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That's a very nice list. Gotta check out some of those links. Thanks!
A few items I would like to add:
Nice additions!!
Wow, this is a great resource. I've seen a lot of hosting/site migrations where the company could have benefited enormously from taking a pass through this and turning it into a todo list.
Anyway, this is kind of a long shot since you're helping with managed Wordpress, but do you happen to know if any of the Yoast alternatives/SEO plugins offer any kind of non-Wordpress way to analyze text? A lot of our authors like to compose in Markdown editors or Google docs, so they can't get readability/on-page SEO feedback until they paste the finished product into Wordpress. So if you happen to know of an SEO plugin that also has some kind of Google Docs plugin or works in a markdown editor, I'd be very interested to know.
Thanks for your feedback! Sort of like a Grammarly for SEO? I'll look around. In the meantime maybe dig a little into these 4 and see if any of them have non-wp functionality:
pagely.com/blog/yoast-seo-alternat...
Also there's this for gdocs but I haven't used it personally, sounds like what you're looking for thought: gsuite.google.com/marketplace/app/...
"Grammarly for SEO" is actually the perfect way to describe it, I'd say :)
Thanks for the links. Will do some research.
Let me know if you find something good!
Great post Lizzie.
Erik, you can use textoptimizer.com/ for analyse your content before publication. But the tool is expensive if you do not use it often (60$ / month). I use their Google Chrome extension and is perfect for me.
Regards
nice. looks like you can get 3 months free if you sign up for the yearly -- might be worth it if you're using it a lot.
(I'm not sure if I'm replying to the right message because I don't really understand the no-op "thread" link, but I'm trying to get it right...)
I signed up for a free account to check it out, thanks! I'm personally intrigued by the question keyword suggestions. I currently use ahrefs to generate those.
I think for me the snag would be that I'm not worried about optimizing my writing, but rather dozens of authors that we have writing for us. $60 per month would be no problem, but $60/month/author would start to add up in a hurry for us.
For privacy sake, do not install Google Analytics. Prefer an ethical alternative : ethical.net/resources/?resource-ca...
Why ? Because every site using Google Analytics acts as a tracker for Google !
Google analyticis is still a good alternative, I don't see why look for other options if it's free after all...
If it’s free your visitors are the product. That is why you should think about other options.
definitely totally agree with you on this
it's free + trusted why we will spend for a pro with marketing scheme
Thanks for sharing -- which one on that list do you like best?
My needs are simple : know which content is successful (page views, unique visitors) & where my visitors come from (referer).
With this context in mind, I chose Fathom.
For more complex needs, I would recommend Matomo.
It really depends on your needs though. :-)
Nice. I'll check them out!
This is great! I have a bunch of clients and have to look this stuff up every time I dive into SEO. I'll be coming back to this post often :)
Do you have any thoughts or recommendations for websites that are "single page apps" that add their Meta info on the client-side, once the app has rendered? I know it's not "best practice" to do this, and that some crawlers won't render the app - but prerendering or server-side-rendering adds a lot of complexity.
Keep it concise (around 50-60 characters).
Include relevant keywords.
Ensure it accurately reflects the content.
Meta Description:
Write a compelling description (around 150-160 characters).
Include keywords naturally.
Encourage click-through SEO Audit Checklist.
URL Structure:
Use clean and descriptive URLs.
Include target keywords.
Avoid special characters and ID numbers when possible.
Nice article. It is very detailed post for a small company to promote. I have a Chocolate website I will follow your instructions to improve my SEO. Request to visit my website ChocolateMantra.com
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Keep it concise (around 50-60 characters).
Include relevant keywords.
Ensure it accurately reflects the content.
Meta Description:
Write a compelling description (around 150-160 characters).
Include keywords naturally.
Encourage click-through SEO Audit Checklist.
URL Structure:
Use clean and descriptive URLs.
Include target keywords.
Avoid special characters and ID numbers when possible.
Amazing article!!!
great to hear, glad I could help!
Great article!
I would love to see some in-depth posts and some practical examples!
This is the perfect resource for web developers who aren't SEO experts but need to be sure they are crossing all of the T's and dotting all of their i's for their clients.
Thanks!
Glad I could help!
This one article contains more useful information than the last dozen other articles I've read on SEO. It's to the point, actionable, and avoids fluff. Thank you, @lizziekardon !
Thanks for saying so @momander !
Thanks for the list - as a dev, I often just focus on the technical bits, and forget about the stuff that actually lets people find my stuff!
Totally -- keep this on hand, just going down the list will set you up MUCH better than not. Most are easy, quick wins.
Superb article, great resource, this is pure gold, just what I need for my next little client project where I'll have to optimize SEO !
Great to hear and truly glad I could help! Let me know how it works out.
Sure I'll let you know!
Wow! I didn't know how much I needed this till I read it. Thank you so much.
Glad it's useful!
Google always remain at the top as there is No competetor in the market, and its Algorithms are also now designed and developed to follow the Artificial Intelligence.
Cool, that's a very good list.
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Awesome article
Woooow! Great SEO article, thank you Lizzie!
Nice info for a new and small website launchers to understand the SEO.
Thank you for sharing.
Srikanth from Chocolate Mantra
ChocolateMantra.com
Hi @lizziekardon
If we build website based on headless wordpress, is it possible to fetch any related SEO tags (from Yoast) into header? thank you
schema.org ?
I understood some of those words ;)
Thanks Lizzie
ha! hope it's helpful, Chris!
Hello
You have a great article here!
Can you give recommendations for my website at codeseek.com/ ?
Thanks for Share Best SEO Techniques 2020. Its very helpful for beginners and professionals.
Should definitely be more information on schema markup and the values it offers. However, great read, insightful and I'm sure it's helped a lot of people.
What a brilliant list! I am definitely going to be using this for an upcoming client site 👍 Thanks Lizzie!
You bet! Thanks for the comment and best of luck with it!