Not so long ago, watching someone shout an order into a phone was a novel and somewhat bizarre concept, but over the years, this has slowly become the norm. And this is exactly what the big players in voice search hoped for, as Apple, Google, and Microsoft have deployed voice search assistants around the globe, and […]
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The mobile-first index is without doubt one of the greatest shifts in Google in recent history, and probably one of the largest we’re likely to see for some time. Technically this isn’t a separate to the incumbent index, but is a fundamental shift in how content and URLs are crawled, weighted, and ranked. Today we’re […]
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Edit 26/03/2018: Just four days after publishing this blog, Google officially announced that it is to begin rolling out mobile-first indexing. Read about what the developers said, here. It’s no secret that Google has been encouraging a mobile mindset over the past few years, and has offered small ranking rewards for those that adhere. More recently, […]
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In a recent study by Oxford Economics, it was revealed that only 3 per cent of retailers have completed digital transformation projects. This is despite 93 per cent of online shoppers making purchases at stores based in the UK in 2017. What’s more, out of those that have started investing in digital transformation, 22 per […]
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Often, when people talk about international SEO, they focus on expanding into new markets, countries and languages to increase their market share. However, there can also be great gains in optimising for another language within your own country. Even then, it’s not always so straight forward, as there are regional differences and dialects to take […]
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On 6 February Google’s Search Console beta was made available to all sites after a limited release in January. One of the largest changes in the console is the fact that site owners are now privy to 16 months of historical search analytics data, rather than the three months that they were allocated before. This […]
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Google Lighthouse is fast becoming one of my favourite technical tools for auditing mobile websites. Many still use the tool to audit the web performance (site speed) of their mobile webpages but the tool can offer much more guidance on how to improve a webpage or app. In this article I will run through what […]
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In the early days of the internet, websites were just a collection of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) websites that users could use to upload an download HTML files. In order to find a specific file, users had to navigate through each one, like finding a book in a library. Shortcuts did exist, and some frequent […]
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In 2017 the global travel and tourism industry grew at an exponential rate, with consumer (business and leisure) travel spending contributing US$2.3-trillion and 109 million jobs to the global economy. Despite this, the industry has faced a great number of changes in recent years, and has had to adapt accordingly. Consumer behaviour has also changed […]
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On 8 February Emily Schechter, writing on Google’s security blog, reminded website owners and developers that HTTPS encryption is not just a momentary fad, but it is something that Google will be pushing for the long term. She also stated that “a larger subset of HTTP pages” will soon be marked as “not secure” by Chrome. […]
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Google Core Algorithm updates are updates which work on improving search results, thus improving Google’s first and most valued product – Google Search. The intent is always on a better user experience, which means Google often involve quality updates such as spam detection, download speed, pop-ups, ads or content quality. While the other factors speak […]
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There’s no doubt that many African countries have walked a troubled path over the last eight years, and many continue to struggle in the wake of the Arab Spring, especially on the continent’s northern coast. But as digital begins to reach the end of its physical expenditure in the West, and investment pours into India […]
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