Advanced SEO
What do you do after you've mastered Moz's SEO starter guide? The answer may be Advanced SEO.
Advanced SEO is simply any set of SEO techniques that require some degree of expert knowledge. It varies from person to person, but let's just say you probably won't master these in your first few months.
Advanced SEO typically involves technical concepts that are somewhat advanced, and/or a deeper understanding of the workings of Google's algorithm and are often employed by Professional SEOs. Anyone can master advanced concepts with the right strategic guidance and real life application.
Here, we've listed some of our favorite resources on advanced SEO, and you'll find the most recent blog posts below.
Professional’s Guide to SEO : Professional SEO strategy all in one place, with chapters written by SEO experts, including Pete Meyers and Tom Capper.
Advanced SEO Strategy : Your SEO is only as good as the strategy you've set. Learn how to craft a next-level SEO strategy that will work for your business and goals.
Working in SEO : What does it mean to work in SEO? Learn more about the skills you need to advance your SEO career with this final chapter of the Professional’s Guide to SEO.
20 SEOs Share Their Key Takeaways From the Google API Leaks : Discover expert insights from the recent Google API documentation leak with actionable strategies to help you become a better SEO strategist.
HTTPS Tops 30%: How Google Is Winning the Long War
In the two years since Google's first HTTPS update, the adoption of HTTPS keeps going up, recently topping 30%. Is Google winning the long war?
10 Illustrations of How Fresh Content May Influence Google Rankings (Updated)
How fresh is this article? Through patent filings over the years, Google has explored many ways that it might use “freshness” as a ranking signal. Back in 2011, we published a popular Moz Blog post about these “Freshness Factors” for SEO. Following our own advice, this is a brand new update of that article.
Here’s How We Can All Become SEO Enablers
A number of years ago I sat in on a webinar that covered behaviors of great SEOs - a topic that really intrigued me as a young but experienced digital marketer wanting to grow in the space. Through a variety of interactions in response to the presentation, mostly sharing how each person worked with brands to get things done, someo...
Using Google Tag Manager to Dynamically Generate Schema Code
Implementing Schema used to require a lot of changes to your site's markup, but the JSON-LD format created a great alternative to adding microdata to a page with minimal code. This post details how to make it even easier to dynamically generate Schema.org/JSON-LD tags for your site using Google Tag Manager.
How to Use BigQuery for Large-Scale SEO (Or Whenever Excel Fails)
Sometimes you have so much data it causes Excel to fail. When that happens, turn to Google BigQuery to help. Dominic Woodman walks you through setting up and using BigQuery for making huge datasets manageable.Level Up Your SEO Skills With Our Free Training
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What to Do When the Wrong Page Ranks for Your Keyword(s)
Picture this: You discover that your site is ranking for a keyword you've been targeting. Cause for celebration, right? But what if that ranking page is irrelevant, wrong, or simply not the best choice? This frustrating situation is more common than you might think. Rand shows you how to cope when you find that your valuable queries are sending traffic to the wrong URLs in today's Whiteboard Friday.
Do Website Engagement Rates Impact Organic Rankings?
Do website engagement rates like bounce rate, time on site, conversion rates, and dwell time impact organic rankings? Larry Kim examines the data and gives you some promising ways to boost website engagement rates.
Here’s How to Keep 301 Redirects from Ruining Your SEO
While 301 redirects can yield significant value to your SEO efforts, it's important to remain vigilant about how they're used. Logan Ray details four common ways redirects can be negatively affecting your page load time and what you can do about them.
Will Intelligent Personal Assistants Replace Websites?
In the way websites once replaced phones, will intelligent personal assistants like Siri and Cortana soon replace websites? Tom Anthony examines 4 trends that are contributing to the IPA takeover and has some advice on how you can keep up.
Recovering Your Organic Search Traffic from a Web Migration Gone Wrong
You'd never change a URL without ensuring your 301s, links, sitemaps, and canonicals are in order... but a new client might have in the past. Here's what you can do to untangle any migration messes you've inherited and regain lost organic traffic.