Technical SEO

  • Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – what is a sitemap?

    Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – what is a sitemap?

    An XML sitemap gives search engines a list of URLs you want them to discover. It complements the links on your website; it does not replace useful navigation or guarantee that a page will be indexed. Which URLs belong in it? Use the public, canonical URLs you want considered for search. Drafts, private content, redirected…

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  • Improve Your Website’s Search Engine Rankings with These 5 SEO Tips

    As a business owner, you’re no doubt bombarded by spammy emails offering you SEO services from companies that promise they can get your website on the first page of Google. As a reputable Sheffield SEO company we know that no-one can really guarantee these results with 100% certainty. But there are certain things that you…

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  • How to redirect index.php for SEO

    A homepage may be accessible both at the site root and at /index.php. If both addresses serve the same page, decide which is the intended canonical destination before adding a redirect. Check the actual behaviour Request each URL and record its status, destination and canonical output. Some installations already redirect correctly. Others use index.php as…

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  • The really simple guide to SEO

    SEO means helping the right people find and understand your website through search. It isn’t smoke and mirrors, and nobody can promise you a particular position. Start with what your customers need, rather than a list of tricks. Find out what customers actually need Write down the questions people ask before buying. What problem are…

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  • Find Out For Free if Your Website Should Be Ranking Higher in Google

    “Why am I not on page one of Google?” So you’ve got your website, you may have even paid for extra SEO services, but if you’ve ever thought to yourself: “I wonder if my site could be doing better in Google?” or “I wonder if there are any problems with my site that might be stopping it from indexing…

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