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New: Track brand visibility in Gemini with Yoast AI Brand Insights

13 January 2026 Beth Parker

Yoast AI Brand Insights now lets you track how your brand appears in Google’s Gemini. You can see your Gemini data alongside ChatGPT and Perplexity, all in one dashboard.  With a single analysis, you can see how different AI platforms describe your brand with the Yoast SEO AI+ plan. You’ll see which sources they use and how sentiment compares across …

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New: Track brand visibility in Gemini with Yoast AI Brand Insights

Site Kit by Google integration available for all Yoast customers 

7 January 2026 Beth Parker

This first release of 2026 brings Site Kit by Google insights into your Yoast SEO Dashboard. After introducing the integration in phases throughout 2025, we are pleased to share that the rollout is now complete and available to all Yoast customers using WordPress.  What you can see in your Yoast SEO Dashboard  You can now view key performance data …

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Site Kit by Google integration available for all Yoast customers 

Introducing the new SEO Task List in Yoast SEO

16 December 2025 Carl Henry Addoumieh

Doing SEO well often means knowing what to focus on and when to do so. That is not always easy, especially when you are juggling content, updates, and day-to-day site management. That is why we are introducing a new SEO task list in the Yoast plugin.  The Task List helps you improve your SEO step by step, directly inside your dashboard. It …

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Introducing the new SEO Task List in Yoast SEO

New to AI Brand Insights: Scan your brand visibility in Perplexity

3 December 2025 Beth Parker

Today, we’re rolling out an improvement to Yoast AI Brand Insights, part of the Yoast SEO AI+ package. You can now scan how your brand appears in answers generated by Perplexity, in addition to ChatGPT at no extra cost. This builds on our mission to help marketers, bloggers, and business owners understand how their brand …

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New to AI Brand Insights: Scan your brand visibility in Perplexity

Site Kit by Google insights now available for all Yoast SEO Premium users 

2 December 2025 Beth Parker

Since its launch in June we have been rolling out our integration with Site Kit by Google. Every Yoast SEO Premium customer now has access to it. The update brings key Google Analytics and Search Console insights directly into your Yoast Dashboard, giving you a clear view of your site’s performance without switching between tools …

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Site Kit by Google insights now available for all Yoast SEO Premium users 

Introducing a new AI-powered package: Track your brand in AI search 

1 October 2025 Beth Parker

We’re excited to announce the beta release of Yoast AI Brand Insights, available as part of the Yoast SEO AI+ package. This new tool helps you understand how your brand appears in AI-powered answers, and where you can improve your visibility. Ideal for bloggers, marketers, and brand managers, Yoast AI Brand Insights gives you an …

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Introducing a new AI-powered package: Track your brand in AI search 

New: From longform to key takeaways, in seconds. Meet Yoast AI Summarize

9 September 2025 Beth Parker

Today, we’re excited to welcome Yoast AI Summarize to our growing family of AI features. Just like our other AI tools, this new feature is designed to make your publishing process faster and easier by putting powerful, practical AI right where you work, in the WordPress Block Editor.  Yoast AI Summarize is perfect for bloggers, …

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New: From longform to key takeaways, in seconds. Meet Yoast AI Summarize

A smoother Redirect Manager and Yoast AI Optimize for Classic Editor 

12 August 2025 Carl Henry Addoumieh

We just introduced two new updates to Yoast SEO Premium that focus on clarity and speed. Yoast SEO Redirect Manager just got a cleaner, more user-friendly workspace. After heavy testing, Yoast AI Optimize is now available for the Classic Editor. It helps you optimize your copy for readability and SEO without disrupting your workflow or …

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A smoother Redirect Manager and Yoast AI Optimize for Classic Editor 

Try AI-powered SEO with 10 free Sparks.

Writing the right SEO title or meta description can be time-consuming, especially when unsure what works best. That’s where Yoast AI Generate comes in. Now, all Yoast SEO users can try it with 10 free Sparks.  What does Yoast AI Generate do?  Yoast AI Generate suggests SEO titles and meta descriptions based on your content …

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Try AI-powered SEO with 10 free Sparks.

Updated llms.txt: More control for future discovery 

AI tools are changing how people discover your website, and not always in the way you’d want.  They might surface old blog posts, low-priority pages, or content that no longer reflects your brand. That can confuse users, damage trust, and dilute your expertise.  That’s where llms.txt comes in. And now, you can personalize it.  Choose …

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Updated llms.txt: More control for future discovery