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18 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Peter Foster
18a7b0fd7a SEO: automated improvements (2026-03-02) — 4 modified, 4 created 2026-03-02 13:09:22 +00:00
Peter Foster
999689071a Fix undefined $author variable and add new service pages to htaccess whitelist 2026-03-02 10:55:58 +00:00
Peter Foster
93178cd84e fix: restore correct article publication dates, update modified dates to today 2026-03-01 16:08:14 +00:00
Peter Foster
ddd64e5e5d SEO: automated improvements (2026-03-01) — 4 modified, 1 created 2026-03-01 11:33:51 +00:00
Peter Foster
96548b683b SEO: weekly automated meta improvements (2026-02-28) 2026-02-28 21:58:47 +00:00
Peter Foster
68955e9bc4 SEO: weekly automated meta improvements (2026-02-28) 2026-02-28 21:49:31 +00:00
Peter Foster
03c3417be6 SEO: weekly automated meta improvements (2026-02-28) 2026-02-28 21:48:48 +00:00
Peter Foster
40203587c9 SEO: update meta titles/descriptions based on GSC data; fix quote page layout 2026-02-27 09:21:06 +00:00
Peter Foster
4aae34075a SEO: expand inline contextual links to service pages
Python pipeline article:
- "ETL jobs" -> /services/data-cleaning.php
- Added sentence linking to /services/web-scraping.php (data collection context)

London analytics article (UKDS profile section):
- "data extraction" -> /services/web-scraping.php
- "Web intelligence and competitive monitoring" -> /services/competitive-intelligence.php
- "Data pipeline automation and integration" -> /project-types.php

Churn prediction article:
- "Market price comparisons" -> /services/price-monitoring.php
- External data section: added context link to /services/web-scraping.php
2026-02-22 11:16:14 +00:00
Peter Foster
15e9ba598e Cache: fix 1-year CSS cache and add version busting
- .htaccess: remove duplicate cache block that set all CSS/JS to max-age=31536000
  CSS/JS now use max-age=3600 must-revalidate (was 1 year, breaking live edits)
- index.php: bump main.min.css version v1.1.3 -> v1.1.4
- All 78 PHP files: add ?v=20260222 to main.css and cro-enhancements.css refs
  Forces browser cache bust for all pages after todays accessibility changes
2026-02-22 11:12:40 +00:00
root
44db83e65e Fix: London duplicate author bio, Python pipeline FAQ schema
- Remove hardcoded sidebar author-bio from London article (was rendering 2x)
- Restore python-data-pipeline-tools-2025.php from git (was wiped by encoding error)
- Add FAQPage schema to Python pipeline article (4 Q&As on Airflow/Prefect/Dagster)
2026-02-22 10:08:42 +00:00
root
27f071604d SEO: all remaining items — bak cleanup, sitemap, homepage, FAQ schema, inline links
- Delete all .bak files from web root (security fix)
- Regenerate sitemap-blog.xml with all 41 articles and correct lastmod dates
- Improve homepage meta description (more specific, no contract mention)
- Add FAQPage schema to Python pipeline article (4 Q&As)
- Fix London analytics article: author, meta description updated
- Add contextual inline links to 4 articles -> service pages
- Remove includes.bak.20260210 directory
2026-02-22 10:03:09 +00:00
root
a26f6632c7 SEO: fix 404 redirects, sitemap cleanup, canonical fix, internal links
- .htaccess: 301 redirect data-analytics-companies-london-top-providers → -compared
- .htaccess: 301 redirect gdpr-compliance-web-scraping-uk-guide → web-scraping-compliance-uk-guide
- sitemap.xml: remove redirecting /services/data-analytics entry
- sitemap.xml: remove duplicate real-time-analytics-streaming (2025) entry
- sitemap.xml: add locations/london, /manchester, /birmingham pages
- real-time-analytics-streaming.php: canonical → real-time-analytics-streaming-data (2026 version)
- data-analytics-companies-london-top-providers-compared.php: internal link to churn article
- python-data-pipeline-tools-2025.php: internal link to churn article
- real-time-analytics-streaming-data.php: internal link to churn article
2026-02-20 11:00:23 +00:00
root
fe70ab53cf Nav refactor: fix remaining pages (tools, services, locations, blog articles)
- Updated 30 additional files to use shared includes/nav.php
- Fixed references to old navbar.php and header.php nav includes
- All 52 pages now use single shared navigation
2026-02-10 22:24:40 +00:00
root
aadcdf8e3c SEO: Improve meta titles, descriptions & internal links for top 10 pages
- Rewrite meta titles to be more compelling with power words and 2026 dates
- Shorten meta descriptions to ~150 chars with clear CTAs
- Remove double-branding from title tags (was: title | UK Data Services | UK Data Services Blog)
- Update internal cross-links between related scraping/analytics articles
- Focus: top 10 pages by impressions from Google Search Console
2026-02-10 10:25:07 +00:00
root
b6e39fe0c2 Security hardening + new tools deployment
- 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
2026-02-05 04:11:15 +00:00
root
e144b20798 Comprehensive SEO and UI improvements across site
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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2025-12-07 11:49:39 +00:00
root
7673e72d59 Add 5 new strategic blog articles and update blog homepage
- Add web scraping services UK buyer's guide (15 min read)
- Add data analytics companies London comparison (18 min read)
- Add business intelligence consultants UK selection guide (16 min read)
- Add competitor price monitoring build vs buy analysis (14 min read)
- Add real-time data extraction technical guide (17 min read)
- Update blog homepage stats and article listings
- Update sitemap with new high-priority blog posts

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2025-08-08 07:47:06 +00:00