What is XPath? XPath is a query language that allows you to find the location of information within an XML document. This method makes it easier and quicker to look through a whole domain and output the required data in a systematic manner. Although you may be using a crawler such as Sitebulb or Screaming […]
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Many tech firms are in the dark about a potential and unique risk to their business. In this article, I’ll explain the history of the sparsely populated island that .io belongs to, and why it could have serious implications for tech firms across the world. Where does .io come from? The British Indian Ocean Territory […]
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There are multiple types of holidays you can go on, ranging from meditation retreats, skiing holidays, to last-minute summer breaks. Certain holidays are more prevalent in some countries, as well as users might be looking for the same type of holiday but using different search terms to look for it. Research has determined that Americans […]
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As cybersecurity becomes an ever-growing problem within the information era, it is crucial to protect your website as not to jeopardise user security/privacy. For websites, this can range from buying Comodo certificates to installing a full-blown bespoke iptables firewall rule(s) onto your server – don’t worry, many websites do not need to go that far. […]
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JavaScript has become one of the more complex topics in SEO, with the understanding of how it affects search performance seemingly varying between SEOs. However, understanding JavaScript and how search engines handle it has never been more important with more websites and webpages relying on it for crucial content elements and internal linking. Understanding JavaScript basics is a good […]
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When delving into the plethora of online resources covering the implementation of both strategic and technical SEO tactics, it becomes quite apparent that the core research is geared more to e-commerce platforms. This brings into question; if your site is a high content informational hub or key news online publication, what can you directly action […]
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If you’re a regular user of Google Analytics, you may have come across bot traffic at some point. You can usually spot a bot as a spike in traffic with no immediate explanation, unusual characteristics and often with very similar attributes. For example, a surge in bot traffic might appear as a large number of […]
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If you regularly upload content to a website or multiple websites, then the chances are you will have had some of it stolen at some point. While this can sometimes leave you unaffected, it can also have a devastating impact on your SEO efforts. Stolen content can range from a short paragraph to a full […]
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Back in 2016, Google announced a change to its algorithm that focused around content accessibility for users, primarily focusing on interstitials, pop-ups, overlays, and modals on mobile devices that cause content to become obfuscated beyond a certain percentage, or are overly intrusive and require user interaction to then access content. It’s fair to say, that […]
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Website accessibility is first and foremost about making sure visitors with specific accessibility requirements can ‘view’ your website, whether that means visually or using a screen reader to read the page aloud. In principle, accessibility is an issue that affects human visitors to your site. The search robots typically ‘fetch’ your pages as if they […]
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Getting more pages into the Google Search results might seem like one of the main priorities for any website, but there are times when this can result in ‘index bloat’ with negative consequences for your SEO campaigns. Index bloat is when a very large number of pages from your website flood the search results with […]
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There are programs, websites, and plugins to do most of the things in this list one way or another – I have used most of them, and they are great. However, I still use DevTools for a lot of on the fly stuff. In this article, I will go over the features I use most […]
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