The Death of Domain Diversity Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

It’s common to hear SEOs discuss the “increasing dominance” of big brands in SEO, and how smaller companies just can’t break into the rankings like they used to. Google even put out a “domain diversity” algorithm update a couple of years ago to address the issue, and people like me have shown time and time …

Are We There Yet? The State of the Web & Core Web Vitals [Part 1]

No, please, do read on. This is a post about what has gone wrong with Core Web Vitals and where we stand now, but also why you still need to care. I also have some data along the way, showing how many sites are hitting the minimum level, both now and back at the original …

What if the Competition Is Wrong? How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Competitive Content Research

Competitive research is a common and necessary task in any marketing landscape. This practice is particularly crucial in digital marketing because the ecosystem rapidly changes and brands constantly battle against each other for users across multiple platforms. In the ideal scenario, performing competitive content research illuminates where your brand’s online content falters compared to competitors. …

Reveal Your Rivals with True Competitor (Beta)

One of the biggest challenges in SEO is trying to convince your client or boss that the competition they face online may not match their legacy competitors and personal grudges. Big Earl across the street at Big Earl’s Widgets may be irritating and, sure, maybe he does have a “stupid, smug face,” but that doesn’t …

Google Local Filler Content Isn’t Good UX, and Needs Revisions

Did you ever turn in a school paper full of vague ramblings, hoping your teacher wouldn’t notice that you’d failed to read the assigned book? I admit, I once helped my little sister fulfill a required word count with analogies about “waves crashing against the rocks of adversity” when she, for some reason, overlooked reading …

A Statement of Land Acknowledgement, Published Today With Gratitude

From today, if you visit the Contact page of Moz.com to look up our office locations, you will see that we have included the following Statement of Land Acknowledgement with the permission of the Tribes, Nations, and Bands in whose homelands our teams live and work: We at Moz acknowledge that our offices in Seattle …

The Ultimate Guide to Digital PR

Note: This article was written with the help of Tina Irizarry & RJ Wilson. A fundamental truth of working in SEO is that link building has become more difficult. As more and more people have devised questionable methods of link building, Google has become much more strict about what constitutes a quality link. Widget links? Try …

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