Google doesn’t always spider every page on a site instantly. Sometimes, it can take weeks. This might get in the way of your SEO efforts. Your newly optimized landing page might not get indexed. At that point, it’s time to optimize Continue reading How to optimize your crawl budget
The robots.txt file is one of the main ways of telling a search engine where it can and can’t go on your website. All major search engines support its basic functionality, but some respond to additional rules, which can be Continue reading The ultimate guide to robots.txt
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 Continue reading Why you should care how green your website is
Today, we’re very excited to be releasing Yoast SEO 20.4. With this release, we’re bringing our crawl optimization feature to Yoast SEO Free. With this feature, you can improve your SEO and reduce your carbon footprint with just a few Continue reading Yoast SEO reduces your site’s carbon footprint with crawl optimization
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 Continue reading What’s technical SEO? 8 technical aspects everyone should know
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 Continue reading Is your site the victim of internal site search spam?
Today we are launching the first two in a series of technical SEO courses: Hosting and server configuration, and Crawlability and indexability! SEO is about more than using the right keywords and writing great content. Without a solid technical foundation, Continue reading Out now: Two technical SEO courses on hosting and crawlability
Bots have become an integral part of the digital space of today. They help us order groceries, play music on our Slack channel, and pay our colleagues back for the delicious smoothies they bought us. Bots also populate the internet Continue reading Bot traffic: What it is and why you should care about it
Over the last couple of months, there’s been a lot of talk about a new protocol called IndexNow. This new protocol automatically notifies search engines that support it about all the updates on your site. While initially skeptical about this Continue reading We’re launching an IndexNow integration in Yoast SEO
One of the most important aspects of SEO is ensuring your content is crawled and indexed by search engines. In fact, without your content in the index, your website won’t be able to generate traffic from search at all. But Continue reading IndexNow: What it is and how it benefits you
Ranking in search engines requires a website with flawless technical SEO and great, relevant content. Luckily, the Yoast SEO plugin takes care of (almost) everything on your WordPress site. Still, if you really want to get the most out of Continue reading SEO basics: What is crawlability?
hreflang tags are a technical solution for sites with similar content in multiple languages. The owner of a multilingual site wants search engines to send people to the content in their language. Say a user is Dutch, and the page Continue reading hreflang: the ultimate guide