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Case study: SEO of a photographer’s site

13 June 2017 | 15 Comments Meike Hendriks

Writing about SEO is easier than implementing best practices on a website yourself. Every site is different and every type of site presents its own challenge. We know that, and that’s why we started our Yoast Case studies, in which we scrutinize an existing site and give the owner practical advice on how to optimize it. In this third case study: …

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Case study: SEO of a photographer’s site

Case study: SEO of an online shop

21 April 2017 | 12 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

SEO can be really complicated! How do you start with improving the structure of a site? How do you write amazing and SEO-friendly articles? To help all of you with your SEO strategy, I’m writing a series of Ask Yoast case studies. In these case studies, I’ll take a look at a specific site (the owner knows …

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Case study: SEO of an online shop

Case study: SEO of a mom blog

6 April 2017 | 11 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

SEO can be a rather complicated and abstract thing. What exactly do we mean by increasing keyword density? How do you start with improving the structure of a site? That’s why I’m going to write a series of Ask Yoast case studies. In these case studies, I’ll take a look at a specific site (the owner …

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Case study: SEO of a mom blog


How to handle comments on your blog

23 February 2016 | 30 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

When you’re blogging regularly, people will start responding to what you write. Maybe not right away, but as your blog is growing, you’ll have to deal with comments on your blog. Especially when you write about your world view or opinions, some people will disagree with you. You will, in short, have to deal with …

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How to handle comments on your blog

Monetizing your blog

3 February 2016 | 21 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

Just writing a blog post every day does not pay the bills. For some bloggers, the ultimate goal of their blog is to be able to make a living out of it. But in what ways can you actually make money with your blog? In this post, we’ll talk you through a few ways of monetizing …

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Monetizing your blog

Meet Yoast!

Update: Curious how it all started? This is the launch post of yoast.com by Joost. One for the books ;-) After a couple of years on joostdevalk.nl, I’ve decided it was time to do a couple of things at the same time: redesign to a more professional look move to a .com domain and US …

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Meet Yoast!