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A/B testing and SEO: How to navigate pitfalls and maximize results

Search Engine Land

A/B testing can be a great tool for enhancing website functionality, user experience and conversions. However, when done at an enterprise scale, A/B testing poses unique challenges that can inadvertently undermine a site’s SEO performance.

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Reminder – Google Optimize sunsets this weekend

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This means you will no longer be able to create or edit experiments, personalizations, or view experiment reports after this date. However, you will still be able to run A/B tests in Google Analytics 4. The search engine therefore decided to invest in solutions that will be more effective for customers instead.

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How to Segment A/B Test Results to Find Gold

ConversionXL

You run an A/B test , and it’s a winner. Does it mean that the treatments that you tested didn’t resonate with anyone? If you target all visitors with the A/B test, it merely reports overall results – and ignores what happens in a portion of your traffic, in segments. Your users are different.

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PXL: A Better Way to Prioritize Your A/B Tests

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If you’re doing it right, you probably have a large list of A/B testing ideas in your pipeline. We can’t test everything at once, and we all have a limited amount of traffic. You should have a way to prioritize all these ideas in a way that gets you to test the highest potential ideas first. Add it as a variable.

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Google Optimize will sunset this year

Search Engine Land

Your experiments and personalizations can continue to run until that date. The discontinuation of Optimize may affect marketers ability to conduct A/B testing and optimize their website or app’s user experience. Be sure to download it from the Optimize user interface before September 30. Why we care.

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How to Use UX Research to Create Smarter A/B Test Variations

ConversionXL

A/B testing is common practice and it can be a powerful optimization strategy when it’s used properly. Unfortunately, there are experimentation flaws associated with A/B testing as well. Unfortunately, there are experimentation flaws associated with A/B testing as well. Where A/B Tests Are Going Wrong.

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Integrating SEO into the multichannel customer journey

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However, to ensure a consistent brand experience across these channels, it’s crucial to integrate SEO into the multichannel customer journey. Run A/B tests to produce better-targeted campaigns for each audience and their preferred channels. This enables you to tailor marketing efforts and enhance user experience.

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