The R programming language has lots of benefits for SEOs, but it just doesn’t get as much love in the space as Python. I get it. The barrier to entry is a little higher and there are some things that you can do with Python or other languages that R is just not built for, but when it comes to analysis of chunky datasets or common SEO analytical functions, R can do it just as … [Read more...] about R For SEO Part 1: The Basics
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Keyword & Topic Clustering For SEO With R
Keyword and topic clustering for SEO has been a hot topic for years, but one of the things I’ve noticed is that there’s been a distinct lack of discussion around how to actually do it. There’s just been a torrent of theory and a handful of (rather expensive) tools which say they’ll do it for you. With that in mind, I thought I’d spend a bit of time putting together a really … [Read more...] about Keyword & Topic Clustering For SEO With R
Sentiment Analysis For SEO Using Google Sheets
If you’ve had the dubious pleasure of working with me over the last ten or so years, you’ll have heard me talk about three things pretty regularly: how chili is the greatest food on the planet (if you disagree, you’re wrong), obscure black metal/ witch house/ synthwave/ industrial bands and sentiment analysis and how it relates to SEO.I was recently lucky enough to be … [Read more...] about Sentiment Analysis For SEO Using Google Sheets
Bulk Resizing Images With R & Magick
I recently had to resize an awful lot of images for a client’s site in order to improve their load time. The site is very image heavy, but some of these images were over 6mb, which has serious ramifications for SEO and general user experience, especially on mobile.In today’s post, I’m going to take you through the solution I came up with, using R to resize the images to … [Read more...] about Bulk Resizing Images With R & Magick
Fear, Uncertainty And Doubt: Google’s SEO Panic Engine
By now, you’ll have heard the news and probably read Matt Cutts’ latest post (that link’s no-followed, Matt, don’t worry), where he talks about how Google will be taking a dimmer view of guest blogging in the future.In his words: So stick a fork in it: guest blogging is done; it’s just gotten too spammy. Like I say, you’ll probably have seen the post by now, you’ll … [Read more...] about Fear, Uncertainty And Doubt: Google’s SEO Panic Engine