By the end of this month, we’ll launch a Yoast SEO app for Shopify! That’s huge news! In this post, we’ll explain why we chose to build an app for Shopify. We thought long and hard about it. And it took some time and effort to build it as well. I’ll discuss some business reasons…
Customer reviews increase users’ trust
At Yoast, we’ve seen a lot of websites of every caliber. Every website has its own issues, but all websites benefit from optimizing the conversion rate. It really doesn’t matter if your goal is more sales, more Facebook likes or more newsletter subscribers. One thing that helps almost every website is the right use of…
The T in E-A-T: What is Trustworthiness? How can you achieve it?
Trust is really important for users browsing content and shopping online. Fake news is a widespread problem, and phishing attacks are becoming more and more common. You might know your content is safe to use — but does Google know that, too? And what about your users? In this post, we’ll explain all about trustworthiness…
Product page SEO: 5 things to improve
Besides optimizing your product pages for user experience, you want to make sure these pages are as good as possible for SEO as well. Obviously, you might think. In this post, we’ll show you a couple less obvious — at least for most website owners — elements of product page SEO and tell you why…
Holiday season SEO: 7 tips to start preparing!
It still feels a bit like summer outside, but here we are telling you to think about Christmas or Thanksgiving. What’s up with that? Well, it’s never early enough to start planning for the most beautiful time of the year. So, if you have an online shop, please start thinking about the Christmas holiday shopping…
Write great product descriptions with WooCommerce SEO
Product descriptions can make or break a potential sale in your online store. Badly written ones decrease trust — making it harder for customers to pull the trigger on the sale. Plus, depending too much on descriptions provided by the producer is a no-go. But how do you write good product descriptions and how do…
Ecommerce usability: the ultimate guide
Usability essentially boils down to your visitor’s on-site shopping experience. How easy they can navigate your pages, find the information they’re looking for and buy the product they want. Providing people with a great experience keeps them on your website and it plays a big role in whether they will come back. Optimizing usability is…
Picking an ecommerce platform: WooCommerce or Shopify?
Building an online store is easier than ever. Picking the right tool to power your new store isn’t. There are many tools out there, but for most people, the choice will go between the two market leaders: Shopify and WooCommerce. Both ecommerce platforms have a comparable feature set, but a different philosophy. Let’s take a…