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SEO assessors

manuelaugustin edited this page May 21, 2021 · 7 revisions

Which assessor?

Overview of used assessors in yoastseo

Standard SEO assessor (Focus keyphrase)

  • Keyphrase in introduction (IntroductionKeywordAssessment)
  • Keyphrase length (KeyphraseLengthAssessment)
  • Keyword density (KeywordDensityAssessment)
  • Keyword in metadescription (MetaDescriptionKeywordAssessment)
  • Competing links (TextCompetingLinksAssessment)
  • Internal links (InternalLinksAssessment)
  • Page title keyword assessment (TitleKeywordAssessment)
  • URL keyword assessment (UrlKeywordAssessment)
  • Length of metadescription (MetaDescriptionLengthAssessment) -> Cornerstone scores!
  • Keyword in subheadings (SubHeadingsKeywordAssessment)
  • Keyword in image alt attributes (textImagesAssessment) -> Cornerstone scores!
  • Text length (TextLengthAssessment) -> Cornerstone scores and boundaries!
  • Outbound links (OutboundLinksAssessment) -> Cornerstone scores!
  • Title width (PageTitleWidthAssesment) -> Cornerstone scores!
  • Keyphrase consists of function words only (FunctionWordsInKeyphrase)
  • Previously used keywords (previouslyUsedKeywords)
  • Single H1 assessment

Taxonomy assessor

  • Keyphrase in introduction (IntroductionKeywordAssessment)
  • Keyphrase length (KeyphraseLengthAssessment)
  • Keyword density (KeywordDensityAssessment)
  • Keyword in metadescription (MetaDescriptionKeywordAssessment)
  • Page title keyword assessment (TitleKeywordAssessment)
  • URL keyword assessment (UrlKeywordAssessment)
  • Length of metadescription (MetaDescriptionLengthAssessment)
  • Taxonomy text length (taxonomyTextLengthAssessment)
  • Title width (PageTitleWidthAssesment)
  • Keyphrase consists of function words only (FunctionWordsInKeyphrase)
  • Previously used keywords (previouslyUsedKeywords)
  • Single H1 assessment

Related keywords (all keywords after the first)

  • Keyphrase in introduction (IntroductionKeywordAssessment)
  • Keyphrase length (KeyphraseLengthAssessment)
  • Keyword density (KeywordDensityAssessment)
  • Keyword in metadescription (MetaDescriptionKeywordAssessment)
  • Keyword in image alt attributes (textImagesAssessment)
  • Competing links (TextCompetingLinksAssessment)
  • Previously used keywords (previouslyUsedKeywords)

Related keywords taxonomy

  • Keyphrase in introduction (IntroductionKeywordAssessment)
  • Keyphrase length (KeyphraseLengthAssessment)
  • Keyword density (KeywordDensityAssessment)
  • Keyword in metadescription (MetaDescriptionKeywordAssessment)
  • Previously used keywords (previouslyUsedKeywords)

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Keyword distribution is added (not on related keywords).