From 51c3647a825d54ede15a56f3a7815d5da7147f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Foster Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:14:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] SEO fix: restore original title/desc on web-scraping page, 301 duplicate pages, fix schema headline MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit - Restore title to Feb 16 baseline (was ranking pos 12.8): "Web Scraping Services UK | Fast, GDPR-Compliant Data Extraction" - Restore original meta description targeting web scraping services for UK businesses - Add 301 redirects for /web-scraping-services/ and /data-scraping-services/ → /services/web-scraping (duplicate pages were cannibalizing the main page) - Fix blog article schema headline from generic "statistical validation" phrase to "Data Quality Validation for Web Scraping Pipelines" to stop attracting irrelevant academic queries in GSC --- .htaccess | 2 ++ blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines.php | 8 ++++---- services/web-scraping.php | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess index adb199f..6ff97b8 100644 --- a/.htaccess +++ b/.htaccess @@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ Options -Indexes RewriteRule ^services/data-analytics-services-uk/?$ /services/data-analytics-services-uk.php [L] RewriteRule ^services/web-scraping-companies/?$ /services/web-scraping [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^services/data-scraping/?$ /services/web-scraping [R=301,L] + RewriteRule ^web-scraping-services/?$ /services/web-scraping [R=301,L] + RewriteRule ^data-scraping-services/?$ /services/web-scraping [R=301,L] # Redirect unknown service pages to project-types RewriteRule ^services/(.+)$ /project-types [R=301,L] diff --git a/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines.php b/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines.php index 1a12d5f..27bbbdf 100644 --- a/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines.php +++ b/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines.php @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ header('Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'); // Article-specific SEO variables -$article_title = "Advanced Statistical Validation to Ensure Data Accuracy | UK"; -$article_description = "Learn how advanced statistical validation techniques ensure data accuracy in your pipelines. Explore methods, tools, and best practices for UK businesses."; -$article_keywords = "advanced statistical validation, ensure data accuracy, data quality pipeline, statistical data analysis UK, data integrity checks, outlier detection, UK data validation"; +$article_title = "Data Quality Validation for Web Scraping Pipelines | UK Guide"; +$article_description = "How to implement robust data quality checks in web scraping pipelines. Statistical methods, outlier detection, and integrity validation for UK data teams."; +$article_keywords = "data quality validation, web scraping data accuracy, data pipeline validation UK, outlier detection, data integrity checks, scraping data quality"; $article_author = "Michael Thompson"; $canonical_url = "https://ukdataservices.co.uk/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines"; $article_published = "2025-05-29T09:00:00+00:00"; @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $read_time = 9; "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "" }, - "headline": "How to Use Statistical Validation to Ensure Data Accuracy", + "headline": "Data Quality Validation for Web Scraping Pipelines", "description": "", "image": "", "author": { diff --git a/services/web-scraping.php b/services/web-scraping.php index 3020614..b220f77 100644 --- a/services/web-scraping.php +++ b/services/web-scraping.php @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ // Enhanced security headers header('Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'); -$page_title = "Web Scraping Services Provider UK | GDPR-Compliant Data Extraction"; -$page_description = "As a leading UK web scraping company, we provide expert, GDPR-compliant data extraction. Get 99.8% accurate data with a free, no-obligation project quote."; +$page_title = "Web Scraping Services UK | Fast, GDPR-Compliant Data Extraction"; +$page_description = "Get GDPR-compliant web scraping services for UK businesses. Fast extraction of competitor pricing, market data & intelligence. ICO registered. Free quote within 24 hours."; $canonical_url = "https://ukdataservices.co.uk/services/web-scraping"; $keywords = "web scraping services UK, data extraction UK, web scraping company, data scraping services, automated data collection, web crawling UK, screen scraping, GDPR compliant scraping";