How to Create an SEO-Friendly Website: The Complete Checklist
An SEO-friendly (i.e., search engine-friendly) website is one that is technically sound, delightful to use, and search-focused. Here’s a Venn diagram explaining this: An SEO-friendly website is the intersection of…
SaaS Homepage SEO: Keywords, Linking & More
Start-up SaaS websites typically consist of the home page and maybe a handful of supporting pages – neither of which offer any SEO value. A good SaaS homepage will drive…
7 Ways To Use Email To Boost Organic Traffic
It’s the bread and butter of your career, but possibly also the bane of your existence. Calling to targets like a siren’s song, whether they’re in the office down the…
21 Must-Have Features For Ecommerce Sites
Are you creating a new ecommerce store for your business or looking for ways to improve the functionality of your current store? Creating an ecommerce experience that is sure to…
Fixing Google Search Console’s Coverage Report ‘Excluded Pages’
Google Search Console lets you look at your website through Google’s eyes. You get information about the performance of your website and details about page experience, security issues, crawling, or…
6 Perfectly Preventable Ways Facebook Ads Tend To Go Wrong
Recent data shows that Facebook attracted 2.93 billion active monthly users. in Q1 2022, making it the social media platform used most around the world. However, even though Facebook is…
Google May 2022 Core Update Complete
Google confirms the core algorithm update it began rolling out on May 25 is officially complete. Now you can get an accurate assessment of the impact. The announcement of the…
Top 17 Enterprise SEO Metrics To Inform Your Reporting
Measuring SEO metrics is essential for proving the value of your efforts and optimizations. It’s the key to getting budget from existing clients and executives, landing new ones, making the…
12 Essential SEO Data Points For Any Website
Optimizing a website according to best practices is a starting point. Once a site is published, out the door comes the next process of monitoring performance and improving based on…
Try These Tools & Methods For Exporting Google Search Results To Excel
Extracting the search results into a spreadsheet is a seemingly straightforward thing. However, because of limitations on automated queries placed by Google and other search engines, it can become prohibitive…
Google Expands Verification Requirement For Finance Ads
Google is expanding its verification program for finance ads, which will require advertisers in more countries to prove they’re authorized to promote financial services. Verification adds an extra layer of…
A Complete Guide To Local Markup & Rich Results
How important is schema markup for local search engine optimization (SEO)? Most local SEO experts and webmasters are familiar with the impact of having well-optimized SEO elements on their landing…
Google’s Criticisms Against Tech Antitrust Bill
Google is arguing that a bill proposed by U.S. Congress has the potential to compromise users’ safety, and damage such products as Search and Maps. Known as the American Innovation…
Yoast On Why It’s Adopting IndexNow Protocol
After originally dismissing Microsoft’s open-source IndexNow search engine indexing protocol, Yoast has reversed course and indicated they will now support it. In a conversation with Search Engine Journal, founder Joost…
How to Earn Topical Authority in 2022 and Beyond
The author’s views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. As is often the case with…
LinkedIn Expands Audio Events To All Users
LinkedIn is expanding audio-only live events, first introduced in January in a beta test, to all users who have Creator Mode turned on. Audio-only live events are LinkedIn’s answer to…
Training & Professional Development Tips For Remote-First SEO Teams
People management is critical to the success of your remote-first SEO team. You may never meet in person, and many of the verbal and visual cues inherent to working in…
FAQ Pages for SEO (+ Examples & Best Practices)
FAQ pages (when done well) can be a double win: They provide valuable content that users want to see and Google wants to rank. However, when rushed, FAQs can easily…
Get To Know Google’s Before: and After: Search Operators
Google offers a lesser-known advanced search command that could make your Google searching a whole lot easier. While it’s possible to use Google’s Tools menu to do the same thing,…
WordPress Community Reacts To 6.0 Arturo
WordPress 6.0 has been warmly received by many users and it appears that the feedback on 6.0 is one of a smooth rollout. There were a few reports of plugin…
Tips For Avoiding Misinformation In SEO Resources & Conversations
There are many contradictory ideas about the best way to approach SEO. For every idea proposed, there are others in the SEO industry who disagree. Turning to Google for help…
How Do I Start To Gain Experience In Search? Ask An SEO
This Ask An SEO question comes from Jessica from Louth, who wrote in: “I’m currently a full-stack marketer but find myself drawn to SEO. I’m not sure where to start…
Ahrefs CEO Reveals More About Yep
Ahrefs recently announced its new privacy focused search engine called Yep. The search marketing community responded on social media with enthusiasm for the project but there were many questions. We…
In Defense of Spam Score and the Concept of a Toxic Link
The author’s views are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. I’m writing this after John Mueller…
How Does Google Handle Page Titles In Multiple Languages?
Writing page titles in multiple languages is generally not recommended. However, Google now has a way to handle them when they’re encountered. An algorithm update is rolling out that specifically…
How To Build A Facebook Ads Dashboard In Google Data Studio
Facebook Ads are an important part of many businesses’ digital marketing strategies. Whether the objective is to build awareness or generate sales and revenue, measuring and reporting on campaign efficacy…
A Complete Guide To the Google Penguin Algorithm Update
Ten years have passed since Google introduced the Penguin algorithm and took a stronger stance on manipulative link-building practices. The algorithm has had a number of updates and has become…
Top 5 Ways To Drive Revenue With A Clean Marketing Tech Stack
Running an ecommerce business? How many apps have you added to your site to improve customer experience? A handful, you say? Maybe not enough? It’s easy to keep adding new…
The Only 29 Free SEO Tools You Need
Looking for a list of free, useful SEO tools? Then look no further. You don’t need every free SEO tool under the sun. You just need enough of them to…
How To Optimize Pages & Beat Competitors
This post was sponsored by SE Ranking. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. Whether you run a large website or are launching a simple landing page,…