How to Use the SEO Writing Assistant in WordPress to Improve SEO
How to Use the SEO Writing Assistant in WordPress to Improve SEO
Content writers, content creators, Content is a word which is used too often these days. Be it articles or blogs, they have become the need of the hour and are needed at short notices frequently by companies or by individuals who are into the writing business. Not only quantity but quality too is a major concern for companies and hence it becomes your concern. Due to these growing concerns of people all around, To all those confused, let's see what it is
WHAT IS SEO WRITING ASSISTANT
SEO Writing Assistant is an extension that provides instant recommendations for content optimisation based on the best-performing articles in Google top 10.
It is a content optimisation tool created by SEMRush, one of the best SEO tools on the market.
It allows you to check your content in real-time for SEO suggestions and improve the overall SEO score of your content.
Content professionals, bloggers and marketing experts can check if their texts or the texts of external writers meet various content-quality requirements in just a few clicks.
EASE OF USE
The name might give chills, but it is a fairly easy to use and handy tool. Getting started with it takes only 3 minutes. If you have a WordPress account, you can quickly incorporate the assistant with it, or u can use with Google-docs using a simple add-on.
HOW IT WORKS/HOW TO SETUP
There are three easy steps to get started:
-Get an add-on for Google Docs.
-Navigate to the Google Docs add-on store and install add-on by clicking the “FREE” button.
-Turn on 'add-on' in Google Docs Every time you want to use an add-on, turn it on in the Google Docs menu.
-Check your content in real-time As you type, your content is automatically checked for SEO-friendliness based on your target keywords. (or, you may also)
-Find the SEO Writing Assistant on the Web Store.
-You will be taken to a new Google document after pushing the "FREE" button. (Yes, that grabs a lot of attention)
-After giving your permission to run the add-on, find it in the ‘Add-ons’ tab and then select ‘Show’ to see the add-on sidebar on the right, which will prompt you to connect to your SEMrush account.
-Next, click on the ‘Connect SEO Content Template’ on the left, login to SEMrush if required, and give access to the application by pressing the ‘Approve’ green button.
-After selecting ‘Create new template’, just type in any keyword(s) to see recommendations for them.
EXPENDITURE SYSTEM
If you are a Pro Plan subscriber to a SEMrush account, you will incur no extra costs. Although it is quite expensive with monthly prices ranging from INR 7000 to INR 27,000, it is worth the price. However, while buying these packages, you should consider the value-added and the type of features you want for your business.
TRAITS/FEATURES
1) Checking plagiarism
Gone are the days when Grammarly or Google was used to check if an article is real. The 21st century is the era of Wordpress and SEMrush. Most companies hire bloggers and authors to write for them and use the 'plagiarism checker' feature of SEO writing assistant to distinguish between the talented and the copy-paste writers.
2) Keyword research
To understand this feature let's first talk what exactly is keyword research. To make your article reach the targeted audience, you need to know what people usually search or what is the new interest of the audience. Keyword research is a core and really important SEO task that involves identifying sought-after words and phrases that people enter into search engines -make in an attempt to figure out what to rank for. Every research or keyword research in this case starts with a topic, idea, or head keyword also called a "seed." This seed can come from your knowledge of any industry or from being an active member in related online forums and groups, or from the products and services you provide.
3) Grammar checking
Not all writers have perfect grammar and not all sentences that look perfect are grammatically correct. Its a matter of great shame when articles published by great companies come out with silly grammatical errors in them. Thus polishing an article is a humongous task and some help comes in handy with the SEO writing assistant. This allows you to easily find your mistakes as you type and lets your ideas flow.
4) Ratings to your writeup
You always wish someone with expertise and perfection would review your content. Exactly what SEO-WA (SEO writing assistant) does. It grades the article’s readability based on the Flesch reading-ease score formula and compared to your top competitors according to Google.
