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SEO in 2024: Four insights from Yoast SEO experts

21 December 2023 | 4 Comments Edwin Toonen

Step into 2024, where SEO is on the brink of transformation. This post offers a deep dive into the minds of four SEO experts at Yoast. Each expert sheds light on the impact of the changes they see happening. Explore their collective wisdom as they dissect the future of search, the evolving challenges of engagement, …

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SEO in 2024: Four insights from Yoast SEO experts




Are social media platforms becoming the new search engines?

8 June 2023 | 2 Comments Cindy Paul

When you think about searching online, do you picture the Google search bar, or the TikTok search bar? If it’s the former, you might be behind on the trends. Because while you’re optimizing your content for Google, younger generations are turning to social media to search for information. Almost 40% in fact. But should this …

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Are social media platforms becoming the new search engines?


Why you should care how green your website is

5 April 2023 | 12 Comments Sam Alderson

If you own a website or are thinking of creating one, you should be mindful about your ecological footprint. Because the tech industry plays a big role in the current climate crisis. With its data centers, large manufacturing operations, and huge amounts of e-waste, it’s accountable for nearly 4% of global CO2 emissions. Which, shockingly …

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Why you should care how green your website is

How to speed up your WordPress website: 12 tips to start optimizing website for speed

1 February 2023 | 4 Comments Edwin Toonen

We’ve said this time and time again: a fast website is necessary for SEO. In a sea of similarly good (or not-so-good) results, Google will favor fast pages that can deliver a good user experience to searchers. If your goal is to attain higher rankings and drive organic traffic from Google, you need to speed …

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How to speed up your WordPress website: 12 tips to start optimizing website for speed

SEO in 2023: Your chance to shine!

28 December 2022 | 1 Comment Edwin Toonen

For most sites, SEO in 2023 will probably be similar to the past couple of years: you still need to improve your work but set the bar higher and higher. Competition is getting fiercer, and Google — and your potential customers — are getting better at recognizing true quality. Also, you should keep an eye …

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SEO in 2023: Your chance to shine!

Don’t relabel your old content as new; it’s a lousy SEO tactic

21 December 2022 | 4 Comments Edwin Toonen

Content freshness is a ranking factor in Google’s algorithm and has been that way for years. Google tends to favor unique, recent, and timely content on the search results page. However, there’s a repercussion stemming from this – many websites would relabel their old content as new to try to game the algorithm. This is …

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Don’t relabel your old content as new; it’s a lousy SEO tactic