Far to often I see URL redirection managed incorrectly. We all know that URL redirection is integral to certain SEO scenarios surrounding URL modifications, such as a site migration, so I’ll refrain from covering why redirection is important etc; but ensuring URL redirection is managed correctly is essential. Too often, I see redirects deployed on Read more about Regex URL Redirect with/without Trailing Slash & Query String[…] The post Regex URL Redirect with/without Trailing Slash & Quer...| Chris Ainsworth
I saw this Tweet pop-up in my feed this evening and it intrigued me: Personally I’ve never wanted or needed to export a list of properties from Google Search Console (though I have needed similar for Google Analytics!); but, there didn’t seem to be an obvious answer (as pointed out by @JLFaverio via Twitter)… https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+%22export+properties%22+in+%22google+search+console%22 Read more about How to Extract/Export a List of Properties from Google Search Console[...| Chris Ainsworth
Contact Form 7 is a wide used plugin for WordPress facilitating the quick and effortless publication of enquiry forms. In earlier versions of Contact Form 7 there was a great hook known as on_sent_ok through which deploy custom scripts, including scripts for triggering events for use with Google Analytics. Unfortunately, this hook is no longer Read more about Contact Form 7 Event Tracking Script for Google Analytics & Tag Manager[…] The post Contact Form 7 Event Tracking Script for Google A...| Chris Ainsworth
Form plugins for WordPress are great. They make it incredibly quick and easy to deploy enquiry forms with minimal effort. However, as you may have seen in my previous posts, many of the plugins often lack easy integration with Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager. While many plugins provide the ability to redirect customers to Read more about Tracking Ninja Form Submissions with Google Analytics & JQuery[…] The post Tracking Ninja Form Submissions with Google Analytics & JQuery appeared f...| Chris Ainsworth
WPForms is a great form builder plugin for WordPress which offers a host of benefits including integration with a number of 3rd parties such as Mailchimp, PayPal, Stripe, Zapier Integration and much more. However, like many form builder plugins for WordPress, the ajax based WPForms lacks integration with Google Analytics. While the Plus and Pro Read more about Tracking WPForms Submissions with Google Analytics[…] The post Tracking WPForms Submissions with Google Analytics appeared first on ...| Chris Ainsworth
Back in the day event tracking the volume of interactions with email (mailto) hyperlinks, click-to-call (tel:) links and PDFs was tedious. Then came Google Tag Manager and solved a variety of issues when it comes to tracking common methods of interaction – great news to many of us. The problem, however, is that many websites Read more about gtag.js Event Tracking in Google Analytics with JQuery[…] The post gtag.js Event Tracking in Google Analytics with JQuery appeared first on Chris Ains...| Chris Ainsworth
Redirection can be a tricky business in the world of SEO. If you’re launching a new website, migrating to a new domain or simply revising/improving the URL structure of your website you need to consider the importance of URL redirection. I work on lots of post-migration audits and strategies to help businesses recover from failed Read more about 301 Redirects for WordPress using the 404.php File[…] The post 301 Redirects for WordPress using the 404.php File appeared first on Chris Ainsworth.| Chris Ainsworth
Over the past few months I’ve received a number of request for additional tools or enhancements to existing tools. The most request tool is a variation of the Google SERP extraction tool that works with Bing. So, you’ll be pleased to hear that I have now adapted the bookmarklet to work specifically with Bing. Please Read more about Extract URLs from Bing’s Web SERPs[…] The post Extract URLs from Bing’s Web SERPs appeared first on Chris Ainsworth.| Chris Ainsworth
Can Screaming Frog Check a Website/Web Page for Instances of Schema Mark-up? That was the question posed to me earlier this week. The short answer is yes, you can, and it’s actually extremely simple. For those who may be unaware, in July 2015 Screaming Frog launched a new feature in version 4.0 called ‘Custom Extraction‘ Read more about How To Extract Schema Mark-Up with Screaming Frog (Microdata & JSON-LD)[…] The post How To Extract Schema Mark-Up with Screaming Frog (Microdata & JSO...| Chris Ainsworth
WordPress is an extremely powerful content management system and is now utilised by a wide range of organisations across the world. The current stats from BuiltWith indicate that 51% of the entire web now uses WordPress: Source: http://trends.builtwith.com/cms Some of the main reasons for using WordPress are: Cost = it’s free! It’s open source with Read more about WordPress Plugins for SEO & General Optimisation[…]| Chris Ainsworth
