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SEO news in June 2021: Google updates, WordPress 5.8 beta, and loads more

It’s been a busy month for SEO news! We’ve had lots of Google updates and the start of the Page experience rollout. Plus loads of new Google Business and Shopping features — is Google the new high street? Finally, don’t miss our first look at WordPress 5.8, and a brand new search engine called Brave. …

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SEO news in June 2021: Google updates, WordPress 5.8 beta, and loads more



Contact page examples: What makes a great contact page?

24 March 2021 | 2 Comments Edwin Toonen

In this post, we’ll go over a number of contact page examples, so you’ll be able to review your own contact page and improve it. For a lot of companies, that contact page is the main reason they have a website in the first place. For others, the contact page filters or manages all incoming …

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Contact page examples: What makes a great contact page?

Yoast Local SEO 13.9: Primary location & shared properties

23 March 2021 | 2 Comments Edwin Toonen

For local businesses, doing well in the local search results is essential. Luckily, the Local SEO add-on for Yoast SEO is a great help for your business. The plugin makes it much easier to get your site to perform better in Google. For instance, it helps you improve your local business’s contact page so customers …

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Yoast Local SEO 13.9: Primary location & shared properties

Google’s knowledge panel: What is it and how to get one?

18 March 2021 | 2 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

Google’s knowledge panel is the block you’ll find on the right side of your screen in the search results. Nowadays, you’ll see it for a lot of queries. It presents the results of Google’s Knowledge Graph, which can be seen as an engine connecting all kinds of data Google finds online. If you have a …

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Google’s knowledge panel: What is it and how to get one?

Yoast SEO 15.9: Performance improvements

23 February 2021 | 15 Comments Edwin Toonen

Today sees the release of Yoast SEO 15.9 and Video SEO 13.7. In Yoast SEO 15.9, we focussed on performance improvements and general enhancements. In addition, we made Video SEO available in Elementor. Find out more! Performance improvements Improving the performance of our plugins is always on our radar. Sometimes, we do big changes that …

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Yoast SEO 15.9: Performance improvements

How to respond to positive and negative online reviews

13 January 2021 | 4 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

Online reviews are important for any business. With the current situation, they’ve even become essential when you own a local business. More than ever, people are searching for businesses and products online. Having positive reviews and ratings will help you stand out and attract traffic to your site. But what should you do when you …

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How to respond to positive and negative online reviews

SEO tips for non-profit organizations

6 October 2020 | 4 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

SEO is important for every website that wants to attract traffic. SEO for non-profits, in that regard, isn’t that different from SEO for other businesses. For non-profits -often struggling to make ends meet- it can be a cheap and effective way of attracting traffic. Making sure your website is findable in the search engines increases …

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SEO tips for non-profit organizations

Social media for small businesses: 12 tips to boost your local marketing

16 September 2020 | 10 Comments Sam Alderson

A successful local business nurtures relationships with its clients and is one people talk about. Can you think of a better online place for that than social media? It’s where you can engage, share, and get the conversation about your business going. At the same time, social media feels like a struggle for many small business …

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Social media for small businesses: 12 tips to boost your local marketing