Around August 18, just prior to the August Core Update announcement, MozCast recorded extremely high temperatures, peaking at 127°F. This stood out even compared to August’s unusually high ranking-volatility and the Core Update itself (so far). While it’s easy to lump this volatility into the August Core Update, we recorded a distinct and probably unrelated […]
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Data Storytelling: Skills and Elements — 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. Join Lazarina in this Whiteboard Friday where she discusses the critical skills and elements involved in data storytelling. Learn about data analysis, and data visualization, as well as how to communicate wins and […]
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How and Why You Should Create Informational Content with POVs
The author’s views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. Informational SEO content, by itself, only drives traffic. It’s the ideas you put inside that determine whether it’ll drive anything else besides that (say, conversions, revenue, etc.). But unless you’re a media outlet […]
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2023’s Top 7 Local Search Ranking Factors, Illustrated and Explained
The author’s views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. Learning to be the best in town at the top seven elements experts feel impact your rankings in Google’s local packs is a smart strategic foundation. Thanks to Darren Shaw who has been […]
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Google Bard vs. the New Bing
The author’s views are entirely their own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. This week I’ve been fortunate enough to get access to both Google Bard and the New Bing, so a day later, I’m here to share my first impressions. What is the new Bing? […]
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5 Key Considerations for Winning SEO Buy-In – Whiteboard Friday
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. Petra has plenty of experience talking to C-level decision-makers about their business problems, and translating them into SEO solutions. So in today’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, she takes you through the […]
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2023 Local SEO Success: Human Power in a Year of Change
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. 2023 will be a run-up to the Olympics for the world’s top athletes who will be competing in a variety of events to prove themselves ready to represent their countries in […]
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Local Pack Header Specificity Vanishes while Local Packs Downtrend
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. In July of this year, Dr. Peter J. Meyers and I published a report analyzing an element of Google’s local results we termed “local pack headers”. About a month after publication, […]
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Measuring E-A-T? — Whiteboard Friday
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. The level of trust users have in your brand’s expertise is an important component when vying for that #1 spot, but Google has been ambiguous about what E-A-T (expertise-authoritativeness-trustworthiness) actually is, […]
Read MoreHow to Build Effective Location Pages
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. Location pages are an important part of multi-location SEO for enterprises and SMBs alike, but they aren’t easy to get right. At best, they should give potential customers zero excuse to […]
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