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Posted by jamiejpressThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Moz, Inc.Many of us have known for a while that Google Autocomplete can be a useful tool for identifying keyword opportunities. But did you know it is also an extremely powerful tool for content ideation?And by pushing the envelope a little further, you can turn an Autocomplete... →

Posted by EricEngeToday's post focuses on a vision for your online presence. This vision outlines what it takes to be the best, both from an overall reputation and visibility standpoint, as well as an SEO point of view. The reason these are tied together is simple: Your overall online reputation and visibility is a huge factor in your SEO. Period. Let's start by talking about why.Core ranking signalsFor purposes of this post, let's define three cornerstone ranking signals that most everyone agrees on:LinksL... →

Posted by Leveragist It was pure joy and exhilaration as I monitored the traffic in real-time. Traffic coming in from all over the world. It felt freakin' AWESOME! 5,680 visitors on that first day... on a site that was less than a year old. It almost felt like I'd won the lottery, except I'd known it was going to happen. Not with 100% certainty, but I'd had enough confidence it was going to happen that I upgraded my server at the last minute. I'd heard enough horror stories about sites crashing due to an un... →

Posted by Tom-AnthonyIn the Distilled R&D department we have been ramping up the amount of automated monitoring and analysis we do, with an internal system monitoring our client's sites both directly and via various data sources to ensure they remain healthy and we are alerted to any problems that may arise. Recently we started work to add in functionality for including the rel-alternate-hreflang annotations in this system. In this blog post I'm going to share an open-source Python library we've just starte... →

Posted by EricEngeEditor's note: Today we're featuring back-to-back episodes of Whiteboard Friday from our friends at Stone Temple Consulting. Make sure to also check out the first episode, "Becoming Better SEO Scientists" from Mark Traphagen. User experience and the quality of your content have an incredibly broad impact on your SEO efforts. In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Stone Temple's Eric Enge shows you how paying attention to your users can benefit your position in the SERPs. For reference, here... →

Posted by MarkTraphagenEditor's note: Today we're featuring back-to-back episodes of Whiteboard Friday from our friends at Stone Temple Consulting. The second episode, "UX, Content Quality, and SEO" from Eric Enge, will be up around 11:30 a.m. in Seattle. Make sure to check back and take a look! Like many other areas of marketing, SEO incorporates elements of science. It becomes problematic for everyone, though, when theories that haven't been the subject of real scientific rigor are passed off as proven fa... →

Posted by Daniel_MorganAs Google continues to expand its Knowledge Graph, one of the most significant developments has been that of the Direct Answers Box, which was also recently added as a new component to the 2015 edition of Search Engine Land’s much-loved Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors.Instead of writing about how to get your content featured in the Direct Answers Box, I thought I would focus specifically on what can be done to ensure your content is displayed properly for a high click-through ra... →

Pete Meyers from Moz spotted potentially a new ad format from Google named "Read Now Ads." He posted a screen shot of the ad he spotted on Twitter...... →

Posted by Alan_ColemanThe trick most content marketers are missingCreating great content is the first half of success in content marketing. Getting quality content read by, and amplified to, a relevant audience is the oft overlooked second half of success. Facebook can be a content marketer's best friend for this challenge. For reach, relevance and amplification potential, Facebook is unrivaled. Reach: 1 in 6 mobile minutes on planet earth is somebody reading something on Facebook. Relevance: Facebook is a ... →

24 июля WebPromo и WebPromoExperts проводят бесплатную онлайн-конференцию «День белого SEO». Ведущие эксперты в области SEO поделятся своими наработками и практическими кейсами. В программе спикеры из Google, Яндекс, WebPromo, Devaka, Текстерра и другие. Отдельно стоит выделить англоязычную секцию с представителями компаний MOZ, SimilarWeb, Majestic. В программе конференции “День белого SEO” 12 докладов и 1 круглый стол. Вы сможете задавать ваши вопросы каждому спикеру прямо во время его доклада – самые инт... →

Posted by Cyrus-ShepardThe movement to make the Internet more secure through HTTPS brings several useful advancements for webmasters. In addition to security improvements, HTTPS promises future technological advances and potential SEO benefits for marketers. HTTPS in search results is rising. Recent MozCast data from Dr. Pete shows nearly 20% of first page Google results are now HTTPS. Sadly, HTTPS also has its downsides. Marketers run into their first challenge when they switch regular HTTP sites over to H... →

Posted by jamiejpressMany of us have known for a while that Google Autocomplete can be a useful tool for identifying keyword opportunities. But did you know it is also an extremely powerful tool for content ideation?And by pushing the envelope a little further, you can turn an Autocomplete topic from a good content idea into a link-building, traffic-generating powerhouse for your website. Here’s how I did it for one of my clients. They are in the diesel power generator industry in the Australian market, but... →

Posted by TrentonGreener"The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before." While this quote has been credited to everyone from Francis Phillip Wernig, under the pseudonym Alan Ashley-Pitt, to Einstein himself, the powerful message does not lose its substance no matter whom you choose to credit. There is a very important yet often overlooked effect of not heeding this warning. One which can be ap... →

Posted by randfishA lot of fantastic websites (and products, services, ideas, etc.) are in something of a pickle: The keywords they would normally think to target get next to no search volume. It can make SEO seem like a lost cause. In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand explains why that's not the case, and talks about the one extra step that'll help those organizations create the demand they want. For reference, here's a still of this week's whiteboard. Click on it to open a high resolution image in a new tab... →

Posted by Gab-bookworm-seo-GoldenbergYou likely recognize the value of usability testing services, but the pricing of the most popular services is holding you back. However, there's a way to do such testing at a reasonable cost without compromising on quality.For the sake of comparison, I'm going to look at two tool different usability testing tools in this post: UserTesting.com and TryMyUI.com. Both tools currently offer remote usability testing with screen and audio recording. During a test, the user is ... →

Posted by ryanwashere This post was originally in YouMoz , and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Moz, Inc. I was furious when keyword data disappeared from Google Analytics (GA). I mean, how could I possibly optimize a website without keyword data?!?! It didn't take me long to realize I was overreacting. In fact,... →

Posted by ryanwashereThis post was originally in YouMoz, and was promoted to the main blog because it provides great value and interest to our community. The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of Moz, Inc. I was furious when keyword data disappeared from Google Analytics (GA). I mean, how could I possibly optimize a website without keyword data?!?! It didn't take me long to realize I was overreacting. In fact, I quickly realized how trivial keyword data was. Search eng... →

Posted by russangularGiven this blog's readership, chances are good you will spend some time this week looking at backlinks in one of the growing number of link data tools. We know backlinks continue to be one of, if not the most important parts of Google's ranking algorithm. We tend to take these link data sets at face value, though, in part because they are all we have. But when your rankings are on the line, is there a better way to get at which data set is the best? How should we go about assessing the... →

Posted by Trevor-Klein In late 2013, we asked you all about your experience with the Moz Blog. It was the first time we'd collected direct feedback from our readers in more than three years"an eternity in the marketing industry. With the pace of change in our line of work (not to mention your schedules and reading habits) we didn't want to wait that long again, so we're taking this opportunity to ask you how well we're keeping up.... →

Posted by Trevor-KleinIn late 2013, we asked you all about your experience with the Moz Blog. It was the first time we'd collected direct feedback from our readers in more than three years—an eternity in the marketing industry. With the pace of change in our line of work (not to mention your schedules and reading habits) we didn't want to wait that long again, so we're taking this opportunity to ask you how well we're keeping up. Our mission is to help you all become better marketers, and to do that, we nee... →