How can marketers optimize for Google’s new “similar items” feature?
Google has announced that “Similar items” is now available globally in image search on mobile and in its Android app. Similar items … read more
How to get local reviews and ratings
If you’re a well-known local business owner, one of your online goals should be getting more local reviews from your (satisfied) customers. These reviews or ratings help Google in determining the value of your company for their users. If you have a nice amount of four-star and five-star ratings, Google considers you a more valuable result on their search […]
Thinking Beyond the Sale – Practical E-commerce Optimisation Tips
A comparatively small proportion of e-commerce websites are delivering value outside of the constraints of the sale or making the most out of more creative technology and content opportunities that exist. In this post, we explore some of these overlooked opportunities and provide practical insight into implementing them for business.
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Site speed tactics in a mobile-first world: Why ecommerce brands need to step up their site speed game
A study of 700 top ecommerce brands found that the majority are underperforming when it comes to optimizing their sites for speed. Find out how you can avoid the same mistakes.
Chrome Extensions: A vehicle for Amazon and Pinterest to compete with Google?
As Google’s index goes mobile-first, consumers get to grips with voice search, and technology advances to avail of image identification in our predominantly visual culture, new opportunities are opening up for the competition.
Ask Yoast: duplicate content issues on my shop?
If you own an eCommerce site, you might wonder how to optimize your category pages and your product pages. Could you have the same content on your category page and your product pages? If you have the same content on multiple pages of your website, would Google know what to rank first? Or would it cause duplicate […]
Can Pinterest crack (and monetise) visual search?
Pinterest made a clear declaration of intent last week with the announcement that Li Fan, Google’s former head of image search, has joined the photo sharing site as Head of Engineering.
SEO copywriting and writing for sales
Writing is hard. Writing for the search engines is even harder. What about writing for the search engines and writing for sales simultaneously? Is that even doable? Because, in the end, we want to write copy that’ll rank in the search engines AND convince people to either buy your stuff, contact you, subscribe to your […]
What can we learn from the winners and losers of organic search in 2016?
Who were the winners and losers of organic search in 2016?
Ask Yoast: nofollow layered navigation links?
If you have a big eCommerce site with lots of products, layered navigation can help your users to narrow down their search results. Layered or faceted navigation is an advanced way of filtering by providing groups of filters for (many) product attributes. In this filtering process, you might create a lot of URLs though, because the user […]
Five common mistakes small businesses make with their online presence
All small businesses need to know how to create a consistent online presence. 54% of small businesses currently have a website, but this isn’t nearly enough if you want to create an effective web presence in order to approach potential customers.
Five proven SEO strategies for retailers to use in 2017
Optimizing your ecommerce site for better rankings should be a top priority for any growth-focused business owner.
Seven fascinating stats on ecommerce and cart abandonment
Key issues include making customers register before they checkout, concerns about security, and confusing checkout design.
Heavy discounts and post-Black Friday lull create challenges for retailers
According to The NPD Group, many retailers could struggle to make the entire holiday shopping season a successful one compared to 2015.
Know your customer
Once in a while, every company needs to take a closer look at the state of its marketing. Are you still sending the right message to your customer? Do you still target the same customers? And, in what way did these customers change? In this article, we’ll address a number of things every website owner needs […]
Rich snippets everywhere
Rich search results are everywhere. Years ago, search engines presented search results without much adornment. Today, the search results look very different. We see extra information beneath the links, plus a couple of big blocks of rich content, depending on what you look for. The additional lines beneath results are called rich snippets, and they […]
Discount codes: 5 ways retailers can handle their deal addiction
As voucher use becomes increasingly widespread, there’s a rush by retailers to understand the full extent of their economic impact on the customer journey and get smarter with how they’re deployed.
Three ways that AI is enhancing the ecommerce customer experience
Here are three ways that we are already seeing artificial intelligence in action across various sectors, which when applied to ecommerce, have the potential to take customer experience to the next level.
6 Psychologically Proven Techniques to Boost Your Conversions in 2017
If conversion optimization has always been a mystery to you, it shouldn’t be anymore. Here are some psychologically-proven techniques that you can use to boost your conversions in 2017.
New eBook: Shop SEO
Would you like to generate more traffic to your eCommerce site? Are you dreaming of higher rankings and more sales? As of today, you can buy our Shop SEO eBook. In this eBook, we’ll give you lots of practical SEO tips, specifically focused on eCommerce sites. After reading our book, you’ll be able to easily […]