What is a static WordPress site? Why would you want one?
Static websites? Isn’t that old-school? In the early days of the web, all websites were static. Today, turning your dynamic WordPress site into a high-performing static one might be a…
Read More »Mobile SEO: The ultimate guide
We are addicted to our smartphones. For many people, the smartphone is the first thing they check when they get out of bed in the morning and the last thing…
Read More »Yoast SEO 14.8: Related links block in Premium, a new Schema tab and Arabic keyphrase recognition
Get ready for a brand new version of Yoast SEO! The 14.8 release is so full of remarkable free and premium features we’re having a hard time mentioning them all…
Read More »The history of Schema: towards an easy to understand web
Today, it seems that everyone is talking about Schema as being the next hot thing. It has a rich history, and it took a long while for it to gain…
Read More »Image SEO: Optimizing images for search engines
Whether you’re a blogger or write articles for an online magazine or newspaper, chances are you’ll find yourself asking whether your article needs an image or not. The answer is…
Read More »Welcoming two new WordPress Core contributors
I’m happy to welcome two new members to team Yoast, who will spend their time making WordPress core better. Justin Ahinon and Ari Stathopoulos are both joining our ranks. This…
Read More »WordPress 5.5 is here! 5 things you need to know
It’s here! The official release of WordPress 5.5, a major update stuffed with new features and improvements. Not only does this release come with improvements to the block editor, it…
Read More »Should you optimize your content for questions?
Search engines are getting better and better at understanding language. Does that mean they can also understand questions? And what does that mean for the way you should write and…
Read More »Making the web better: an interview with Joost & Omar
August 1 is World Wide Web Day. On this date, back in 1989, the world wide web was born at the CERN lab in Switzerland. Something that started as a…
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