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Google to call last orders on Universal Analytics in 2023. Are you ready?
Google has announced that on July 1st 2023 it will no longer process standard Universal Analytics. By October 1st 2023 Google Analytics 360 will be gone. Monitoring your website after that will mean Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will be the go-to option. What does Google’s Universal Analytics going away mean for your business? If you…
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Free SEO Audit
Would you like a free SEO Audit for your site? Fill in the SEO Form or email content@2cubed.ie to get started! If you’re interested in building traffic and increasing leads and customers, you should consider an SEO audit followed by an SEO strategy. SEO Audits are a review focusing on discovering the strengths and weaknesses…
SEO Trends 2021
In 2021, you might be familiar with the concept of SEO. However, many website owners aren’t. In fact a large percentage have no idea how their site is crawled, indexed, ranking or performing in general at all. This can be a problem, particularly if you have made a substantial investment in your online presence. Free…
10 Pieces of Advice for Getting Better Search Results
We’d all love for our websites to rank as efficiently as possible with minimal effort; but unfortunately it just isn’t that simple. Our guide below should give some insight into what’s involved in getting your website ranking well. Review your current standing This is a big deal. Instead of blindly going full steam ahead with…
Simplifying SEO – Link Building
Often times, the basics and fundamentals of SEO are overlooked as we focus on the more technical challenges that Search Engine Optimisation presents. Before diving in to the more complex SEO issues, we should focus on two of the absolute basic and key items – content & link building. For this post, we’ll take a…
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Digital Audit
A Digital Audit can certainly bring many things to mind that you may not have considered. A full and thorough audit of your brands’ online position is certainly worth the effort. What is a Digital Audit? In our previous post, we looked at an SEO audit and what this can bring your website in terms…
SEO Trends 2020
In this post, we will take a look at what to look out for in 2020 from an SEO point of view. Search Engine Optimisation is a huge focus for many online businesses nowadays and is more crucial than ever in order to help drive traffic and ultimately sales. Image credit to Diggity Marketing. Content…
Fix Breadcrumbs Markup
Over the past couple of weeks, we have received mass emails in relation to Breadcrumb markup errors from Google. You may have received a similar email: What are Breadcrumbs? A breadcrumb, or a trail is a visual element added to show a user where exactly they are within a website. It also indicates the path…
Google’s Nofollow Updates
Since the nofollow attribute was introduced in 2005, it has allowed Google to understand link relationships between pages. What is a nofollow link? Initially introduced to help with spam, the nofollow attribute was a simple way to tell Google whether or not to count or ignore links to use within their search algorithms. Link building…
Keyword Research
In order to grow your online business, to drive traffic toward your site and achieve set goals, a fundamental area is keyword research. Whether you plan on developing a solid SEO strategy or a PPC campaign, keyword research gives you the option to fully research and think about what your users may search for. What…
Google AMP in 2019
Google’s AMP project was launched in 2016 and after a slow start, soon became a common feature across mobile search results. AMP or accelerated mobile pages, is a framework developed by Google to rival Facebooks Instant Articles and the technology allows pages to load almost instantly. Last year, we wrote a post about the importance…
8 Great WordPress Plugins
If your site uses WordPress, you’re probably familiar with plugins. Plugins are there to make life easier, essentially. We’ve gone through some of the top plugins on WordPress and picked out 8 that you may want to consider for your site. Woocommerce – Woocommerce powers over 40% of all eCommerce websites on the web. Powerful…
A Quick Guide to Technical SEO
In this post, we’ll look at a critical element of search engine optimisation; Technical SEO. This has become a fundamental and sometimes overlooked area of SEO but we’ll explain why it’s more important than ever below. Technical SEO contains many topics we could dive in to, but by understanding the key elements, it should allow…
What is Structured Data?
As structured data becomes more important, you are likely to see the term more and more. So what exactly does it mean? And what does it mean for your website? We’ll explain in more detail below. Google and other search engines are always working hard to understand the content on your website. By implementing structured…
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Google’s Mobile Search Update
You may have noticed a new layout while searching Google recently on your mobile device. Around the end of May, Google released an updated visual layout for the mobile search results page. This refresh was released to introduce a more modern and user friendly layout. Google say “we’re unveiling a visual refresh of the mobile…
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5 Great Content Marketing Tips
As traditional marketing has become less effective in this modern digital age more and more have turned their focus towards content marketing for their marketing needs. Content marketing is a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing content that can not only attract your target audience but actively retain them which will mean the…
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5 Great Reasons Why You Should Develop Your Website on WordPress
WordPress is a content management system (CMS), which means it’s designed to help you organize and display the content on your website. The most popular CMS chosen by people to develop their website on is WordPress. Here’s 5 great reasons why WordPress is the CMS platform of choice for many: Free to use WordPress is…
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3 Common Google Ads Mistakes to Avoid Making
Recently we discussed how to evaluate whether your PPC campaign is worth it? In this post we will discuss 3 common Google Ads mistakes that people make all too often in their PPC Campaigns. Not enough ads per group Less is certainly not more when it comes to ads in your ad group. Google recommends…
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Importance of Google Reviews for SEO
Whether it’s from word of mouth or testimonials reviews have always been an integral part of a business’s success. The positive impact of great reviews for a business cannot be underestimated nor can the negative impact of bad reviews. Reviews help potential new customers to decide whether they should choose your business over another, having…
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3 Ways Your Web Design May Be Damaging your SEO
As we have touched on before having a great Web Design employed throughout your website is very important to ensure that your website delivers a great user experience. We all know that a great user experience is great for SEO however if not properly done correctly web design can inadvertently end up actually damaging your…
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The Importance of Text & Heading Structure of Website Content for Optimal SEO Performance
Strong website content is the cornerstone of having a successful website. By writing unique rich content that gives value to the user your website content will be strong, couple this strong content with great marketing/SEO and your site should soar up the rankings of the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). Most people are familiar with…