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Picking an ecommerce platform: WooCommerce or Shopify?

22 December 2021 | 4 Comments Edwin Toonen

Nowadays, building an online store is easier than ever. Picking the right tool to power your new store isn’t. There are many tools out there, but for most people, the choice will be between the two market leaders: Shopify and WooCommerce. Although both ecommerce platforms have a comparable feature set, they have a different philosophy. …

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Picking an ecommerce platform: WooCommerce or Shopify?

Write great product descriptions with WooCommerce SEO

14 September 2021 | 2 Comments Edwin Toonen

Product descriptions can make or break a potential sale in your online store. Badly written ones decrease trust — making it harder for customers to pull the trigger on the sale. Plus, depending too much on descriptions provided by the producer is a no-go. But how do you write good product descriptions and how do …

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Write great product descriptions with WooCommerce SEO

WooCommerce SEO 14.4: a product-specific SEO analysis

7 September 2021 | 4 Comments Edwin Toonen

WooCommerce is one of the most popular platforms to run an online store on. It gives you everything you need to build a successful store — well, almost everything. WooCommerce can use a little help to get the most out of it. One of the tools that can help you maximize its performance is the …

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WooCommerce SEO 14.4: a product-specific SEO analysis

Yoast SEO 17.1: an update on page titles

7 September 2021 | 6 Comments Edwin Toonen

One of our core philosophies is keeping you and your site up to date with the latest changes in Google’s inner workings and policies. These last couple of weeks saw an interesting new development, with Google rewriting many titles in the SERPs. In Yoast SEO 17.1, we are making a couple of small changes that …

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Yoast SEO 17.1: an update on page titles


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

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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Did Google Search Console send an email with an error message?

Shops & restaurants: easy curbside pickup with WooCommerce and Local SEO

8 April 2020 | 3 Comments Edwin Toonen

With restaurants, shops, and other businesses closing due to the Coronavirus pandemic, their owners are looking for other ways to keep their businesses going. Luckily, many customers are searching for ways to support their local businesses. One of the ways for a restaurant to keep serving people is by offering local pickups of meals. You …

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Shops & restaurants: easy curbside pickup with WooCommerce and Local SEO

Yoast SEO 13.1: Schema.org structured data enhancements

18 February 2020 | 5 Comments Edwin Toonen

Yoast SEO 13.1 and WooCommerce SEO 12.6 are out today! In these two updated SEO plugins, you’ll find several fixes and enhancements, mostly focused at improving our Schema.org structured data implementation. In this post, you can learn more about the latest versions of Yoast SEO and WooCommerce SEO. Yoast SEO 13.1 Back in Yoast SEO …

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Yoast SEO 13.1: Schema.org structured data enhancements

Search Console showing errors in your product structured data?

21 November 2019 | 14 Comments Edwin Toonen

Google’s recent run of enhancement reports in Search Console gives you lots of insights into how your site is performing in search. Sometimes, though, it gives you stuff to think about, like errors or improvements to make. For instance, if you run an online store, you’re bound to have come across this structured data error: …

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Search Console showing errors in your product structured data?