Yoast SEO: News
Add-on for Yoast SEO that prepares news publishers for Google News. It adds a NewsArticle schema type, a Google News XML sitemap, and a Googlebot-News tag that can keep articles out of Google News. It suits news sites and publishers that want to appear in Google News. It needs Yoast SEO active and a licence key from Yoast to receive updates, and it does nothing useful on non-news sites.
Pros
- Adds NewsArticle schema for posts
- Generates a Google News XML sitemap
- Googlebot-News noindex control per post
Cons
- Needs Yoast SEO installed and active
- Paid licence needed for updates
- Only useful for sites that publish news content
Topics: SEO plugins
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