Get your website back into shape with SEO fitness
Back to Yoast.com Whether your website is brand new or has been around for a while,…
A long term SEO strategy? Knowing what Google wants is the key
Ranking signals, algorithm updates. One day you have the right number of keywords, the next day…
Did Google Search Console send an email with an error message?
We are big fans of Google Search Console — and you should be too! It’s an…
WordPress.com Welcomes the Award-Winning Atavist Magazine to the Platform
At WordPress.com, part of our mission is to support and empower storytellers and publishers of all…
10 examples of social media posts to get inspired
You’ve probably heard it a dozen times before, but social media needs to be part of…
Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits
It’s Pride month; perhaps you’ve noticed from the rainbows all over everything? A most unusual Pride…
Day One, the Journaling App, Joins Automattic
We’re excited to welcome Day One to the Automattic team. Day One is a private journaling…
The beginner’s guide to Yoast SEO
Let’s say you have a website but know little about SEO. But you’ve heard about Yoast…
How to check the performance of your rich results in Google Search Console
Adding structured data to your site is a great way of describing your content to Google…
10 reasons your page won’t rank – even though it’s optimized
If your perfectly optimized post isn’t ranking, what could be the matter? Is the problem that…
SEO news in May 2021: Google introduces a new language model
This month, Google held their annual I/O conference, an event at which they announce new product…
What is E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness)?
Have you ever looked at a piece of content online and thinking: Hmm, I’m not sure…
The Best of Both Worlds: WordPress.com Managed Hosting
How to get the total freedom to create without the hassles that come with managing your…
Google’s MUM understands what you need: 1000x more powerful than BERT
Natural language understanding has been a tough nut to crack, but thanks to Google’s continued investment…
Contact page mistakes: Five annoying errors to avoid
If you have a website for a business, it’s essential to maintain a good contact page…
Rich results are rocking the SERPs
Rich search results are everywhere. Years ago, search engines presented search results without much adornment. Today,…
4 creative writing exercises to improve your writing
Creating content is essential for SEO. However, if you’re a blogger or content creator of some…
5 years of writing readable content with Yoast SEO
Writing seems simple enough, but writing a compelling text that keeps the attention is quite hard….
What is readability and why is it important?
When it comes to writing, it can be hard to look at your work objectively. Of…
Local business listings with Schema.org structured data
One of the things you can do to present your local business better in search results…
What is an XML sitemap and why should you have one?
A good XML sitemap acts as a roadmap of your website that leads Google to all…