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I have a problem with the Yoast Seo
anatoli_gradinarov
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24 Nov 15 3:05 pm

I have a problem with the Yoast Seo

This is about video 5 step 3 - I have 4 red dotes on some of my posts which I cannot change -and the video honestly is not helping me much ! Some of my posts are ok but I fixed the keyword and the meta description earlier before I have Yoast . Now I don't see the same options and I am confused -earlier was easily explained but I was not supposed to do it on the lessen I was doing it so I just stopped . But now with the Yoast I am really confused ! Here are the 4 dots : Bad SEO scoreYou're linking to another page with the focus keyword you want this page to rank for. Consider changing that if you truly want this page to rank.
Bad SEO scoreA meta description has been specified, but it does not contain the focus keyword.
Bad SEO scoreThe focus keyword doesn't appear in the first paragraph of the copy. Make sure the topic is clear immediately.
Bad SEO scoreThe keyword density is 0.1%, which is a bit low; the focus keyword was found 1 times.
what do I do ? Thank you in advance !
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maryt
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24 Nov 15 10:54 pm

 Hi Anatoli,

SEO Yoast is a good guide tool no doubt about that. But please also take note that it can have flaws too since it is also dependent on the set codes.

It is helpful that you know how to analyze SEO Yoast- which errors and recommendations to accept and correct and which ones to ignore.

Like for example, the 'focus keyword' section does not affect your SEO rankings at all. The focus keyword in Yoast is simply used as a guide for you to focus on that keyword for that specific page/post. What helps in your on page SEO is your meta titles and descriptions.

For the following SEO Yoast recommendations:

*You're linking to another page with the focus keyword you want this page to rank for. Consider changing that if you truly want this page to rank.

>> This simply means that you are using a focus keyword that you already used on another post/page. Yoast also checks these kinds of duplicates, thus the error. In on-page SEO, it is not bad to use or repeat a keyword in another page or post. So my advice is to ignore this error and instead focus on creating a good and unique content for your pages.

*A meta description has been specified, but it does not contain the focus keyword.

>> Simply go to your meta description section and insert your focus keyword in the description.

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

>> In on-page SEO, it is advised that you have the keyword mentioned in the first paragraph. So make sure that you also mention the focus keyword in the first paragraph of your content.

*The keyword density is 0.1%, which is a bit low; the focus keyword was found 1 times.

>> I would not worry about this much AS LONG AS you have synonymous keywords within the content.
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techbizmasters
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13 Dec 15 8:03 am

 This things happens to newer version of yoast. Actually when you write new posts or updating old one, the description option has been gone. Yoast will automatically insert the description from the post. All you have to put the focus keyword.
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gisteam
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04 Jan 16 7:26 am

 We’ve just released Yoast SEO 3.0. This release includes real time content analysis, the “upgrade” of our snippet preview to a snippet editor, an upgrade to how we handle categories and tags and an integration with Onpage.org. And that’s just the headline features.
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tellsomething01_960
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22 Jan 16 6:42 am

 It all started back in April when Mike Thomas emailed me to let me know that the tag pages on my blog weren’t indexed by Google. I checked my SEO by Yoast settings and could see that the option to noindex tags was deselected
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