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Using Google’s search results to create great content

26 October 2020 Willemien Hallebeek

To get your page to the top of the search results, you need to create content that people are actually looking for. That’s why you need to consider search intent before you start writing. Google is getting better and better at guessing what people want or need when they type in their – sometimes cryptic …

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Using Google’s search results to create great content


Yoast and Semrush working together

14 October 2020 | 15 Comments Joost de Valk

Today we’re announcing something really awesome: Yoast has partnered up with Semrush. The reason why we’re so excited? Keyword research is hard, getting keyword data is even harder and this puts it at your fingertips. Right where you’re writing. Why would Yoast and Semrush work together? Yoast has a lot of users; 11 million+ websites …

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Yoast and Semrush working together

Yoast SEO 15.1: Keyword research with SEMrush

14 October 2020 | 74 Comments Edwin Toonen

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could get keyword data while working on your content in Yoast SEO? Well, we asked ourselves that same question and now we have an answer! Yes, you can now find related keyphrases inside the post editor. And it’s not any old data — no, it’s powered by our good …

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Yoast SEO 15.1: Keyword research with SEMrush

What is keyword stemming?

28 May 2020 | 32 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

Google can read and analyze texts very well. It understands that walk, walks and walking all boil down to the same thing. Also, Google knows that baby is basically the same as babies. How? By using something called keyword stemming. This gives you the freedom to alternate between different word forms while writing your text. …

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What is keyword stemming?

Semantically link entities to your content with Yoast SEO

25 February 2020 Edwin Toonen

Search engines love entities. Entities can be people, places, things, concepts, or ideas, often appearing in the Knowledge Graph. Many search terms can be an entity, but specific search terms can also have different meanings and, thus, be separate entities. Take [Mars], for example; are you talking about the planet or candy bar entity? The …

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Semantically link entities to your content with Yoast SEO


5 SEO copywriting mistakes you should avoid

20 November 2019 | 11 Comments Willemien Hallebeek

Copywriting is a crucial element of every SEO strategy. High-quality content is what helps you rank and sets your site apart from all the other sites out there. So, you’ll want to do SEO copywriting the right way. Preferably without making any fatal mistakes. Want to know what not to do when you’re writing SEO …

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5 SEO copywriting mistakes you should avoid

Yoast SEO: don’t just set it and forget it!

13 September 2019 | 10 Comments Marieke van de Rakt

Some of the things Yoast SEO does are pure magic. Lots of things are just taken care of after you’ve installed the plugin. You don’t have to do anything about that. Simply installing Yoast SEO will fix a lot of important technical SEO things for you. The content side of SEO, though, is something you …

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Yoast SEO: don’t just set it and forget it!

Allure of the green traffic light in Yoast SEO: Pitfalls to avoid

2 August 2019 Marieke van de Rakt

Since I started using the Yoast SEO plugin, I’ve been amazed by its ease of use and many features. Our analysis offers everything you need to fine-tune your text so that search engines will be more likely to rank your content. I genuinely believe that the SEO analysis features in Yoast SEO can help you …

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Allure of the green traffic light in Yoast SEO: Pitfalls to avoid