Use Rank Math without focus keywords

Heloooooooo, Anybody here?

I’m not RankMath support, but yes you can use it just fine without adding focus keywords. Just ignore the SEO score.

I do wish they would add a feature to turn off the scoring for posts without KWs and only score based on other factors.

Hello @elsoar

Thank you for contacting the support and apologies for delayed response.

Adding a focus keyword has no direct impact on the search rankings/traffic. That is needed only for the plugin to analyze the content.

You can read more about that here:
https://rankmath.com/kb/score-100-in-tests/

With that said, please stay advised that these are just guidelines and one does not need to follow them religiously.

At the end of the day, the content needs to be written for the readers and not for the search engines.

Scoring higher points in Rank Math’s tests won’t guarantee higher rankings.

Hope that helps. If you have any further question(s), please let us know.

P.S. @csburdick Thank you for chiming in to help. Apprecaite it.

@rankmath
This is the best healing answer in the SEO world. You are truly the best technical support, honestly.

Hello @elsoar

We are super happy that this helped with the confusion. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

Thank you.