What is Schema Markup and How Structured Data Can Benefit Your Business

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During the past decade, there has been a revolution in search technology that has deep implications for any business with a web presence. That revolution centres around semantics – the meaning behind words, or Schema Markup and Structured Data. This article will look at the background of search and how semantics have become important; the […]

Our Story | The History of SQ Digital

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SQ Digital has been in the digital marketing business for more than 20 years. Here’s our story. Origins: 2000-2004 Launched in 2000, SQ Digital – or SearchQuest as it was then known – consisted of a student loan, a bedroom and a computer. Back then, brothers Husen and Vilayte had only just learned that the […]

SQ Digital Conquer Born Survivor

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On this Throwback Thursday, I’d like to take you back a few months. Not so long ago, my idea of exercise was my 8-minute walk to work, popping into the tuck shop at regular intervals throughout the day, and trekking around town trying to decide what unhealthy meal to have for lunch. So, as you […]

My Time as An Intern at SQ Digital

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If I were to describe my time as a Digital Marketing Intern during the Summer at SQ Digital, I would honestly say that it has been an amazing and worthwhile experience. The amount of responsibility I was given since the beginning has been great. The fact that the company has had so much trust in […]

Winning Big at the RAR Digital Awards 2017

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The RAR Digital Awards. Recommended Agency Register (RAR) helps brands choose a digital marketing agency, based on ratings left by clients. In the digital marketing world, the RAR Digital Awards are considered extremely important and prestigious. They are unique, in that all winners are chosen based on the highest ratings from clients. In order to […]

What Google Wants from Your Content

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How many times have you heard that content is king? The importance of great content has been emphasised over and over again and, while it may have become a bit of a cliché nowadays, there is a reason why everyone says it: Google. Google is constantly refining the algorithms they use to rank pages according […]

My Induction at SQ Digital

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As Steve Jobs once said: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” As someone who is quite young and […]

An Easy Way to Create Content With a Re-purpose

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Once upon a time, Charles Dickens wrote “David Copperfield,” sent it off to the publisher, and moved on to his next book. The end. Not many ways for a content repurpose. As a result, there were no: Waterstones tours Sit-downs with Holly and Phil Insightful blog posts about his writing process Cryptic Tweets reflecting on his […]

How Do We Know When Google Has Updated its Algorithms?

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Have you wondered how Google manages to provide you with amazing search results on the first page? And how do your website’s rankings fluctuate in position? With its mission to provide only the best and most credible results, Google updates its algorithms for an optimised experience. Small updates are common and happen daily with little […]

This is Not a Drill! Penguin 4.0 is Finally Here

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Google Penguin 4.0 update: we’ve been waiting for this since 2014, but it seems like the wait is finally over! Google has just updated its Penguin Algorithm after a two-year period. The last time Penguin went through an update was in October 2014 to introduce Penguin 3.0. Any websites that were penalised at the time […]