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Get instant clarity on your SEO with the new Yoast SEO Dashboard!

Get instant clarity on your SEO with the new Yoast SEO Dashboard!

With the new Yoast SEO Dashboard, you can see how your site is doing at a glance. Instead of hunting through pages, you’ll find all your key metrics in one place. It’s easy to spot which posts need attention, see where you can improve, and figure out what to tackle first so you can spend […]

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Yoast SEO 22.6 brings more enhancements

Yoast SEO 22.6 is out today! This release has many performance and quality-of-life fixes to improve your favorite SEO plugin. Plus, we’re asking you to update your PHP versions. Find out what’s new in this post! Performance enhancements We’ve upgraded the processing of user metadata in this release, leading to improved performance, especially in generating

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Yoast SEO 22.5 delivers improvements and fixes

Continuing the theme of optimization and refinements, our Yoast SEO 22.5 release includes general maintenance updates across the plugin. We also improved guidance around best practices for taxonomies and a more effortless user experience overall.  Fine-tuning for taxonomy pages If, like us, you get a real sense of achievement every time you see one of

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Yoast SEO 22.4: Better performance and product schema update

Yoast SEO 22.4: Better performance and product schema update

Get ready for a smoother ride with Yoast SEO 22.4! This update packs a punch, improving performance, fixing bugs and enhancing your overall user experience. Say goodbye to pesky ‘elementor’ slugs and enjoy seamless navigation. Plus, thanks to Yoast WooCommerce SEO 16.2, our webshop customers will better control how their product variants show to shoppers

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Yoast SEO 22.3: Introducing AI for category and tag pages

Yoast SEO 22.3: Introducing AI for category and tag pages

Yoast SEO 22.3 introduces a highly-requested AI feature exclusively for our Yoast SEO Premium customers. AI-generated titles and descriptions—simply input your keyphrase for SEO-optimized suggestions. Effortlessly enhance category and tag pages, save time, and stay ahead in SEO. Yoast SEO 22.3 also includes additional refinements and fixes, enhancing the user experience from which all our

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Understanding the Yoast SEO traffic lights

Understanding the Yoast SEO traffic lights

Starting with SEO can be hard, but tools like Yoast SEO simplify the process. One crucial feature is our traffic light system. We’ve designed this system to guide you and your content toward SEO success. Let’s find out what these traffic lights mean for your work in Yoast SEO. How the Yoast SEO traffic lights

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Yoast SEO 22.2: Fine-tune your content for maximum impact

Yoast SEO 22.2: Fine-tune your content for maximum impact

Here at Yoast, we want to ensure your carefully-crafted content is well-received by the widest possible audience. Yoast SEO 22.2 brings more enhancements to our inclusive language analysis feature. You can expect to see more accurate keyphrase recognition, to ensure your keyphrase strategy is spot on every time! Additionally, we’ve introduced fresh translation enhancements for

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Yoast SEO 22.1: AI update and better language support

In our most recent update, Yoast SEO 22.1, we are pleased to announce significant enhancements in our generative AI features. This improvement allows our Yoast SEO Premium customers to benefit from more advanced AI-generated meta descriptions and titles. This also means that you, our customers, will benefit from better support for languages other than English.

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Yoast SEO 22.0: Supporting Organization schema

Yoast SEO 22.0: Supporting Organization schema

Recently, Google announced an update on how it uses business details in search. To help you make the most of that, we are happy to announce Yoast SEO 22.0, which expands support for Organization structured data. Here, you’ll find how we help Google understand everything about your company. Expanded support for Organization schema Yoast SEO

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What is keyphrase density and why is it important?

What is keyphrase density and why is it important?

Yoast SEO checks for the keyphrase density or keyword density of your text. But what is keyphrase density exactly? And why is it important for your SEO? In this article, we answer these questions. On top of that, we’ll discuss what you can do to improve the keyword density of your content so you score

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Why you only need one H1 heading per post or page

Why you only need one H1 heading per post or page

The title of your post or page usually gets the H1 heading tag. It’s only logical to give your post one title, right? Having more than one H1 is like saying: “Hey, this text is about two topics of equal importance.” Yoast SEO warns you with a red traffic light if you use more than

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Yoast SEO 21.8: Seamless highlighting in Elementor

We’re excited to roll out Yoast SEO 21.8. This release is about refining your experience and enhancing your website’s performance. We’ve zapped some bugs for our users, making your SEO journey smoother and more reliable. But the real headline here is for our Yoast SEO Premium users – a feature we know you’ve been asking

