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August 15, 2019

10 Little Great Improvements - Summer 2019

Apart from big features like Next-gen alerts, Slack integration and Issue Configuration, we’re always working on smaller enhancements as well. Last year we put together a list of ten little improvements, because around here it’s not always the size that counts. After seeing how well it was received, we took the hint and decided to make it a trad...
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August 2, 2019

Scale up your SEO agency with Hannah Thorpe’s tips

Hannah Thorpe, Business Director at Found, explains how you can scale up your SEO agency. It’s not just about finding lots of clients, it’s about finding the right ones, hiring the right people, failing fast and learning from your mistakes and more. Get an inside look on her secrets to scaling up SEO agencies!
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July 19, 2019

Issue Configuration: fine-tune your auditing rules

This is one for the power users: starting today you can change the testing parameters used by ContentKing’s auditing suite!
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July 8, 2019

Google’s robots.txt interpretation is as flexible as a ballerina

Today we spent some time browsing the robots.txt repository and playing with the open-sourced robots.txt validator. We found some interesting things to share, which we’ve collected in this article.
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July 2, 2019

A deep dive into the implications of the robots.txt RFC

On July 1st, Google announced that they were going to revamp the Robots Exclusion Protocol – 25 years after its birth. This resulted in an extension to the Robots Exclusion Protocol that was submitted to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) on July 1st, 2019. A robots.txt update was long overdue It’s an interesting development, one whic...
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July 1, 2019

Technical SEO: what is it, and why is there such a growing demand?

Tom PoolBlue Array I think the technical side of things is the most important part of SEO! It’s like building a house; you need a good strong technical foundation to build the rest on top - the content and links. So many times I have seen a site that has really good content, and a lot of relevant links and associated authority, struggle so much...
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May 28, 2019

Unconscious Incompetence: why it's dangerous for SEOs and how to overcome it

Chris Greenstrategiq So if you don’t check yourself, validate your own performance, your methods and assume you’re doing well because you have “XX years of experience”, you could be becoming incompetent and be totally unaware of the fact. Hi Chris! Can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m Head of Search at StrategiQ, a marketing agency ba...
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May 14, 2019

How to Win Featured Snippets Like a Boss

Izzi SmithSEO Consultant Learn how to leverage the power of Featured Snippets to your advantage. Love them or hate them, these content-rich SERP enhancements have the ability to significantly uplift traffic and conversions so winning them in the right cases can result in fantastic growth. Hi Izzi! Can you tell us a little about yourself? Hi! ...
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