Yoast SEO Blog

Written by Edwin Toonen - WordPress is turning 20 years old, and we can’t help but reminisce on all the years so far. Our favorite CMS has come a long [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - Here’s another release of our SEO plugin, Yoast SEO 20.8. We’ve improved our SEO analysis in this release and fixed several issues. In Yoast SEO [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - Just like that, YoastCon 2023 has come and gone. But what fun we had! Months of preparation went into providing visitors, speakers, and sponsors with [...]

Written by Cindy Paul - Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage right now. Some say it’s started a technological revolution, and that AI will change our lives for the [...]

Written by Chaya Oosterbroek - On May 1st, Kimberley Cole was appointed as General Manager of Newfold Europe, with a key focus of her role on leading Yoast. Since our [...]

Written by Sam Alderson - Dear WordPress. Time flies when we’re having fun, don’t you agree? You are turning 20 years old and this feels like the perfect occasion to [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - Every two weeks, we bring you a new release of Yoast SEO. Today is no different! In Yoast SEO 20.7, we bring you a round [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - Get ready for another release of Yoast SEO! Our team has been working hard to bring you new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that help [...]

Written by Camille Cunningham - YoastCon 2023 is right around the corner and we can’t wait for you to hear from our fantastic lineup of speakers. They will be sharing [...]

Written by Leonidas Milosis - A few weeks back, CloudFest organized its yearly Hackathon and Yoast was proud to be a partner and sponsor for this edition. During this event, [...]

Written by Chaya Oosterbroek - It is with mixed emotions that we say goodbye to Marieke van de Rakt, who has decided to leave Yoast. Everyone at Newfold Digital and [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - Google’s Search Quality Raters evaluate whether its search ranking systems provide helpful, relevant information. They evaluate the quality and relevance of search results produced by [...]

Written by Phil Nottingham - Embedded videos are an increasingly important part of websites. And it’s easy to see why. They add an engaging and interactive layer to all manner [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - We just released Yoast SEO 20.5, which has many enhancements and (security) fixes! Our team has been working hard to implement these changes to enhance [...]

Written by Sam Alderson - 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 [...]

Written by Camille Cunningham - It’s here, WordPress 6.2 has been released and with this update comes loads of stuff for you to enjoy! Staying true to the format, this [...]

Written by Camille Cunningham - 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 [...]

Written by Camille Cunningham - A “404 error” page is an essential part of any website. It informs your users the page they requested had been moved or changed. Do [...]

Written by Marieke van de Rakt - As of today, Thijs de Valk is no longer the CEO of Yoast. He decided to step down and pursue other dreams. Newfold [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - Today, we’re making Yoast SEO 20.3 available to the world. This release comes with a long list of enhancements, bug fixes, and other improvements designed [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - HTTP status codes, like 404, 301, and 500, might not mean much to a regular visitor, but they are incredibly important for SEO. Not only [...]

Written by Derek Herman - We take security seriously at Yoast and continually look for potential threats and vulnerabilities that could affect our products and customers. That’s why we were [...]

Written by Camille Cunningham - At Yoast, we believe that the best SEO strategy is a holistic approach. With a holistic approach, SEO has a lot of “teammates” that have [...]

Written by Edwin Toonen - In Yoast SEO 20.2, we’ve improved our innovative indexables technology. We’ve developed a faster and more reliable way of indexing your site’s data. In turn, [...]