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The word complexity assessment in Yoast SEO Premium

12 July 2022 Edwin Toonen

The word complexity assessment in Yoast SEO Premium and Yoast SEO for Shopify checks whether a text has too many complex words. But what is a complex word in the first place? How many complex words are too many in a text? What is the scientific reasoning behind this assessment? You’ll find all the answers …

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Why you should use synonyms and related keywords

6 July 2022 | 2 Comments
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Marieke van de Rakt

Using the right keywords is essential in SEO. Because using the words your audience searches with will help your posts and pages rank. That’s why we always tell you to put some effort into finding the perfect keywords to optimize your articles for. So, after finding the perfect keyword, why shouldn’t you use it over …

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Why you should use synonyms and related keywords

SEO basics: What is content pruning?

21 June 2022
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Willemien Hallebeek

If you own a website or a blog, you probably often think about what new content to create. But did you know it’s also essential to focus on your existing content? Having many low-performing posts or pages on your website is not a good look for your business or Google. Did you know that outdated, …

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SEO basics: What is content pruning?


How to adapt your content SEO strategy

8 June 2022 | 11 Comments
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Marieke van de Rakt

If you’re serious about your SEO, you’ve probably set (implicit) goals on what you want to achieve. Perhaps you want to rank in the top ten search results for a specific keyword. Maybe you want your organic traffic to rise with a certain number. But what do you do if you are unable to meet …

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How to adapt your content SEO strategy

Accessibility in social media

2 June 2022 | 2 Comments
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Sam Alderson

Social media plays a huge part in our day-to-day lives. It’s used by people from all walks of life. But are your social posts accessible to everyone? Would you know where to start if someone from your c-suite said that you needed to implement a more accessible approach to your social strategy? In this blog …

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Accessibility in social media


YouTube SEO in 5 minutes

24 May 2022 Davey Smeekens

We’ll start with a brief summary of YouTube ranking factors. Next, we’ll make a best-guess assessment of how they break down from a practical standpoint. And then we’ll discuss how to do Youtube SEO. YouTube ranking factors There are two core overarching groups into which YouTube ranking factors fit: relevancy and authority. Relevancy Transcripts and …

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YouTube SEO in 5 minutes

Premium SEO analysis: As smart as Google

23 May 2022 | 22 Comments
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Marieke van de Rakt

Yoast SEO Premium comes with a great functionality that will help you write SEO-friendly texts. We put a lot of work and care into developing it, and the software and our techniques are really smart and advanced. So, at Yoast, we’re very proud of our Premium SEO analysis. But why do YOU need this? Will it …

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Premium SEO analysis: As smart as Google

Link building from a holistic SEO perspective

9 May 2022 | 2 Comments
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Marieke van de Rakt

Link building isn’t easy. That doesn’t mean it’s rocket science. It means it takes a lot of work if you do it right. Link building done the wrong way can backfire, resulting in a ban from Google altogether. In this post, I’ll discuss our ideas about getting more backlinks: link building from a holistic SEO …

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Link building from a holistic SEO perspective