How to Hire for and Develop a Successful SEO Department

It’s a highly competitive market for SEO skills at the moment. But as a hiring manager, how do you ensure that you are selecting the right fit for your team, and not just the available candidates? It’s crucial for the well-being of your existing team, your prospective hires, as well as your SEO performance, to hire …

Aspirational Analysis: Competitive Research for New (or Small) Sites

Competitive SERP analysis (including our recently launched Competitive Analysis Suite) is — by design — based on understanding the broader ecosystems of your ranking keywords. This is great if you’re an established business, but what if you’ve got a brand new site or are still developing your SEO strategy and aren’t ranking for many keywords? …

Understanding the Google Ads Auction: The Importance of Quality Score + How to Improve It

Google holds over 85% of global desktop search traffic and gets billions of searches per day. Google’s advertising revenue through Google Ads was $209.49 billion in 2021, the majority of which came from search advertising.  Google Ads is very competitive and Google uses an auction system to decide which ads to show. When a search …

Humans vs. Robots: Picking the Best Audience for Your SEO Content

Google processes more than 8.5 billion searches every day. That’s more than 100,000 searches per second, thousands of which could lead a user to a purchase. It’s no wonder, then, that 60% of marketers list SEO as their number one inbound marketing priority. But generating organic traffic comes with challenges. Google has hundreds of billions …

How to Earn Topical Authority in 2022 and Beyond

As is often the case with SEO, if you’re doing it well, then you are probably already topically relevant. Topical authority isn’t new, but it’s a term that I’m seeing a lot right now in the SEO sphere. But hey — if you’ve not yet earned topical authority, now is a good time to start. …

In Defense of Spam Score and the Concept of a Toxic Link

I’m writing this after John Mueller caused a minor stir on Twitter on Monday, with this post: The concept of toxic links is something that’s made up by SEO tools — I’d just ignore it, and perhaps move on to more serious tools. — 🐝 johnmu.xml (personal) 🐝 (@JohnMu) June 6, 2022 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Now, at …

How to Perform a Basic Local Business Competitive Audit (Updated for 2022)

“Why is that business outranking mine?” This has to be the commonest local search FAQ, and a worthwhile answer to it will always require real analysis.  Today, I’ll teach you to assess 50+ factors and provide you with a free, copyable spreadsheet to fill out to help you discover how the business you’re marketing can …

How to Know When You Need a Dedicated Paid Landing Page

The average SEO-focused product page converts at only 2.9 percent, which is among the reasons many companies pursue paid advertising traffic to achieve their goals and KPIs. But creating custom, campaign-specific landing pages is resource-intensive, and not every team has the necessary tools, expertise, or personnel to build the content. So, how do you know …

Level-Up Your Search Strategy with the Professional’s Guide to SEO

Over 14 million people have cut their SEO teeth on our Beginner’s Guide to SEO, learning the ins and outs of search engine optimization from scratch. For 16 years, it’s been the go-to resource that kicked off careers and page-one rankings the world over. And now, for the first time, we’re introducing the next-step resource …

The MozCon 2022 Final Agenda Is Here!

Hold on to your bucket hats, this year’s MozCon is right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited to be back in-person in Seattle! On July 11th, 12th, and 13th, join Ranger Roger at camp MozCon for insights and tactical presentations from industry leaders, plus the opportunity to connect and network with fellow …

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