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Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress?



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Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress?

Ok, when it comes to Wordpress you always going to need an SEO plugin.
Back in the old days, for a few good number of years my main SEO plugin for Wordpress was All in One SEO Pack. Until Yoast SEO came along and start winning hearts.

I still use Yoast today for all my Wordpress based clients. I've tried other new SEO plugins but none compare with the features and familiarity Yoast haves, I'm already used with it, even if it updates, every feature and option can be changed easily.

Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress?

Anyways, I have the following questions:

  1. Which SEO Wordpress are you using and why?
  2. If you already use Yoast do you like the recent updates?
  3. Do you thing SEO plugins help you write better and more optimized content?

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idealmike
Which SEO Wordpress are you using and why?

I'm using Allinone on some sites and using Yoast on some others. I like to use Yoast when I want more control over the on-page SEO and additional on-page SEO control across my whole site. But sometimes I just want to "set and forget" so I use allinone. It used to be a bit of a toss up which one was better but Yoast has had a lot of updates lately and has many more features. Even though it still doesn't have some features that Allinone have, it's very user friendly and they have a more hands on approach to improving your SEO. It's more for the folk that don't know a lot about improving on-page SEO or even for those that do and want to gain more control over it.
If you already use Yoast do you like the recent updates?

Yes I think they were well overdue. I think they have been working on it for a while actually and wanted to get it rolled out quicker but had been held back for a while which isn't always a bad thing as it's meant they've wanted to make sure it was all working properly first instead of just rolling out something that wasn't properly finished and crashed peoples sites. That's a big no no and the last thing they wanted.
Do you think SEO plugins help you write better and more optimized content?

Yes and no. I write content that goes off the scale sometimes when it comes to all the elements that make up part of good SEO friendly content. But they can tell you things abut your content that you might not be able to see otherwise such as your Flesch reading score and whether it's optimized for a certain word or not. But as said I usually write off the scale and post content that is around 3000 words long at times on my sites and blogs anyway and make sure it's all broken down into sub-headings correctly. But it definitely helps!



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TommyCarey
1. Which SEO Wordpress are you using and why?
I use Yoast as well and have for a long time. Like many users, I too used all in one seo but was quicly won over by yoast since they were extremely user friendly and I could just plug and play lol Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress?

2. If you already use Yoast do you like the recent updates?
I do, but like everything, I have to get use to them lol Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress? I understand that everything needs to be updated to stay fresh and I will adapt to the changes, because I can't really do anything about it lol. I really liked yoast when I started using it. It was so basic but powerful at the same time. I just installed it again on a new website of mine and it's so much more advanced than I remember lol. It was definitely a slight learning curve, but it feels like they hold your hand through everything so you don't get overwhelmed Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress?

3. Do you think SEO plugins help you write better and more optimized content?
Definitely Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress? the Yoast plugin basically lets you know if you screwed something up or if you didn't do enough work on your post lol Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress? I usually write up my post and then scroll down to the yoast section on the page to see what I did. I always think my posts are perfect, but yoast quickly puts me in my place and lets me know what I screwed up lol Is Yoast the best SEO plugin for Wordpress?



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anwebservices
As i was writing about this topic at How to optimize WordPress for search engines? ...
I use Yoast for long time and i like it. So far it was making my blogs good progress regarding SEO so i keep using it over any other SEO plugin for WordPress



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Lynne
I was using Yoast SEO for about two years and I loved it. I knew hardly anything about SEO so the fact that I had a checklist that would check everything for me was incredibly helpful and that is how I learned my first bit of online SEO.

Over time I started to write naturally for SEO and my skills improved drastically so I didn't need that checklist so much anymore.

Then I started having problems on my website and after a lot of investigating my website developers told me that Yoast was conflicting with my plugins and I did a bit of online research and apparently this is quite a common problem with Yoast. I disabled Yoast and then I switched to All In One SEO.

I haven't had any problems with All In One SEO conflicting with any other plugins. So yes I prefer All In One SEO simply because I hate having problems. I like things to just work.

That said I really enjoyed Yoast while I was using it. I am not aware of any updates since I have not been using Yoast for over a year now.



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vinaya
In use Yoast plugin on all of my wordpress websites and I believe Yoast is the best SEO plugin for wordpress. I have also tried One in All SEO, however, when compared to Yoast, I did not find it to be as good as Yoast. Good thing about using Yoast is you can do SEO through this plugin even if you don't have any knowledge in SEO. It provides an easy to follow steps.



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