See the keyword research process to know which keyword to select
Keyword is set in Yoast
Synonyms are used for the keyword
Google need synonyms to understand your article. Using synonymes also avoid keywords stuffing
Keyword is repeated
Keyword must appear in the first 100 words of the article and some time later in the article. Yoast check that for us.
LINKS:
All external links in "no-follow"
Too many external links encourage the user to leave our website. No-follow keep the site reputation safe.
At least 3 internal links
For the reader it increases the time spending on Swapcard and for Google it means that the linked page are important.
The title start with the keywords
You can put words before the keworks like TOP 3, Best.. It has to stay user friendly 🙂
URL POST:
Friendly url (automatic)
WordPress generate url according to title.
META:
Meta title
Meta title embody the main keyword and encourage to clicks
Meta description
Meta description is set and encourage to clicks
Yoast is green
POST DESIGN:
Images
One nice image as featured. Alt attribute during uplod is set (3 to 6) keywords
Other images to illustrate what you are explaining. Image have to be in high quality and big. At least 800px width
Layouts : No sidebar
Must read
Subtitles H2
By only reading the titles you must be able to understand your content
To improve reading, one blank paragraphe before a new title. Check on the blog if they are correctly set.
Proof posting
After posting, check the result on the blog. It must be nice as this article : https://medium.com/facebook-design/giving-back-to-the-design-community-2c0b4cbb091f#.yztv1j7bm
