Our current string of releases focusing on improving our code is continuing with Yoast SEO 13.3. In this release, for instance, you’ll find a sizable update to how we work with languages. In addition, we have a Schema structured data addition and several improvements to how Yoast SEO handles URLs. Read on!
Improving the way we handle languages
As you know, Yoast SEO has a very advanced system for working with languages. We analyze your texts and give you tips to improve the readability or the enhance the SEO-friendliness of those articles. Yoast SEO Premium customers get an even more advanced analysis that makes it even easier to optimize your text in a natural way. All thanks to word form recognition, related keyphrases and synonyms.
Getting the analysis so smart is no small feat. Languages are hard to grasp and every language has its own rules and peculiarities. To get these analyses to function properly, we need to finetune these for each language. In Yoast SEO 13.3, we’ve drastically improved this system.
We now break down words to their stems automatically — also called stemming —, but no longer build a complete list of all the different word forms. This was a complex and time-consuming process that made it hard to scale. This new version makes it much easier for us to improve the system — and to roll out a lot more languages in the near future.
Keep in mind, the analysis itself haven’t changed — just the way we come to the end results.
Enhancements in Yoast SEO 13.3
In Yoast SEO 13.3, we’ve improved how the plugin handles URLs. Saša Todorović also submitted a number of improvements to how Yoast SEO works with URLs as well. We made sure that URLs keep human-readable, both in our forms and in the metadata Yoast SEO outputs on the frontend. Of course, they will remain encoded in the Schema structured data, because of the way JSON works with this.
Speaking of Schema, we’ve added a potentialAction entity to the WebPage and Article Schema pieces. This means we can indicate in the structured data that readers of this piece of content have the option of leaving a comment, for instance.
Update now to Yoast SEO 13.3
There you have it, Yoast SEO 13.3. This release bring a better language processing system, plus enhancements to the way Yoast SEO works with URLs. In addition, we fixed several bugs and made improvements to our code. You can find out more in the changelog for Yoast SEO 13.3. Download now!
Edwin is an experienced strategic content specialist. Before joining Yoast, he worked for a top-tier web design magazine, where he developed a keen understanding of how to create great content.
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10 Responses to Yoast SEO 13.3: Improving our language analysis
Jerry Wong • 5 years ago
I installed yoast in my wordpress. But I cannot understand how to utilize it. I saw several videos but cannot understand. Do you have any specific blog on this? Please help me. Thanks.
Blitar Web • 5 years ago
Hello, I want to ask, why does Yoast suggest that writing is only 300 words long?
Mario • 5 years ago
Hi after this update it looks that its slows the backend.
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Edwin Toonen • 5 years ago
Hi Mario. Hmm, that’s strange. Can you tell me a bit more about that? Did you change anything else on your site?
prakash panwar • 5 years ago
if you including structured data in your new update. so can i remove other structured data plugin or not?
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Edwin Toonen • 5 years ago
Hi Prakash. We have an expansive default Schema structured data implementation. You can also use our content block to add specific content, like FAQs and How-tos. If you need other types, like recipes or events, you have to add them by hand or use an additional plugin. We’re working on expanding our roster of blocks, though. Stay tuned!
Levent Ozen • 5 years ago
Hi, you mean “+add related keyphase” will be removed from the post screen an we donot need to enter words (max 5)
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Edwin Toonen • 5 years ago
Hi Levent. I’m not sure what you mean? We won’t be removing features if that’s what you mean?
darylshouseinc1 • 5 years ago
Is this release of the 13.3 going to be updated immediately with WordPress?
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Edwin Toonen • 5 years ago
Hi, no you have to update yourself. WordPress plugins can’t auto-update yet.
I installed yoast in my wordpress. But I cannot understand how to utilize it. I saw several videos but cannot understand. Do you have any specific blog on this? Please help me. Thanks.
Hello, I want to ask, why does Yoast suggest that writing is only 300 words long?
Hi after this update it looks that its slows the backend.
Hi Mario. Hmm, that’s strange. Can you tell me a bit more about that? Did you change anything else on your site?
if you including structured data in your new update. so can i remove other structured data plugin or not?
Hi Prakash. We have an expansive default Schema structured data implementation. You can also use our content block to add specific content, like FAQs and How-tos. If you need other types, like recipes or events, you have to add them by hand or use an additional plugin. We’re working on expanding our roster of blocks, though. Stay tuned!
Hi, you mean “+add related keyphase” will be removed from the post screen an we donot need to enter words (max 5)
Hi Levent. I’m not sure what you mean? We won’t be removing features if that’s what you mean?
Is this release of the 13.3 going to be updated immediately with WordPress?
Hi, no you have to update yourself. WordPress plugins can’t auto-update yet.