. All at budget-friendly prices.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"523\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-1024x523.jpg\" alt=\"seahawk media homepage\" class=\"wp-image-244265\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-1024x523.jpg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-300x153.jpg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-768x392.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-1536x785.jpg 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-2048x1046.jpg 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-600x307.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-117x60.jpg 117w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/seahawk-media-homepage-1-176x90.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-useful-mobile-seo-tools\">Useful Mobile SEO Tools</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As we mentioned, good SEO benefits desktop and mobile users. So the first two of my recommendations are for SEO tools that fit that bill.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last tool may surprise you. I’ll explain why I included it.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-all-in-one-seo-plugin\">1. All in One SEO Plugin</h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/\">All in One SEO (AIOSEO)</a> is a complete SEO plugin offering analysis and clear action steps.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s designed to be simple enough for a beginner to use on day 1. But it’s also powerful enough to have attracted professional marketers and big brands.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staring at $49.60/year, this software is a steal.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-google-pagespeed-insights\">2. Google PageSpeed Insights</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This free tool will show you how fast (or slow) you site loads on mobile devices.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing I love about <a href=\"https://pagespeed.web.dev/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">PageSpeed Insights</a> is it provides a detailed list of exactly what to do to improve your site’s speed and performance.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be aware though, these recommendations are for web professionals and it’s unlikely most consumers will understand them.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you have 2 options.</p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Hire a developer to execute the fixes</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose a WordPress theme that already loads fast.</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-3-your-mobile-phone\">3. Your Mobile Phone</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate through your website using your mobile phone. Respond to any calls-to-action.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are the forms easy to fill out on mobile? Is the checkout easy? How about the newsletter signup?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using your own phone to browse your site is a powerful way to get instant insight into what’s working well and what’s not.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let’s get into the nitty-gritty of how to optimize your site.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-how-to-optimize-your-wordpress-website\">How to Optimize Your WordPress Website</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don’t know about you, but I like to find the <em>easiest </em>way to do things. But I’m picky. I want it to be easy <em>and </em>excellent.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to optimizing WordPress websites, that means using an <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/best-seo-plugins-for-wordpress/\">SEO plugin</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use and recommend the <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/\" title=\"\">All in One SEO (AIOSEO)</a> plugin.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-about-all-in-one-seo\">About All in One SEO</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This plugin automates most of the analysis that needs to be done, and delivers clear action steps. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I really like is, AIOSEO makes these action steps easy. If you can click buttons and fill out form fields, you can optimize your site. And this can save you thousands of dollars.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in One SEO is an established plugin with thousands of 5-star reviews on WordPress.org. Over 3 million people are currently using it.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-1024x485.png\" alt=\"aioseo homepage\" class=\"wp-image-135917\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-1024x485.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-300x142.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-768x364.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-600x284.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-127x60.png 127w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-190x90.png 190w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage.png 1260w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you install the plugin it shows up as a sidebar when you’re logged into the WordPress editor.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to any page you want to optimize, and you’ll find an SEO score for that page at the top right of the sidebar.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-sidebar.png\" alt=\"aioseo sidebar\" class=\"wp-image-322154\" style=\"width:326px\" width=\"326\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-sidebar.png 391w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-sidebar-145x300.png 145w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-sidebar-29x60.png 29w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-sidebar-43x90.png 43w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scroll down the sidebar and click on a tab, like <strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/what-is-a-focus-keyword/\" title=\"\">Focus Keyphrase</a></strong> or <strong>Basic SEO</strong>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you’ll see the plugin’s recommendations.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-1024x237.png\" alt=\"aioseo focus keyword recommendation\" class=\"wp-image-262519\" style=\"width:359px\" width=\"359\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-1024x237.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-300x70.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-768x178.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-600x139.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-190x44.png 190w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title-388x90.png 388w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-focus-keyphrase-not-in-title.png 1105w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you act on the plugin’s recommendations, your SEO score goes up.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal isn’t to get 100. Anything around 70 and above is good. The score helps you to be consistent in acting on AIOSEO”s recommendations. And as you learn by doing, you’ll find your writing improves too. And that means your optimization will go faster.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I currently use AIOSEO to optimize all my published content. It only takes around 15 minutes for me to optimize a piece.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I continue to see results.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/seo-vs-social-media/\">this piece</a>, optimized with AIOSEO, landed the featured snippet for the keyword “seo vs social media.” That’s out of 800+ million results.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"358\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/seo-vs-social-media-chrome-incognito-1024x358.png\" alt=\"ranking of article on seo vs social media\" class=\"wp-image-313913\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/seo-vs-social-media-chrome-incognito-1024x358.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/seo-vs-social-media-chrome-incognito-300x105.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/seo-vs-social-media-chrome-incognito-768x268.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/seo-vs-social-media-chrome-incognito-600x209.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/seo-vs-social-media-chrome-incognito.png 1306w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AIOSEO will cover all the vital aspects of SEO mentioned above, including:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/woocommerce-seo/\">WooCommerce SEO</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/rich-snippets-schema/\">Schema markup</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/author-seo-google-e-e-a-t/\">Author SEO for EEAT</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/search-statistics/\">Keyword rank tracking</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Let’s walk through how to optimize your site.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we’ll look at issues specific to mobile SEO.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-1-use-short-introductions\">1. Use Short Introductions</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is self-explanatory. Get to the point quickly.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-2-use-the-inverted-pyramid\">2. Use the Inverted Pyramid</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For most consumer content, using the <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-the-inverted-pyramid-to-improve-web-content/\">inverted pyramid style</a> is wise. But this becomes even more important for small screens.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inverted pyramid method of writing puts the most important information at the top of the page.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why it’s important</strong>: While many site visitors don’t bother scrolling down a page, this lack of scrolling is common with mobile users.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"323\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-1024x323.png\" alt=\"example of inverted pyramid style\" class=\"wp-image-231265\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-1024x323.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-300x95.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-768x242.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-1536x484.png 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-2048x645.png 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-600x189.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-190x60.png 190w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-286x90.png 286w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: A good example of placing important information near the top of an article. </em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-2-optimize-ctas\">2. Optimize CTAs</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A CTA is a call-to-action. This is an action that you want web visitors to take, such as:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Entering their email address to get a discount</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registering for an online or in-person event</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing their email address to get something free (like an ebook)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Signing up for an email newsletter.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CTAs are crucial for moving visitors from the “See” stage to “Thinking” about what you have to offer. (Learn more about the <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/tofu-mofu-bofu/\">See-Think-Do model</a>.)</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To optimize CTAs:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Pace them at the top.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure buttons are large enough and links are easy to tap</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sure forms are easy to fill out on mobile devices.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember that the more information you ask from people, the more will decline to fill out your form. Mobile users will be more impatient. So consider editing your CSS so that a <em>different</em> mobile form appears specifically designed for impatient users.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, an email signup for mobile users could ask only for their email address or their email address and first name only, not first and last name.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-theme-notice-box\" role=\"alert\">\n<p>Pro tip: Make sure you use <a href=\"https://wpforms.com/features/responsive-mobile-friendly/\">mobile-friendly forms</a>.</p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-4-write-in-plain-english\">4. Write in Plain English</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Leave the flowery prose for that novel you’re writing. Follow <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/george-orwells-6-rules-for-writing/\">George Orwell’s 6 rules for writing</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when you optimize your page with AIOSEO, pay attention to the <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-the-flesch-reading-ease-score-to-grow-traffic/\">Flesch Reading Ease Score</a>. This is visible in the Readability tab of the AIOSEO sidebar.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score.png\" alt=\"aioseo fleash reading score\" class=\"wp-image-225349\" style=\"width:370px\" width=\"370\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score.png 765w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-300x123.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-600x245.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-147x60.png 147w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-220x90.png 220w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-5-use-short-paragraphs-and-sentences\">5. Use Short Paragraphs and Sentences</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Short paragraphs and sentences make reading on mobile devices easier.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In particular, short paragraphs allow for more whitespace. By contract, long paragraphs can make it easy for mobile readers to get lost.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here again, AIOSEO’s Readability checks include whether or not you’re using short paragraphs and sentences.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-recommendations-short-paragraphs-sentences.png\" alt=\"aioseo reocmmendations for short paragraphs and sentences\" class=\"wp-image-320245\" style=\"width:393px\" width=\"393\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-recommendations-short-paragraphs-sentences.png 665w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-recommendations-short-paragraphs-sentences-300x129.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-recommendations-short-paragraphs-sentences-600x257.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-recommendations-short-paragraphs-sentences-140x60.png 140w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-recommendations-short-paragraphs-sentences-210x90.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-6-front-load-your-keyword-in-the-title\">6. Front-Load Your Keyword in the Title</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever possible, place your target keyword at the beginning of your title.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, mobile screen sizes are narrow. When scrolling through search results, users may only focus on the first words of titles.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-474x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mobile search results example\" class=\"wp-image-320257\" style=\"width:314px\" width=\"314\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-474x1024.jpg 474w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-139x300.jpg 139w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-768x1661.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-710x1536.jpg 710w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-947x2048.jpg 947w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-600x1297.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-28x60.jpg 28w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1-42x90.jpg 42w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-search-example-1.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: none of these top-ranking articles for the </em><br><em>search term &#8220;white hydrogen&#8221; have that keyword </em><br><em>in their title.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the AIOSEO, under the <strong>Title tab</strong>, you’ll find this check.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation.png\" alt=\"aioseo frontload focus keyword recommendation\" class=\"wp-image-315527\" style=\"width:530px;height:185px\" width=\"530\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation.png 723w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-300x105.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-600x210.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-171x60.png 171w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-257x90.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Use your judgment when front-loading your keyword. There will be times when this doesn’t make sense for a specific keyword.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-474x1024.jpg\" alt=\"frontloaded keyword in title mobile seo example\" class=\"wp-image-320261\" style=\"width:321px\" width=\"321\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-474x1024.jpg 474w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-139x300.jpg 139w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-768x1661.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-710x1536.jpg 710w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-947x2048.jpg 947w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-600x1297.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-28x60.jpg 28w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title-42x90.jpg 42w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example-mobile-article-with-keyword-at-beginning-of-title.jpg 1084w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Example of an article with the focus </em><br><em>keyword front-loaded in title.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-7-use-your-focus-keyword-well\">7. Use Your Focus Keyword Well</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Using your keyword well can keep your content focused and help users and search engines immediately detect the main topic.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AIOSEO plugin will check to see you’ve used your keyword in your:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Title</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meta description</li>\n\n\n\n<li>First sentence</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some subheadings</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alt text (if relevant)</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If your focus keyword is missing from any of these areas, AIOSEO will recommend adding it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the plugin’s Keyword Density checker will alert you to overuse of a keyword (which can indicate keyword stuffing) or underuse.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1.png\" alt=\"aioseo focus keyword density checker\" class=\"wp-image-257445\" style=\"width:360px\" width=\"360\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1.png 942w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1-300x132.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1-768x338.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1-600x264.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1-137x60.png 137w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/aioseo-low-keyword-density-example-1-205x90.png 205w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As with all automated tools, always use your judgment when taking action. If the plugin recommends adding more instances of your keyword to subheadings, and that would make your copy sound awkward, then skip the recommendation.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-apply-structured-data\">8. Apply Structured Data</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can think of structured data as “tags” that only search engines can see. These tags are added with code called schema markup.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This code helps Google understand your page better and rank it for relevant keywords. Some types of schema produce rich results. A rich result is a search snippet that has images, tart ratings, shipping or product details, and other features missing from standard snippets.