Google Warns Against Cloaking HTTP Status Codes
During Google’s April 2023 SEO Office Hours, a website owner asked Gary Illyes, Analyst at Google, whether giving Googlebot a different HTTP status code from the one served to human…
Google April 2023 Reviews Update Focuses Heavily On Experience
Google released the Google April 2023 Reviews Update today, April 12, 2023 at noon EST (9 AM PDT). This update leans heavily on signals of experience. Google’s April 2023 Product…
MozCon 2023: The Initial Agenda
The big event is just about four months out and we’re excited to give you a preview of what you can expect to hear on stage this August! From fresh…
How To Increase Your Google Ads Profits With 3 Simple Steps
Are your Google Ad campaigns falling short of your expectations? Are you looking for ways to scale your ad account and drive more conversions? With a few simple tweaks to…
Why Broken Bookmarks Could Harm SEO and How To Find and Fix Them
User experience has a profound effect on the customer journey. This includes how easy your website is to navigate, page load speed, and whether links lead to relevant pages can…
Google’s Webspam Report Explains Role Of SpamBrain
Google’s annual Webspam Report covering 2022 highlighted all the ways their SpamBrain anti-spam system became more adept at catching multiple forms of spam. While the report is mainly about reporting…
How To Choose A Domain Name
When it comes to building your website, choosing a domain name is one of the most important decisions you will make because it affects how the site is marketed and…
SEO Agency Software (What Do They Use?)
Here’s my selection of the software that SEO agencies use to get their work done and manage their teams successfully. Accurate data is important for SEO agencies to make good…
5 Enterprise SEO Trends To Watch In 2023
As purchasing power continues to shift and paid marketing budgets dwindle, SEO is increasingly important for business executives who are looking to stay ahead. By leveraging critical insights into consumer…
WordPress Security Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Sites
WordPress security plugin discovered to have two vulnerabilities that could allow a malicious upload, cross-site scripting and allow viewing of contents of arbitrary files. All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress Plugin The…
Google Has A New Page For Bard Chatbot Updates
Google recently launched a dedicated Experiment Updates page for the Bard AI project, making it simple for users to stay informed about the latest features. This new page allows you…
How we fought spam on Google Search in 2022 | Google Search Central Blog | Google Developers
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Every day, we’re discovering, indexing, and serving billions of web pages, and a significant portion of pages we discover are spam. In 2022 we launched multiple…
Our Beautiful New Hardcover Book
Have you ever wanted to learn SEO away from your computer screen? We just published a beautiful hardcover book teaching the fundamentals of SEO. Here it is in all its…
Google’s John Mueller On Links From News Sites
Google’s John Mueller commented in a Twitter discussion about the supposed ranking power of links from news sites and offered a different way of thinking about how Google treats those…
How to Get Bard to Show Your Local Business: Advice from the Source
The author’s views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. We’re all Bard beginners right now, and so…
Web3 Digital Marketing: 8 Skills You Need To Get Started
Are you interested in getting started in the exciting world of Web3 digital marketing? With the rise of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, the way we approach marketing has changed over…
ChatGPT And Generative AI Tools Face Legal Woes Worldwide
The recent ban on ChatGPT in Italy is just one of many potential legal challenges OpenAI faces. As the European Union works towards passing an Artificial Intelligence Act, the United…
SEO Writing Tools (Do You Really Need Them?)
SEO writing tools help you improve your content. Here are the top reasons why you need them and the tools I use to improve my writing. 1. To find the…
11 Best ChatGPT Alternatives To Try In 2023
Since the launch of ChatGPT, SEO professionals and creators everywhere have been trialing the AI chatbot to see how it can make life easier. When it comes to automating tasks,…
7 Affiliate Marketing Examples & Why They Work So Well
But what makes a good affiliate marketing website? What products does it promote? And how does it get people to visit and purchase its recommendations? To answer these questions, let’s…
New Adobe PDF WordPress Plugin Radically Improves User Experience
Adobe released a PDF Embed WordPress plugin provides additional ways to display PDFs online in a way that makes them user friendly, pleasantly interactive and useful. The new plugin makes…
Google Is Removing 4 Attribution Models For Advertisers
Just announced: Google is updating its measurement models starting May 2023. In the April 6 announcement, Google stated that four attribution models would disappear in both Google Ads and Google…
SEO & Reputation Management: An In-Depth Guide
All forms of marketing play a part in good brand management. Using the same tone of voice throughout your ads and emails and choosing the same photo assets for your…
5 SEO Insights to Learn From
Healthline is one of the biggest health niche websites. We’re talking tens, if not hundreds of millions of clicks every month with fierce competition. It doesn’t get much more exciting…
Google On Staging Sites & Preventing Accidental Indexing
The latest episode of Google’s Search Off The Record podcast discusses the challenges of launching websites and preventing staging sites from being indexed by search engines. Staging sites used for…
6 Money-Making Content Formats SaaS Companies Should Prioritize — Whiteboard Friday
The author’s views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. In today’s Whiteboard Friday episode, expert content strategist…
SEO Vs. Web Developers: Who Should Lead Implementation?
The relationship between an SEO professional, the IT department, and the web developers of a site can be complicated. Web developers and IT departments have different priorities from SEO pros;…
How To Test Your Website Speed
Research from Google found that website bounce rates increase by as much as 31% from one-second to three-second load times. In my experience, page load times are one of the…
Exploring Italy’s ChatGPT Ban And Its Potential Impact
Imagine logging in to your most valuable business tool when you arrive at work, only to be greeted by this: “ChatGPT disabled for users in Italy Dear ChatGPT customer, We…
Seven Free Open Source GPT Models Released
Silicon Valley AI company Cerebras released seven open source GPT models to provide an alternative to the tightly controlled and proprietary systems available today. The royalty free open source GPT…