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Benchmarking SEO: Do a competitive analysis

27 September 2023 Edwin Toonen

Have you ever felt that some of your keywords don’t perform as well as before? And are you wondering why other companies outrank you in Google? Then, it might be wise to do a quick competitive analysis. Because in most cases, it’s not necessarily your site performing worse; it’s other sites doing better. Luckily, if …

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Benchmarking SEO: Do a competitive analysis

Where SEO and UX meet on your site

At Yoast, we believe that the best SEO strategy is a holistic approach. With a holistic approach, SEO has a lot of “teammates” that have to work together. Simply optimizing your page titles isn’t enough. You also need to work on aspects like site speed, great content, and user experience (UX). In this post, we’ll …

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Where SEO and UX meet on your site

Google PageSpeed Insights helps make your site faster

16 February 2023 | 3 Comments Edwin Toonen

As someone working on SEO, you must understand the importance of site speed. You must realize that fast sites equal happy users and happy search engines. PageSpeed Insights is an invaluable tool from Google that can help you optimize your website. It enables you to improve your rankings by giving you everything you need to …

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Google PageSpeed Insights helps make your site faster

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!



10 tips to improve the quality of your page

13 September 2022 Camille Cunningham

Is your page not attracting the number of people you thought it would? Or are you wondering what you can improve to get your page higher up in the search results? And to get people to stay on (and come back to) your site? There are a few things you can do to give your …

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10 tips to improve the quality of your page