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"examples of rich snippets\" class=\"wp-image-242007\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-300x176.jpg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-768x450.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-1536x901.jpg 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-2048x1201.jpg 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-600x352.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-102x60.jpg 102w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/google-rich-snippet-example-153x90.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Examples of rich snippets on Google.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AIOSEO allows you to <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-schema-markup-to-boost-your-seo/\">add schema markup</a> to pages easily, by clicking some buttons.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you can browse the list of available schema. These are sorted by categories like:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Recipe schema</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Events schema</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Course schema</li>\n\n\n\n<li>And so on.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When and if you find an applicable schema, you simply add it to your page and save.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-9-make-your-content-scannable\">9. Make Your Content Scannable</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Research has shown that most people don’t read web pages word-for-word. Instead, they scan to page, looking for elements that stand out, like:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Subheadings</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lists</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Images or video</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>AIOSEO checks for use of these items. This makes creating <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-create-scannable-content/\">scannable content</a> easier.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking for more details on optimization? Explore <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/on-page-seo/\">how to optimize your page with AIOSEO</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-how-to-optimize-your-website-for-mobile-seo-specifically\">Mobile SEO Actions</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you optimize your page using All in One SEO, what’s left to do?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some aspects that can impact your mobile SEO.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-speed-and-design\">Speed and Design</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress users can improve speed in some simple ways.</p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Choose a fast theme</strong>: Installing a theme takes a couple of clicks. A theme gives you an entirely new site design. If your site’s slow, consider switching to a theme designed to lad fast. Some top options are <a href=\"https://www.seedprod.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SeedProd</a>, <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/blocksy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Blocksy</a>, and <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/generatepress/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">GeneratePress</a>. These are actually page builders which offer you lots of pre-built sites to choose from.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try it out</strong>: When you install a theme from a page builder, use your mobile phone to interact with it. Are the buttons easy to tap? Is the navigation simple? If not, simply choose another design.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caching:</strong> Consider using a caching plugin like <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/wp-rocket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">WP Rocket</a> to compress images and speed site loading. Find out if your web host uses a CDN (content delivery network). This can speed up site loading too. And ask the host if they have any special caching technologies to offer you.</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-use-mobile-friendly-conversion-popups\">Use Mobile-Friendly Conversion Popups</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is related to speed. To capture leads, use <a href=\"https://optinmonster.com/features/mobile-friendly-popups/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">mobile-friendly popups</a>. Our favorite tool for this is OptinMonster. We use it on our own site and credit it with helping us grow consistently.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>OptinMonster gives you plenty of ready-to-go templates that look professional and are coded efficiently. There’s no need to worry about code bloat slowing down your page and dinging your conversion rates.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I’m a big fan of OptinMonster’s Exit-Intent popups. These popups only appear when a user is getting ready to leave your site.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-the-link-between-local-seo-and-mobile-seo\">The Link Between Local SEO and Mobile SEO</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because smartphones are often used to find local businesses, we need to cover local SEO.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind, anything you do for local SEO is going to benefit <em>all </em>users.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>My recommendations here are based on <a href=\"https://support.google.com/business/answer/7091?hl=en#:~:text=Verify%20your%20business%20locations%20so,Learn%20more%20about%20verification.&amp;text=Update%20your%20business%20hours%20regularly,hours%20for%20holidays%20and%20events.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Google’s advice for improving local SEO</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-1-get-and-optimize-a-google-business-profile\">1. Get and Optimize a Google Business Profile</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Business Profiles are free. And they’re easy to set up.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optimizing a Google Business Profile means:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Filling it out correctly and completely</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keeping it updated with new photos or announcements</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Asking for reviews and responding to new ones.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not hard, but you’d be surprised at the number of businesses that don’t do this.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I walk you through these steps in <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-a-google-business-profile-to-imrpove-local-seo/\">How to Use a Google Business Profile to Boost Local SEO</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>When people search for your business name your Google Business Profile will appear, along with your website. Your profile will also appear in Google Maps searches.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"google business profile\" class=\"wp-image-250381\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-300x202.jpg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-768x518.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-1536x1036.jpg 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-2048x1381.jpg 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-600x405.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-89x60.jpg 89w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/example-of-google-business-profile-appearing-in-google-maps-133x90.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set up your Profile to make it easy for searchers to:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Make reservations</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book appointments</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order takeout</li>\n\n\n\n<li>And more.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-1024x614.jpeg\" alt=\"mobile phone user in restaurant\" class=\"wp-image-320284\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-1024x614.jpeg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-300x180.jpeg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-768x461.jpeg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-1536x921.jpeg 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-2048x1228.jpeg 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-600x360.jpeg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-100x60.jpeg 100w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mobile-phone-user-in-restaurant-150x90.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Your Google Business Profile will also make it easy for customers to rate your business.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-2-manage-google-reviews-well\">2. Manage Google Reviews Well</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Reviews is the review platform most trusted by consumers, according to . . .</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.brightlocal.com/research/local-consumer-review-survey/\">98%</a> of searchers read online reviews</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Reviews are the most trusted reviews</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://www.brightlocal.com/research/local-consumer-review-survey-2022/\">73%</a> of searchers are influenced by the presence of recent reviews</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So managing your reviews is important. But the good news is, this is incredibly easy. Yet it’s another factor commonly overlooked by businesses.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To manage your reviews well you’ll pick a way to ask customers for reviews and you’ll respond in a timely way to all reviews.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more in my how-to on <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-manage-google-reviews-for-improved-seo/\">managing Google Reviews</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-1024x665.png\" alt=\"example of google reviews\" class=\"wp-image-173177\" style=\"width:950px\" width=\"950\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-1024x665.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-300x195.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-768x498.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-1536x997.png 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-2048x1329.png 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-600x389.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-92x60.png 92w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/google-reviews-summary-139x90.png 139w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Users can read and write reviews by clicking on your Google Business Profile.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-3-get-listed-in-local-business-directories\">3. Get Listed in Local Business Directories</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This next step is simple too. Get your business listed in online directories.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often these directories rank on page #1 for related searches. And Google likes seeing that your business has been vetted and is cited on multiple websites.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make this happen, read our guide on <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-get-local-seo-citations/#aioseo-how-to-get-local-seo-citations\">getting local SEO citations</a>. It costs very little to get a service to do this for you. You can easily do it for under $100.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-1024x418.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-289521\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-1024x418.jpg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-300x122.jpg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-768x313.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-1536x627.jpg 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-2048x836.jpg 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-600x245.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-147x60.jpg 147w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yelp-rock-climbing-221x90.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Example of a Yelp listing for a local business.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-4-keep-your-nap-consistent\">4. Keep Your NAP Consistent</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This last point is related to directory listings. Keep your business contact information and operating hours accurate across the web.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This contact info is often called NAP which is short for Name, Address, Phone. NAP is understood to include email address, and website URL too.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google may hesitate to rank your site high if you have <strong>inaccurate operating hours</strong> or <strong>conflicting contact information</strong> online.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"person using vehicle gps\" class=\"wp-image-320291\" style=\"width:662px\" width=\"662\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-600x400.jpeg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-90x60.jpeg 90w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/person-using-vehicle-gps-135x90.jpeg 135w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Keeping your NAP consistent helps to keep GPS navigation systems accurate</em>.</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, if you used to offer 24-hr services, but no longer do, update that information.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure your NAP is consistent, you can log into the account you’ll create to get your directory listings. When some aspect of your NAP changes, ask the service to update your info across all directory listings.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to social media sites like Facebook, you’ll need to update your information there yourself, since the directory listing service doesn’t have your login info.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-mobile-app-considerations\">Mobile App Considerations</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobile app owners not only want their app to rank well in searches but also in app stores themselves.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are 3 key areas to consider.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choose relevant keywords</strong>: Do the research necessary to find out what phrases people are using when looking for an app like yours.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>App Code Optimization</strong>: Optimizing apps to load faster can lead to more downloads. Consider using <a href=\"https://segment.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Twilio Segment</a> to eliminate redundant code and boost performance.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>App store optimization</strong>: To optimize your ranking in app stores and get more installs consider tools like <a href=\"https://www.storemaven.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Store Maven</a> and <a href=\"http://data.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">data.ai</a>. And explore <a href=\"https://sensortower.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Sensor Tower</a> for mobile analytics</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-theme-notice-box\" role=\"alert\">\n<p>data.ai is now part of Sensor Tower.</p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-the-future-of-mobile-search\">The Future of Mobile Search</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The future of mobile search is expected to be shaped by several emerging or continuing trends and technologies. Here are some key developments that are likely to influence the future of mobile search:</p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Voice search</strong>: As voice assistants like Siri, Google Assistant, and Alexa become more sophisticated and widely adopted, <a href=\"https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-add-voice-search-to-your-wordpress-site/\" title=\"\">voice search</a> is expected to grow significantly. This will require websites to optimize their content for conversational queries and long-tail keywords.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)</strong>: <a href=\"https://wpforms.com/ai-statistics-and-trends-you-need-to-know/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">AI</a> and ML will play a more significant role in understanding user intent, personalizing search results, and providing more accurate and contextual answers to user queries.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Augmented Reality (AR) and Visual Searc</strong>h: AR and visual search are expected to gain prominence, allowing users to search for information by pointing their smartphone cameras at objects or locations.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Personalization</strong>: Mobile search results will become increasingly personalized based on user location, search history, interests, and other contextual factors. This will require websites to create targeted, relevant content that resonates with their intended audience.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>App integration</strong>: As users spend more time in mobile apps, search engines are likely to further integrate app content into mobile search results. App indexing and deep linking will become more important for websites to drive traffic from mobile search to their apps.</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>To stay ahead in the future of mobile search, websites will need to prioritize mobile-friendliness, performance, and user experience while adapting to emerging technologies and trends like voice search, AI, AR, and visual search.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing high-quality, relevant, and engaging content that meets users&#8217; needs will remain essential for success in mobile search.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-qa-on-mobile-seo\">Q&amp;A on Mobile SEO</h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-how-can-i-find-out-which-keywords-im-ranking-for\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">How can I find out which keywords I’m ranking for?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>There are several ways to find out which keywords you’re ranking for. Google Search Console provides this information. And you can get that data right in the WordPress editor by using the <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/pricing/\">Elite version</a> of All in One SEO. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>AIOSEO pulls the data in from Google Search Console and provides trend data, such as your top 10 articles that are slipping in rankings and your top 10 that rose in rankings.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/best-keyword-research-tools/\">keyword research tools</a> like <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/ahrefs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Ahrefs</a> and <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/semrush/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Semrush</a> provide keyword ranking data.</p>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-where-do-i-find-googles-mobile-friendly-test\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">Where do I find Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>Google’s mobile-friendly test doesn’t exist anymore. Instead, you can use Google’s <a href=\"https://pagespeed.web.dev/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">PageSpeed Insights</a> to see how the mobile and desktop versions of your site are performing.</p>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-how-do-i-ensure-that-my-websites-structured-data-is-properly-implemented-for-mobile\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">How do I ensure that my website&#8217;s structured data is properly implemented for mobile?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>Schema is device-agnostic. WordPress site owners can use the All in One SEO plugin to easily add <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/what-is-structured-data-and-how-does-it-impact-seo/\">structured data</a> (<a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-schema-markup-to-boost-your-seo/\" title=\"\">schema markup</a>). 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However, verifying site ownership via a meta tag or uploading an HTML file can be tedious.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we’ll show you how to connect your site to Google without a Google Search Console verification code.