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When and how to use HTML sitemaps for SEO and UX

Search Engine Land

Websites weren’t appropriately planned by information architects according to UX best practices. HTML vs. XML sitemaps – the visible vs. the invisible To make it short and simple, the main difference between HTML and XML sitemaps is that an HTML sitemap is usually visible to website visitors while an XML sitemap is not.

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Ecommerce SEO & UX: 4 simple tips to boost traffic and sales

Search Engine Land

It’s often been said that SEO and UX are linked, and it’s never been truer than when we think about how you organize an ecommerce website. Start by creating your main categories. Your main navigation should present your main categories. Unsurprisingly, they did not rank in Google for “air conditioners.”.

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Ecommerce UX Battle: Benchmarking 4 Beauty & Cosmetics Mobile Websites

ConversionXL

Our analyses measure overall user experience of each site as a composite of 5 separate UX dimensions. What is competitive UX benchmarking and why does it matter? Competitive UX benchmarking tests aspects of a website and compares them to competitors. 5 dimensions of UX benchmarking. 5 dimensions of UX benchmarking.

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Why Sites in High-Growth Industries Have Terrible UX

ConversionXL

But terrible UX isn’t a shortcoming of the cryptocurrency industry—it’s common in every high-growth industry, including, perhaps, your own. But, in the interim, industries like cryptocurrency get away with atrocious UX. The mistakes detailed below are a cautionary tale about potentially pernicious UX blind spots. Registration.

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You May Not Think You Need a UX Designer — Here’s Why You Do

Salesforce

One field that is expected to continue growing faster than average in the next decade includes the user experience (UX) designer. A UX hire can help avoid design debt , strengthen customer relationships , and build customer trust and long-term brand loyalty. Do I need to hire a UX Designer if my business uses a customizable platform?

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10 Product Recommendation Techniques to Improve UX and Conversions

ConversionXL

To narrow the topic down, in this article, I’ll discuss the basic kinds of logics and recommendation techniques that work best in widgets on the main, product, cart, category, and 404 pages of eCommerce stores. Main Page Recommendations. The main page is the first thing than users coming from direct traffic see when they visit a site.

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6 Customer Journey Mapping Examples: How UX Pros Do It

ConversionXL

Customer journey mapping is a widely used and impactful technique that can help you make better product, marketing, UX, and merchandising decisions. However, like other UX research techniques (including user personas ), there’s some vagueness and obscurity around how to actually create customer journey maps.

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