Title: SEO analysis often incorrect Last modified: January 23, 2020 --- # SEO analysis often incorrect * Resolved [cmd4400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmd4400/) * (@cmd4400) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/) * Hello, wondering if anyone else has this problem… * Often I find the Yoast SEO analysis will often give me a ‘red warning’ for things that don’t actually apply to my page/post. For example, for one particular page it says: “Image alt attributes: No images appear on this page. Add some!” – when in actual fact, there are 30 images on this page (inserted through the native WP gallery), all with alt text. * Furthermore, it’s fairly common for it to tell me I’m not using headings/subheadings, when in fact I’ve got one H1 and two H2. What more does it want?! * Thanks for any feedback, guys! Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [Kakak004](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandrahalvarsson/) * (@sandrahalvarsson) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12357894) * Hi! * I more or less have the same issue, and I can’t find an answer anywhere. I have a few warnings about my SEO-ranking and readability that is incorrect for my pages (productpages) aswell. * For my SEO-ranking-points It says that my text-length contains 0 words. That’s not correct, I have at least 300 words. It says that my keyphrase doesn’t appear in the first paragraph of my text. It does. * Red warning readability: It says I dont have enough content (it requires at least 50 words), but I do have at least 50 words? It also says I dont have enough transition-words, but when I add some it doesn’t happen anything. * Sorry for crashing your thread cmd4400 but perhaps it’s the same kinda problem? * Really hope someone have an answer to this issue. Thank’s in advance! - This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by [Kakak004](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandrahalvarsson/). * Thread Starter [cmd4400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmd4400/) * (@cmd4400) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12358030) * Not at all, Sandra – glad it’s not just me! * The readability thing, in particular, drives me crazy. Sometimes writing in the passive voice is simply more appropriate in the context (i.e. when you are trying to convey professionalism in describing a service you offer) and I really question how detrimental that is to SEO ranking. So long as you’ve included your keywords and it all flows and reads well, what’s the problem? I’ve begun to take the Yoast traffic light warnings with VERY a large pinch of salt (especially with regard to the minimum word count). Surely it’s quality of content that counts, not quantity(?) * Anyway, the incorrect warnings don’t inspire confidence in the plugin. Hope someone has an answer! * Thread Starter [cmd4400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmd4400/) * (@cmd4400) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12359034) * Here’s another one: * “Single title: H1s should only be used as your main title. Find all H1s in your text that aren’t your main title and change them to a lower heading level!” * I only have one H1 and no other subheadings in this section. * [wp1775106](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp1775106/) * (@wp1775106) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12365900) * Buongiorno a tutti, sono nuovo del forum e avrei bisogno di assistenza su come sottomettere il sito a google, la verifica del sito e l’ invio della sitemap, sono andato a vedere e dei topic sul forum e dicono di aprire il menù SEO per la verifica del sito ma io sulla mia bacheca (wordpress.org) questi strumenti non li trovo. Per cui : come faccio la verifica del sito per chiedere l’ indicizzazione? dove trovo la sitemap ? Grazie in anticipoi a chi mio aiutrerà.Il mio sito è [http://www.croaziavela.it](http://www.croaziavela.it) il mio nome utente wp1775106. * [jimiouwl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimiouwl99/) * (@jimiouwl99) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12366988) * Yoast SEO plugin showing the some error on edit page. Whenever I enter my main keyword that is [golf shoes](https://shoes4golfers.com/) in keyword box, yoast not detect it in title box. * [Pcosta88](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcosta88/) * (@pcosta88) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12369109) * [@cmd4400](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmd4400/) * You identified several issues. We have responded to them below. * **A. Images Not Being Picked up By Yoast** In our testing, we added a gallery using the WordPress native Gutenberg Gallery block, see image: [https://pasteboard.co/IRUJM0M.png](https://pasteboard.co/IRUJM0M.png) and Yoast picked up that the page has images. See: [https://pasteboard.co/IRUK90u.png](https://pasteboard.co/IRUK90u.png) * If that is not happening, we would like some more information. * 1. Can you confirm you are using the most recent Yoast SEO, v12.9.1? If you update, does the issue resolve? * 2. Can you confirm you are using WordPress 5.3.2? You can check by clicking on the W in the top left and selecting About. If you need to update, please check with your host provider. Please know that if you are using an older version of WordPress Core you may experience unexpected behavior with Yoast. This guide explains more: https://yoast.com/why-we-dont-support-old-wordpress-versions/. * 3. Are all your non-Yoast plugins and themes also updated? * **B. it’s fairly common for it to tell me I’m not using headings/subheadings, when in fact I’ve got one H1 and two H2. ** Same as above in A but are you using a pagebuilder like WPBakery, Elementor, SiteOrigin or Divi etc. to create pages? Can you provide a link to the URL which has the issue? * [@jimiouwl99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimiouwl99/) [@sandrahalvarsson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sandrahalvarsson/) If you are still experiencing the issue per the [forum guidelines](https://wordpress.org/support/forum-user-guide/faq/#i-have-the-same-problem-can-i-just-reply-to-someone-elses-post-with-me-too), we ask that you please create separate topics for the issues you are experiencing. That way it’s easier to track issues and provide assistance on your specific concerns on your specific site. Plus, you will get your own alerts for the issue rather than someone else’s. You may make a new topic here: [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordpress-seo/#new-post). * [@wp1775106](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp1775106/) You posted your support request in the international forum. Therefore, we only handle support requests in English. You can either create a new topic in English or you can go to your local support forum (for a list of available localized forums, see [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/contributing-to-the-wordpress-forums/support-forums-in-your-language/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/contributing-to-the-wordpress-forums/support-forums-in-your-language/)). Thank you for your understanding. * [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/) * (@jerparx) * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/seo-analysis-often-incorrect/#post-12394048) * Closed. No further concerns. 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