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aioseo-table-of-contents has-theme-info-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In This Article</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-table-of-contents\"><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-what-is-google-search-console\">What is Google Search Console?</a><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-importance-of-google-search-console-for-seo\">Importance of Google Search Console for SEO</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-what-is-a-google-search-console-verification-code\">What is a Google Search Console Verification Code</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-how-to-connect-your-site-to-google-without-a-google-search-console-verification-code\">How to Connect Your Site to Google without a Google Search Console Verification Code</a><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-step-1-install-all-in-one-seo-aioseo\">Step 1: Install All In One SEO (AIOSEO)</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-step-2-make-sure-you-have-a-google-account\">Step 2: Make Sure You have a Google Account</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-step-3-access-aioseos-webmaster-tools\">Step 3: Access AIOSEO&#x2019;s Webmaster Tools</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-step-4-connect-to-google-search-console-no-verification-code-required\">Step 4: Connect to Google Search Console [No Verification Code Required]</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-other-ways-of-connecting-your-site-to-google-search-console-without-a-verification-code\">Other Ways of Connecting Your Site to Google Search Console without a Verification Code</a><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-the-set-up-wizard\">The Set-up Wizard</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-wordpress-site-health-section\">WordPress Site Health Section</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-aioseo-notification-panel\">AIOSEO Notification Panel</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-google-search-console-verification-code-your-faqs-answered\">Google Search Console Verification Code: Your FAQs Answered</a><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-why-do-i-need-to-verify-site-ownership\">Why do I need to verify site ownership?</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-do-i-need-to-reconnect-to-gsc-if-it-has-already-been-verified\">Do I need to reconnect to GSC if it has already been verified?</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-what-if-i-have-multiple-sites-properties\">What if I have multiple sites/properties?</a></li></ul></li></ul></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-what-is-google-search-console\">What is Google Search Console?</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Search Console (GSC) is a free web service provided by Google that allows you to monitor, troubleshoot and optimize your site&#8217;s appearance in Google search results. 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If your site is not yet connected to GSC, you’ll get a prompt asking if you have:</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"323\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/google-search-console-verification-question.png\" alt=\"AIOSEO\'s Webmaster tools prompt for GSC connection.\" class=\"wp-image-321080\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/google-search-console-verification-question.png 1000w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/google-search-console-verification-question-300x97.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/google-search-console-verification-question-768x248.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/google-search-console-verification-question-600x194.png 600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you’re not connected, you can click the <strong>Connect to Google Search Console</strong> or the <strong>Google</strong> icon.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"396\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/webmaster-tools-gsc.png\" alt=\"AIOSEO\'s Webmaster Tools.\" class=\"wp-image-321081\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/webmaster-tools-gsc.png 1000w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/webmaster-tools-gsc-300x119.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/webmaster-tools-gsc-768x304.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/webmaster-tools-gsc-600x238.png 600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This will bring you to the next step.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-step-4-connect-to-google-search-console-no-verification-code-required\">Step 4: Connect to Google Search Console [No Verification Code Required]</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you click <strong>Connect to Google Search Console</strong> or the <strong>Google</strong> icon, you trigger a flow for connecting to GSC.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"545\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-flow-1.png\" alt=\"Getting started setting up GSC without a Google Search Console verification code.\" class=\"wp-image-321082\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-flow-1.png 902w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-flow-1-300x181.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-flow-1-768x464.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-flow-1-600x363.png 600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the <strong>Connect to Google Search Console</strong> button, and the connection wizard will start running. 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As a result, any updates will easily be picked, resulting in faster crawling and indexing.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-wordpress-site-health-section\">WordPress Site Health Section</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way to connect your site to GSC without a Google Search Console verification code is by accessing the connection link in the WordPress <strong>Site Health</strong> section.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"506\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/site-health-2.png\" alt=\"Connecting GSC via the Site Health check list\" class=\"wp-image-321098\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/site-health-2.png 1002w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/site-health-2-300x151.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/site-health-2-768x388.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/site-health-2-600x303.png 600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-aioseo-notification-panel\">AIOSEO Notification Panel</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To make sure you don’t forget to connect your site to GSC, AIOSEO will send a notification in your notification center.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"420\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-notification-resized.png\" alt=\"Connecting to GSC via the notification center\" class=\"wp-image-321099\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-notification-resized.png 902w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-notification-resized-300x140.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-notification-resized-768x358.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gsc-notification-resized-600x279.png 600w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply click on the Connect to Google Search Console button, and that’s it!&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-google-search-console-verification-code-your-faqs-answered\">Google Search Console Verification Code: Your FAQs Answered</h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-why-do-i-need-to-verify-site-ownership\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">Why do I need to verify site ownership?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>Verifying ownership prevents unauthorized users from accessing your Search Console data or making configuration changes.</p>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-do-i-need-to-reconnect-to-gsc-if-it-has-already-been-verified\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">Do I need to reconnect to GSC if it has already been verified?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>If your site is already connected, you don&#8217;t need to reconnect. 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Netpeak Spider</a><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-features\">Features</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-the-best-seo-audit-tools-your-faqs-answered\">The Best SEO Audit Tools: Your FAQs Answered</a><ul><li><a href=\"#aioseo-which-is-the-best-tool-for-wordpress-seo-auditing\">Which is the best tool for WordPress SEO auditing?</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-what-is-an-seo-audit-checklist\">What is an SEO audit checklist?</a></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-how-often-should-you-do-an-seo-audit\">How often should you perform an SEO audit?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=\"#aioseo-the-best-seo-auditing-tools-for-wordpress-our-top-picks\">The Best SEO Auditing Tools for WordPress: Our Top Picks</a></li></ul></div>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-what-is-an-seo-audit\">What Is an SEO Audit?</h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/seo-audit/\" title=\"SEO Audit: A Comprehensive WordPress Guide to Website Optimization\">An SEO audit</a> is a process by which you check your website&#8217;s health and identify any issues hindering your search engine performance. Doing so manually is laborious and time-consuming, so you need an SEO audit tool to do the job effectively.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best SEO audit tools give you insight into the following:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/technical-seo/\" title=\"What Is Technical SEO? The Best Checklist in 2024\">Technical SEO</a> issues</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/best-wordpress-permalink-structure/\" title=\"What’s the Best WordPress Permalink Structure for SEO?\">Website structure</a> issues</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/on-page-seo/\" title=\"On-Page SEO: Complete Guide for Beginners\">On-page SEO</a> issues</li>\n\n\n\n<li>User experience issues</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content gaps and opportunities</li>\n\n\n\n<li>And more</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An SEO audit tool should help identify these issues and also recommend the best way to solve them. To make this easier, use our <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/seo-audit-checklist/\" title=\"SEO Audit Checklist for WordPress Websites [Beginner-Friendly]\">SEO audit checklist.</a> It will help ensure you tick all the necessary boxes to increase your search rankings.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-10-best-seo-audit-tools-for-wordpress-our-top-picks\">The Best SEO Audit Tools For WordPress: Our Top Picks</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Search engine optimization can be tricky if you don’t know what’s working and what’s not. By performing an SEO audit, you can analyze your site, find opportunities for improvement, and resolve critical issues.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you do that, here’s an expertly curated list of the best SEO audit tools for WordPress.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-1-all-in-one-seo-aioseo\">1. <a href=\"https://aioseo.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"All in One SEO - WordPress SEO Plugin and Toolkit\" rel=\"noopener\">All In One SEO</a> (AIOSEO)</h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"311\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/aioseo.png\" alt=\"aioseo homepage\" class=\"wp-image-151544\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/aioseo.png 700w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/aioseo-300x133.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/aioseo-600x267.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"All in One SEO - WordPress SEO Plugin and Toolkit\" rel=\"noopener\">AIOSEO</a> is the best WordPress SEO plugin on the market and has been downloaded over 100 million times. Millions of savvy website owners and marketers trust the plugin to help them dominate <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/what-are-serps/\" title=\"What Are SERPs (And Why Are they Important to SEO)?\">search engine results pages</a> (SERPs) and drive relevant traffic to their sites. This is because the plugin has many powerful <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/\" title=\"Features\">SEO features and modules</a> to help you optimize your website for search engines and users.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most beloved features in AIOSEO is the SEO Audit Checklist.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This powerful module analyzes your site in seconds and helps you identify critical errors. For example, it scans for speed and performance issues affecting your site. The SEO Audit Checklist also offers recommendations on resolving the highlighted issues.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"330\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-checklist-in-aioseo.png\" alt=\"AIOSEO\'s site audit tool report.\" class=\"wp-image-319952\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-checklist-in-aioseo.png 702w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-checklist-in-aioseo-300x141.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-checklist-in-aioseo-600x282.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the SEO Audit Checklist, AIOSEO also has a module called <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/search-statistics/\" title=\"Search Statistics\">Search Statistics</a>. This Google Search Console integration gives you insights into important search metrics. These are metrics that show how you’re performing in search rankings.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"370\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monitor-seo-rankings-search-statistics-dashboard-new.png\" alt=\"AIOSEO\'s Search Statistics.\" class=\"wp-image-187812\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monitor-seo-rankings-search-statistics-dashboard-new.png 702w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monitor-seo-rankings-search-statistics-dashboard-new-300x158.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monitor-seo-rankings-search-statistics-dashboard-new-600x316.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monitor-seo-rankings-search-statistics-dashboard-new-114x60.png 114w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monitor-seo-rankings-search-statistics-dashboard-new-171x90.png 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the data and insights you get from Search Statistics, you can create more impactful iterations of your SEO campaigns. As a result, you get to <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/search-statistics-power-hacks-to-help-boost-your-rankings/\" title=\"6 Search Statistics Power Hacks to Help Boost Your Rankings\">boost your search rankings</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you’re looking for the best SEO audit tool for WordPress, then AIOSEO should rank at the top of your list.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For step-by-step instructions on how to install AIOSEO, check out our <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/docs/installing-all-in-one-seo-pro/\" title=\"Installing All in One SEO Pro\">installation guide</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-features\">Features</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/announcing-aioseo-4-2-5-next-gen-schema-generator-to-improve-your-seo-rankings/\" title=\"Announcing AIOSEO 4.2.5: Next-Gen Schema Generator to Improve Your SEO Rankings\">Next-gen Schema generator</a></strong>: This no-code schema generator enables users to generate and output any schema markup on your site.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/redirection-manager/\" title=\"Redirection Manager\">Redirection Manager</a></strong>: Helps you manage redirects and eliminate 404 errors, making it easier for search engines to crawl and index your site.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/smart-xml-sitemaps/\" title=\"Smart XML Sitemaps\">Sitemap generator</a></strong>: Automatically generate different types of sitemaps to notify all search engines of any updates on your site.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/seo-revisions/\" title=\"SEO Revisions\">SEO Revisions</a>:</strong> Track any changes you make to your site and see their impact on your SEO. Plus, you get to see on a timeline how Google updates affect your site.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/robots-editor/\" title=\"Robots.txt Editor\">Advanced Robots.txt Generator</a></strong>: Easily generate and customize your robots.txt file for better crawling and indexing.&nbsp;</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/truseo-score-analysis/\" title=\"TruSEO On-Page Analysis\">TruSEO Highlighter</a></strong>: Makes it easy to spot on-page SEO issues and gives recommendations for fixing them.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/\" title=\"Features\">And more</a>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pricing</strong>: Paid plans start at $49.60. A free plan (AIOSEO Lite) is also available.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-2-google-search-console\">2. <a href=\"https://search.google.com/search-console/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Google Search Console (GSC)\">Google Search Console</a></h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https://search.google.com/search-console/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/W8PoXFCDMyrMizLYJKrjg7ktaI2G1EtIwQzjfZ9RRfvCCUfC7xmIeXYGzK5NSnUAEe4w-y0icOMI6iYlLlVze-KzC2n-e6_EhvtMnoU_a98jy9x9uR08E8ELFpMd_pD-noEghVhRkiAX-O3ItzEb06Q\" alt=\"Google Search Console is one of the best SEO audit tools on the market.\"/></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://search.google.com/search-console/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Google Search Console (GSC)\">Google Search Console</a> (GSC) is a free site audit tool by Google. You can use it to track your site’s performance and identify technical issues impacting your site. Plus, you can use it to monitor your keyword rankings, impressions, clickthrough rates, and more.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of GSC&#8217;s biggest drawbacks is that the reports can contain so much data that they can be overwhelming for beginners. This is one of the main reasons we recommend using AIOSEO’s <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/google-search-console-integration/\" title=\"Google Search Console Integration\">Google Search Console integration</a> instead. </p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-features\">Features</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Submit individual URLs and sitemaps for crawling.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automated alerts on common site issues.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Track keyword performance.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generate customized SEO audit reports.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pricing</strong>: Free.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-3-monsterinsights\">3. <a href=\"https://www.monsterinsights.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MonsterInsights - WordPress Analytics Plugin\" rel=\"noopener\">MonsterInsights</a></h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https://www.monsterinsights.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"410\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-wordpress-ecommerce-plugins-monsterinsights-1.png\" alt=\"MonsterInsights home page\" class=\"wp-image-163396\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-wordpress-ecommerce-plugins-monsterinsights-1.png 702w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-wordpress-ecommerce-plugins-monsterinsights-1-300x175.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-wordpress-ecommerce-plugins-monsterinsights-1-600x350.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-wordpress-ecommerce-plugins-monsterinsights-1-103x60.png 103w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-wordpress-ecommerce-plugins-monsterinsights-1-154x90.png 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" /></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.monsterinsights.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"MonsterInsights - WordPress Analytics Plugin\" rel=\"noopener\">MonsterInsights</a> is the best WordPress Google Analytics plugin on the market. Over 3 million users love it for its intuitive and easy-to-use interface. MonsterInsights gives you all the power of Google Analytics but with a more user-friendly interface. As a result, it’s one of the best ways to get deep insights into how visitors interact with your blog.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>With MonsterInsights, all it takes is a single click, and you’ll have real-time data to help you audit your site. The plugin also gives you in-depth insight into the content your visitors love the most. This helps you know which pages resonate with your target audience the most. As a result, you’ll know what kind of content you need to create to drive more traffic to your site.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>MonsterInsights also comes with different types of SEO reports based on Google Search Console (GSC) and Google Analytics (GA). These are essential in helping you audit your SEO. Plus, it can also pull your AIOSEO or <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/yoast-wordpress-seo/\" title=\"Yoast WordPress SEO: The Only Review You’ll Need in 2024\">Yoast scores</a> so you see what needs to be improved in your SEO strategy.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you sell digital products on your site using plugins like <a href=\"https://easydigitaldownloads.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Easy Digital Downloads - WordPress eCommerce plugin\" rel=\"noopener\">Easy Digital Downloads</a> (EDD) or <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/woocommerce/\" title=\"WooCommerce\">WooCommerce</a>, MonsterInsights offers enhanced eCommerce tracking features.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-features\">Features</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Custom Reports</strong>: See your analytics data from within your WordPress dashboard and create easy-to-read reports.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Analytics Tracking</strong>: Dig deep with over a dozen tracking features like affiliate link, post type, outbound link, and eCommerce tracking.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Integrations</strong>: Connect with your eCommerce, form, affiliate, and other plugins you’re already using.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No-code Installation</strong>: Set up your analytics without a developer.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These features and more make MonsterInsights one of the best SEO audit tools for WordPress.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pricing</strong>: Starts at $99.50/year.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-4-ahrefs\">4. <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/ahrefs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Ahrefs\">Ahrefs</a></h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/ahrefs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"345\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-diy-seo-software-tools-ahrefs.png\" alt=\"Ahrefs homepage\" class=\"wp-image-163411\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-diy-seo-software-tools-ahrefs.png 700w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-diy-seo-software-tools-ahrefs-300x148.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-diy-seo-software-tools-ahrefs-600x296.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-diy-seo-software-tools-ahrefs-122x60.png 122w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/best-diy-seo-software-tools-ahrefs-183x90.png 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/ahrefs/\" title=\"Ahrefs\">Ahrefs</a> is a comprehensive digital marketing and SEO toolkit with some in-built SEO audit tools. Some of the most common ones are the Site Explorer and the Keyword Explorer.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, regarding SEO audits, one of the best for the job is the aptly named Site Audit tool. This is a powerful tool you can use to run SEO audits to uncover your website’s technical and on-page SEO issues.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahrefs’ Site Audit tool crawls all the pages on your website and provides a report with your overall SEO health score. It also visualizes critical data in easy-to-understand charts, flags all possible SEO issues, and recommends how to fix them.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Site Audit tool makes Ahrefs a powerful SEO audit tool that should rank high on your shopping list.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-features\">Features</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Crawls the desktop and mobile versions of your site.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detailed SEO reports and insights to help you craft impactful strategies.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schedules automatic site crawls.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows you a real-time crawl log.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pricing</strong>: Paid plans start at $99.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-5-semrush\">5. <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/semrush/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"SEMRush\">Semrush</a></h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/semrush/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"413\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-semrush.png\" alt=\"Semrush SEO audit tools.\" class=\"wp-image-320167\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-semrush.png 702w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-semrush-300x176.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-semrush-600x353.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" /></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/semrush/\" title=\"SEMRush\">Semrush</a> is another content marketing tool that offers fantastic SEO auditing tools. The tool also offers reports on domain-level and page-level SEO performance, so you can see exactly how your campaigns are performing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semrush’s Site Audit tool also runs technical SEO audits, analyzes your <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/check-competitors-keywords/\" title=\"How to Check and “Steal” Your Competitors’ Top Keywords\">competitor’s SEO strategy</a>, analyzes any domain&#8217;s backlink profile, and more.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides SEO audit tools, Semrush also comes with other tools that are invaluable to developing and monitoring SEO campaigns. Examples include <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/keyword-research/\" title=\"Keyword Research for SEO: An In-Depth Beginner’s Guide\">keyword research</a>, backlink analysis, PPC research, <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-do-an-seo-competitor-analysis/\" title=\"How to Do an SEO Competitor Analysis [The Easy Way]\">competitor research</a>, social media tools, and more.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-features\">Features</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Integrates with your Google Analytics.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provides actionable resolution insights.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easy-to-understand SEO audit reports displayed as intuitive graphs.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pricing</strong>: Paid plans start at $119.95. A free plan is available, but it’s limited.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-6-spyfu\">6. <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/spyfu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"SpyFu\">SpyFu</a></h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/spyfu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"297\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/best-seo-monitoring-tools-spyfu.png\" alt=\"SpyFu home page\" class=\"wp-image-261610\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/best-seo-monitoring-tools-spyfu.png 700w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/best-seo-monitoring-tools-spyfu-300x127.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/best-seo-monitoring-tools-spyfu-600x255.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/spyfu/\">SpyFu</a> is a powerful SEO marketing tool that provides you with essential data that helps you audit your SEO. The tool provides competitive analysis, backlink analysis, rank tracking, and SERP analysis, among others.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike tools like Ahrefs, SpyFu doesn’t offer a dedicated SEO auditing functionality. However, you can develop effective SEO audit reports using the tool&#8217;s different modules. These give you deep insights into important aspects of your SEO, thereby helping you develop comprehensive SEO audit reports.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpyFu is tailored towards more experienced website owners and SEOs when it comes to SEO audits. This is because it takes a bit of a learning curve to understand and utilize all the different features to create an SEO audit.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-features\">Features</h4>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Track your site’s <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-monitor-seo-performance-in-wordpress/\" title=\"How to Monitor SEO Performance in WordPress\">SEO performance</a> over a 15-year period.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keyword research and SERP analysis.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compares your content with that of your competitors.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows you keywords your competitors rank for, but you don’t.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pricing</strong>: Paid plans start at $16/month, billed annually.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-8-raven-tools\">7. <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/raventools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"RavenTools\">Raven Tools</a></h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/raventools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"327\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-raven.png\" alt=\"Raven Tools homepage\" class=\"wp-image-320169\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-raven.png 700w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-raven-300x140.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/seo-audit-tools-raven-600x280.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /></a></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/raventools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"RavenTools\">Raven Tools</a> is a suite of SEO tools ranging from keyword research to <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/what-is-serp-analysis/\" title=\"What is SERP Analysis (How Can It Help Boost Your SEO)?\">SERP analysis</a> and more. It also comes with a Site Audit tool enabling you to audit your site for most SEO issues. The tool classifies the issues you can check into Visibility Issues, Meta Issues, Content Issues, Link Issues, and more.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides checking for SEO issues, Raven Tools also offers recommendations for improving your website and optimizing it for search engines. 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Around 3 million people are currently using All in One SEO.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-1024x485.png\" alt=\"aioseo homepage\" class=\"wp-image-135917\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-1024x485.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-300x142.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-768x364.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-600x284.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-127x60.png 127w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage-190x90.png 190w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aioseo-homepage.png 1260w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This plugin analyzes all your pages and provides clear steps for improvement. There’s no need for previous knowledge. A beginner can start optimizing on Day 1.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you install AIOSEO, navigate to any page in the WordPress editor. AIOSEO’s recommendations appear in a sidebar at right.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-525x1024.jpg\" alt=\"aioseo sidebar in wordpress\" class=\"wp-image-317638\" style=\"width:304px\" width=\"304\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-525x1024.jpg 525w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-154x300.jpg 154w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-768x1498.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-788x1536.jpg 788w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-600x1170.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-31x60.jpg 31w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1-46x90.jpg 46w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-sidebar-1-1.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on a sidebar tab like <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/what-is-a-focus-keyword/\">Focus Keyphrase</a> or Basic SEO to get details.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation.png\" alt=\"aioseo focus keyword recommendation\" class=\"wp-image-315527\" style=\"width:429px\" width=\"429\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation.png 723w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-300x105.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-600x210.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-171x60.png 171w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aioseo-focus-keyprase-title-recommendation-257x90.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you act on the recommendations, the page’s SEO score goes up. This reinforces good practices.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you know it you’ll be adopting good SEO at the writing stage. As a result, there will be less to optimize prior to publishing.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-mobile-considerations\">Mobile Considerations</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of AIOSEO’s <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-improve-readability-score-on-wordpress-step-by-step/\">Readability checks</a> are particularly beneficial for mobile These will prompt you to frontload your focus keyword in your title and use:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Short paragraphs and sentences</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subheadings to break up text passages</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relevant images and video</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These practices make your content more <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-create-scannable-content/\">scannable</a>, which is crucial for retaining mobile users.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, each web page gets a <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-the-flesch-reading-ease-score-to-grow-traffic/\">Flesch Reading Ease Score</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score.png\" alt=\"flesch reading ease score\" class=\"wp-image-225349\" style=\"width:365px;height:149px\" width=\"365\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score.png 765w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-300x123.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-600x245.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-147x60.png 147w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/flesch-reading-ease-score-220x90.png 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginners will appreciate the checklist approach and the straightforward directions for boosting SEO.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the plugin’s also used by agencies and large corporations.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in One SEO comes in several versions, ranging from free to Basic, Pro, and Elite versions. Pick the one that meets your needs.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-additional-aioseo-tools\">Additional AIOSEO Tools</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To give you an idea of all the tools packed into All in One SEO, here are some of the most popular ones.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"269\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature.png\" alt=\"aioseo author box feature\" class=\"wp-image-320101\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature.png 771w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature-300x105.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature-768x268.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature-600x209.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature-172x60.png 172w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aioseo-author-box-feature-258x90.png 258w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Above: Example of AIOSEO’s author box, part of its Author SEO feature.</em></p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/author-seo-google-e-e-a-t/\"><strong>Author SEO</strong></a>: This is an easy way to get author bylines that hyperlink to a page listing all that writer’s articles. In addition, you get an author box that displays at the bottom of articles. And that box features a short bio, social media links, and that author’s areas of expertise or experience. The author page allows for a longer bio, education, employment, and other details.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/internal-link-assistant/\"><strong>Link Assistant</strong></a>: Increasing internal links to your most important pages is one way to boost their rankings. Link Assistant simplifies internal linking by giving you one interface to add links, and by making specific link suggestions.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/rich-snippets-schema/\"><strong>Rich Snippets Schema</strong></a>: Schema markup is code that helps Google understand your page better and rank it for relevant keywords. AIOSEO offers 18 types of schema, ranging from recipe schema to events, books, course, software, and more. Applying this markup is easy: you’ll click some buttons and fill out a few form fields.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://aioseo.com/features/search-statistics/\"><strong>Search Statistics</strong></a>: You can see which keywords you’re ranking for without leaving the WordPress editor. In addition you’ll get a list of pages that gained the most for a given time period, and those slipping in rankings. This helps you prioritize what to work on next.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"830\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-1024x830.jpg\" alt=\"aioseo search statistics interface\" class=\"wp-image-226990\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-300x243.jpg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-768x622.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-600x486.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-74x60.jpg 74w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics-111x90.jpg 111w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/aioseo-seo-statistics.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Screen view of part of AIOSEO’s Search Statistics. This feature also allows you to see how a Google algorithm update impacted your site.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-2-googles-pagespeed-insights\">2. Google’s PageSpeed Insights</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google PageSpeed Insights is a free online tool that analyzes a web page&#8217;s speed and performance on both mobile and desktop devices. It provides a score from 0 to 100, along with suggestions for improvement.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-1024x542.png\" alt=\"pagespeed insights sample analysis mobile\" class=\"wp-image-320105\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-1024x542.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-300x159.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-768x406.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-600x317.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-113x60.png 113w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile-170x90.png 170w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pagespeed-insights-sample-analysis-mobile.png 1223w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here’s how PageSpeed Insights can benefit mobile.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Identify performance issues:</strong> PageSpeed Insights pinpoints areas that slow down a website&#8217;s loading time on mobile devices, such as large images or unoptimized code.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enhance user experience</strong>: By addressing the issues identified, website owners can improve loading speed and overall user experience on mobile, reducing bounce rates and increasing engagement.