The industry's top wizards, doctors, and other experts offer their best advice, research, how-tos, and insights—all in the name of helping you level-up your SEO and online marketing skills.
Page-one HTTPS URLs in Google search are at 98% (according to MozCast). This post looks at a much larger data set (7.5M keywords) and finds much the same. If you haven't switched to HTTPS/SSL, you can't play the Google game.
Joy and her team at Sterling Sky have come to the conclusion that there are only four things inside the Google My Business dashboard that a business owner or a marketing agency can edit that will have a direct influence on where they rank in the local results on Google.
In our State of Local SEO Survey, 90% of respondents agreed that the impact of reviews on local pack rankings is real. Local business owners should be able to turn those chilly black-and-white words on a review profile into a living color interaction, with the potential for further details, vital learnings, resolution, and deeply informal human connection with a neighbor.
Search engine results pages (SERPs) are the mountains we’re trying to climb as SEOs to reach the peak (number one position). But these mountains aren’t just for climbing — there are numerous “nuggets” of information to be mined from the SERPs that can help us on our journey to the mountaintop.
We asked five local SEO experts to zero in on the trends and tactics businesses across five industries should focus on to get ahead — and stay ahead — during this time.
When you publish new content, you want users to find it ranking in search results as fast as possible. Fortunately, there are a number of tips and tricks in the SEO toolbox to help you accomplish this goal. Sit back, turn up your volume, and let Cyrus Shepard show you exactly how in this popular and informative episode of Whiteboard Friday.
[Note: #3 isn't covered in...
With listing and reputation management so essential for local businesses — especially in 2020 — we’re introducing new Moz Local plans that give you more options for review monitoring, review management, and social posting, depending on your needs.
In a study of 2.1M searches and 766K videos, YouTube accounted for 94% of all video carousel results on page one of Google, leaving little room for competition.
Never miss a beat. Get Moz Blog email updates daily in your inbox
In a world where search companies are a dime a dozen and brands tout bland "unique selling propositions" that aren't unique at all, how can you avoid drowning in the sea of sameness? What are you doing that's any different from every other SEO firm?
In this article, you'll learn how to find, activate, and articulate your competitive advantage. You’ll discover how to identify unique st...
Your FAQ page is the key to providing your customers and search engines with all the answers they might need about your brand. Here are some tips to make sure yours is helping — not hurting — your traffic and rankings.
When business is struggling, your company might be tempted to cut back or cut off SEO work to save time and money until things stabilize. Dr. Pete is here with a brand new Whiteboard Friday to tell you why stopping SEO efforts altogether creates more work in the long run, and provide some suggestions on what to do instead.
People around the world are having important discussions about systemic racism, overt and covert bias, and how we can all do better. Understanding the problem is the first step. To get a sense of conditions within the SEO community, North Star Inbound asked people to take their Diversity and Inclusion in SEO survey as part of their ongoing project to study the state of SEO. These are their findings.
How are the experts at Fractl able to secure media coverage on sites like CNBC, USA Today, and more? It takes a lot of time and resources, and adherence a set of tenets that guide their digital PR process. Amanda Milligan shares those tenets in this post, to help you finesse your own outreach strategies.
From lack of budget to lack of buy-in, there are myriad reasons your search work doesn't get implemented. Identify what's standing in your way and how to bust blockers in this helpful edition of Whiteboard Friday.