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- Industry: Legal Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Best On-Page Seo Wordpress Plugin
Reviewed on 2023/01/10
I think premium version is not so useful for me as free version has everything a SEO content writer...
I think premium version is not so useful for me as free version has everything a SEO content writer requires. Overall I am satisfied with free version
Pros
It's free version has lot of features. It helps in keyword optimization any blog or post. Changes are Realtime. Most amazing feature is it highlights the text with needs improvement and rank blog as you make changes. It is a good SEO software for all bloggers.
Cons
Yoast does not work effectively with Elementor plugin, have no idea whether it is Elementor plugin issue or Yoast . My only concern is its high premium price. When I write 10000 words article, number of focus keywords can go up to 15 to 18 which can be over optimized by google algorithm.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Wordpress SEO in Easy Way
Reviewed on 2022/06/11
I used Yoast SEO premium for my wordpress website to boost my website visibility on Google Search....
I used Yoast SEO premium for my wordpress website to boost my website visibility on Google Search. I used for more than 2 years.
Pros
I used Yoast SEO free and premium version, it has really important feature for your wordpress website to boost your SEO.
Cons
I believe that Yoast SEO premium can have more important feature respect to the competitors.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Good Tool, but there are better Alternatives
Reviewed on 2022/08/03
I used the Yoast SEO Plugin over several Years for several Websites (my own Ones and also Client...
I used the Yoast SEO Plugin over several Years for several Websites (my own Ones and also Client Websites. After a Comparison with another SEO Plugin we decided to change. One of the Reason was that the other Plugin delivered many Functions for free already in the Basic VErsion
Pros
That it is easy to implement. Under functional Aspects it deliver everything you need to set up your Website well under OnPage SEO Aspects
Cons
The Pricing for the Pro Version. There are other SEO Plugins that deliver for a lower Price more Functions
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Simple tool to overcome technical SEO difficulties
Reviewed on 2022/05/30
Pros
Quick to implement, easy to use and with very powerful options. It is a standard.
Cons
Some options are somewhat complex for those less familiar with technical issues
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The free version includes enough options to do a good job
- Industry: Consumer Electronics
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good SEO Tool
Reviewed on 2022/07/08
Pros
In the SEO community, Yoast is a well-known tool. On-page SEO is effective with them. I appreciate the fact that it offers guidance on title tags, meta headers, H1s, and other elements. This plug-in can perform just about anything and is nearly a jack of all trades. There are several great aspects about this plugin that I admire, not only because it is so simple to utilize, but also because it offers a lot of functionality.
Cons
The cost of Yoast SEO is an issue, and the premium edition costs much more than the free edition. I assume it's the same for everyone. For the price and many premium features free in Rank Math that's why I move on.
That's why I move on to Rank Math, which has a low price and many premium features with the free version.

- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Yoast SEO is the Best WordPress Plugin
Reviewed on 2021/05/04
I have very professional experience because I have improved the SEO of my WordPress website. I can...
I have very professional experience because I have improved the SEO of my WordPress website. I can see my website pages and articles are appearing in the search engines when people search for different keywords. This has been happened just because of this professional SEO plugin.
Pros
If you are running a business website, then obviously you can also see the websites of your competitors. You need a better ranking in the search engines, so you can get more visitors from Google, Bing, and other search engines. This is possible if you are using Yoast SEO in your WordPress website. Yoast SEO is a unique plugin that offers so many incredible SEO features. Even you can also attract more visitors from Social media. You can easily install and activate the plugin. After activation, you can analyze each page, post, and product of your website.
Cons
The internal links suggestion options should tell more options. No doubt there are a lot of incredible features and I never faced any complicated issue or technical cons during the use of Yoast SEO features.

- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Yoast SEO
Reviewed on 2021/08/07
It's helped me better understand SEO techniques and how to get my content engaging.I will recommend...
It's helped me better understand SEO techniques and how to get my content engaging.I will recommend this plugin, if you are a beginner to SEO.
Pros
based on my UX with yoast:
-this plugin is one of the best SEO tool i have used this far. Yoast provides a high magnifying ranking boost score for my posts like keyword optimization, content look-ups, makes my content appear more friendly and clear for search engines to easily index my pages and rank my content as per user-intent.
-It's a free tool (although has a priced plan) for everyone to use.
- set up is very easy and simple thanks to the step-by-step set up assistant.
-It's a trusted plugin with no negative behavioral characteristics.
- cheap and affordable( costs just about 87 bucks despite it's great features) for 1 year license which is quite good as compared to other SEO tools.
- 98/100 customer support. support service is very responsive.
Cons
-free version frequently displays ads that can be a nuisance sometimes.

- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Your #1 destination for all your SEO needs!
Reviewed on 2021/06/29
When we set up our blog back in 2016, we had no idea how SEO worked. Yoast was our gateway into how...
When we set up our blog back in 2016, we had no idea how SEO worked. Yoast was our gateway into how the internet, especially written content, was being consumed. It helped us target our audience better while keeping the content specific and precise. Overall, it helped us reach a bigger audience while also putting us in the top pages of all the major search engines.
Pros
Yoast covers almost all areas of SEO. From finding appropriate keywords to better targeting, Yoast does it all. The readability index is very helpful - it has made a few of our average writers become exceptional at their craft.
Cons
There really isn't a lot left to be desired. If there are limitations that we come across, a revisit to this section will be arranged in the future.

- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best & most easy to use Wordpress Plugin to optimize website or Blog Content
Reviewed on 2022/01/30
The biggest problem it helps me to solve is to improve the readability score of my content and make...
The biggest problem it helps me to solve is to improve the readability score of my content and make it easy to read. Which ultimately increase the chances of sharing of your website content
Pros
I have to say, I was really skeptical at first about using Yoast SEO. I had never heard of it before but after watching videos about using Yoast SEO, I decided to give it a try. The thing that impressed me most about Yoast was its simplicity. Many other WordPress plugin software is way too complicated for someone like me, but this one seemed perfect for me and help me to enhance the quality of the content of the WordPress website so that it would like by search engine & user
Cons
Yoast SEO is a great plugin. It reminds you to optimize your pages for search engines without being too pushy about it, which is great. It also guides you through how to use its features for the best results. The only thing I would say that's a little bit off with this plugin is that sometimes, the suggestions are a little bit awkward which I don't like to change

