SEO fix: restore original title/desc on web-scraping page, 301 duplicate pages, fix schema headline

- 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
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Peter Foster
2026-03-20 16:14:30 +00:00
parent befdfc16f4
commit 51c3647a82
3 changed files with 8 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ Options -Indexes
RewriteRule ^services/data-analytics-services-uk/?$ /services/data-analytics-services-uk.php [L] 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/web-scraping-companies/?$ /services/web-scraping [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^services/data-scraping/?$ /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 # Redirect unknown service pages to project-types
RewriteRule ^services/(.+)$ /project-types [R=301,L] RewriteRule ^services/(.+)$ /project-types [R=301,L]

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@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
header('Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'); header('Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains');
// Article-specific SEO variables // Article-specific SEO variables
$article_title = "Advanced Statistical Validation to Ensure Data Accuracy | UK"; $article_title = "Data Quality Validation for Web Scraping Pipelines | UK Guide";
$article_description = "Learn how advanced statistical validation techniques ensure data accuracy in your pipelines. Explore methods, tools, and best practices for UK businesses."; $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 = "advanced statistical validation, ensure data accuracy, data quality pipeline, statistical data analysis UK, data integrity checks, outlier detection, UK data validation"; $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"; $article_author = "Michael Thompson";
$canonical_url = "https://ukdataservices.co.uk/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines"; $canonical_url = "https://ukdataservices.co.uk/blog/articles/data-quality-validation-pipelines";
$article_published = "2025-05-29T09:00:00+00:00"; $article_published = "2025-05-29T09:00:00+00:00";
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $read_time = 9;
"@type": "WebPage", "@type": "WebPage",
"@id": "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($canonical_url); ?>" "@id": "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($canonical_url); ?>"
}, },
"headline": "How to Use Statistical Validation to Ensure Data Accuracy", "headline": "Data Quality Validation for Web Scraping Pipelines",
"description": "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($article_description); ?>", "description": "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($article_description); ?>",
"image": "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($og_image); ?>", "image": "<?php echo htmlspecialchars($og_image); ?>",
"author": { "author": {

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@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
// Enhanced security headers // Enhanced security headers
header('Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains'); header('Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains');
$page_title = "Web Scraping Services Provider UK | GDPR-Compliant Data Extraction"; $page_title = "Web Scraping Services UK | Fast, 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_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"; $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"; $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";