12/19/2016
2016 was an intense year, especially when it came to SEO and Google in particular. Gianluca Fiorelli predicts trends for 2017 based on evidence of what we've seen come to pass.
8/2/2016
From parsing and indexing optimization, to semantics and structured data, to the opportunities of personalized search, Gianluca uses evidence from Google's actions, statements, and patents to help you craft a future-proof user-first game plan.
11/24/2015
RankBrain. We know it happened, but beyond that, the details of this Google algorithm update are largely a mystery. What is RankBrain, what does it do, and is it even possible to optimize for it? Join Gianluca Fiorelli as he outlines what we do know and ponders the possibilities of what we don't.
8/5/2015
What are the different types of content, and which metrics should we use to figure out whether they were successful in reaching their audiences? In this practical guide, Gianluca offers his approach and a wealth of additional resources.
3/12/2015
Understanding your brand's archetype and narrative mode can embed you deep in the psyche of your customer. Learn how.
12/29/2014
In the past weeks I have been asked several times what my previews about SEO and marketing are for 2015. In this post, I'll use Lego as a shining example of just where we're heading.
9/30/2014
Nothing like the "The 200 Google Ranking Factors" actually exists. It is a myth, and those who claim to be able to offer a final list are its prophets. This post explains how the myth was born and the importance of knowing the stages of search engines' working process.
9/12/2014
We don't need to create heaps of pages to target long-tail keywords. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Moz associate (and long-time community member) Gianluca Fiorelli explains how we can use topical hubs and an entity-based approach to tell Google about connections it might otherwise have missed.
6/25/2014
The Moz Community is one of the biggest SEO communities online. Analyzing the Moz Q&A, then, can help us understand what SEOs are really talking and worried about. Here's the result of analyzing more than 11,000 questions.
5/13/2014
Gianluca endeavored to learn more about our industry by analyzing more than 20,000 questions from Moz's Q&A section. Along the way, he discovered quite a bit about what makes for an effective online forum. Today's post covers what he learned.
3/5/2014
Personalized search results have been around for quite some time, but they've changed so much that we need a new term for them: private search results. This post is a snapshot of what we're seeing today (including +Post Ads), along with guidance for how best to take advantage of the latest trends.
12/19/2013
How will Google evolve after the acquisition of Wavii, Behav.io, PostRank, Grapple, and machine learning and neural computing technologies? Gianluca Fiorelli paints a picture of Google in 2014, based on entity search, semantic, and über-personalization, covering how Google's recent acquisitions will interact with one another in order to shape our search experience.
10/24/2013
There are many misconceptions about Google's Hummingbird update. What exactly did the update do, and how is it different from Penguin and Panda? How is it related to the move toward 100% (not provided)? This post consolidates the information we have available to answer all of these questions and more.
9/3/2013
With recent posts mentioning the rise of contextual and implicit queries, we are now seeing a deep personalization of search. This takes many forms, and has very real implications for our work as marketers. It's time to break down the silos and see the bigger picture.
8/7/2013
Brand storytelling offers us a way to connect with our audiences in truly memorable ways by appealing to their emotions. People have been telling stories for as long as they've been around, and with a few examples, we see how ancient wisdom can be applied to modern tactics.
6/3/2013
Sometimes, we have to look at things from far away to really understand them. In today's post, we look at the web and the universe at large, and realize that these two mysteries may have more in common than we think.
4/23/2013
Every brand has a story to tell, and the way users consume stories is changing faster than ever. How will you tell your brand's story across multiple media outlets and platforms, while still giving users an active role in the expansion process? Transmedia Storytelling is here to save the day!
2/28/2013
Social content curation is an important building block of your inbound marketing strategy. In today's post, Gianluca Fiorelli shares his tips for preparing and executing your social content curation strategy, along with his favorite tools and thought leaders in the space.
2/5/2013
Every country differs in the way its citizens use the Internet to gather information, interact with online communities, and experience entertainment. In today's post, Gianluca Fiorelli uses data to paint a picture of what search and Internet usage in Italy has looked like over the last few years, and what the future has in store.
12/26/2012
We can only predict the future by studying the past. Through the story of Apollo and Cassandra, Gianluca Fiorelli predicts what the landscape of Google will look like in 2013.
12/4/2012
Web marketing and the entertainment industry have more in common than you might think. In today's post, Ginaluca Fiorelli shares the epic tale of the Beauty and the Brand to show just much SEOs and web marketers can learn from watching the trends on the Red Carpet.
9/27/2012
International SEO is on the rise for many reasons not solely related to SEO. Many companies are making expansion in the international market one of their main goals. In this post, I try to solve the possible doubts you may have about this facet of your job as an SEO, explain best practices, give some tips, and explain why companies should invest more of their budget in competing in the foreign arena.
7/24/2012
Many SEOs and Web Marketers just (re)discovered the importance of Content, maybe pushed by Google's Panda update and other various changes. Let's discover what the SEOmoz MozCon speakers have to say about the most important discipline in Web Marketing. And please, don't even try to use the "Content is King" phrase, or I'll "snap you."
7/17/2012
The world has changed a lot. I don't mean compared to last year (while it is true that many things have change...
7/10/2012
Discover what is the State of SEO in 2012 accordingly to some of the most renown SEOs and Web Marketers. Google Updates, Knowledge Graph, Author Rank, Schema.org, Google+ and the Plus-ification of G. And then Bing and its teasing to the SEO community or the definitive explosion of Mobile Search. So much as changed in one year. But one thing stays firm: MozCon is coming.
4/4/2012
Curation Content is a Content Marketing tactic that SEOs should learn and use. This guide will tell them all they need to know about Content Curation: what it is, how to do it, and why to do it for the highest benefit of their campaigns.
12/12/2011
I must admit that lately Google is the cause of my headaches.
No, not just because it decided I was not going to be not provided with useful information about my sites. And neither because it is changing practically every tool I got used since my first days as an SEO (Google Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Gmail…). And, honestly, not only because it released a ravenous Panda.
No, the real question that is causing my headaches is: What the hell does Google want to go with all these changes?
10/18/2011
One of the things I like the most is to ask questions. Yes, I was one of those unsupportable little kids always asking "Why? What? When?" questions to their parents. And that need to learn new things from others is still there, alive.
That is why in the past weeks I have started an interviews' series in my blog I Love SEO, with interviews to ...
8/16/2011
Sunday, August the 7th, was a sad day for the Moz community when we lost a beloved member due to cancer.
3/4/2011
I am not a mathematician, therefore I cannot give you formulas to play with; I am not a what can be defined strictly as a technical SEO, therefore I cannot give you insides about technical methodologies to fight spam. I have an old marketing school background mixed with humanistic studies. So, my approach to the quality of SERPs issue, so hot during these last weeks, will be more philosophical and theoretical than high tech and statistic.
10/29/2010
The ultimate SEO factor: the human factor.
I was lucky to attend the ProSEO Training Days by Distilled/SEOmoz in London on the 25th/26th of October. It was a wonderful occasion to see so many things recapped, that I have read in blogs, forum and chats; to learn some new things about SEO and to finally meet the people I talk with (too much?) online.
6/17/2010
This post is addressed to all the small business SEO agencies that dreams and aspires to become leaders in their respective markets, and to all those ones that have the experience and can contribute to the ‘brainstorming’ my thoughts desire to open.
The future is now
(The Hudsucker Proxy, Joel ...
5/7/2010
Maybe it is because here in Europe we are living the final of the most important football leagues and nothing is really decided about which team will win. Maybe because I a...