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boosts search rankings</strong>: Google considers page speed as a <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/google-ranking-factors/\">ranking factor</a>. Improving PageSpeed Insights scores can positively impact a website&#8217;s search engine rankings.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get specific recommendation</strong>: The tool offers specific suggestions on how to optimize a website for better mobile performance, making it easier for developers to implement changes.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That last point is key. PageSpeed Insights’ recommendations are geared toward developers. If you have an intermediate-level knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you may be able to execute some basic improvements, like loading fonts locally.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, WordPress users can use a plugin like WP Rocket or WP Smush to provide caching and compress images.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It’s worth talking to your web hosting company to find out other options they may have for speeding up your site. But don’t overlook the power of switching your theme.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are quality <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/best-wordpress-page-builders/\">WordPress page builders</a> designed to load fast. These typically offer many pre-built websites that you can launch with a few clicks.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some providers to checkout: <a href=\"https://www.seedprod.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SeedProd</a>, <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/blocksy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Blocksy</a>, an <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/generatepress/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">GeneratePress</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-3-twilio-segment-mobile-analytics-and-improved-performance\">3. Twilio Segment: Mobile Analytics and Improved Performance</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Twilio Segment is a way to create no-code connections between software apps. It allows you to track nearly anything, and provides a single data source of all customer interactions across iOS, Android, push, email, help desks, and more.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"551\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-1024x551.png\" alt=\"twilio segment homepage\" class=\"wp-image-320107\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-1024x551.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-300x161.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-768x413.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-600x323.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-112x60.png 112w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage-167x90.png 167w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/twilio-segment-homepage.png 1283w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use Segment to optimize your mobile app’s performance.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be clear, Segment doesn’t offer on-page optimization. However, it can help with mobile analytics and performance which ultimately will impact your SEO and related conversions.</p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-improving-mobile-app-performance\">Improving Mobile App Performance</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some specific ways Segment can, by improving your mobile app’s performance, indirectly boost its visibility and ranking in app stores.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eliminating redundant code</strong>: By consolidating repetitive user tracking code with a single, simple API, Segment can reduce the amount of code in your app. A smaller app size is beneficial for download times.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Boosting performance</strong>: Segment optimizes data collection through data queuing, batching, and compression, saving your users’ battery life and improving the overall performance of your app. Faster, more efficient apps provide a better user experience, which can boost retention and influence app store rankings.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Segment Sources</strong>: This feature combines user behavioral data with data from other platforms (e.g., Google Adwords, Salesforce, Zendesk, SendGrid) to help build better apps and more personalized customer experiences. Enhanced app quality and personalized experiences can lead to higher user satisfaction, which is beneficial for app store rankings and visibility.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-using-mobile-data-to-create-seamless-omnichannel-marketing\">Using Mobile Data to Create Seamless Omnichannel Marketing</h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Segment can also track mobile user interactions in detail. Segment can then pipe this data into multi-channel marketing platforms.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you can build automated, personalized<strong> 1:1 campaign</strong>s triggered by how individual users interact with your mobile site or app. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also factor in lead scoring to automatically customize messaging to those most likely to buy.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-1024x512.webp\" alt=\"ortto template\" class=\"wp-image-256730\" style=\"width:839px;height:420px\" width=\"839\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-1024x512.webp 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-300x150.webp 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-768x384.webp 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-1536x768.webp 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-2048x1024.webp 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-600x300.webp 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-120x60.webp 120w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/ortto-user-journey-example-180x90.webp 180w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: View of part of an Ortto flow</em>.</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is called behavior-based marketing, and it’s incredibly effective. It can send your SEO <em>benefits</em> into the stratosphere.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I’ve been a huge fan of Segment ever since I used it with Autopilot (now called Ortto) to get stellar results, including increasing conversion rates on 1 project by over 2,300%.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/conversion-increase-interface.png\" alt=\"conversion rate increase in ortto\" class=\"wp-image-320114\" style=\"width:461px\" width=\"461\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/conversion-increase-interface.png 704w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/conversion-increase-interface-300x34.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/conversion-increase-interface-600x67.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/conversion-increase-interface-190x21.png 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Screengrab of my results.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Segment was acquired by Twilio for $3.2 billion.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those with an entrepreneurial bent will appreciate <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-vfn97QTr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">this interview</a> with Segment’s then-CEO Peter Reinhardt, especially the part where his team nearly failed.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-4-sensor-tower\">4. Sensor Tower</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sensor Tower is a data platform that can provide app store rankings, user behavior data, app download and revenue estimates, competitor analysis, keyword analysis, and more.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Segment, it’s a tool that can indirectly impact mobile app rankings.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let’s take a look at a few specifics.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keyword rankings</strong>: Sensor Tower provides data on keyword rankings for mobile apps in app store search results. While this data is specific to app store optimization (ASO), it can help inform your mobile SEO keyword strategy by identifying popular and relevant keywords in your niche.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>User behavior insights</strong>: Get insights into user behavior, such as downloads, engagement, and retention rates for mobile apps. Understanding user behavior can help you optimize your mobile website&#8217;s user experience and content to align with user expectations and preferences.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competitor analysis</strong>: Track and analyze your competitors&#8217; mobile app performance, including their keyword rankings, user acquisition strategies, and audience demographics. These insights can help inform your mobile SEO strategy by identifying opportunities to differentiate your website and target specific user segments.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market trends</strong>: Get data on market trends and emerging opportunities in the mobile app space. Staying informed about these trends can help you adapt your mobile SEO strategy to capitalize on new opportunities and meet evolving user needs.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ad intelligence</strong>: Tack and analyze mobile app advertising campaigns. While not directly related to SEO, understanding the ad landscape can help you identify potential partners for mobile web advertising or cross-promotion opportunities.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-theme-notice-box\" role=\"alert\">\n<p>The app economy is “set to generate $2.2 trillion over the decade between 2021 and 2030” <a href=\"http://data.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">according to data.ai</a>.</p>\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-5-store-maven-app-store-optimization\">5. Store Maven: App Store Optimization</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Store Maven is primarily an app store optimization (ASO) tool designed to help mobile app developers and marketers improve their app&#8217;s visibility and performance in app store search results.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"387\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-1024x387.jpg\" alt=\"store maven homepage\" class=\"wp-image-320118\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-1024x387.jpg 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-300x114.jpg 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-768x291.jpg 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-600x227.jpg 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-159x60.jpg 159w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage-238x90.jpg 238w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/storemaven-homepage.jpg 1369w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Segment and Sensor Tower, this tool is not directly related to mobile SEO, but some of its features can provide insights that may indirectly support your mobile SEO efforts. And you’ll notice that some of these features overlap with Sensor Tower.</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keyword research</strong>: Store Maven offers keyword research tools to help you identify popular and relevant keywords for your mobile app. These keywords are specific to app store searches.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Competitor analysis</strong>: Store Maven allows you to track and analyze your competitors&#8217; app store performance, including their keyword rankings, downloads, and reviews. Understanding your competitors&#8217; strategies and audience preferences can help you identify opportunities to differentiate your mobile website and target specific user segments.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Review analysis</strong>: You can get insights into user reviews and sentiment for mobile apps. Analyzing user feedback can help you identify common pain points, feature requests, or user experience issues that may also be relevant to your mobile website. Addressing these concerns on your mobile site can improve user satisfaction and engagement.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market trends</strong>: You can also get data on market trends and top-performing apps in various categories. Staying informed about these trends can help you adapt your mobile SEO strategy to align with user interests and expectations.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-6-data-ai-mobile-analytics-and-market-intelligence\">6. data.ai: Mobile Analytics and Market Intelligence</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of data.ai (formerly known as App Annie) is to improve your decision-making by providing you with invaluable data on mobile app performance.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>This sophisticated platform uses AI to provide app publishers with mobile market data that can be used to optimize rankings and results. Their product is unique in that it also provides <em>predictive</em> and <em>prescriptive</em> analytics.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"591\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram.png\" alt=\"data.ai diagram of value proposition\" class=\"wp-image-320120\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram.png 817w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram-300x217.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram-768x556.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram-600x434.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram-83x60.png 83w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-diagram-124x90.png 124w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This diagram explains data.ai&#8217;s value proposition.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The company segments its solutions by industry, e.g., gaming, fintech, investment management, ecommerce, andmore.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they boast of leveraging Big Data, AI, and machine learning to enable faster decision-making.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-1024x437.png\" alt=\"data.ai dashboard mobile performance\" class=\"wp-image-321495\" style=\"width:950px\" width=\"950\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-1024x437.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-300x128.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-768x328.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-600x256.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-141x60.png 141w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard-211x90.png 211w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/data-ai-dashboard.png 1313w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>This Mobile Performance Score dashboard in data.ai is sortable by Overall Score, Acquisition Score, Engagement Score, and Sentiment Score.</em></figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In their words, the platform “unifies your 1st party data with comprehensive market estimates in an engaging and empowering analytics experience. Armed with timely and meaningful AI-powered insights, you can quickly and easily create winning app development, go-to-market, competitive, campaign, and advertising strategies.”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users can access a proprietary mobile app performance score which combines:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Downloads</li>\n\n\n\n<li>MAU (monthly average users)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Average time spent on app</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Average ratings.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They add that “Our customers are positively impacting CAC, LTV, ROAS, and ROI.” That certainly seems to be the case, evidenced by the impressive collection of customer stories.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>These stories emphasize:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Decreased customer acquisition cost (CAC)</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using competitor insights to drive retention</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Understanding better what mobile users want</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increased visibility into in-app purchases and ad revenue</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimize keywords and download channels to acquire new users</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seeing which regions, audiences, and channels have the most profit potential</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get mobile market estimates to validate strategy</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use mobile metrics for lead scoring</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>data.ai has been recently acquired by Sensor Tower.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-defunct-mobile-seo-tools\">Defunct Mobile SEO Tools</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, some of the top-ranking articles on mobile SEO tools list tools that no longer exist. And that can be confusing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are tools to avoid:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/marketing-strategies/app-and-mobile/mobile-tools-to-optimize-site-and-app/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Google Test My Site</a>: It’s defunct.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://search.google.com/test/mobile-friendly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test</a> which now redirects to Lighthouse.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https://tools.zeo.org/mfi-checker/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">ZEO’s Mobile-First Index Checker</a>: No matter what URL we entered, the tool produced an error message.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"253\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-1024x253.png\" alt=\"zeo mobile-first index checker defunct mobile seo tools\" class=\"wp-image-320126\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-1024x253.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-300x74.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-768x190.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-600x148.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-190x47.png 190w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker-364x90.png 364w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/zeo-mobile-first-index-checker.png 1154w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The top-ranking article for mobile SEO tools recommends Merkle’s Mobile-First Index Tool. I tried this out and found it to be unhelpful.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>For one, it placed a red x next to the mobile-friendliness of a site that actually is mobile-friendly.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"371\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-1024x371.png\" alt=\"merkle mobile-first index tool\" class=\"wp-image-320127\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-1024x371.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-300x109.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-768x278.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-600x217.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-166x60.png 166w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool-248x90.png 248w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/merkle-mobile-first-index-tool.png 1154w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This result occurs because Merkle is sending data to Google’s now-defunct Mobile-Friendly Test. They also link to it for “Test Results.”</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some aspects of this tool work. For instance, it pulls in data from PageSpeed Insights. Consider this tool defunct since no one appears to be maintaining it.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aioseo-qa-on-mobile-seo-tools-a\">Q&amp;A on Mobile SEO Tools a</h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-which-mobile-seo-tools-are-the-best\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">Which mobile SEO tools are the best?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>The best mobile SEO tools are those that solve your specific problems. So before choosing a tool, get clarity on what you’re trying to solve.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that “best” is subjective and relative. That said, WordPress site owners should use an SEO plugin and Drupal site owners should take advantage of SEO modules.