What is First Contenful Paint (FCP) & Why is it Important?

Page load speed is one of the most important metrics used by Google when evaluating a site’s performance, as well as a key component of its page experience algorithm to determine search engine rankings.

However, looking through a Page Speed Insights or Lighthouse report can be overwhelming due to the sheer number of technical terms utilized in those analyses.…

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How I went from SEO Exec to Senior Consultant in just four years

What first attracted you to Builtvisible? I started at Builtvisible about three and a half years ago, after having worked in a very small start-up. At that company, I worked in a lot of different areas like account management, sales, and SEO. I felt very passionate about SEO, so when I finished that job, I […]

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Canonical URLs: What Are They and Why Are They Important?

What Is a Canonical URL?

First implemented by Google in 2009, canonical URLs and tags are a technical solution used by webmasters to help search engines identify the original or master copy of a web page.

By utilizing a canonical tag, webmasters can prevent duplicate content issues by indicating to search engines their preferred or “canonical” version of a web page. 

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How to Read Robots.txt

How to Read Robots.txt: Syntax & Examples

This guide defines and provides examples for the following:

User-Agent
Wildcards: * and $
Allow and Disallow
Crawl Delay
Sitemap

The robots.txt file of a site gives site owners control over how search en…

301 vs. 302 Redirects for SEO: Which Should You Use?

What is a 301 or 302 Redirect?

301 vs 302 Redirects

In digital marketing, a redirect is utilized to direct both site users and search engines towards a different URL than the one they were originally intending to visit. The two main types of redirects used are 301 and 302 redirects, which refer to their respective HTTP status codes

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Third-party tools and why they’re vital to your ecommerce store

Let’s cover the basics Third-party tools for ecommerce sites are applications created by external companies that can either be coded into your website or used by a team member as a management tool. They’re used to fix a problem that would otherwise require a considerable amount of time to set up or manage, so first […]

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Thinking Like Google: How to Practice People-First Philosophy for Better SEO

It sometimes feels like, when it comes to SEO, the only constant is change.

However, if you look past “best practices” and broad-based studies to parse what Google is actually trying to accomplish with its search engine, you can begin to shape some powerful, people-focused philosophy that can help to make your site (nearly) algorithm proof and help you deliver better content for your intended audience.

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