Joost de Valk

Yoast

Anton Timmermans

Jip Moors

Omar Reiss

Taco Verdonschot

<p>The purpose of this SEO plugin is to purge attachment URLs out of Google’s index as fast as possible. This helps sites<br />
that might have suffered from having too many thin content pages in the search index by removing them in the fastest<br />
way possible.</p>
<h3>What does this plugin do?</h3>
<p>This plugin makes all your attachment URLs return an HTTP 410 status. It then creates an XML sitemap with a recent last<br />
modified date, containing all those URLs. The XML sitemap with recent post modified date makes Google spider <em>all</em> those<br />
URLs again. The 410 status code makes sure Google takes them out of its search results in the fastest way possible.</p>
<p>With a nice trick, we also show end users the actual attachment image, so the user experience is not as poor as when<br />
they see an error page.</p>
<h3>Yoast SEO required</h3>
<p>This plugin is an extension to <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/" rel="ugc">Yoast SEO</a>. It requires it to work.</p>
<h3>How long should you run this plugin?</h3>
<p>After 6 months the attachment URLs should be gone from the search results. If you then remove the plugin, and keep<br />
Yoast SEO’s redirect setting on “Yes”, you have the best long term behavior for attachment URLs: to redirect to the<br />
actual attachment.</p>
<h3>Does Google condone this?</h3>
<p>This method has been discussed with and OK’d by Google.</p>
<h3>From within WordPress</h3>
<ol>
<li>Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’</li>
<li>Search for ‘Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge’</li>
<li>Activate Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge from your Plugins page.</li>
<li>Go to “after activation” below.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Manually</h3>
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>yoast-seo-search-index-purge</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate the Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
<li>Go to “after activation” below.</li>
</ol>
<h3>After activation</h3>


Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge

Remove attachment URLs from Google's index as fast as possible to prevent thin content penalties.

Israpil

<p>Textmetrics is the easiest way to make high quality content that matches your target audience and at the same time is SEO proof. Resulting in higher search engine rankings, more traffic to your website and increased conversion.</p>
<p>We’ve put the knowledge and expertise of many SEO experts in our SEO suggestions engine and made it very easy to use. You don’t need to be an SEO expert yourself! Our content optimization algorithms are backed by scientific research and based on extensive natural language processing.</p>
<p>What you can do with the Textmetrics plugin:</p>
<h4>Realtime optimization suggestions</h4>
<p>The Textmetrics plugin integrates with the WordPress editor (and other popular page builders). While writing your content, you will see realtime suggestions on how to improve your content. The suggestions will show directly alongside the editor, so they are clearly visible and easy to follow.</p>
<h4>Analysis of your content</h4>
<p>Textmetrics will analyze your content and tell you how to optimize it for maximum results in search engine rankings.</p>
<h4>Keyword analysis & suggestions</h4>
<p>Textmetrics will help you find the best keywords for your content. Fill in your keyword to have it analyzed on volume and competition in realtime and also get suggestions on other keywords you could use.</p>
<h4>Content Quality module</h4>
<p>This module analyses your content and gives you tips to increase the readability of your text and improve the chances of conversion. Check our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0UzUfBRA-E" rel="nofollow ugc">video</a> to find out more about this module!</p>
<h4>Up-to-date SEO rules</h4>
<p>We make sure that the Textmetrics engine is always up-to-date with the latest SEO rules. So you will always have access to the latest SEO rules and insights to optimize your content</p>
<h4>Page Rank & SEO optimization tracking</h4>
<p>Textmetrics has a Page Rank and SEO optimization tracker. It will track the rank in Google of your content and SEO optimization score, so you can follow progress. It will notify you when rankings change.</p>
<h4>Social & SEO Meta Tags integration</h4>
<p>Textmetrics automatically adds social & SEO meta tags to your posts. You can enable or disable this option in the <strong>Textmetrics</strong> >> <strong>Social</strong> menu in the WordPress dashboard.</p>
<h4>Import functionality</h4>
<p>Textmetrics can import data from other popular SEO plugins. You can find this option in the <strong>Textmetrics</strong> >> <strong>Tools</strong> menu in the WordPress dashboard.</p>
<p>Textmetrics can be used alongside other popular SEO plugins.</p>


Textmetrics

Textmetrics is the easiest way to create SEO proof content to rank higher and get more traffic. Realtime optimization, keyword research and more.

Yoast SEO: Search Index Purge vs Textmetrics