Do the SEO workout to rank higher with your best content
Are you ranking with the content you want to rank with? With your very best content?…
Yoast SEO 16.6: An internal linking workout for SEO fitness
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How does Google understand text?
On yoast.com, we talk a lot about writing and readability. We consider it a very important…
WordPress.com is the fastest WordPress host in Review Signal’s 2021 test
For the past eight years, Review Signal has published its WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks, and 2021’s…
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…
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…
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 can Google’s “product reviews update” teach us about “high-quality content”?
In April 2021, Google changed how they assess content which ‘reviews’ products and services. The “Product…
How to create eye-catching social images for your content
The web, and our online habits with it, are never at a standstill. One result of…
What’s New in the Block Editor: New Page Layout Picker, Better Block Transformation Options, and More
Here’s a peek at the latest changes in the block editor — subtle-yet-practical enhancements that help…
How to come up with social media content using feedback from your silent fans
Likes, shares and follows tell us a lot about what kind of content lands with our…
9 social media lead generations to try in your next campaign
For every growth strategy you develop, you also need a plan to acquire fresh and relevant…
News SEO: How to optimize your news site
If your website is all about news, there’s a lot you can do to optimize it…
Yoast SEO 16.1 & News SEO 12.7: enhancements and fixes
Today, we’d like to welcome another release: Yoast SEO 16.1. In this release, you’ll find a…
How to use competitive benchmarking to grow your social presence
Pop quiz: how does your social presence stack up against your closest competitors? Seems like a…
Social Spotlight: How Tim Hortons puts people first in its social strategy
Overview Tim Hortons and Canada have a symbiotic relationship. The restaurant chain has crafted a brand…
SEO news in March 2021: A rise in Google’s zero-click searches
There was quite a bit of discussion about a study that said that nearly 65% of…
How to schedule Tweets and drive better engagement
Twitter sees an average of 500 million Tweets every day, meaning there’s no shortage of highly…
6 brilliant Facebook campaigns (& why they worked)
As the widest-reaching social network around, Facebook boasts nearly 2.8 billion monthly active users. But given…