Once you understood the importance of SEO and learned how to optimize your website, it’s time to install a little helper.
Yoast SEO, which Suzanne also uses in her Skillshare course, is one of the most popular and effective WordPress plugins for Search Engine Optimization.
Yoast SEO is not the only plugin you can use. RankMath is another option that is very similar and as good. It’s largely a matter of personal preference. Both plugins are available for free, so you can try each one out and then decide which you like better.
I am using Yoast SEO for my website. Yoast SEO allows you to enter a focus keyphrase and will then tell you how well your page is optimized. This includes an SEO and a Readability analysis. As for the SEO analysis, Yoast will analyze things like keyphrase density and length, internal and external links, image alt attributes, metadescription, and more.
The Readability analysis mainly checks paragraph and sentence length, subheading distribution, passive voice, and ease of reading.
There are three levels of rating: red, orange, and green. Your web page is at the top of the game if both are on green, but that’s not always possible. You should try to make sure that SEO and Readability are at least on orange. If you can get the SEO on green – even better!
Below you see the Yoast SEO analysis for my post on the Best Hyperlink Colors for your Artist Website. That one turned out pretty great – both SEO and Readability are on green… 😆
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Thanks a lot, Hillary. It means a lot to me to hear that from my readers ♥︎
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