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How to use the readability analysis in Yoast SEO

How to use the readability analysis in Yoast SEO

If you’re a user of Yoast SEO for WordPress or Shopify, then you’re probably familiar with the traffic lights in our plugin. Three parts of Yoast SEO use this system: the content analysis, the readability analysis, and the inclusive language analysis. The first checks whether your post or product pages are SEO-proof, while the latter

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Yoast SEO 21.7: Global identifiers in WooCommerce SEO

Ready to elevate your website’s SEO to new heights? Yoast SEO 21.7 has plenty of enhancements designed to give you the edge you need to thrive online. We’re also launching a new version of WooCommerce SEO, with an option to import and export global identifiers for your online store! Find out more about these great

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Yoast SEO 21.6: Generative AI now available for WooCommerce SEO

Yoast SEO 21.6: Generative AI now available for WooCommerce SEO

Yoast SEO 21.6 helps you rethink how you approach search engine optimization. With the power of generative AI integrated into our SEO tools, crafting compelling titles and meta descriptions was never faster or more effective. We added generative AI to Yoast SEO a while back, but now you can also improve your products in WooCommerce

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Yoast SEO 21.5: Helping you block AI bots in Premium

Yoast SEO 21.5: Helping you block AI bots in Premium

We are pleased to announce Yoast SEO 21.5, packed with valuable features to elevate your optimization efforts. This release introduces a highly requested option allowing you to block AI web crawlers. Now, you can effortlessly control access to your content and ensure it remains where you want it to be. Blocking bots used to train

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Why you should use your focus keyphrase in your introduction

Why you should use your focus keyphrase in your introduction

When you write a post or page, we advise you to use your focus keyphrase in your introduction. Why? In short: Mentioning your focus keyphrase in your introduction makes it easier for readers and search engines to find your content. And figure out what it’s about. In this post, we’ll explain in depth why mentioning

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Yoast SEO 21.4 brings more enhancements

We are excited to announce the latest release of Yoast SEO, helping you optimize your website’s performance in search engine results. This update improves our features and brings enhancements that will take your SEO efforts to the next level. Get ready for Yoast SEO 21.4! More assessment improvements At Yoast, we understand the importance of

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Yoast SEO 21.3: Performance and readability improvements

We are happy to announce the release of the latest version of Yoast SEO. This update focuses on enhancing performance, fixing bugs, and improving our features. Don’t forget to check out our recently launched generative AI feature! Here’s Yoast SEO 21.3. Performance enhancements By design, Yoast SEO stores image metadata for every post upon saving,

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Yoast SEO 21.1 brings even more improvements

Yoast SEO 21.1 brings even more improvements

Today, there’s a constant demand for more efficient and effective SEO practices. Keeping this in mind, we’re constantly updating and refining the features of Yoast SEO. One of our key milestones was the release of Yoast SEO 21.0, where we revealed a pioneering generative AI to redefine SEO optimization. In our next release, Yoast SEO

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Yoast SEO 20.13: A few more enhancements

The latest update of our plugin is here: Yoast SEO 20.13. This release is packed with crucial fixes that improve your SEO workflow. We’ve focused on enhancing compatibility and performance, making your SEO efforts smoother and more effective. So, let’s dive into the details of our latest release. Compatibility with WordPress 6.3 Today, the new

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Yoast SEO 20.12: Improvements and fixes

Meet our latest update, Yoast SEO 20.12. It’s loaded with improvements designed to enhance your SEO efforts and simplify your journey toward better rankings. We owe the growth and evolution of Yoast SEO to your constant support and invaluable feedback. This update will benefit your website optimization efforts as we improve our products. More improvements

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Yoast SEO 20.11: Publishing principles to improve E-E-A-T

Yoast SEO 20.11: Publishing principles to improve E-E-A-T

Building trust and establishing authority has become paramount for most online publishers. As Google strives to deliver the most reliable and high-quality content to users — especially in the age of generative AI, they have emphasized a concept known as E-E-A-T: Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. E-E-A-T serves as a critical framework to evaluate the

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Yoast SEO 20.10 brings a brand-new support/FAQ section

Yoast SEO 20.10 brings a brand-new support/FAQ section

We are excited to present Yoast SEO 20.10, a release dedicated to fine-tuning your website and delivering an even smoother experience for all our fantastic users. This update focuses on fixing bugs and implementing minor enhancements to ensure your SEO journey is flawless. We’ve added a support section that gives you quick access to helpful

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