Planning for mixed content during HTTPS migrations
Last week, Google announced that in July 2018 it would make another major stride towards the complete normalisation of HTTPS encryption. Version 68 of the Chrome browser will be the first to explicitly mark all HTTP pages (i.e. every URL served over the legacy protocol) as “not secure”. Operating a secure checkout on a predominantly insecure site is no […]
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Does “search satisfaction” matter more than click-through rate in SEO?
Click-through rate (CTR) has historically been an important factor in gauging the quality of results in information retrieval tasks – and search is no exception. But to truly understand how Google interprets “success” in search results, we need to understand something called search satisfaction.
Ask Yoast: Several link tags on a page
HTML <link> elements, also called HTML <link> tags, are bits in the HTML of a website that specify the relation between the current document and an external resource. They look like this: link rel= “…” and can be used for all kinds of things, like importing a stylesheet. SEO related link elements are, for instance, […]
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New online SEO training: Multilingual SEO
Today marks the release of our new multilingual SEO training. If you have or maintain websites in multiple languages or meant for different regions, this course on international SEO is indispensable. By implementing the advice given in this training, Google will send your users to the correct site automatically. This is often done wrong, but […]
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A NodeJS Script for Accessing the Google Search Console API
One of the biggest challenges for SEOs is Google itself. The black box of Google, as Dan described it to me early on at my time at LSG, limits its displayed metrics in Google Search Console to representative calculations. Google causes even more SEO indigestion when you try to claw out a site’s historical performance […]
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Mobile parity: are your desktop and mobile site equal?
You might have heard the term before: mobile parity. With, as a subset of that, content parity. Perhaps “One Web” triggers some kind of recognition? It all comes down to one thing: is your mobile site equal to your desktop site? In this article, I’ll give you some pointers on why you should check that […]
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Coming soon: Multilingual SEO training
February 7, 2018, marks the release of a brand new course in the Yoast Academy: Multilingual SEO. The Multilingual SEO training is for every site owner, developer or SEO who targets people in various locales and languages. The time-limited introductory price will be $169. After a week, it will go to its regular price of […]
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What is multilingual SEO?
If your online business is doing well in your country, you might consider expanding to international markets. To be successful in new markets requires some extra investments in SEO though. You’d better start thinking about multilingual SEO, if you want to be sure your website will be found and used well in other countries! Here, […]
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How to find the perfect domain strategy for international SEO
As you look to expand the reach of your business to customers in different countries, your website setup and the content you have in place will need to change and evolve. Before you even begin thinking about content localization and local keywords for each market, the technical setup of your website needs to be considered. The first step of this process is domain strategy.
Ask Yoast: Switching the TLD of your website
There could be a reason why you’d want to switch your top level domain (TLD) at some point. Perhaps you want to use it in your brand name, or maybe you just want something that catches the eye a bit more. But what if your site isn’t performing as well as you thought it would […]
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3 SEO quick wins to implement right now
We’re all ready for a new year of increasing sales, lifting engagement and giving our website the best effort possible. It only seems right to give you a three-step rocket of SEO quick wins, to kick-start your website for 2018. In this post, I will show you three things you can do right now to […]
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Ask Yoast: Still minify and concatenate CSS and JS files?
To work properly, websites contain multiple CSS and JavaScript files. These must be fetched from the server by the visitors’ computer, to fully load a webpage. In the old standard, HTTP/1, only one request at a time could be handled, so minifying and concatenating multiple files was a good idea. Otherwise, visitors would experience a […]
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Ask Yoast: Why is the post type ‘media’ noindex in Yoast SEO?
Both the free and the Premium Yoast SEO plugin come with several default settings. We’re all about sensible default settings! So, we’ve put a great deal of thought into setting these defaults, to make sure they’re right for most users. Still, it’s understandable that people get confused, for example when using our awesome configuration wizard, when […]
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Building Your Search Universe
Building your Search Universe, by joining different data sources, enables you to more easily identify opportunities and assist you with common SEO tasks.
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Ask Yoast case study: Looking for a holiday home?
Today’s case study is about renting holiday homes. There are a million holiday homes out there in all shapes and sizes. So what about a castle? A reader sent us a link to the site of a beautiful castle, located in France: Chateau de Lastours. The rooms and apartments are for rent. Let’s have a […]
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How to perform an SEO audit. Part 3: Site speed & Engagement
This week, we’ve been showing you how to perform an SEO audit on your website. By regularly auditing your – or your client’s – sites, you can get a good feel for what you still need to do to improve SEO. In part 1, I talked about user experience and content SEO and in part […]
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How to perform an SEO audit. Part 2: General SEO
In my previous article, part 1 of the How to perform an SEO audit series, I showed you the steps you could take to evaluate the SEO of your own – or someone else’s – site. The first steps were all about content SEO and user experience. In part 2, I’ll dive deeper into the […]
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Highlights from TechSEO Boost: The key trends in technical SEO
Last week, the industry’s first ever technical SEO conference was held in Boston. TechSEO Boost, organized by Catalyst, set out to be a “technical SEO conference that challenges even developers and code jockeys”. Here are the highlights from a packed event.
Why Googlebot May Be Hitting Bot Blocker URLs
Many sites use bot blockers like Distil Networks to stop scrapers from stealing their data. The challenge for SEOs is that sometimes these bot blockers are not set correctly and can prevent good bots like Googlebot and BingBot from getting to the content, which can cause serious SEO issues. Distil is pretty adamant that their […]
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Ask Yoast: Using a TLD as part of your brand?
Branding plays a vital role in the success of your business. We’ve written about branding several times on this site, for instance, the 5 tips on branding and Low-budget branding for small businesses articles. Your domain name should also be a part of your brand. But should you buy one of those fancy new TLDs […]
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