6 Reasons WordPress Is Preferred by Publishers

WordPress is, at its heart, a blogging platform. 17 years after its inception and over 61% of total CMS market share later, it’s a powerhouse of Internet content. From eCommerce to recipe blogging and everything in between, if you can dream it, it can be done on WordPress. But WordPress still works best when it’s […]

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15 Ways User Experience Impacts Business Success

Businesses that invest wisely in user experience research and design (UX) deliver useful and compelling experiences for people that positively impact their company’s success and outcomes. Our teams work strategically with organizations and we measure UX improvements with metrics guided by business objectives. “Companies with the highest investment in UX, referred to as “design unicorns,” […]

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The Role of UX in Enterprise WordPress

An interview with Cathi Bosco, XWP UX Architect User Experience (UX) is something we have come to embed within all of our projects. Cathi is one of our resident UX Architects and with a decade of experience has proven invaluable to the way we execute on the interaction between users and the things we build. […]

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Site Performance and How It Impacts Search Ranking

Search engines are in the business of helping people find the things they’re looking for. However, with over 1.6 billion websites, chances are there are multiple very valid options the search engines can present to the searcher. And no one looks at page 2 of the search results. This is where ranking comes in. Search […]

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What You Need to Know Before You AMP

The AMP HTML framework continues to gain attention and the v1.0 release of the official WordPress plugin has made it even easier to implement AMP on WordPress. Even though the plugin provides the ability to just flick the switch, AMP implementation should be carefully planned for. For projects that we work on, there are a […]

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GDPR: What Businesses Need to Know

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be enforceable May 25th 2018! The implications for businesses that operate in Europe and collect user data are significant and are certainly not something to be taken lightly. “Great, another confusing legal acronym.” – Hopefully not you about GDPR For the uninitiated, the GDPR is designed to harmonize […]

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