As someone who is more visual, I sometimes struggle with writing blog posts. For designers and photographers, content & blog posts are a valuable tool in attracting an audience to your website. One of the tools that I use in writing blog posts is a Wordpress plugin called YoastSEO. This Wordpress plugin provides a great structure for writing better blog posts using YoastSEO. The YoastSEO plugin functions as a checker that assist in getting more traffic from search engines like Google.
Price
The YoastSEO plugin for WordPress offers a free and premium versions to feature in your website. At the time of this writing, the premium version of YoastSEO cost $89 for a single license. To purchase additional licenses the rate is as follows:
- 1 site: $89 - 1 license
- 2 sites: $169.10 - Buy 2 licenses
- 3 sites: $253.65 - Buy 3 licenses
- 4 sites: $338.20 - Buy 4 licenses
- 5 sites: $400.50 - Buy 5 licenses
Benefits of Using YoastSEO
The YoastSEO plugin appears as part of your WordPress "Posts" dashboard":
The most noteworthy parts about this view from the dashboard are the two tabs:
- Readibility
- Keyword
The Readability tab provides a checker to determine how well your content is readable. This tab analyzes your post in terms of Problems, Improvements, Considerations, and the Good about your posts. For example, if your sentences exceed more than 20 words, the readability tab will be highlighted as a Problem.In addition to Readability, the Keyword tab provides a checker that provides feedback for your SEO. Similar to the Readability tab, the tab analyzes your SEO Keyword use in terms of Problems, Improvements, Considerations, and the Good. This tabs purpose is to make sure your SEO Keyword appears in key areas of your posts. Most notably they recommend that the Keyword appears in the title, a subheader, and in the paragraph of your post.
What Needs Improvement
One thing I would like to see in future versions of YoastSEO is live error reporting. This would be similar to how spell check works in a word processor. In both the free & premium versions of YoastSEO you have to manual check the Readability & SEO tabs. I have found that having Grammarly installed helps in terms of having an additional readability checker. But having YoastSEO provide a similar function would be extremely helpful to its user base.
Summary: Writing Better Blog Posts Using YoastSEO
In conclusion, I recommend the YoastSEO plugin to anyone who writes regularly in WordPress. You can install the YoastSEO plugin through the WordPress dashboard. In addition to using the WordPress dashboard, you can also download the plugin through the YoastSEO website. The YoastSEO is an effective plugin to make sure you're on the right path to SEO for your website.