How To Switch From Yoast SEO To Rank Math [Easy Guide - 15 Minutes Set Up]

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Hey Guys I’m Back after ages, but my readers who are in touch with me know that I have been super busy with my other 3 websites. that I didn’t get enough time to invest here

But i’m glad to share that now they are in places where even if i don’t work on it for some days i know it will keep driving traffic that is why I thought to shift my focus here

This is my baby website, my first Digital Marketing blog. I don’t want to just abandon this so I will be working on this now

But before I start publishing content regularity on the blog I had to make some changes

I’m sure you have noticed the theme is different, now I’m changing the seo plugin as well. Earlier it was Yoast SEO but Now i want to switch to Rank Math

Why Use Rank Math

Almost all of my websites use Rank Math & I have kinda gotten used to it & not to forget the extra features that the plugin has to offer. That is why I’m switching from Yoast SEO to Rank Math & I thought I should record it so that I can share it with you all

This is an easy how to guide for people who are using Yoast SEO & now want to move to Rank Math

Before we get to it, I’ll share some of the reasons why i’m moving from Yoast SEO to Rank Math

As I said I have been it on my other websites, my client websites so I have gotten familiar with it, but more than the main reason for this change is, I think Rank Math is probably the best Free SEO Plugin out there for WordPress, Yoast SEO is good too, No doubt & if you are using it & are happy with it. You don’t need to change

But from my experience Rank Math has proven more effective in achieving better SEO. Rank Math provides the features which are part of Yoast SEO premium

Also when writing an article if you are using Rank Math, It makes the article more SEO optimized. The Tips it gives are more in-depth & detailed while compared to Yoast.

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Yoast SEO VS Rank Math

Key Differences between Rank Math & Yoast SEO That I Like

While optimizing your article Yoast SEO points out only the presence of the keyword & the length of Title

but Rank Math not only indicates the length but also points out the words & characters that you need to include in your title

Rank Math SEO — **Rank Math – On Page SEO**

In Yoast SEO you can only include one focus keyword

Add Focus Keyword In Yoast SEO — **Yoast SEO – Add Focus Keyword**

but with Rank Math you can include many keywords & you can also optimize your article for all keywords

**Add Multiple Focus Keywords in Rank Math**

The analysis is more in-depth compared to Yoast SEO Free Version. There are more suggestions, more optimizing opportunities.

SEO Analysis in Yoast SEO

Analysis in Rank Math

And The best thing is Schema markup. If you include schema for your article, chances are high that you can make it to the snippet

Also, you can optimize how your page looks on google, optimize the images you wanna show on Google & the social media links

In short you will be able to do better SEO using Rank Math, as it gives the extra features that you have to pay for in Yoast SEO

I have worked with both the plugins & i like Rank Math better. I.e why I’m switching this blog to Rank Math from Yoast SEO

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And as I go through it, I will be sharing with you it as a

Step by Step Easy Guide On How To Switch From Yoast SEO to Rank Math

Go to Rank Math & Click on free download

Once you click on download, a file will be downloaded on your device – pc/laptop. Now go back to the admin area of your WordPress blog & then go to the plugins

Click on Add new & then upload the downloaded file

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Once the plugin is installed, go to the installed plugin & click on activate

Install Rank Math Plugin — Use Rank Math For WordPress

Once you activate the plugin, you’ll be initiating the plugin set up

Set Up wizard window will pop up, click on connect account

Rank Math For WordPress — Connect WordPress Blog To Rank Math

Then you have to connect with your free Rank math account

You can sign up with Facebook, WordPress, Google or Gmail. Once the Rank math Plug in is activated. Make sure you deactivate the Yoast SEO Plugin

Now Register & click on Ok, Activate NOW

Then you’ll be asked to select from easy, advance & custom mode – These modes decide how much control you want over SEO settings – If you select easy – you have to make the minor changes & rank math will do the heavy lifting, if you are SEO expert who wants to control deep aspects of SEO you can go with advance or custom mode. But for beginners select easy mode (Sorry I forgot to take the Screenshot 🤦 )

Once done it will ask your permission to import from Yoast SEO

Make sure you click on Start import & not skip, because as you were using Yoast SEO Previous ranking, stats everything is saved in Yoast also your SEO setting. so in order to not to lose anything you got to click on start import

Import data From Yoast SEO to Rank Math — Import data from Yoast SEO to Rank Math

It will hardly take a minute or so, when done click on complete.

Now you need to make some settings regarding your sirte

first select the type of your site – personal blog, community blog/news site, personal portfolio, small business site, webshop, etc. you can also upload your logo & social share image. Once done click on Save & Continue

Rank Math Guide - Full Set Up — Rank Math Settings

Now you have to connect the google services which will make it easy to verify your domain & google search console

Once you connect your Google account, you’ll need to sign in with the email id used for your Google Analytics & Google Search Console. then allow permission to rank math to access your Google Analytics & Search Console data.

Now you have to confirm the web master tools. once you allow rank math to access GA & GSC. It will redirect you to this page

Confirm that the right property is selected in both Google Analytics & Google Search console, You can also connect your Google AdSense, But that provision is for the Pro version only. so let’s leave it for now. Once you cross-check everything. Click on Save and Continue