Why Do Aggregator Sites Outperform The Original Source On Google?
This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Abhinav in New Delhi, who writes: “How can article aggregator sites outperform the original source? Google has various guidelines on aggregator copy…
9 Amazon Copywriting Tips For Higher-Converting Titles & Bullets
Like Google, writing for the Amazon marketplace has its quirks and best practices to help more potential buyers find your products. If you want to ensure that potential customers easily…
A Complete SEO Checklist for Website Owners
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a broad discipline where it can be easy to get stuck or caught up in details. Sure, the specifics matter – but a top-down approach…
5 Reasons To Learn To Code Google Ads Scripts Now
When I was little, I loved fireworks. Since childhood, the Fourth of July has always been my favorite holiday. And so as a kid, I saved money from Christmas until…
10 Best SEO Tools for Auditing and Monitoring Your Website
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a never-ending process. It seems like every time you optimize your site, Google launches a new algorithm, and you must start all over again to…
Does Google Treat Unlinked Mentions Like Links?
In a Google SEO Office hours hangout, someone asked Googler John Mueller related the situation of articles talking about his site but that the mentions of the brand name or…
How to Combine SEO & Content Marketing for Amazing Results
Content marketing and SEO are often seen as synonymous, but that’s not the case. While it can be difficult to differentiate between the two in some instances, the truth is…
Google’s Hummingbird Update: How It Changed Search
Google Hummingbird was a rewrite of Google’s algorithm that consciously anticipated the needs of searching on mobile devices, in particular by enabling conversational search. Hummingbird set the stage for dramatic…
Core Web Vitals: Finding Common Ground Between SEOs and Developers
Working with developers to align on technical and SEO priorities is a challenge faced by many in-house SEOs, and by SEO agencies offering recommendations. How do we start conversations and…
Stick a Fork in Them; They’re Done
In 2012, Google’s Matt Cutt published his now-infamous post proclaiming that guest blogging for SEO was “done” because it had “just gotten too spammy.” In 2022, I think you can…
The Truth About Duplicate Content
One of the biggest myths in SEO is the dreaded “duplicate content penalty.” Want to know an SEO secret? There is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty. You…
How the Google Search Algorithm Works
Google’s search algorithm is easily one of the most influential technologies ever created. With an estimated 5.6 billion Google searches per day, it’s safe to say Google has a heavy…
Out Of Stock Products May Impact Search Visibility
Google may reduce the visibility of a product page if the item for sale is listed as out of stock on the retailer’s website. This is stated by Google’s Search…
How To Find and Fix Orphan Pages (the Right Way)
Quicksand awaits unsuspecting SEOs when they start working on a website with a long history. These pits of technical site errors, littered by several generations of previous agencies, slow down…
Tech Companies Rally to Help Ukraine
As the world watches the Russian invasion of Ukraine taking place in real time, leading tech companies have launched initiatives to support Ukrainians as they resist Russian aggression. From combatting…
ACF WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To +2 Million Sites
Missing authorization vulnerability …allows a remote authenticated attacker to view the information on the database without the access permission. This kind of vulnerability allows an attacker to attain access to…
Google Introduces Retail Search for Ecommerce Sites
A new solution for ecommerce sites provides Google-quality search and recommendations on retailers’ digital properties. Google Cloud has announced the release of Retail Search, a tool designed to give retailers…
Is It Still Worth Getting A Digital Marketing Degree?
So you want to be a digital marketer. Whether you have aspirations to start a career in digital marketing or want to switch up your current career trajectory, your new…
8 Q1 Local Search Developments You Need to Know About
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. A constant stream of developments and…
The Basics of Lawyer SEO and Online Marketing
In today’s digital world, many businesses are looking to grow their brands online, and law firms are no exception. Lawyer search engine optimization (SEO) marketing, when effectively implemented, can generate…
Google Search Ranking and Popup Banners
Google’s John Mueller answered a question in a Google SEO office-hours video about whether rankings could be affected by a banner popup. John answered the question and then shared the…
3 Overlooked Ways To Improve Inbound Marketing ROI [Webinar]
Have big goals but not enough staff or budget to achieve them? Trying to make the most of your marketing budget? Wouldn’t it be great if your leads were worth…
How to Plan & Run an SEO Campaign (Step-by-Step Guide)
An SEO campaign is a structured set of tasks that should lead to better rankings on search engines. If you actively do SEO, you likely engage in SEO campaigns, whether…
How to Pick the Most SEO Friendly CMS For Your Website [Podcast]
You can build a solid foundation for your SEO efforts by choosing the right content management system (CMS). Ideally, you should select a platform that allows you to optimize your…
4 Signs Your Agency Is Ready To Take On Enterprise SEO
In your SEO career, there may come a time when you feel you’re doing a lot more coasting than you once did. What made you start thinking that? Was it…
5 Reasons Law Firms Need Specialized Legal Content Marketing
The legal industry gets a lot of coverage in the marketing world, and for good reason. It’s not only a highly competitive industry but also one where business owners struggle…
Misconceptions & Making It Work
To use Google Search Partners, or not? That is the question. Maybe not for Hamlet, but certainly for paid search professionals everywhere. When you create a new search campaign, you’re…
LinkedIn Adds New & Improved Tools To Creator Mode
LinkedIn announced the addition of new tools and features to its creator mode. Creator mode is a profile setting intended to help LinkedIn users increase their reach, build engaged audiences,…
103 Small Business Marketing Ideas To Help You Grow
As a small business owner, you’re probably already busy and have heard many marketing ideas that sound impossible (or, at least, very difficult) to implement. It can be challenging to…
6 Actionable Ways To Diversify Your Social Media Marketing Efforts (And Bonus Tips!)
Whether you run a global corporation or a small business, social media has emerged as one of the most important ways to market your brand. Social media holds the potential…