</p>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-how-can-i-make-my-wordpress-website-more-mobile-friendly\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">How can I make my WordPress website more mobile-friendly?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>To make your WordPress website more mobile-friendly, you can follow these best practices:</p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Choose a responsive theme</strong>: Use a responsive WordPress theme that automatically adjusts its layout and design to fit various screen sizes. You can get responsive themes that load fast from <a href=\"https://seedprod.com/\">SeedProd</a>, <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/blocksy/\">Blocksy</a>, and <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/generatepress/\">GeneratePress</a>.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Optimize images</strong>: Compress and resize images to reduce page load times on mobile devices. You can use plugins like <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/recommends/wp-rocket/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">WP Rocket</a> to automate image optimization.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Simplify navigation</strong>: Make sure your navigation is easy to use on smartphones.</li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use mobile-friendly plugins: Choose well-coded plugins that don’t slow your site down, like the All in One SEO plugin.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Optimize font sizes</strong>: Use larger font sizes for better readability on smaller screens.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Enable caching</strong>: Implement caching on your WordPress site to reduce server load and improve page load times. Plugins like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache can help with this. Your web host might offer additional caching options.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Headless WordPress</strong>: If you have a headless site consider using Netlify Edge for hosting. You’ll get click-button pre-rendering, CSS and JavaScript bundling and minification, and superior site speeds.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Test on multiple devices</strong>: Test your WordPress site on various mobile devices to make sure it’s easy to navigate, read, and use</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Optimize for touch</strong>: Ensure that your site&#8217;s buttons, links, and other interactive elements are easily tappable on mobile devices. Provide sufficient spacing between clickable elements to prevent accidental clicks.</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By implementing these best practices, you can significantly improve your WordPress website&#8217;s mobile-friendliness and provide a better user experience for your mobile visitors. This can lead to higher engagement, lower bounce rates, and improved search rankings on mobile devices.</p>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<div data-schema-only=\"false\" class=\"wp-block-aioseo-faq\" id=\"aioseo-how-can-i-adapt-my-content-to-perform-better-on-mobile\"><h3 class=\"aioseo-faq-block-question\">How can I adapt my content to perform better on mobile?</h3><div class=\"aioseo-faq-block-answer\">\n<p>To adapt your content for better performance on mobile devices, consider the following strategies:</p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Write concise and <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/scannability/\">scannable content</a></strong>:</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Use short paragraphs, bullet points, images, and subheadings to break up text and make it easier to read on smaller screens.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Use clear and descriptive headings to help users quickly find the information they need. &#8211; Follow <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/george-orwells-6-rules-for-writing/\">Orwell’s 6 rules for writing</a>. </p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items.png\" alt=\"aioseo readability recommendations\" class=\"wp-image-271109\" style=\"width:363px\" width=\"363\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items.png 936w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items-300x247.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items-768x633.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items-600x494.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items-73x60.png 73w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/aioseo-readability-good-items-109x90.png 109w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /></figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>AIOSEO’s Readability checks ensure your content is scannable.</em></p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Prioritize important information</strong>:</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Place CTAs at the top of your pages, as mobile users tend to have shorter attention spans.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Use the <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/how-to-use-the-inverted-pyramid-to-improve-web-content/\">inverted pyramid style</a>, putting the key points and conclusions first, followed by supporting details.</p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"323\" src=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-1024x323.png\" alt=\"inverted pyramid example\" class=\"wp-image-231265\" srcset=\"https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-1024x323.png 1024w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-300x95.png 300w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-768x242.png 768w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-1536x484.png 1536w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-2048x645.png 2048w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-600x189.png 600w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-190x60.png 190w, https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/inverted-pyramid-example-286x90.png 286w\" sizes=\"100vw\" /><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>An example of placing important information at the top of</em> an article.</figcaption></figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Optimize images and videos</strong>:</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Compress images to reduce file sizes without sacrificing quality, ensuring faster load times on mobile networks.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Use appropriate image dimensions to avoid unnecessary scaling on mobile devices.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Implement lazy loading for images and videos to improve page load speeds.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Provide appropriate alt text for images to support accessibility and SEO.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more in our guide to <a href=\"https://aioseo.com/wordpress-image-seo/\" title=\"\">Image SEO</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Use mobile-friendly formatting</strong>:</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Avoid using wide tables, large images, or other elements that require horizontal scrolling on mobile screens.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Use responsive design techniques to ensure that your content adapts to different screen sizes and orientations.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Ensure that your font sizes are legible on smaller screens without requiring users to zoom in.</p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>Minimize clutter</strong>:</li>\n</ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Remove unnecessary elements, such as sidebars or widgets, that may clutter the mobile layout and distract from the main content. 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How do we handle all of the extra metadata of images and dates and taxonomies, and anything else that might be associated with a blob of content in one platform?<br><br>How do we translate that into the way WordPress likes to handle those things? And particularly taking that to another level, even just bringing it into the Block Editor? It was great to hear how many people are just migrating straight to the Block Editor like they want the content in blocks, which is wonderful to hear.<br><br>[00:07:05] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yay!<br><br>[00:07:05] <strong>Jordan:</strong> But there are challenges. I know it&#8217;s great. But there are some, there are challenges with that and getting it to kind of format the way they expect, when it comes in particularly because there&#8217;s some kind of functional challenges with that in validating the way the content comes in because it all happens client side in the browser. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to do that in big batches. So, there was some really great feedback around all of those kinds of places. It was really interesting to see how much of it centers around that getting the content and then getting the content, and yeah, for the agencies I spoke to, they do a lot of trial and error of, you know, custom scripts, and let&#8217;s try it. Oh, that did this. Let&#8217;s try again with a few tweaks. So I&#8217;m excited to see how we can kind of make that easier for them and, you know, maybe get it happening first time.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:07:49] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah, absolutely. It has been a long time since I migrated any sites personally, but I remember the first time that I tried to migrate a site. So, I was on Xanga before Xanga was on WordPress, and I remember that when I was like, I can&#8217;t figure out this WordPress thing, but I think I need some stuff in it so that, like, I know what it&#8217;s going to look like.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:08:11] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I know what to move around cause I didn&#8217;t know the names for anything in, in CSS or HTML. Like I didn&#8217;t know what to look for in the code, but if I had a piece of content in it, I could be like, find the content in the code and then move that. And so I was like, I&#8217;m going to export everything because there was an export option in Xanga. And move it into WordPress, and WordPress was like if you can manage to get it out of Xanga, super easy to get it in. But it was actually really difficult to figure out how to get it out. And fortunately, I&#8217;d only been writing on it for like four years, three, four years at that point. So there wasn&#8217;t like, a huge amount of content, but also, I was a pretty prolific writer. I was a bad writer, but the only way to get better at things you&#8217;re bad at is to do it a lot. So, I did a lot of bad writing for three or four years. And I think that in the end, I did, like, just pay some service to scrape everything that was public on it, and then go through and get the private things and pull it out later.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:09:08] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I think later on down the road, I did an actual like full migration when it was easier to get it done and got all the content out, including like drafts and private posts and things. So that&#8217;s good. But yeah, it was really difficult then. And then, like, we have the blocks now that are supposed to help get a little bit more consistency in the way that you can move content in and out of a WordPress site.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And is that something that we are then focusing on with the Data Liberation project? Is that something that&#8217;s being done in concert with our Gutenberg plugin, or like how are we accounting for that?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:09:46] <strong>Jordan:</strong> That is a great question. The way things are looking at the moment, having come out of this feedback and the way we&#8217;re looking at going forward that, that work on getting content coming into blocks is going to be a really, really major part of Data Liberation. And it kind of sits in the middle of things to my mind.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:10:01] <strong>Jordan:</strong> The improvements that we can make with handling the way content is transformed into blocks gives us the potential of wins in a lot of places. So, as long as we can get to the content, this work on HTML to blocks for a better, lack of a better way of putting it, gives us wins with importing from another platform because we can take the content in whatever form it is, turn it into blocks in the post editor.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It gives us wins with migrating from classic editor because, similarly, we can take the HTML of the classic editor generates and turn it into blocks. That already kind of happens, but there&#8217;s definitely some work that we can do to keep improving that. It gives us potential wins around the spaces of moving from between proprietary builders and block libraries and things. Because if we start to have a better-standardized set of ways to handle HTML into blocks. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, you can essentially move from whatever form your content is in into, you know, core native blocks in the editor. So, I think work there is going to be really important because it gives us a foundation to aim for from whatever the migration is happening from.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:11:09] <strong>Jordan:</strong> So, there&#8217;ll be some work there. There&#8217;s already work happening on the HTML API. Like, ongoingly and regularly and so we&#8217;ll be talking to those folks. There&#8217;s obviously going to be a lot of overlap with the work within Gutenberg as well, which is doing you know, parsing of content into blocks. So, it&#8217;s going to take a lot of collaboration and a lot of work from everyone, but I&#8217;m really excited because if we can get that foundational platform of transforming HTML into blocks really, really smooth, then what we can do is we can, you know, activate contributors in the community say, we&#8217;ve got this part figured out. If you can get it to here, it&#8217;s going to come in beautifully. So what we want your help with is to say, how do I get out of this platform to a format that we can do the rest? So, hopefully, we&#8217;re getting a common flow for a big part of that important migration process. And then we can throw it open to others to say, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got expertise with this platform. That&#8217;s excellent. Can you get us to here? And we&#8217;ll take it from there.&#8221; And maybe we&#8217;ll get some wins by doing that work in parallel, and we&#8217;ll really start to see some movement.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:12:13] <strong>Josepha:</strong> And speaking of the, we&#8217;ll take it from there. I know that also, in addition to the work that you are doing with Data Liberation and that is happening on the Gutenberg side and WordPress core in general, we also have a little bit of work happening on the after you get it to here point.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the folks over at Playground have been doing a bit of research about how to use the guides and tools that are in the Data Liberation repo. To run all of that through Playground so that you can not only like import it, but you can put it into Playground and check it before you launch it in someplace else, which I think is a great user-facing, like, super important thing for an everyday user to be able to have at their fingertips that way.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then also the tour plugin that was built, I think specifically for the Polyglots team, is where we are looking at using, and I can&#8217;t remember which little project we&#8217;re doing some research on to make this possible, but we&#8217;re looking at taking that tour plugin and making it so that anyone can build a tour on anyone&#8217;s version of something in a browser so that you can just say, okay, so I did these things. I got it to here as you requested. I&#8217;m moving it to here. But now that I have got it into WordPress, what are the literal buttons I have to press in order to make sure it&#8217;s live? What do I literally have to press in order to make sure that I&#8217;m in the right time zone? Like, things like that. And we tested it on Wix, and it was able to work.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:13:40] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Not that we&#8217;re trying to get anyone to Wix. But on the subject of, like, getting things out of WordPress and into someone else, that sounds counterintuitive for folks, like, you&#8217;re here listening to a WordPress podcast, and we&#8217;re talking about how and why we want to make it easier for people to get their content to us, of course, but then also, if needed, get it out of a version of WordPress and either into a different version of WordPress with a new host or, whatever.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or if this is not your long-term destination, which we think it will be once you figure us out, but like, if it&#8217;s not, like, how to get out of it, too. So, from your perspective, how does that fit with the basic philosophies of open source or of WordPress in general?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:14:24] <strong>Jordan:</strong> Yeah, thank you. If I may, there&#8217;s a couple of things I wanted to touch on from what you&#8217;ve said. First of all the other work that is going on in the project at the moment that you mentioned, the tour guide and the Playground, I think both of those are going to be super important to the approach we take to Data Liberation.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to elaborate just a little bit on the Playground because I&#8217;m particularly excited about the potential that gives for two particular scenarios two particular use cases for migration. One is, where I&#8217;ve already set up a WordPress site, I&#8217;ve got the theme that I&#8217;d like, and I&#8217;ve got some, you know, some plugins, maybe I&#8217;ve got a little bit there, but I want to import content, but I want to check how it is the potential for the Playground to make essentially a staging copy of my site and migrate the content into that staging copy so I can see how it lands in my chosen theme and check everything out and then go, yep, that looks great. And apply it. That&#8217;s great for it&#8217;s safe. You can check how it looks before it&#8217;s, you know, committed. So that&#8217;s brilliant. I&#8217;m excited about that. I&#8217;m also excited about the potential it has for people who don&#8217;t know WordPress, or don&#8217;t have a WordPress site, or they don&#8217;t have a host, they don&#8217;t have anything.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:15:30] <strong>Jordan:</strong> But if they can say, I want to see how this would go in WordPress. Playground, through some platform, somewhere, will allow them to just have an immediate in-browser preview of what their site would look like on WordPress. And if they like it, we then move them. We help them find a host. We help them export that in a way that they can use, but it helps the people who already have sites.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I think, more importantly, it helps those who don&#8217;t have a site yet. And they don&#8217;t have to set up an empty WordPress install in order to start migrating. They can just get into it.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:16:01] <strong>Josepha:</strong> And also, you don&#8217;t have to, like know who your host needs to be before you can take a look at the back end of a WordPress site and see if it makes sense to you. Like I think that that is a huge, huge win on behalf of users, current users, and future users of WordPress.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the try before you buy. Come kick our tires without having to find a server. If you all don&#8217;t know what we&#8217;re talking about, if you have not heard of Playground yet, you can go to playground.WordPress.net and give it a try. It&#8217;s a one-click, serverless local version of WordPress that you can test out themes on and plugins, and just like put all your data into all your content into, and pretty soon also be able to export or just load directly onto the host of your choice. It&#8217;s really, really cool.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:16:44] <strong>Jordan:</strong> It&#8217;s, it&#8217;s pretty much magic, I think.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:16:47] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yes, I remember the first hackathon where we took it because we took it basically on a hackathon roadshow for six months. I remember the first one we took it to. Routinely, we could get developers, not me, routinely, Adam Zieliński could get a developer to do the thing, and they&#8217;d be like, I can do it if you&#8217;re next to me telling me what to do, but it&#8217;s literal magic. