Posted by MiriamEllis Some business models exist in the ditches of Google’s information highways, belonging in local search results, but not well addressed by the official guidelines. Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations exemplify this: They’re all over local packs, finders, and maps, but their models is a bit unusual, and Google has yet to update…
Using STAT to Identify Featured Snippet Opportunities
Posted by Zoe.Pegler Winning the featured snippet for a target keyword means increased traffic to that page, and you can use STAT to achieve those wins. In this week’s episode of Whiteboard Friday, Moz Learning and Development Specialist Zoe Pegler walks you through how you can do so in five easy steps. Click on the whiteboard image above…
5 Ways to Use Search as a Growth Channel for B2B in 2021
Posted by Victor_Ijidola Unlike B2C brands, B2B businesses are often characterized by: low search volumes on Google. high competition on scarcely available keywords. And there’s evidence to support this — usually, where a seven-year-old B2C company is getting 500K visitors per month from SEO, a B2B brand the same age could be seeing only 15K…
Fast & Featured: How Entities Can Help You Conquer Snippets in Less Than 4 Minutes
Posted by larissa-lacerda From the moment I started working with SEO, I was faced with countless optimization tactics. After heading down numerous rabbit holes, I came to see how important it is to identify your low hanging fruit: the opportunities to generate great results with less effort. The first time I saw notable results in…
Announcing the New Technical SEO Certification Series: What It Is & How to Get Certified
Posted by KaviKardos SEO education has been central to Moz’s mission since the start. In addition to our many guides, blog posts, and videos, we’ve shifted in recent years to offer on-demand video training courses through Moz Academy. Our team has been blown away by the reception of our online training programs. To date, over…
10 Steps to an Effective Brand Strategy That’ll Bolster Your Business
Many mistakenly think that a brand strategy is limited to designing a nice logo or creating a catchy tagline. That couldn’t be further from the truth! In reality, your brand encompasses all the things that make you stand out from competitors as different. Everything from your visual identity to your messaging to customer experience. Not…
7 Phases of a Local Business Reviews Campaign That Makes It Rain
Even people who do a solid job of getting online reviews tend to make the process tougher than it needs to be, because they do the right steps in the wrong order. That can mean unnecessary trial and error, frustration, wasted time, wasted money, and more bad reviews and fewer good reviews than you might have…
SEO Forecasting in Google Sheets
Posted by Tom.Capper Way back in 2015, I published an article giving away a free, simple, forecasting tool, and talking through use cases for forecasting in SEO. It was a quick, effective way to see if a change to your site traffic is some kind of seasonality you can ignore, something to celebrate, or a…