LLM Prompts

Yoast SEO Content Optimization Prompt

Analyzes content for Yoast SEO best practices.

The method

Use this prompt in ChatGPT to analyze a draft blog post for SEO effectiveness based on Yoast's principles. Provide the article and your target keyword. Adjust the prompt based on Yoast's latest recommendations.

The prompts

Prompt 1
I want you to act as an SEO Content Optimization Specialist familiar with Yoast SEO practices. I will provide you with a draft blog post and a target keyword. Your task is to analyze the content based on Yoast's SEO principles, including keyword density, readability (Flesch Reading Ease score), meta description optimization, internal and external linking, heading structure (H1-H6), image alt text, and URL slug optimization. Provide specific recommendations for improvement to ensure the content is well-optimized for both search engines and user experience. The target keyword is: [Insert Keyword Here]. The draft blog post is: [Insert Blog Post Content Here]
Prompt 2
Please evaluate the following article based on Yoast SEO guidelines. Identify areas where the article excels and areas that need improvement. Specifically, focus on keyword placement in the title, first paragraph, and throughout the body; the use of internal and external links; the overall readability of the content; and the effectiveness of the meta description. Provide actionable suggestions for optimizing the article to achieve a 'green' Yoast SEO score. The article content is: [Insert Article Content Here]. What would you improve to get to a 'green' score in Yoast? List step-by-step actions.
Prompt 3
Given the following article and target keyword, provide a Yoast-SEO style analysis. Identify potential issues such as passive voice usage, transition word usage, sentence length and paragraph length, and suggest concrete improvements for each. The Article is: [Insert Article]. The Target Keyword is: [Insert Keyword]