Remove /data-scraping-services/index, /services/web-scraping-companies, and /services/data-scraping from sitemap.xml — all now 301 redirect to /services/web-scraping. Sitemap should only list canonical URLs. Update lastmod on /services/web-scraping to 2026-03-20 to signal the title/description fix to Google.
- 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
- Fix broken PHP syntax in real-time data extraction article
- Fix truncated meta description on homepage
- Fix truncated titles on competitive intelligence and price monitoring pages
- Update Selenium vs Playwright article year from 2024 to 2026
- Replace no-store cache headers on homepage with private revalidation
- 301 redirect thin duplicate real-time streaming article to canonical
- Add HSTS header to data-cleaning service page
- Replace SVG og:images with PNG social card across 24 blog articles
- Add Services breadcrumb level to London, Manchester, Birmingham pages
Removed 42 deprecated/restricted schema blocks across 21 files:
- FAQPage removed from all commercial pages (restricted Aug 2023)
- HowTo removed from all pages (rich results removed Sep 2023)
- Compliance guide: author type fixed Organization->Person
Blog index:
- New article cards: ai-web-scraping-2026, web-scraping-lead-generation-uk
- Stats updated: 55+ articles -> 57+, 2025 Content -> 2026 Content
- Featured article date updated to March 2026
- Blog schema updated with new BlogPosting entries
- Assign named authors to all 14 blog articles that defaulted to Editorial Team
- Replace team-based author labels (DevOps Team, Legal Team etc) with named authors
- Update 2025 -> 2026 in ecommerce trends, buyers guide, and python pipeline titles
- Remove phone number (01692 Norfolk) from all pages and schema
- Anonymise unverifiable case study clients (TechElectronics UK, Heritage Bank UK)
- Add clickable Companies House link (08576932) to footer
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove ICO Registration placeholder from footer
- Remove 'ICO registered' claims from about.php meta description
- Remove 'ICO registered' from web-scraping.php meta description and body copy
- Remove VAT No placeholder from footer
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix founding year from 2018 to 2015 across about.php, organization-schema.php, and index.php schema
- Standardise data accuracy rate to 99.8% across about.php and services/web-scraping.php (was 99.7%/99.9%)
- Remove google-oauth-callback from sitemap.xml
- Fix UK Gambling Commission logo alt text (remove misleading 'regulatory compliance' label)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
