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Why you should use synonyms and related keywords

18 December 2025 Brendan Reid

Search engines have become significantly more intelligent than they were in the past. You no longer need to repeat the same keyword a dozen times to be noticed. Google’s AI models, as well as large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini, now understand meaning, intent, and context. So, does that mean you don’t need to …

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Why you should use synonyms and related keywords

Word count and SEO: how long should an article or page be?

12 December 2025 Brendan Reid

Word count is not a ranking factor in itself, but it still plays a significant role in SEO. A minimum number of words helps search engines understand your topic, helps users understand your message, and supports content quality and relevance. The right length for your content depends on search intent, topic depth, competition, and purpose. …

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Word count and SEO: how long should an article or page be?

How to use headings on your site

11 December 2025 Brendan Reid

Headings structure your content for both readers and search engines. They help users scan a page, understand its content, and quickly locate the information they need. Search engines and AI systems use headings to interpret the topic and structure of your content. By using one clear H1, supported by well-written H2 and H3 headings, you …

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How to use headings on your site

What is search intent and why is it important for SEO?

1 December 2025 Ahad Qureshi

SEO is a way to drive more traffic to your website. By ranking high on Google, you attract more people to your site, which in turn leads to increased sales and a higher number of returning visitors. You must optimize your content for the right words to get people to your site. However, you should …

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What is search intent and why is it important for SEO?

Update or delete? Cleaning up old content on your site

23 November 2025 Camille Cunningham

Sometimes, content on your website becomes irrelevant or outdated and you need to decide whether to update it or delete it. It can be tricky to decide what needs to be done, but don’t let this hold you back. Regularly updating outdated content should be a key part of your content maintenance activities. Let’s help …

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Update or delete? Cleaning up old content on your site

Content maintenance strategy: 6 tips for a cleaner website

7 November 2025 Edwin Toonen

If you’ve been working on your website for a couple of years, chances are that your website has become a giant collection of posts and pages. When writing a post, you might find out you’ve already written a similar article (maybe even twice), or you might get a feeling that you’ve written something related that …

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Content maintenance strategy: 6 tips for a cleaner website

10 tips to improve the quality of your page

23 October 2025 Camille Cunningham

Is your page not attracting the number of people you thought it would? Or are you wondering what you can improve to get your page higher up in the search results? And to get people to stay on (and come back to) your site? There are a few things you can do to give your …

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10 tips to improve the quality of your page

The psychology of scannable content and bullet points

17 October 2025 Aman Soni

Your content has 15 seconds. That’s it. In those precious moments, your reader’s brain makes a critical decision: scan or abandon. The statistics are sobering. Users read only 20-28% of webpage content, spending an average of 15 seconds on a page before deciding whether to stay or leave. Yet many content creators still write as if …

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The psychology of scannable content and bullet points

First things first: writing content with the inverted pyramid style

13 October 2025 Edwin Toonen

Journalists have been using the inverted pyramid writing style for ages. Using it, you put your most important information upfront. Don’t hedge. Don’t bury your key point halfway down the third paragraph. And don’t hold back; tell the complete story in the first paragraph. Even online, this writing style holds up pretty well for some …

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First things first: writing content with the inverted pyramid style