My Take on the Yoast vs All in one debate

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Most views on which is the better SEO plugin are fairly neutral but I am declaring that Yoast has the most. Sounds a bit dogmatic I know but Yoast gives me discipline and comfort. Discipline because it tells me which aspects of my SEO are missing or undercooked.

It checks that my keyword appears in the appropriate places, keyword density, readability and much more. There is a current issue with Google Analytics but I am sure this will be soon resolved.

And the comfort factor? I am never convinced in my ability to set up pages so when I see all greens for my focus keyword usage it makes me feel I have dealt with one of the key factors.

I know SEO isn't everything but I believe I am at least part way to getting it right.

But as they say in the Auvergne

À chacun son goût

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Very astute discovery. I have used both and although I switched to All-in-One because it's in the training here, I was using Yoast before and I happen to agree with you. Perhaps haven't studied All-in-One enough and am missing some information, but I do agree with you!

I cannot make a fair comment because I've only use AIO - I would be intrigued to see what others comments are having used both.

I tried Yoast recently. At first, I really liked it. It creates a checklist at the bottom of your post editor that tells you if things are okay or if they need improvement. It'll tell you if your keyword's missing from the first paragraph or things like that.

However, after wrestling with it today, I'm not so sure about it because it's little checklist is dead wrong about half the items on the list:

# You have not used your focus keyword in any subheading (such as an H2) in your copy. > WRONG.

# Bad SEO scoreThe focus keyword doesn't appear in the first paragraph of the copy. >WRONG

# The images on this page do not have alt tags containing your focus keyword. > WRONG

Now I suppose it's okay if I know these things are fine but it's still a little disconcerting for me that it's so far off the mark.

I think perhaps people like it because it makes them double-check their post for things that affect their SEO but I'm tempted to just make a list of the things Yoast looks for and then do my own check manually instead.

Hope that helps.

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