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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!



Local ranking factors that help your small business’ SEO

8 November 2022 Edwin Toonen

If you have a local business selling products or services, you have to think about the local ranking of your website. Local SEO will help you surface related search queries in your area. As Google shows local results first in many cases, you need to make sure Google understands where your location is. In this …

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Local ranking factors that help your small business’ SEO


How to get ratings and reviews for your business

1 September 2022 | 2 Comments Edwin Toonen

Reviews or testimonials are mostly said to work based on social proof. Social proof is a psychological process in which people copy the behavior of others in an attempt to reflect correct behavior. In addition, search engines are increasingly looking for that proof as well. In this post, I’ll look at how reviews work, how …

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How to get ratings and reviews for your business

What’s technical SEO? 8 technical aspects everyone should know

25 August 2022 Edwin Toonen

In this post, we’ll go into the basics of technical SEO. Now, discussing the basics of technical SEO might seem like a contradiction in terms. Nevertheless, some basic knowledge about the more technical side of SEO can mean the difference between a high-ranking site and a site that doesn’t rank at all. Technical SEO isn’t …

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What’s technical SEO? 8 technical aspects everyone should know

Is your site the victim of internal site search spam?

24 August 2022 | 6 Comments Jono Alderson

Over the last year or so, we’ve seen large-scale, widespread SEO spam ‘attacks’ on WordPress sites, all targeting their internal site search functionality. In most cases, these attacks aren’t harmful from an SEO perspective, but they do come with time and resource costs – for both the attacker and the victim. Most sites won’t need …

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Is your site the victim of internal site search spam?

Open-source software, open Schema protocol!

18 August 2022 Edwin Toonen

We’re massive advocates of using Schema structured data to help search engines understand website content. Our plugins automatically take care of anything Schema-related for you, but we know that we’re not the only ones to do so. It’s possible to use our Schema output in combination with other tools. Although, sometimes, things may not work …

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Open-source software, open Schema protocol!

Putting local stadiums, aquariums, and museums on the map with Yoast Local SEO

16 August 2022 Edwin Toonen

Public locations/venues — like art theaters, parks, bus stations, and stadiums – play a massive role in people’s lives in a community, town, or city. They are present in every community, and they are the foundational elements of a healthy and functional society. But when it comes to online presence, they may not get the …

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Putting local stadiums, aquariums, and museums on the map with Yoast Local SEO