Trouble with SEO on my home page

  • Resolved Ellen Eustace

    (@ellen-eustace)


    6 years, 11 months ago

    Hi All,
    I want my blog page to be my homepage, because it is a WordPress blog and not a regular site. However, I am having trouble with SEO on my homepage so my site can be found when typing in keywords and phases.

    I created a heading on the top of the page giving a short summary about my page. I entered my SEO title, Slug, focus keyword and meta description to reflect what is in my page heading. However I am getting a these errors in my SEO Analysis.

    The focus keyword doesn’t appear in the first paragraph of the copy. Make sure the topic is clear immediately.

    The text contains 0 words. This is far below the recommended minimum of 300 words. Add more content that is relevant for the topic.

    Is it a bad idea to have my blog page to be my homepage. Usually when I go to someone else’s blog, I see a bunch of blog posts, so I think people would expect to see the same on my blog.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Support Rumejan

    (@onlyincebu)

    By default, the Yoast SEO plugin only analyses the default WordPress content areas. It does not recognize content that is outside of the main content box of a page or post. If you’re using custom fields or other plugin/theme content boxes, Yoast may not be able to recognize that. Please get in touch with the developer of your editor to request compatibility. They can learn how to integrate with Yoast here: https://github.com/Yoast/YoastSEO.js/blob/master/README.md

    As for the focus keyword not in first paragraph warning, this is often thrown out if there is an HTML element, code, image, or whitespace around the keyword which is affecting Yoast’s ability to scan for it. Try switching to classical or code view and inspect the post and check if there’s anything above the first paragraph.

    Thread Starter Ellen Eustace

    (@ellen-eustace)

    Thank you Rumejan!

    Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    @ellen-eustace You’re welcome. We are going ahead and marking this issue as resolved. If you require any further assistance please create a new issue.

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