Yoast SEO helps you navigate all Google Schema updates
Google has announced a couple of updates to its Schema structured data support. These enhancements will improve discussion forums, profile pages, and organizations’ appearance in search engine results pages. Let’s review these changes. You’ll see how the Yoast SEO Schema framework can help you leverage them to their fullest potential. About the discussion and profile […]
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SEO, Schema, and the future of search
Search has come a long way since its early beginnings. Altavista and AskJeeves are long gone, and most of us can’t imagine a world without Google these days. But search continues to change. It has always been a work in progress, and it will probably always be that way. And the search engines that we’re […]
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Open-source software, open Schema protocol!
We’re massive advocates of using Schema structured data to help search engines understand website content. Our plugins automatically take care of anything Schema-related for you, but we know that we’re not the only ones to do so. It’s possible to use our Schema output in combination with other tools. Although, sometimes, things may not work […]
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Putting local stadiums, aquariums, and museums on the map with Yoast Local SEO
Public locations/venues — like art theaters, parks, bus stations, and stadiums – play a massive role in people’s lives in a community, town, or city. They are present in every community, and they are the foundational elements of a healthy and functional society. But when it comes to online presence, they may not get the […]
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Meet the front-end SEO inspector in Yoast SEO Premium
Yoast SEO Premium has a new feature that helps you quickly check your SEO settings. The front-end SEO inspector is designed to help you do just that — inspect the metadata your post outputs right from the front end. You no longer have to open posts in the WordPress editor to see what you set […]
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Yoast SEO Premium 19.1: new front-end SEO inspector
If you’ve been following our releases, you might notice that we’ve been pumping out a lot of new features recently. Continuing that momentum, we’re releasing yet another feature: the front-end SEO inspector. This tool allows you to quickly and intuitively view your SEO settings, without leaving the front end of your website. Besides that, we’re […]
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Yoast SEO 19.4: new emoji picker tool, word complexity feedback in more languages and Schema improvements
We’re always working to improve and refine the Yoast SEO user experience with every release. In this release, we’ve rolled out improvements to our Schema structured data implementation and fixed a couple of bugs. Aside from that, we’ve decided to include some exciting additions to our plugins, starting with a new emoji picker tool and […]
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Schema – why you NEED Yoast SEO to do it right!
You might have heard that you need structured data on your website. Not only will Google understand your content better, but it will also increase your chances of getting those shiny rich results. In Yoast SEO, we output Schema as a graph. This means it’s all tied together and the relationship between various elements is […]
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Why Schema needs to be a graph
More and more people, and more and more developers, are talking about structured data, and Schema.org. We talk and have talked about Schema for quite some time at Yoast and we’ve built loads of things with and on top of it. Recently, the proposed block protocol standard started talking about integrating with Schema, and WordPress’ […]
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Our new workout helps Google understand your site!
When you started your business, what were the first steps you took to establish yourself in the market? You probably thought of a name and created a logo to go with it. Who knows, maybe you also created a few social accounts to introduce your business to potential customers right away. But like most businesses, […]
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Yoast Summer School 2021: A recap of the best bits
This year we held our first ever Yoast SEO Summer School, a series of 4 interactive online workshops with our in-house experts. We’ve been talking about SEO essentials like making great content, site structure, inbound marketing and rich results, and answering your questions on those topics too. It’s been fantastic seeing over 6,500 of you […]
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SEO for sports, fitness and gyms: 5 tips to get you ranking
Sports and fitness SEO is a really tough game. You’ll need to work hard to get those pages ranking (and keep them there). Plus, you probably need to think about how to turn those online users into customers. Luckily, you don’t need to be a tech expert to reach your sports and fitness SEO goals. […]
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Summer School: Free workshops on SEO and marketing!
Do you want to know how to stand out in Google’s search results? Do you want to brush up on your copywriting skills? Or do you want to know more about email and social media marketing? Then you’ve come to the right place! This August, we’re hosting four different online workshops on marketing and SEO […]
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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 essential tool to keep your site working properly and find opportunities to get better results from the SERPs. But, one thing Google Search Console also does, is send you emails when they encounter an issue. And those error messages […]
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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 so that it makes it easier for it to grasp your pages. Once you’ve added it, you can monitor the performance of your rich results in Google Search Console. This tool gives you everything you need to get the […]
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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 releases and other interesting stuff. They introduced us to MUM, their new language model and the next step in understanding online content. But meeting (their) MUM wasn’t all. There was lots of SEO news in May 2021 and our […]
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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 Google searches in 2020 did not result in a click. This is one of the topics that our resident SEO experts Joost de Valk and Jono Alderson talked about in this month’s webinar. Want to know what they had […]
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Google’s algorithm is amazingly smart and incredibly dumb at the same time
Google is really smart, amazingly smart. The algorithm is very close to reading texts like human-beings. At the same time, parts of Google’s algorithm aren’t smart at all. Computers aren’t that good at understanding ‘what is what’ on a page. If you have a recipe site, you’ll need to tell Google what an ingredient is, […]
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Rich results, structured data and Schema: a visual guide to help you understand
Rich results, structured data, Schema.org. You might have bumped into these terms online, but what do they mean? And what should you do with them?
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Coming soon: Understanding structured data course!
There’s a new Yoast SEO academy course on its way: the Understanding structured data course! Are you ready to take a deep dive into the theory of structured data? After completing this course, you’ll understand the concepts and terms related to structured data in detail. And, implementing this knowledge could help you get wonderful rich […]
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