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Toast SEO has helped me rank organic content at top, with ease
Reviewed on 2021/04/18
The best SEO tool for wordpress sites, if you follow the optimization guidelines and do your...
The best SEO tool for wordpress sites, if you follow the optimization guidelines and do your research on keywords beforehand, you can surely climb to top of search engines for your content.
Pros
Been using the toast SEO wordpress plugin for years. I like the easy UI, the step by step guidance on how to optimize content, the syncing of keywords and notifications about possible issues with se optimization. Have been recommending it to everyone dealing with SEO, be it experienced or newbie.
Cons
It's great so far. Would expect more from the paid version compared to free one, currently seeing little incentive to upgrade.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Easy to use and has all the minimum features needed to start the SEO of a website
Reviewed on 2023/08/15
Pros
The free version already gives a lot of value and it's really intuitive and easy to use
Cons
I had Yoast on 2 websites when they had an update on the plugin and a of my pages got an error SEO related to the Google search console which had a big impact on my rankings, couldn't get a solution talking with the support.
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- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
My experience using Yoast SEO
Reviewed on 2023/10/03
My overall experience using Yoast is neutral as I have learned so much since the days of using it,...
My overall experience using Yoast is neutral as I have learned so much since the days of using it, I think it would be unreasonable to hold any other position at this time. I do know that other successful SEO experts value Yoast SEO.
Pros
I only used Yoast for a brief period, in my early days of creating SEO-based websites, at that time it was one of the best plugins out there.
Cons
During my time using Yoast SEO, I didn't notice the level of success I now enjoy using another plugin.
- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Yoast SEO
Reviewed on 2023/06/20
A good experience with Yoast.
A good experience with Yoast.
Pros
It is asy to use and has the desired features for editing and SEO
Cons
I can't think of anything yet. I enjoy using Yoast SEO on my blog.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Yoast SEO is good for beginners but provide limited features in free
Reviewed on 2023/02/08
This SEO plugin helps me to calculate the overall quality of the page, and I can optimize many...
This SEO plugin helps me to calculate the overall quality of the page, and I can optimize many things, but free features are limited.
Pros
It helps me to optimize keywords and give suggestions for optimizing the content on a page based on a target keyword.It analyzes the content on a page and provides suggestions for making it more readable and engaging for users.It generates a sitemap automatically. You can also verify your search console, bing, by adding code on the Yoast plugin.Yoast SEO includes tools for optimizing content for social media sharing.I can optimize or customize my URL structure. And also index or deindex things easily.It provides insights into the overall quality of a page's content, making it easier to identify areas for improvement. This is the main feature.
Cons
I noted that its suggestions and analysis can be overly prescriptive and that there are limited options for customizing the plugin to fit their specific needs. You can't use it with some other plugins like schema generator.It offers a free version which is limited but good for beginners, but its paid version is expensive in comparison to other SEO plugins.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The all-in-one best solution for SEO and WordPress
Reviewed on 2021/06/29
Previous to Yoast SEO, there was a lot you would need to do for search engine optimization. Not...
Previous to Yoast SEO, there was a lot you would need to do for search engine optimization. Not only that, many of the features included in this product were just not available out of the box in WordPress and would require a lot of customization or a variety of other plugins to end up with the same results (and likely in an inferior and more time-consuming way.)
Pros
Search Engine Optimization is not something to be taken for granted. It is still the number one source for most website traffic (while others tend to also have social traffic.) This plugin makes SEO easy! You do need to have an understanding of the concepts but it truly allows you to finetune SEO on your overall site down to individual posts and pages
Cons
The learning curve on Yoast requires an understanding of Search Engine Optimization and general terms and best practices. While this can take some time to get familiar with, the results are well worth it.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Essential for Wordpress/Woocommerce Sites
Reviewed on 2021/06/10
Yoast SEO helps us to be more aware of what we put on a page, how to improve a page for readability...
Yoast SEO helps us to be more aware of what we put on a page, how to improve a page for readability and all the internal and external links that would help in a user's experience. In short, it helps generate better and more relevant pages for our website, hence achieving better ranking on search engines, and that's the ultimate goal.
Pros
Easy to use. Provides Google search preview of every product and page on desktop and mobile results. Assists in formulating the most effective SEO titles and meta descriptions that filled with important keywords for ranking. Conducts SEO analysis on every page and product and provides suggestions for improvement.
Cons
The sitemap is hidden and for users who are not so familiar with the software may have a hard time in finding it.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A valuable – and easy-to-use – SEO tool
Reviewed on 2021/09/13
Pros
I know it's important to optimize the content I write and I'm glad I have found Yoast SEO. I like the fact that's easy to download, install, and use – and that it gives you tips you can follow step-by-step, so that your written content is as optimized as possible.
I like the fact that the free version of Yoast SEO has a pretty good amount of features that come in handy from an SEO point of view.
In particular, I like the red-yellow-green system with which Yoast SEO shows you how much your headlines, posts, descriptions, etc. are optimized so that you increase the chances of your blog content to rank high on Google.
Yoast SEO is a WordPress plugin, which means that once it's been installed you'll see it "integrated" into the back-end of your WordPress posts and pages, making it more intuitive and faster to add the content optimization step to your workflow.
Cons
I find that some of the SEO tools Yoast SEO provides you aren't always that easy to find... I sometimes find myself looking for features (and, at times, end up needing to search for the answer on Google or YouTube).
- Industry: Banking
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Overall Best and Professional WordPress SEO Plugin
Reviewed on 2021/05/08
I can see a very big improvement of the users on my websites after using this plugin. I have edited...
I can see a very big improvement of the users on my websites after using this plugin. I have edited all the previous pages content according to the Yoast SEO recommendations, and now I always add proper SEO options in my posts, pages and products.
Pros
Yoast SEO is the best and amazing WordPress plugin, there are a lot of SEO features you can apply after the installation and activation of this plugin in your Website. If you want to see high rankings for your website content in the search engine then always use Yoast SEO. Because It will allow you to add title, description and other SEO features according to the search engines requirements.
Cons
Sometimes the improvement of the posts and pages readability is quite difficult for the beginners, but according to my experience, after using the plugin for few days anyone can also do this. So all other features are amazing and nice.
- Industry: Fund-Raising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Yoast SEO - really user friendly, making SEO management part of maintaining your website.
Reviewed on 2022/11/17
The traffic light system is an easy visual way to see where areas of your website could be...
The traffic light system is an easy visual way to see where areas of your website could be improved. The proof of Yoast SEO's effectiveness is in our website traffic data, the people that need to find us are and those that don't quite know what they are looking for also manage to find us. It is well built in to the behind the scenes of the website and sit seamlessly with the host and other plug ins we use for our website.
Pros
I love how built in Yoast SEO is to every step of creating and maintaining/updating our website.
Cons
As a perfectionist I don't love that I can never get all the traffic light icons to green! XD
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great SEO tool for beginners
Reviewed on 2021/03/26
If you're new to SEO I would highly recommend Yoast. It makes it really easy to keep track of...
If you're new to SEO I would highly recommend Yoast. It makes it really easy to keep track of everything you need to include in your writing. Even after practicing SEO for a few years I still use the Yoast plugin because it's like a nice little checklist that reminds me of everything I need to do for proper SEO in my articles.
Pros
Yoast is incredibly easy to use and is perfect for anyone just starting out with SEO. I used the Yoast WordPress plugin on my first blog and it was great. After writing an article, but before publishing, the Yoast plugin will give you several scores on different SEO criteria like word count, SEO title, meta description, key phrase usage, etc. It's in an organized, easy-to-read list that is very user-friendly. It takes all the guesswork out of it and shows you exactly what you need to do to get a good SEO score.
Cons
After using Yoast for a while I noticed that sometimes Yoast would grade my article incorrectly. For example, it would say that my keyphrase wasn't in the first paragraph when it was. Or it would say I had no outbound links when I had several. I'm not sure why that would happen but it was annoying getting bad scores even though I had included everything perfectly. It always made me wonder if Google would also "grade" my articles the same way and rank me poorly.

- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Yoast SEO is the Best SEO Tool for Writing Amazing Website Content
Reviewed on 2021/06/14
I love it, no words can actually describe my actual experience with Yoast SEO.
I love it, no words can actually describe my actual experience with Yoast SEO.
Pros
I have used several SEO tools but I have never come across one that is as effective as Yoast SEO. This WordPress plugin is just awesome. I don't think, I have the right words, to describe it as is. Yoast SEO has software that scans your content, identifies errors, and makes suggestions to help you optimize your content fully to rank higher on Google. Effective use of Yoast and complying with the suggestions given can make your site rank on the first page of search results within less than 6 months. They also have a free subscription to help start-up businesses to grow. It is also simple to use.
Cons
Absolutely nothing. Everything is okay. However
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Good for beginners but has limitations
Reviewed on 2021/06/29
I like Yoast for beginners or individuals with minimal SEO knowledge who want a decent foundation...
I like Yoast for beginners or individuals with minimal SEO knowledge who want a decent foundation for each post. However, it is very limited for experienced SEOs and can even create challenges where clients think a post isn't good because it doesn't fit Yoast's very narrow set of parameters.
Pros
Yoast provides a quick snapshot to help new SEO users ensure they are meeting the minimum standards for SEO. It covers a lot of the basic "best practices" for SEOs who are still learning the rules.
Cons
Yoast has not adapted well to semantic search or synonymous keywords. It can be challenging to get the "green check" on posts that are targeting numerous keywords at once.
- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Best SEO companion since I started my digital journey
Reviewed on 2022/11/14
It helps me to understand the holistic vision of SERP ranking factors and gives appropriate...
It helps me to understand the holistic vision of SERP ranking factors and gives appropriate suggestions to stand on top in this competitive digital world.
Pros
It gives regular updates according to new updates in search engine algorithms which makes us tension free about any changes in ranking factors by search engines.
Cons
We must be wise while using it because it suggests the exact keyword that we use as a focus keyword, which leads to the keyword being over-optimized.

- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Increase Ranking of your Website with Yoast SEO
Reviewed on 2021/05/07
I started using Yoast SEO a few years ago and I found it so incredible when I saw the ranking of my...
I started using Yoast SEO a few years ago and I found it so incredible when I saw the ranking of my website after few days. Because I saw a major change of traffic on my website. Therefore I really like this WordPress Plugin and I am satisfied with the performance of my websites now.
Pros
You can use Yoast SEO without having to worry even if you have less knowledge of SEO. Because when you are adding a page or post, you can see below a SEO box, where you can add Title and Description. When you focus a single keyword, it also tells you where and how many times in your paragraphs you should use this keyword.
Cons
As a professional SEO plugin, we can find each and everything in this Plugin. According to my search engine optimization experience, I never found any cons in this amazing plugin. I think it's perfect.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
SEO specialist's Wordpress Friend
Reviewed on 2021/05/07
Overall, regardless of the issues I have, I would wholeheartedly recommend this for any Wordpress...
Overall, regardless of the issues I have, I would wholeheartedly recommend this for any Wordpress site, big or small. I am a happy camper as far as Yoast is concerned. Would like Yoast to venture out of Wordpress on to other CMSs as well. Cheers!
Pros
Yoast makes life easy for wordpress builds for SEO specialists. While it wont automatically optimise a wordpress site for search engines, the plugin helps rule out the usual suspects. The ability to add titles and descriptions for all pages and posts in one place makes life easy.
Cons
Sometimes the bulk editor has a hard time finding all the pages and posts on the site. So one needs to go in manually and hunt those pages down. Can be a bit tricky if your site has pages running in hundreds. Also, the fact that you can see only 10 or so pages in the bulk editor section is cumbersome. Would like to see up to 100 pages on one screen and the title and meta description boxes on the same page and not in different tabs. Something I saw in Silverstripe.