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happening. And he was like, okay, I&#8217;ll come explain it to you. And like, he was using English, but also I was like, that is still magic. I&#8217;m so glad someone understands it. It&#8217;s brilliant.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:17:18] <strong>Jordan:</strong> Yeah, so the Playground I&#8217;m super excited by. I think it&#8217;s going to be really important. The tour stuff the tour functionality is going to be really important as well. Because on some level, We&#8217;re going to have to wrap all of this work on improving HTML to blocks, the process of taking an export file and importing it into WordPress, the process of telling people how to get the content, all that&#8217;s going to have to be ideally wrapped up in a nice user-friendly way so that users aren&#8217;t having to, you know, read plain text articles and then going and installing a plugin and all of those kinds of things.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the potential for the tours is we may have some kind of wrapper plugin or something which will detect the platform of your existing site if you put the URL in, and it will start walking you through the steps. So, part of that might be action you need to take on your existing platform, and we have some of that information already in the guides on the Data Liberation site at WordPress.org/data-liberation. That information is already there, but I&#8217;m hoping that we can start pulling those guides into the WP Admin so you just get walked through it while you&#8217;re there. And we can start using the tour functionality to really specifically pinpoint: you need to go here, now you can do this, go and click this, and just walk users through that migration process a little bit more neatly.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:18:37] <strong>Jordan:</strong> I&#8217;m really excited that we&#8217;re going to be able to utilize a lot of these existing projects that are exciting and happening at the moment. And I think, ideally, they&#8217;re all going to make it much easier for users to not have to jump through so many hoops. And the hoops that they do have to jump through, we can hold their hand while they do it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:18:54] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah, absolutely. Create safe scaffolding for fun, I used to say.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:18:59] <strong>Jordan:</strong> So those are the two projects existing that are happening at the moment that I&#8217;m excited about rolling into and working with for the Data Liberation work.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:19:07] <strong>Jordan:</strong> You also asked about the getting content back out, which is something that I&#8217;m particularly passionate about, I suppose. Which may be ironic when a lot of the aim of this project is to get people into WordPress. But I&#8217;m a really firm believer that if our mission is to democratize publishing, then that doesn&#8217;t mean just get everyone onto WordPress and go, yes, now you&#8217;re trapped. It&#8217;s like the Hotel California, you can never leave. If we&#8217;re going to be, you know, fully all in on democratizing publishing, then that means giving folks the freedom to take their content to do with it, whatever they want. It&#8217;s fair to say at the moment that that is possible.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you can export your content from WordPress. We don&#8217;t hang onto it. We don&#8217;t lock it down. You can take it. At the moment, the format that you get that content in has some limitations. It&#8217;s fair to say it doesn&#8217;t handle bringing the media of your site particularly well unless you&#8217;re turning it into another WordPress site somewhere else.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the export functionality is very, very focused at the moment on migration to another host, or to a local site, or to another WordPress installation, basically. But if you want to use that content for something else, maybe another platform. Maybe you just want to have a copy of your blog posts that you can.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:20:17] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Print it into a book.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:20:18] <strong>Jordan:</strong> Yeah, to put into a book. Maybe you want to put it on a thumb drive and put it in a lockbox somewhere. Maybe you want some kind of hundred-year archive of your intellectual property that you&#8217;ve written and created. And so I think we&#8217;ve got some room to make improvements there. Not only to the way we provide content for other platforms to pick up and bring in but also just in the ways that we provide content to users who just really want to have a physical, digital copy of what they&#8217;ve created.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some challenges at the moment when you get an export, if you&#8217;ve got shortcodes in your content, if you&#8217;ve got content that&#8217;s generated by plugins, all kinds of dynamic content that is great when it&#8217;s a website, and WordPress is wonderful. And there&#8217;s all of these options, but if you take an export, you have references to those functions, and you have references to those shortcodes, which aren&#8217;t actually fully realized. So I think there&#8217;s some room for us to investigate what does a better export for other platforms look like and what does a better export for &#8220;I want to print it out or turn it into a book or just have a static version of that&#8221; content look like. And so I&#8217;m particularly excited about that, even though it&#8217;s kind of, bring it in, and we want to let them get it out. But that&#8217;s part of the whole liberation of data, I suppose, is, you know, the freedom to do with it what you want.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:21:40] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yes, absolutely. And everything that increases freedom on the open web, I think we are in favor of. So, I don&#8217;t know if you follow many, like WordPress futurists, our people who are out there saying, if only WordPress had these additional 2,500 hours worth of work, then we could do this with it. Like, I don&#8217;t know if you follow a lot of them.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:22:02] <strong>Josepha:</strong> But, a lot of them look at that thing that Matt said, like, I want to say, five years ago about WordPress becoming the operating system of the web and putting some thought into what would be required to make that possible. And when we look at composable CMSs, like the option to have something that is a framework and a core of what you are doing in your digital experience of the web. And making it possible to add anything to it required.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think that also the work that we&#8217;re doing with Data Liberation to provide a little bit more consistency and just standardization of the way that content comes in and out, I think, can only help with that potential future implementation of WordPress as the operating system for the web so that you have this basic place where you hold and manage all your content and also not only does WordPress cooperate nicely with all these other tools and applications that you can put on top of it but also all of the content has standard conversational touch points and so everything moves quickly in and out including the dynamic content that is maybe being created inside your WordPress core itself. I think that is also a really important not primary focus, but certainly future-like, if only we could get to that state kind of focus.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:23:31] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I&#8217;m really interested. I think that the Data Liberation project is big, and I know that we expected primarily only new contributors to work on it, but honestly, we know that&#8217;s not the case. It&#8217;s you&#8217;re working on old WordPress in here and so not necessarily new contributors. But I think that you&#8217;re right that the place for new contributors to help us is saying like we can get the content to here, we can get the data to here, and then we need help getting it into WordPress or help getting it into something else.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, as like a last question here, or if you have things to add to that, and then I can do last question.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:24:04] <strong>Jordan:</strong> Okay, so to loop back to your conversation about futurists and moving content and stuff, I am really excited about this idea that the open web at the moment, I think, is really, really exciting. I just started mucking around with federating my content in the fediverse. Again, recently, I tried it a little while ago and really struggled, but I&#8217;ve just started again, and it&#8217;s sitting really comfortably with me, and it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s feeling like it&#8217;s a great time for posting and owning your content, and then syndicating it elsewhere. I have seen a couple of really interesting conversations about what you were saying about, like I&#8217;ve seen the conversations in the past about, you know, operating system of the web, but also some talk and ideas recently about what would it look like if we stored all of our data in a WordPress instance?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>What if all of my photos aren&#8217;t on Instagram? They are on my WordPress site. What if I pull in my Fitbit or my Strava information and just store it in WordPress so that I can do with it what I want once it&#8217;s there? What if I, I don&#8217;t know, what if I pull in kind of all of my different sources of data and I, and I house them in WordPress and then I can do with them what they want, would do with them what I want.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:25:08] <strong>Jordan:</strong> And that is when the Data Liberation stuff becomes especially important because if it&#8217;s your everything, you want to take your everything somewhere else. But I&#8217;m really excited for kind of all of that kind of space at the moment and giving people the freedom to own that data and when they create stuff.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In actual fact, this is one of the things that you said in your talk at WordCamp Asia, which has really stuck with me was, and I can&#8217;t remember the exact phrase, but you said if you&#8217;re going to do all of this work of creating something, you may as well do it somewhere where you own it and can keep it. And that, for me, is just such a strong driver for getting people onto WordPress. Particularly from, at the moment, social media platforms. I&#8217;ve got two young daughters who are just getting to the age where they&#8217;re creating videos at home, which aren&#8217;t being published anywhere, but they&#8217;re starting to. They&#8217;ve got friends who are doing YouTube channels, and they&#8217;ve got friends on Instagram.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I&#8217;m looking at all of that going, I get the urge to create, and I get the urge to publish, but I want them to have an alternative to do all of that so that in five years&#8217; time, ten years time, whatever it is, when they go, wow, I did all of this stuff. I don&#8217;t want that owned by someone else. I&#8217;ve created all this, and I&#8217;m excited by the possibility of having that become a simpler, more user-friendly, accessible option to folks, where it becomes just as easy to have a WordPress site, which is your Instagram feed or a WordPress site, which is your YouTube channel or something like that, where you own it, and you just create it, and it exists. And Data Liberation means you want to take a copy of all that stuff, go for it, download an archive, you know, print out the photos, do whatever you want, but they&#8217;re yours. You have them. And so, it&#8217;s really feeling like all of that is coalescing together a little bit at the moment. I think it&#8217;s a really exciting time.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:26:52] <strong>Josepha:</strong> And also, like, since we&#8217;re just meandering around in philosophical spaces, two philosophical thoughts. One, I really, really feel like it&#8217;s important and valuable for people to document their lives. I have a pretty private social media presence; mostly, if you&#8217;re following me on social media, it&#8217;s because, like, you have literally been in my living room or you&#8217;re looking for WordPress news. Like that&#8217;s it. But I am constantly am documenting my life just for myself, like the folks who are listening, which is everybody, because we don&#8217;t do video, will not know that I have back behind me a shelf that is nothing but journals from my leadership journey, like from the moment that I realized that like leadership was something that was a skill and could change people&#8217;s lives like I&#8217;ve done nothing but document like I ran into this problem. This is the research that I did to figure out what was happening and not, and just like it&#8217;s really mundane things in my work now. But the work and the process of documenting, like, what&#8217;s happening for you and with you in your life and how you&#8217;re interacting with it, like, it&#8217;s just important for your mental health and for your understanding of the passage of time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:28:05] <strong>Josepha:</strong> But then also you were talking about, like, having a hundred-year archive of your thoughts and things, like, there will be a point at which digital information being ephemeral because it&#8217;s just electricity wandering around between screens, like, it&#8217;s prone to getting lost in the same way that physical things are prone to getting lost, but the loss is less acute in the moment.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so you can accidentally lose it. And I think that that&#8217;s a real long-term not problem for society necessarily, but I think it is something from a societal standpoint where we&#8217;re gonna, at some point in the near future, realize that some of us have huge missing gaps where we, like just got rid of everything that we ever documented because we had a moment on social media or because it seemed like the only way to reclaim our content or our data or our privacy or whatever it was. And so I have a yeah. I love it. I love everything that we&#8217;re talking about, about the speculative future and WordPress. And so yes, now, well, now everybody knows all my thoughts on speculative WordPress.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:29:06] <strong>Jordan:</strong> There&#8217;s an interesting philosophical conversation which we&#8217;re like coming towards of what&#8217;s the equivalent in a hundred years, in 200 years of now, of the Library of Congress for philosophical and powerful writing. 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And fortunately for me, I am sponsored by Automattic, so that allows me to contribute full-time to the project, which is fantastic.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But my history of WordPress goes back a fair way longer than that, and I used to work in agency land, and so I used WordPress for making things for a living before I worked in WordPress if you see what I mean.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:01:35] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I, no, I definitely understand. I also was agency before WordPress.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:01:40] <strong>Dave:</strong> I think it&#8217;s a common origin story, if you see what I mean. And yes, you&#8217;re absolutely right. I&#8217;ve been fortunate enough in this release, WordPress 6.5, to be the Co-editor Tech Lead. Obviously alongside my colleague which is Riad Benguella. Some of you may know him. He is the lead architect of Gutenberg. So yeah, it&#8217;s been fantastic to work alongside him.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:02:00] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah, excellent. One of these days, I&#8217;m going to get Riad on here. I think I&#8217;ve never had him on.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:02:05] <strong>Dave:</strong> Oh, you should definitely.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:02:06] <strong>Josepha:</strong> He&#8217;s so kind and reasonable. And I was just gonna tell a personal anecdote about Riad, and I don&#8217;t know that it makes any sense, but I&#8217;m gonna do it anyway. I&#8217;m gonna do it anyway. I saw him at an event like right after he came back from his most recent sabbatical, and he was like, it was great being away, but also like, I had forgotten what kind of energy events like this really bring in.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And he has always struck me as an introvert, but I think maybe he&#8217;s like an outgoing introvert or something. Cause normally, like, introvert introverts are not like, this gives me so much energy. They&#8217;re like, I know that this is important work, and I&#8217;m here. And so that&#8217;s my personal anecdote about Riad, I am, gonna get him on here someday, but be that as it may, we&#8217;re delighted to have you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, 6.5 is coming out are you excited, number one?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:02:54] <strong>Dave:</strong> I am very excited. Yeah, it&#8217;s been a long road into this release. As you may know, well, as you do know, it&#8217;s, it was delayed by one week. That was actually, I think was, was a good decision. We&#8217;ve had a lot of work needing to go into the Font Library feature. I&#8217;ve seen a few posts saying there were bugs.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:03:09] <strong>Dave:</strong> I think mainly it was a decision about where to upload fonts to, which seems quite amazing when you think about it. I was talking to my wife about it the other day, and she said, really, you&#8217;re delaying a release because of where to upload things. But, yeah, this is software that runs a considerable part of the web.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So when we make these decisions about where things uploaded, we&#8217;ve got to be really confident that they are the right decisions. And so, yeah, that decision to delay the release has been good. And we&#8217;ve had an opportunity to make sure the release is fully robust and ready to go out. So yeah, I&#8217;m super excited to see it land.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:03:40] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah. I have some follow up questions about just like, how doing all of that work in public feels. But probably, we should get through the bulk of the sorts of things that people tune into this episode for, so like, let&#8217;s talk about some of the big features that are going into 6.5 so that folks have a sense for that.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then we&#8217;ll take a look at just like things that you&#8217;re excited to get in, things that I&#8217;m excited to get in. And maybe like if there&#8217;s a hidden surprise for users, things that will be really beneficial to users, but they don&#8217;t quite see it yet. We can maybe cover that too, but like, what are the big things going into this release from your perspective?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:04:17] <strong>Dave:</strong> Sure. There&#8217;s some highlights, I think that the key highlights, and we should probably cover them. So the first one we&#8217;ve already touched on it is the Fonts Library. And this has been brewing for a while now, and it&#8217;s finally come to fruition. And it basically allows you to manage, install, and upload custom fonts for use on your website. And it&#8217;s really, really powerful. It&#8217;s, I think it&#8217;s going to really change the way people create themes and create their websites. It is unlocking a lot of power for users.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:04:46] <strong>Josepha:</strong> And for folks who&#8217;ve been listening to this podcast for a long time, you have heard me say for, I think, like a year, basically every release podcast where we&#8217;re looking at what&#8217;s coming up. I&#8217;m like, and this time it&#8217;s fonts. I&#8217;m so excited. And so I&#8217;m saying it again this time, &#8217;cause it&#8217;s really happening this time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:05:03] <strong>Dave:</strong> It&#8217;s finally here. Yeah, it&#8217;s a great feature. There&#8217;s a lot of work gone into it. It&#8217;s really, really good.