- Refactored navigation: all 44 pages now use shared includes/nav.php
- Added Free Tools link to navigation (was missing from 29+ pages)
- CSS readability: darker body text (#333), secondary text (#555), bolder hero subtitle
- CSS: darkened link colour (#148a72) for WCAG AA compliance
- CSS: increased stat label font size to 1rem
- Fixed industry-card hover white-on-white text bug
- Removed ICO Registered and Cyber Essentials claims (not yet registered)
- Cache version bumped to v1.1.2
- Hide Apache version (ServerTokens Prod)
- Add Permissions-Policy header
- Remove deprecated X-XSS-Protection
- Consolidate security headers to .htaccess only (remove duplicates from PHP)
- Deploy free tools: robots-analyzer, data-converter
- Deploy tools announcement blog post
- Update sitemap with new tools and blog post
- Fix .htaccess to allow individual service pages instead of redirecting all to project-types
- Add /services/web-scraping page with full content, schema markup, and SEO optimization
- Add /contact redirect to /quote (301)
- Update project-types.php title to remove C# jargon
- Add trust badges section to footer (GDPR, ICO, Cyber Essentials, UK Based)
- Add Web Scraping to footer services list
- Fix meta titles exceeding 60 chars on property/financial service pages
- Replace keyword-stuffed hero subtitle with natural, user-focused copy
- Add trust badges section (ISO 27001, GDPR, insurance, ratings)
- Add WebPage schema to homepage for better SERP eligibility
- Shorten about page H1 from 74 to 24 characters
- Add related services cross-linking on competitive intelligence page
- Remove obsolete SEO planning files
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- Add leadership team section to about.php with 4 team members
- Add visible FAQ section to homepage with accordion functionality
- Fix broken blog category link (legal-&-compliance → compliance)
- Add Twitter Card and og:image meta tags to data-cleaning.php and quote.php
- Add social links to 5 pages missing them (data-cleaning, quote, case-studies, blog/search, faq-enhanced)
- Standardize LinkedIn URLs across 24 blog files (remove www prefix)
- Fix social media placeholder links across 8 pages
- Optimize meta descriptions on 3 service pages (under 160 chars)
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Phase 1 - Schema Markup:
- Add reusable schema components in /includes/schema/
- organization-schema.php for site-wide Organization structured data
- service-schema.php with generator function and predefined configs
- local-business-schema.php for location pages with geo coordinates
- faq-schema.php with FAQPage generator and common FAQ sets
- article-schema.php for blog posts with BlogPosting schema
- review-schema.php with AggregateRating and testimonials
Phase 6 - Meta Tags & Helpers:
- meta-tags.php: Complete meta tag generator (OG, Twitter, article)
- canonical.php: URL normalization and canonical tag helper
- url-config.php: Centralized URL mapping for internal linking
Phase 7 - Internal Linking Components:
- related-services.php: Cross-linking component for service pages
- location-cta.php: Location links component for service pages
Phase 3 - New Service Pages:
- property-data-extraction.php: UK property data extraction service
- financial-data-services.php: FCA-aware financial data services
Phase 5 & 8 - Technical SEO:
- Update robots.txt with improved blocking rules
- Update sitemap.php with clean URLs and new pages
- Update sitemap-services.xml with new service pages
- Add new services to footer navigation
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SEO Improvements:
- Add Twitter/OG meta tags to gdpr-compliance.php and terms-of-service.php
- Add author bios with E-E-A-T signals to all blog articles
- Add breadcrumb schema markup to key pages
- Create new service pages: price-monitoring.php, competitive-intelligence.php
- Create location pages: london.php, manchester.php, birmingham.php
- Update sitemap.xml with new pages
UI/CSS Improvements:
- Move testimonials section from inline styles to CSS classes
- Standardize hero gradients to #144784 → #179e83 across all pages
- Unify card border styles to border-left: 4px solid #179e83
- Fix CTA gradient direction consistency on location pages
- Standardize breadcrumb colors to #144784
- Replace all purple accent colors (#667eea, #764ba2) with brand colors
- Add CSS variables for brand consistency in main.css
Code Cleanup:
- Delete 6 emergency CSS fix files (button-emergency-fix.css, etc.)
- Remove related-articles-fix.css references from blog articles
- Consolidate styles into main.css
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