SEO

SEO for video is often disregarded. With more focus on content SEO, such as keyword research and internal linking, video optimization can sometimes be put on the backburner. With the amount of time and money spent on creating the video for it to not rank or drive the traffic you would hope for, it’s evident […]

Search intent – sometimes called ‘user intent’ – is about understanding not only what your audience is searching for when they find your website, but also why they are conducting that search. It’s a powerful way to learn more about how people find your website and to identify reasons why your SEO content might not […]

For websites to be indexed within the results pages of search engines, search engine web crawlers (often called a “spider” or “spiderbot”), must first explore their pages. These crawlers provide essential information to search engines so that the engines can supply users with the most useful and accurate results. In order for crawlers to efficiently […]

Working with large websites (1 million+ pages), or websites with high levels of time-sensitive content can sometimes be tricky when it comes to ensuring new content is crawled (and processed) so that users can discover it as quickly as possible. This is where the unavailable_after meta robots tag can come in handy. Unavailable_after tags provide […]

Website and server traffic is often divided into two main groups: human users and search engine crawlers, also known as robots. User experience, or UX, focuses on the first of those groups, making sure that your pages load quickly and reliably, and that it’s easy for humans to interact with your content in some way. […]

Breadcrumbs are one of the oldest navigational aids used on websites and are still a useful feature for improving user experience (UX) to this day. They provide a very easy way to click through to a parent page, category/index page, or to a website’s homepage, without relying on the browser’s back button. However, breadcrumbs also […]

Climate change continues to be the biggest threat to our way of life. Within the past ten years, we have seen sustainable changes encouraged from all angles — whether recycling or reusing, biking to work, or simply eating less meat, people everywhere are making changes to live more eco-friendly lives.  As a business owner, it […]

If you have used the Google Search app on Android or iOS devices since the start of 2017, it’s likely you’ve encountered Google Discover in one of its several different forms. The curated content feed uses machine learning (also known as artificial intelligence or AI) to recommend web pages it thinks you might be interested […]

Website authority is a measure of how highly regarded your website is in the digital eyes of the search engine robots. Generally speaking, sites that are perceived as being more authoritative tend to rank more highly than brand new or low-quality sites that have no positive reputation as yet. Improving your website authority can be […]

Bounce rate is a measure of the number of people who arrive at a page on your website and leave again without visiting any other pages: instead of ‘sticking’ to your website, they ‘bounce’ off it. You’ll see it in website analytics platforms as an absolute number, a percentage, or both. But what does it […]