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Taking advantage of modern protocols like HTTP2 and QUIC

In this article we’ll get you to know the latest web server protocols that really matter today when it comes to speed. It’s absolutely mind-boggling what Google Teams have developed and see it adopted by the top 19 Alexa’s websites. This single connection protocol is called QUIC and it bypasses all TCP limitations that we […]
Post by Pierre Ogier

Dec 12, 2018

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Using Facebook Messenger chatbots for research

Research is a powerful tool. It’s often at the centre of any strategic marketing planning (or it should be!) and forms the backbone of many marketing campaigns. For example, when designing our hero content for clients, we look at the data. What does the data tell us to do? We have plenty of content marketing […]
Post by James Fisher

Jun 08, 2018

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Colourful tools, screwers and hammers

The most useful content marketing tools

Content marketing is on the rise. Consumers are becoming ever more aware, and old-school tactics that used to work during the early days of the net are seeing a steady decline in effectiveness. Marketers have discovered that they need to offer something to the customer to get results. Thus, content marketing was born. But a […]
Post by James Fisher

Jun 04, 2018

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Are single page apps killing your SEO?

A JavaScript-based website means that you need JavaScript code rendered/processed before serving thecontent to the web user and any User-Agent. Traditionally, Google was only looking at the raw text-based content that we’d get in the HTTP response body and was unable to interpret what a typical browser running JavaScript would see. When websites started becoming […]
Post by Pierre Ogier

May 15, 2018

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Harvest Digital crowned 2nd most diverse agency in Bing Partner Global Awards

We’re proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the award as the Most Diverse and Inclusive Agency in the Global Bing Partner Awards. We came first runner-up in the award, and it’s no surprise that Bing has chosen to recognise two independent media agencies – especially after large conglomerate media agencies have been […]
Post by James Fisher

Apr 11, 2018

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Using Google Lighthouse for page speed

Google wants a faster web, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it. They’ve recently made announcement after announcement that shows that improving the page speed of the web is one of their top priorities. First, they’re making page speed a ranking factor. They also announced that they’re deploying a specialist team to accelerate the […]
Post by Pierre Ogier

Mar 05, 2018

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Infographic Valentine's spending in the UK

Infographic: Valentine’s Day spending in the UK

Are Brits still crazy in love with Valentine’s? Is Valentine’s Day spending still on the rise? Or is it just one big cliché? In 2018, it is safe to say that UK consumers are still willing to splash out on the ole’ classic chocolate box. We’re set to go chocolate box crazy as expenditure on confectionary increases by almost 16% […]
Post by Madeline Embleton

Feb 08, 2018

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Amplifying your content

Content marketing is a dream. I don’t know why more people don’t do it! Did you know that content marketing generates as much as three times the amount of quality, organic leads as traditional outbound marketing?? Crazy right? No wonder everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. The only problem now is that the marketplace is […]
Post by James Fisher

Feb 05, 2018

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