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While infographics are touted by some as wonderful examples of making information accessible, in today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand shows us a very different view of them, making the case for using individual visual assets instead.
Sometimes, Google seems to be changing so quickly that it's easy to rush to conspiracies. This post is an attempt to make six data-driven predictions about how Google might change in 2014, including two conceptual screenshots.
This year's Local Search Ranking Factors identified 83 foundational ranking factors. This guide explains the top 20 most important factors and offers a succinct, illustrated example of each.
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Tracking the success of offline marketing campaigns can be far more difficult than online campaigns, but it's equally important. Here are a few simple steps you can take to put that tracking in place.
With the controversy over the value of keyword rankings, many marketers are looking for other ways to report their progress. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Dana DiTomaso shows us several conversations that show results without even mentioning rank reports.
Google+ provides a multitude of benefits for individuals and companies looking to promote unique content and help better optimize their website for organic search. But when most small-to-medium sized business owners think of using social media or having a content marketing strategy, Google+ is forgotten and almost always left behind.
By including social metadata in all new pieces of content that we publish, we can optimize how that content appears on social networks. Thumbnails, author names, proper descriptions, and other rich information directly correlate with clicks and shares. This post gives you simple templates we use at Moz to include that metadata in your own content.
The problem with Analytics is that there is too much data and most people don’t even know how to get started. Staring blankly at your visitor count may be interesting, but it’s not much use unless you can actually take action on it. One great way to reduce your procrastination and ensure that you actually use Analytics effectively is to set up a marketing dashboard.
There's a lot of buzz about viral marketing, and sometimes it stems from unexpected places. This post dives into a case study of my own — a site that gained traction when it hit the front page of Hacker News — and details some advice I learned along the way.
Last month, Rand and I swapped roles. He moved to Philadelphia to take the helm at SEER Interactive, and I moved to Seattle to head the efforts at Moz. This is my greatest takeaway for the Moz community and employees.
This article focuses on when and where you should use both and how you can integrate SEO & PPC in a practical way to enhance both of them.
What follows is my process – this is what I do when I want to write great content. It doesn't work every time, but I find that with a process in place it's much easier to write at the best of your ability.