The Blog

  • What is bounce rate and does it impact SEO?

    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 […]

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  • The definitive guide for internal linking

    Internal links sometimes get left out of the conversation. They’re often not perceived as an integral part of new content generation, but they’re also not created by external link building efforts. That means internal page links sometimes get missed. And that makes them worth a second look, as a way to give your SEO campaigns […]

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  • Stephen Robb joins the SALT.agency team

    We are pleased to announce that we recently hired Stephen Robb, who has joined our growing team as a data analyst. Prior to joining the SALT.agency team, Stephen worked as a project analyst for five years at Morrisons. Before his time at Morrisons, Stephen worked for Direct Line for 13 years in various roles — […]

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  • Best practices for SEO in the life science industry

    Best practices for SEO remain relatively similar regardless of the industry or sector that your business may be in. Yet, one sector that tends to be slow on digital marketing uptake is the scientific industry – often without good reason. But the potential for scientific businesses to grow online is massive, especially as investors are […]

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  • A guide to URL parameter handling

    URL parameters are a useful way to pass information directly in a hyperlink or via the browser address bar. You’ll see them often on all kinds of websites, after a question mark in the page URL. Parameters can pass data to your analytics software, alter the appearance and content of the page, and achieve a […]

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  • Top tips for updating old content for SEO

    Publishing regular new content is a hallmark of on-site SEO campaigns, but a joined-up strategy should not ignore the benefits of updating old content for SEO as well. Old content has several advantages when it comes to optimising your search engine performance: It’s there – there’s no need to create it from scratch. You can […]

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  • How to grow your SEO growth strategy

    In this post, I want to explore the core foundations that make up a good growth strategy and its impact when these aspects align. The core principle in any growth strategy is ‘growth’, which to achieve, means ongoing planning, analysis, and the execution of all available SEO activities. I will explore what these core activities […]

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  • Creating Better Ecommerce Category Pages

    On the majority of ecommerce websites, category pages (or PLPs) are a practical means to an end and a relatively uneventful stop on the user journey to the product pages themselves. A number of ecommerce websites do however recognise that they hold some value, and have copy written for them, oftentimes relegated to the bottom […]

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  • Google’s advice for SEO in 2021

    Towards the end of 2020, Google’s John Mueller spoke virtually at SMX and reaffirmed many existing thoughts about what the future of search holds. The presentation can be viewed from the agenda links and registering. In summary, John’s presentation covered several areas of both how Google’s Search product will be developing, and how they’re working […]

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  • Who’s dominating the US meal subscription box market?

    2020 was a year that changed many consumer habits; from personal training being delivered over video calls, to pubs only providing a takeaway service. The food and hospitality industry has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in significant changes in consumer behaviour. For instance, many people no longer visit supermarkets over the fear […]

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