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Writing regularly on your blog both improves your writing skills and engages the readers that visit your site. The more you write, the better — you can meet your posting goals while also building an online audience that keeps coming back for more. But to keep up a good habit, sometimes you need a nudge….
Back to Yoast.com Whether your website is brand new or has been around for a while, it’s important to keep it healthy in every way you can. Both Google and your audience will be a lot more likely to visit your website if it stays fit. Now, this may take some effort and time, but…
The next batch of exciting updates to the block editor is live on WordPress.com. Powerful duotone image editing, a persistent list view to edit your page or post, and an update for picking table colors are all ready for you to build and improve the look of your site. Let’s take a closer look. Built-in…
You’ve probably heard it a dozen times before, but social media needs to be part of your online strategy. Whether you have a website, personal blog or webshop, social media allows you to reach and connect with your audience. To get new people into contact with you and to stay top of mind with your…
Let’s say you have a website but know little about SEO. But you’ve heard about Yoast SEO and people have told you it’s a great tool to optimize your site for Google, Bing, and Yandex. So you install the Yoast SEO plugin. What’s next? To help your pages rise to the top, our plugin needs your…
Making sure search engines can understand your site is one of the top priorities in SEO. One of the most effective ways of getting that understanding is to add Schema.org structured data. This describes the different parts of a page to get what every piece is about. Yoast SEO adds structured data automatically, plus it…
We have some exciting new block editor updates to share with you today including fresh collection of Portfolio block patterns, a new and improved way to embed a preview of PDF documents, and better editing tools for Cover and Buttons blocks. Let’s dive in! One-Click Portfolio Layouts Block patterns are pre-designed templates that make creating…
Writing seems simple enough, but writing a compelling text that keeps the attention is quite hard. Especially online. To keep people on your page, you need to write quality content that’s easy to read. Easier said than done? You’re absolutely right. That’s why we introduced a readability analysis in our Yoast SEO plugin five years…
When it comes to writing, it can be hard to look at your work objectively. Of course, most of us are able to write a few paragraphs or article on a certain topic. But making sure that your text is entertaining and easy-to-read is where it gets more challenging. Using too many difficult words, long…
Going to the gym regularly might get you fit, but dropping that routine will get out out of shape in no time. The same goes for your website — without a good fitness routine and proper maintenance, it might become a mess. Yoast SEO helps your site with its technical SEO fitness and gives you…
In April 2021, Google changed how they assess content which ‘reviews’ products and services. The “Product reviews update” made it harder for pages that do little more than “summarize a bunch of products” to rank highly. But, unlike many other Google updates, this one came with a cheat sheet that describes what site editors need…
The WordPress mobile apps are the best way to manage your site from anywhere. If you’re already using the app, you might have noticed a new visual design that’s been rolling out. That rollout is complete in WordPress 17.1, which is available today for both Android and iOS. If you’re not already using it this…
‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen’. The first line of George Orwells’s book titled 1984. Kind of pulls you in right? That’s the idea of storytelling anyway. Creating content that people won’t want to put down until they’ve read the very last letter. Nowadays, storytelling isn’t just…
Likes, shares and follows tell us a lot about what kind of content lands with our audience. However, these engagements paint an incomplete picture. Just consider the “90-9-1 Rule”. According to this rule, only 1% of social media users create content, 9% share, Like, and comment on that original content. 90% of users simply lurk,…
We’re excited to tell you more about WordPress.com’s new navigation experience. The update makes managing your entire site more intuitive and creates consistency across all parts of WordPress.com. This update also allows you all to take advantage of the wider WordPress open source community, creating the same admin menu as WordPress.org that you see referenced…
For years now we’ve heard about the impending digital transformation—the slow-rolling wave of businesses removing non-digital, manual processes in favor of technology that improves efficiency, data collection and analysis, team collaboration and, ultimately, return on investments. Digital transformation was always coming. But due to COVID-19, what would have been a gradual transformation happened virtually overnight….
Reality check: B2B social media is here to stay. In fact, recent statistics note that social advertising is practiced by a staggering 83% of B2B marketers and is second only to search engines in terms of success. From nurturing customers to flexing your industry influence, the social space has a ton to offer B2B brands….
Trying to figure out how to use Slack? Good. It’s totally worth it. Boasting 10+ million daily active users, the popularity of Slack speaks for itself. In fact, the platform is now a staple of remote work as more and more teams rely on Slack as their all-in-one communications hub. Read moreInstalling and Configuring your…
Ten years in Chicago has taught me that, even though the temperature reads 60 degrees outside, there’s likely one more cold spell we have to endure before we finally get to spring. me: oh wow it’s gonna be 60 today chicago twitter: Winter Fool’s SpringSecond Winter Spring of Deception <—? ??? ??? ????Third WinterThe PolleningActual…
From time-saving features to enhancements in your favorite blocks, these block editor improvements will help you build posts and pages on your site, no matter what you publish: Crop and rotate your images with built-in editing tools Drag and drop blocks and patterns for more control Display a list of your pages with the new…