9/30/2022
In this week’s episode, Ruth Burr Reedy discusses what a lot of marketers may not be thinking about enough: the people besides us who use Analytics data, and what they need to know about Google Analytics 4 in order to continue using Analytics data.
12/20/2019
Clean, useful Google Analytics data is all-important — both for you, and for the clients and colleagues that will be working on the site in the future. Ruth Burr Reedy shares her absolute best tips for getting your Analytics data accurate, consistent, and future-proof in this week's Whiteboard Friday.
11/22/2019
Writing content that is easier for Google, a robot, to understand can actually make you a better writer and help you write better content for humans. Learn about how Google uses NLP (natural language processing) to truly understand content, and how you can harness that knowledge to better optimize what you write for people and bots alike.
8/26/2019
When your client told you they wanted to focus on lead volume, they weren’t lying to you — it’s just that their needs have changed since having that conversation.
6/16/2016
When SB Nation published a controversial story on a sensitive topic, there was a huge public outcry. The subsequent peer review outlined key issues that will sound scarily familiar to many in the tech industry. Ruth Burr Reedy shares the most important takeaways to help fortify your own internal processes against big failures.
12/14/2015
Taking the time to really understand and define your brand allows you to be much more intentional and focused about the way you market your business online.
6/25/2015
A relationship-based approach to link building can be so powerful. By connecting with site owners on a personal level, you can start creating a positive association between you and the content you share. Start thinking of a link as something that's given online by a real live person who also exists outside the internet, and you can move from being a link builder to being a relationship builder. Plus, you might make a friend.
6/5/2015
Should we use relative or absolute URLs on our sites? It's a simple question with a nuanced answer, and in today's Whiteboard Friday, Ruth Burr Reedy guides us through.
3/9/2015
Hiring SEOs is hard, but training them and helping them develop as professionals is even harder. A solid professional development plan increases employee retention and happiness, and makes it easier to have conversations about raises and promotion. Here's the model we've developed to help digital marketers of all stripes grow in their roles.
2/18/2015
SEOs are in high demand, but that doesn't mean you can't find a newbie and train them up. Find out what you should be looking for when hiring an inexperienced SEO for your team.
11/26/2014
Think everyone knows as much as you do about SEO? Think again. Find out what the average client really knows and what happens when you don't make sharing your SEO knowledge a part of your standard business practice.
1/21/2014
We all know authorship is important, but it can be really hard to get working properly. Here's how we (finally) got authorship working the way it should on Moz.com.
10/8/2013
Here at Moz, our organic traffic has already been at over 50% (not provided) for over a year, and our (not provided) numbers have been hovering around 80% for a while now, so I’ve had some time to mull this over: In a post-keyword world, what is SEO?
9/10/2013
With Google's recent announcement that their free Keyword Tool has gone away, replaced with their integrated PPC tool the Keyword Planner, a cry has gone up from SEOs: "What do we do now?"
7/3/2013
Last week, I held a Mozinar talking about the SEO steps involved in transitioning from SEOmoz.org to Moz.com, and sharing some of the results we got. We got some great questions on the Mozinar, and I wanted a chance to answer some more of them as well as expand on some points that didn’t fit into the Mozinar.
4/19/2013
As inbound marketing continues to gain traction, it's time to start building your keywords into the bones of your site, rather than adding them once your site is already completely mapped out. Our Lead SEO, Ruth Burr, talks about using keywords to drive personas and, ultimately, your site mapping process.
3/28/2013
Those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably noticed that I live-tweet the conferences I go to. Extensively. Some people love it, some people hate it - but if you want to start live-tweeting for yourself, here are some things to keep in mind.
12/18/2012
Attribution modeling is a hot topic in the SEO industry, but many of us aren't doing it as well as we want to be. Take a look at how you're approaching attribution modeling, and see why marketing analytics may be the solution you've been looking for.
12/5/2012
"Panda" has become kind of a dirty word among SEOs. Tweet about a trip to the zoo or a cuddly stuffed animal and you're bound to get a tweet back saying, "Ugh, don't say panda, I'm still traumatized." My response to this reaction is twofold: I still love pandas. And I love Google Panda, too.
11/2/2012
Link building outreach can be unpleasant, but through social media, people have the opportunity to form real relationships to help out with the task of getting your website and content out there. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Ruth Burr shares her tips on finding link targets online and building relationships with them through Twitter.
10/10/2012
SEOmoz has been experiencing an interesting pattern in our branded organic traffic over the last few months. Is interest in our brand declining, or is a different culprit to blame? Ruth Burr digs into the data to find out.
8/21/2012
Earlier this month we launched the "One Tool or Tactic, Two Minutes" YouTube contest. We had some amazing videos submitted. Here are the winners!
7/31/2012
We're excited to announce the new SEOmoz YouTube channel! Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/moz. We've added a bunch of our video content from the last couple of years, including Whiteboard Friday and our just-for-fun videos like Aaron's First Day.
7/23/2012
SEOmoz recently received an unnatural link warning in Google Webmaster Tools! GULP. Here's the story of what happened, what we did and why you may be seeing the same warning.
6/21/2012
We've been seeing some strange new issues with title tags displaying in the SERPs lately. After a bit of sleuthing, here's what we found out:
5/30/2012
Hi everybody! My name is Ruth Burr and I’m the new Lead SEO here at SEOmoz. I'm super excited to be here! I'll be posting on SEO here regularly going forward, but for my first post I wanted to tell you guys that when it comes to SEO, this is how I roll: