Yoast SEO Premium Plugin Review

Most RankYa SEO fans and followers send email asking for YOAST SEO Premium WordPress plugin. RankYa blog had a link to GitHub where by just searching GitHub with

https://github.com/search?q=Yoast+Premium

You can download and use the Premium version, however, using the GitHub version of Yoast SEO Premium will not enable the premium features such as ‘Workouts, Insights, Redirects’.

The final word is out for this plugin. Yoast SEO Plugin can be classified as Spyware / Bloatware (both premium and free versions)

Here’s another fact about Yoast Plugin, I have never seen a WordPress plugin requiring updates as frequently as Yoast SEO. And the only reason that I use Yoast is because others like All in One SEO Plugin are not far behind in terms of silly features that makes NO SENSE about search engine optimization. Furthermore, RankYa has at least 100 lines of code tweaking Yoast coding for my valued clients website just to be able properly Yoast WordPress plugin.

Video Review for Yoast SEO Premium Version

Most WordPress site owners new to search engine optimization and Google ranking think that the word PREMIUM somehow will help their online marketing and search engine optimization efforts. But SEO and higher Google rankings won’t work just because you are using an SEO plugin (be it Yoast or All in One SEO Plugin or others). Because SEO is more than just placing keywords here and there. Truth most SEO’s won’t tell you is the fact, its the content you rank for in Google.

If you haven’t done do already, make sure to check out the latest how to tutorial for using Yoast SEO Plugin.

Yoast SEO Plugin Premium Version Reviewed by RankYa

Throughout the years, the free version of Yoast SEO by Team Yoast was not bad for SEO with simple but important options such as XML Sitemap, SEO Title and Meta Description. But today, the plugin has many useless features that has nothing to do with Google rankings or search engine optimization in general. Therefore, my review for Yoast SEO (both version Free & Premium) is that this WordPress plugin is Spyware / Bloatware.

For example: error filled auto 301 redirects, complicated and incorrect Schema markup feature often filled with validation errors, excessive upselling, excessive API calls and misleading information regarding what search engine optimization is about.

Is Yoast Premium Worth Buying?

NO

Plugins that Hook in to Yoast SEO Plugin to Avoid

Because Yoast SEO Plugin is popular, there are countless other plugins which hook in to Yoast to extend its functionality. However, avoid these

• surbma-yoast-seo-sitemap-to-robotstxt
• remove-yoast-seo-comments
• wordpress-extended-content-analysis-yoast
• yoast-seo-search-index-purge
• wp-subtitle
• glue-for-yoast-seo-amp

Above mentioned WordPress plugins that suppose to improve Yoast or tap in to Yoast plugin should be avoided because:

Bad practices, pointless, resource intensive, bad coding and also some have serious errors that is BAD for your WordPress site.

If you are considering purchasing yoast seo premium version, keep your money in your pocket and focus on useful content creation for your ideal audience. If you have technical skills, then check out page experience update and if you are a beginner to SEO, learn the basics of keyword research and On Page SEO.

At the end of the day, your only focus of attention should be to grow your business website with original content, and the only way you can do that is through quality content creation.