update meta titles, descriptions, and images to fix missing text/text-too-long problems?
I made this because I HATE going from post to post to post to post individually to update meta titles (and audit issues).
I am now 15-20x faster at dealing with this.
Hello, @curtisduggan
Absolutely, many people would find this Mac app invaluable! Streamlining SEO fixes and live-updating meta titles, descriptions, and images from a single dashboard can save significant time and effort. It’s a game-changer for anyone managing multiple posts and dealing with SEO audits.
Yes, thank you for this. I would definitely like the app.
Thanks for your feedback. I’ll send an update shortly on how to get the app.
If you have any top feature requests (must-haves) please let me know here.
I’ve launched this app. Fantom — The Mac App for Ghost
I was tired of tabbing in and out of every post to make changes I knew I needed to make to 100 posts (add Facebook description… make sure meta title was the right amount of characters).
This is the version 1, but it is like having an ahrefs or SEMRush dashboard of what’s wrong — instead of having to flip between browser tabs one by one.
Metadata updates that took me hours, now take me a few minutes.
That was my short-term pain, and I hope this solves it for you. V1 solves this.
My longer-term goal is to make it the most effective, useful local-Mac client for Ghost in the world. Everything at your fingertips. Useful.
Optimized for making SEO-related changes efficiently if that is your strategy.
Optimized for making RPM-related changes if ads are your strategy.
Let me add a few more things: I really believe in having utilities that you can use forever. I believe in one-time purchases.
That’s why, as an indie maker, I’ve priced it as a one-time low price that works out to less than $5/month if you use it for a year.
When you purchase this app once, you will have a tool for life, and one that will get better with community feedback over time — that is my promise.
For those of you that mentioned this would be helpful to you — I hope you will join me on the journey.
My pledge to the community is to make this amazing. If you are able to support this app, and you have any features you would like to have added, I will absolutely prioritize them.
I’m intrigued by the app, and have looked at it a couple of times in the App Store.
A suggestion or two or four:
My $0.02.
Thanks @BruceinLouisVille
Absolutely. I put up a version 1.0.0 to make sure it could get on the App Store and I need to followup with marketing.
I have tested it on 4 sites — it’s essentially about just grabbing an Admin API Key so the app can post or update, that’s it. But I do a better job of documenting it.
Great advice, I am going to do this.
I was really hoping to find a minimum sustainable business model, but instead of charging $9/month (or more) forever like a SaaS and so many other online tools, just give it to customers for life at a reasonable price.
However you raise a point that even if $50 is cheaper than $9/month for 2-5 years in the end, you still want to try more for less.
It may be that I simply need to go the typical route and offer more free functionality or a low monthly subscription to help demonstrate the value.
I have gotten feedback here and on Reddit and following up with a “v.1.1”
Stay tuned!
@curtisduggan This Mac app sounds incredibly useful for streamlining SEO tasks and saving time. Definitely interested!
Welcome @benstokes to the Ghost Forum.
I’ll be posting a roadmap and updating things based on screenshots. What I am working on for next week’s release is.
Features
More editor/post editor functionality
Streamlined design
Handling of tags
Pricing
Free to download the app so it’s easier to play around with it.
Implement subscriptions and one-time purchase within the app.
As a reminder it already allows you to:
-Audit and update across your entire publication:
-meta description missing, title missing, meta description too long, too short, og image missing, twitter image missing
-quickly use feature image for og image and twitter image
-manage multiple Ghost publications from one view with quick switch
-upload Pinterest image per official Ghost-Pinterest (in beta)
-Break up paragraphs so your “style” is more like 1-2 sentences per paragraph instead of dense, long paragraphs — with one click. This is to adhere to the more recent trend towards this form of spacing.
Marketing
-Totally revamp screenshots, product showcase and icon with fresh design
-Publish a roadmap
-Create a dedicated website for the app
