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Technical SEO and the engineering side of search-friendly sites. 318 articles
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How to safely change themes on your WordPress site

Changing a WordPress theme can be a trivial task, but it requires careful steps if you have a big website and don’t want to take risks. Lucy Barret…

By Lucy Barret · 02 Aug 2018

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Technical considerations before purchasing a commerce platform

Choosing a commerce platform is one of the most crucial and important decisions you'll make in the early life of your business.…

By Pius Boachie · 22 May 2018

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Ten SEO aspects for web designers to master

Search engines are playing an increasingly important role in the future of the internet, and it’s important for web designers as well…

By Amanda DiSilvestro · 10 May 2018

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How to reduce your site’s bounce rate

Bounce rate is a metric that gets a lot of press and for good reason. It often serves as a strong indicator…

By Simon Ensor · 04 May 2018

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GDPR: ensuring your website is secure

In the run up to the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), new data shows that 86.5% of WordPress websites in the…

By Dan Taylor · 25 Apr 2018

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How to select the best caching solution for WordPress

There is no denying that the existence of an appropriate website is justified primarily by its loading speed: the faster, the better.…

By Lucy Barret · 24 Apr 2018

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The state of HTTPS in 2018: Why should you migrate?

People rarely take SEO recommendations seriously, especially when there are no direct repercussions of not following them. So, when in 2014 Google…

By Olga Andrienko · 11 Apr 2018

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An SEO’s survival guide to Single Page Applications (SPAs)

If you haven’t heard of Single Page Applications (SPA for short), or if you have been resistant to learning about these JavaScript…

By David Portney · 09 Apr 2018

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How to migrate your WordPress website domain name

There are many instances where a website might be required to change its domain name. For example, your website might be penalized…

By Lucy Barret · 29 Mar 2018

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Migrating HTTP to HTTPS: A step-by-step guide

On February 8th 2018 Google announced that, beginning in July of this year, Chrome will now be marking all HTTP sites as…

By Tom Smith · 26 Feb 2018

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The SEO’s essential guide to web technology

As an SEO professional, it is essential for you to understand the various languages and technologies and technology stacks out there that…

By David Portney · 22 Feb 2018

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Overcoming 4 black hat SEO techniques that spammers and scammers use to harm your search rankings

The dark side of SEO can be crippling to a business if they aren’t aware of how to fight back. Here are…

By Kim Kosaka · 21 Feb 2018

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8 tips for boosting the speed of your WordPress site

Slow-loading web pages can slowly become the leading cause of high bounce rates, low user engagement, lost traffic opportunities, and abandoned sales…

By Guy Sheetrit · 14 Feb 2018

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Understanding click-through rate (CTR) in the context of search satisfaction

Click-through rate (CTR) has historically been an important factor in gauging the quality of results in information retrieval tasks - and search…

By JR Oakes · 13 Feb 2018

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The 2018 guide to free SEO training courses online

Over the past decade, SEO has been growing into its position as a critical marketing channel for businesses. If you're new to…

By Simon Ensor · 12 Feb 2018

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What factors should you consider before choosing a web crawler tool?

SEO is a many-headed beast. From off-page elements to on-page elements, covering all aspects of SEO can easily become a Herculean task,…

By Sergey Grybniak · 10 Nov 2017

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What is HTTP/2 and how does it benefit SEO?

The HTTP/2 protocol was published in 2015 with the aim of creating a faster, more secure Internet. Adoption has been gradual and…

By Clark Boyd · 11 Oct 2017

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Does your website need an SEO audit?

Audit. A word associated with redundancies or the tax man knocking at your door. It’s a word devoid of happy connotations. But…

By Simon Ensor · 02 Oct 2017

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Should I move my WordPress website to HTTPS?

Website visitors demand secure connections to the websites they are interacting with. HTTPS is an industry best practice, a ranking signal on…

By Lucy Barret · 15 Sep 2017

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What may be slowing your site down (and how to fix it)

A slow site is a slow death for a brand. Whether you have a blog, an online storefront or anything else, your…

By Ann Smarty · 13 Sep 2017

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How to create the perfect 404 page

Optimizing your 404 page is unlikely to top your list in terms of digital marketing priorities. However, it’s not something you should…

By Stuart Shaw · 12 Sep 2017

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5 SEO features to make sure your ecommerce platform supports

When choosing an ecommerce platform to power your online store, it's important to consider search engine optimization (SEO) features in your decision-making…

By Ann Smarty · 29 Aug 2017

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Why site speed is as important as ever on the visual web

As the internet has become a more important part of our daily lives, our online experience has evolved and we prefer much…

By Dan Taylor · 16 Aug 2017

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Switching to HTTPS: Is it really worth it?

Ever since Google made the announcement that HTTPS is a ranking signal, there has been a lot of discussion around that extra…

By Jessie Moore · 15 Aug 2017

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How to tell if your website is due for a redesign

Like any other technology, the internet changes at a rapid rate. Users are utilizing various devices to view websites. For your users…

By Amanda DiSilvestro · 26 Jul 2017

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