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:05:07] <strong>Josepha:</strong> So much work. We&#8217;ve been working on it for like two or three years. And it&#8217;s at the point where like getting it out in front of people is the only way to figure out where the remaining problems will be. And it is the most scary part of any software release, I assume, the things where you&#8217;re like, this is time for people to tell us how it&#8217;s broken. Please look at it and break it for a while.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:05:29] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, absolutely. We&#8217;ve been working on resolving any bugs that we could find, but there&#8217;s always going to be things we haven&#8217;t noticed. So yeah, we can&#8217;t wait for users to get their hands on it. Exactly. Other than fonts, we&#8217;ve also got revisions that are now in place in the Site Editor. And this is more than just undo, redo that people may be already familiar with in the editor.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It actually gives you the ability to fully revert your site back to any state that you previously had it. So you could make some changes in the editor. You could completely close down your computer, go away for a week, come back. And you&#8217;ve still got the opportunity to say, &#8220;Ah, do you know what? I don&#8217;t like the way that looks. I&#8217;m just gonna; I&#8217;m gonna roll that back.&#8221; And there&#8217;s a nice UI that shows you what it will affect. And you can even roll back styles, you know, like style changes. So it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s super, super powerful. And it&#8217;s just something we&#8217;ve been waiting for for such a long time. Just, it&#8217;s fantastic to see it land.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:06:17] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I&#8217;m really excited about this one personally because I have been to so many meetup events with like new users being taught how to do things with WordPress. And invariably, in the last two or three years, the people who are presenting to new users are saying consistently like, &#8220;You can do any experimental thing that you feel like you need to do with your sites because there&#8217;s an undo button. WordPress wouldn&#8217;t let you do things that fully break your site.&#8221;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like there is a lot of trust in our kind of like time machine, roll-it-back kind of implementations. And so I&#8217;m really excited about this one. I think that for all of our new and mid-level users. Who like, have a little bit of fear, but mostly joy around it. Like, this will only increase that and so I&#8217;m super excited for this one to go in there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:07:09] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, it&#8217;s really nice. Other than that, the two things I wanted to touch on as well, which is we&#8217;ve got these new views now for key objects in WordPress. So things like pages, patterns, templates, and template parts in the Site Editor. You can now view these in a sort of a table layout or in a grid layout. So it gives you a much easier way to sort them, find them, filter them. And I think it points us forward to the possibilities we&#8217;ve got in the future for the editor sort of taking some parts of WP Admin and making them more accessible without having to leave the Site Editor. And it&#8217;s extremely powerful; you can search in real-time, find things very, very quickly, do all the things you&#8217;re used to from the post listing screen, but all within the Site Editor. And it&#8217;s for these key objects that you use quite a lot of the time. So I think it&#8217;s going to be really, a really great thing for users to get hold of.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:07:55] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Is this related to the Data Views work that we&#8217;ve been doing in the first part of the year here?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:08:00] <strong>Dave:</strong> Exactly that exactly. The Data Views work has been a major feed into this, and this is where we see the fruits of all that work coming to the fore for the first time. And I expect to see more of that in future releases as well.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:08:12] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah. For folks who are really, really watching, like, our administrative side of things, you probably are aware that we, I don&#8217;t know, I wouldn&#8217;t say that we paused the phase three roadmap for this, but I do think that we made a clear choice to get this Data Views work done first so that we could, in parallel with phase three, do a bit of work on the WP Admin redesign, the dashboard redesign, which we all know, like, we love this dashboard, but also this dashboard, it needs a sprucing up, it needs a little bit of, of polish and a little bit of 2024 style I was going to say design. I don&#8217;t know if the design folks would love if I just was like, it needs to be modernized that way, but also like it, it does, right?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:09:00] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, and I mean, you know, we all know that the Site Editor is being used more and more. If you&#8217;ve got a Block theme, you&#8217;re using the Site Editor increasingly, and you&#8217;re spending less and less time sort of going between screens in WP Admin. So it makes sense that, you know, these things are accessible within that one interface of the Site Editor. So, yeah, it&#8217;s only going to be a good thing for users going forward.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:09:20] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah, absolutely. I probably should have like a whole episode about Data Views and what it&#8217;s intending to do, what it&#8217;s actually doing, what it&#8217;s going to look like as it goes because that&#8217;s such a big project. And so many things rely on it. And so, note to self and all listeners, that&#8217;s the thing that you should keep an eye out for. We&#8217;re going to get it done. But you said you had a final thing also.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:09:40] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, I&#8217;ve got one more which is this is for our users of classic themes. We haven&#8217;t forgotten about you. Basically, we now have support for appearance tools. So in prior releases, the Block themes have got these really cool design tools like ability to set border colors, border radius, link colors, you name it. We&#8217;ve got all these tools, but they haven&#8217;t been always available to classic themes. And classic themes can use the Block Editor; they may not be using the Site Editor in the same way, but they can use the Block Editor. And we&#8217;ve not made those things available in the same way, but there&#8217;s been work going into this release to allow that to happen.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:10:11] <strong>Dave:</strong> So now you can opt into those if you so wish. And it is an opt-in basis. So none your themes will break out of the box if you&#8217;ve got classic theme or classic site. But it is a powerful tool to those people who are using classic themes, and that&#8217;s completely legitimate.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:10:26] <strong>Josepha:</strong> And so is the opt in like something that you can do for yourself or something that your developer needs to do?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:10:32] <strong>Dave:</strong> You would need to do it in your theme code. So you&#8217;d need to do that with PHP. So, your theme developer, if they choose to update their theme and provide support for these things. Then, they would obviously need to test their theme works with those new tools, make sure it&#8217;s ready, and then they would ship that update.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so maybe after 6.5 is released, you may see some themes incrementally adding support. My understanding at the moment is that the core themes, the Block themes, will not automatically add those straight away. I think they need more time to allow them to bed in and more time to get them ready for prime time if you see what I mean, but you know the fact that they&#8217;re there and ready means that the wider theme audience and theme developers can start taking advantage of them.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:11:15] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Nice, nice. I have been wondering lately, this is only marginally related, but I&#8217;m gonna wonder it out loud anyway. I&#8217;ve been wondering lately if like, our classic themes, our most favorite, our most loved classic themes do need a little bit of help moving into a Block theme future. And I think that this will help. I think, on the one hand this will help, and on the other hand, like, what would it take for us to just say, and you&#8217;re not the theme person I know, but like, what would it take for us to just say, &#8220;These are our top five most favorite, most used, classic themes that we&#8217;ve got in WordPress. Let&#8217;s rebuild it in blocks and just ship the block version of it and help the classic themes users that love the design, love the look, love the features get introduced to this new block territory so that they can see that not only do they have the look, the feel, the features, but also the flexibility that comes with that and a little bit more feeling of safety as they wander around modifying themes.&#8221;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:12:18] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I have no fear of any code changes and didn&#8217;t when I started working with WordPress, as opposed to working in WordPress, but I think that that&#8217;s not the way that that works right now. Like there&#8217;s a whole lot of like, I need to get it right-ish with folks who are using our software. And so I just wonder if that will help everybody feel a little more confident in what they&#8217;re doing, knowing they&#8217;re not going to break things because we&#8217;ve built it so you can&#8217;t.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:12:45] <strong>Dave:</strong> It could do, it could do. And I was just thinking as you were talking, like, do we have any themes that already do that? And, of course, we do have 2021. If you can think back that far into the mists of time, we had 2021 classic, which is that it&#8217;s called 2021, but we also 2021 blocks, which is doing very much what you&#8217;ve just described.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:13:03] <strong>Dave:</strong> So we haven&#8217;t pursued that for the new default themes or block themes, but, you know, it might be something to look at for onboarding if there are any of classic themes from the more distant past, you know, maybe some of those could do with a block theme equivalent just to let people on board to that experience and just feel comfortable. Yeah, interesting, interesting. You should definitely talk to the theme people about that.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:13:23] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I&#8217;m going to. They&#8217;re going to love it. They&#8217;re going to be like, Yay! Of course! Of course! I don&#8217;t know, actually. I don&#8217;t know if anyone ever loves the things that I suggest, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that they&#8217;re not going to get suggested. I have all these ideas, and they got to come out somewhere. Okay. So do you have something that you worked on that&#8217;s not in this big list of features or that you helped people to really shepherd into the release that you think is really cool? Like, maybe it&#8217;s not going to be super visible or something, but like that you&#8217;ve personally felt was like a cool feature, excited for it to get into the release.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:13:53] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, there are a couple of things, a couple of things at the top of mind. One of them is user-facing and one of them is more developer-facing features. So, I&#8217;ll start with the developer feature first. And this one is a change to an API. Now, that API is always a slightly intimidating word, I think, but it just means a set of tools, a standardized set of tools that developers can use to do something. And in this case, it&#8217;s the allowed blocks API.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:14:20] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Sounds so fun.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:14:21] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, I know it&#8217;s riveting, isn&#8217;t it? But trust me, it does come with some benefits. So the Navigation block is a good example. It&#8217;s a block that acts as a container and it&#8217;s got child blocks. Okay. But you can only insert certain blocks. You can insert links, you can insert social icons, you can insert search. But if you want to insert, I don&#8217;t know, an Icon block, for example. You can&#8217;t do that, but you can with WordPress 6.5 because of the change to the allow box API. And what it allows you to do is say, &#8220;I want to additionally allow the following blocks to be inserted as well.&#8221;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as a developer, you can hook into this filter and change those blocks. Now, okay, so far, so good. &#8220;What&#8217;s the big deal?&#8221; you might say, well, it&#8217;s open the door, is open the door to some very, very interesting explorations. Some of which I&#8217;ve no doubt that you and your listeners would have already encountered. And one is by a colleague of mine called Nick Diego. And I think it&#8217;s on the WordPress Developer blog right now. I think he&#8217;s done a fantastic inspiration into mega menus in the navigation block. I&#8217;m someone who&#8217;s worked on the Navigation block extensively in the past, and I&#8217;m very aware of how much users want mega menus to be a part of the Navigation block.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:15:30] <strong>Dave:</strong> I was never convinced it was going to be something we were going to do in core, because it requires so many different things. But Nick has actually managed with this allow blocks API and some other tweaks as well to build a mega menu as a plugin for WordPress using the standard Navigation block.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I think that&#8217;s just one example of the utility of this API. But for example, I mentioned that you could add icons to your Navigation block and you can&#8217;t really do that at the moment. It&#8217;s pretty powerful. It&#8217;s kind of hidden away. It&#8217;s in the release notes, but it&#8217;s not massively clear, but it does open some pretty big doors. And I think if you&#8217;re a developer or a theme author, indeed, you should you should definitely be looking into that and see what it enables for you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:16:06] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Yeah, we&#8217;ll put a link to Nick&#8217;s post in the show notes, and we&#8217;ll share it around the social spaces. So like, I hear you saying it&#8217;s buried, it&#8217;s hard to see, it won&#8217;t necessarily be exciting now, but will be exciting later, but like mega menus and sliders, those are the most contested things that people want to put on sites all the time. Like from my agency days, like when I was thinking in the mindset of a strategist, a data person, that&#8217;s what I was doing. Like, I never wanted sliders. I never wanted mega menus because it just implied that we didn&#8217;t have a decision about the sites we were making, like we had not decided the primary purpose, and also it was just hard to track, but it was always literally every single time people are like well if Amazon has it why can&#8217;t we have it? You&#8217;re like, yeah, I know, but they&#8217;re Amazon. They&#8217;re not the same like mega menus sliders. I know that from a project perspective that we&#8217;re like, that should be a theme thing. That should be in theme territory. But I think it makes sense to have in core because so many people want to be able to do it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:17:14] <strong>Josepha:</strong> And just because like someone like me feels like it&#8217;s not the right call for your business doesn&#8217;t mean that you shouldn&#8217;t be able to make that decision for yourself, you know, I think that&#8217;s a, I think that&#8217;s a great, a great feature to call out.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:17:28] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, absolutely. I completely agree. I can look for my agency days. I can exactly imagine that sort of thing. We have a lot of people, a problem that a lot of people are facing. So it&#8217;s really important that we provide the tools to allow people to do that now. And we can always look at if it&#8217;s valid to include it in core later, then we can look at that as well.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeah. So that&#8217;s, that&#8217;s the first one I had. The second one is a little bit more user-facing. I would say it&#8217;s hidden away. But I&#8217;m not 100 percent sure it is. I mean, Josepha, how often do you create links when you&#8217;re working with WordPress?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:17:58] <strong>Josepha:</strong> Like every time that I&#8217;m in WordPress.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:18:00] <strong>Dave:</strong> Yeah, exactly. Same here. I do it all the time, right? And a lot of people do. And for a long while, contributors to the editor have been sort of collecting and collating the feedback that&#8217;s come in from people about their frustrations with the built in link interface in the Block Editor. So if you&#8217;re creating a hyperlink to, you know, hyperlink to another page or, you know, you&#8217;re going to link to Nick&#8217;s mega menu article, you&#8217;re going to be doing that a lot, right?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s something that people do when they&#8217;re creating content in WordPress. And so we worked a lot to refine that with a contributor who, who you may know, Rich Tabor. Who&#8217;s also, I think, on the release squad as well. An influencer in the WordPress space as well. He spent a lot of time looking at the UX and myself and a number of other contributors have spent a lot of time in this release refining that. And I think it&#8217;s surprisingly difficult to get right, but I think we&#8217;ve, I think we&#8217;ve made some nice improvements to that will be nice quality of life for people who, to do this sort of content creation quite a lot.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So there&#8217;s things like now when you create the link for the first time, it remains open on the initial creation of the link. So that means you can quickly then easily adjust the link. I mean, it seems obvious, doesn&#8217;t it? Yeah, but it&#8217;s not happening. It just used to just automatically close, and the people are like, &#8220;Hey, I wanted to make more adjustments.&nbsp;&#8220;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:19:08] <strong>Josepha:</strong> I wasn&#8217;t done yet.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:19:10] <strong>Dave:</strong> Exactly. Yeah, exactly. We&#8217;ve, we&#8217;ve streamlined the UI. We&#8217;ve removed a lot of clutter, but we&#8217;ve also added some useful tools, like ability to copy a link and remove the link directly from the control itself. And lastly along with lots of other accessibility changes in this release. We have worked a lot on refining the implementation.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that is discoverable for, for users of assistive tech because we spent a lot of time talking to core accessibility team and other people, and they were finding it very hard to perceive that the UI was there because of the way that keyboard interactions work and you&#8217;ve got the block toolbar in the way and things like that.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We think we&#8217;ve nailed on a really good solution now that works for, not only uses assistive tech, but actually provides benefits for sighted users as well. It&#8217;s kind of difficult to talk about. I mean, I have got a video covering this on my YouTube channel, which kind of shows it in a bit more detail, but we&#8217;re happy it&#8217;s in a much better place.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:20:02] <strong>Dave:</strong> And yeah if people have got feedback about it, and when, when 6.5 comes out, we&#8217;re always happy to hear that. 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