Nathan Driver www.nathandriver.com

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What IS WP SEO by Yoast?

• One of the top SEO plugins for WordPress with over 6.8 MILLION downloads

• A more in-depth analysis of content • Helps with everything from titles and meta

descriptions to getting more out of social SEO and XML sitemaps.

• …bottom line: makes WordPress SEO out of the box

that.much.better.

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Configuration

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Titles & Meta

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Titles & Meta

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Titles & Meta

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Titles & Meta

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Titles & Meta

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General

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Page Analysis

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Advanced

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Results

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Social

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Social https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/

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Social

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Social

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Social

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XML Sitemaps

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XML Sitemaps

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XML Sitemaps

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Permalinks

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Internal Links

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RSS

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Import & Export

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Edit Files

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Final Thoughts • PLAN AHEAD!

• Check every setting prior to launch.

• Do not forget to SEO Posts and CPT.

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Resources • http://dev.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-beginners-

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• http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/

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Questions?

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• Email: nathan.driver@gmail.com

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/natedriver • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ndriver

• G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NathanDriver/

• …or just Google the name