Recently, the popular SEO plugin in WordPress has launched a
"Big Update" with many new features and improved performance in some
old functions. If you have upgraded to Yoast SEO 3.0.1 (former name is
WordPress SEO by Yoast) from today it certainly has seen these changes.
So in Yoast SEO version 3 this is new and what does it mean
in SEO? Let's find out.
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A small but useful feature in this new version is that the
website will automatically check if the website is indexed on Google, it will
check itself each week and report back to the Dashboard.
However, if you have many posts and weak hosts then this
feature may not work very well because each time it fetch is quite heavy.
Focus keywords in real time
Yoast's keyword focus function when writing articles in the
past we want to test a certain keyword, will need to reload the page by
pressing the update button or post the article. But now you will be more
comfortable with keyword testing because they add real-time testing, just enter
the keyword into it automatically check without back page.
Snippet Preview becomes Snippet Editor
Previously we would enter the title and description should
be optimized and then the Snippet Preview will show how simulated it will
display on Google. However, since version 3, they have left the title and
description fields, and you edit them directly on the Snippet Editor.
Additional SEO Methox for Category / Tag / Taxonomy
Now you can optimize keywords for taxonomy areas such as
article categories or better article keywords by integrating Yoast SEO Metrics
into that area. This feature also works on custom taxonomy. Also you can set up
a social network description for taxonomy.
