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Is Google E-A-T Actually a Ranking Factor? - Whiteboard Friday

Showing expertise, authority, and trustworthiness in your site content is important to ranking well. But why is that, exactly? Cyrus Shepard explores whether E-A-T is a true ranking factor, making your E-A-T goals SMART, and how to communicate it all to curious stakeholders.

Preparing E-Commerce for the Post-COVID Bounce Back

Supply chains are under strain for many brands selling online. How do you best manage expectations and maximize every opportunity to sell to your target audience? With your consumers now relying on the world of online shopping more than ever, how can you be sure you're getting your fair share of that online retail pie? This post is designed to help you answer precisely these questions.

The State of Local SEO Industry Report 2020, Announced

Moz’s very warmest thanks to the 1,453 respondents who volunteered time to contribute to this second installation of our industry survey. It’s rewarding to have such a large survey group; as this report details in high relief, the work of marketing a single business location can pass through a dozen hands.

How-To Content Isn’t Going Anywhere (and What That Means for Your Strategy)

How-tos not only lend themselves to the thrill of learning new information online, they also serve as a tool of empowerment. If people continue to desire this type of content, how can you make sure you’re incorporating it into your content plans accordingly?

Understanding & Fulfilling Search Intent

Understanding what your target audience is searching and why is more important than ever. Britney Muller shares everything you need to begin understanding and fulfilling search intent, plus a free Google Sheets checklist download to help you analyze the SERPs you care about most.

Should You Test That? When to Engage in SEO Split Tests

Running A/B/n experiments to improve your search engine rankings has been in the SEO toolkit for longer than many would think, but few stop to consider when you should, and when you should not, engage in SEO split tests.

Mapping Local Essentials: Being the Business that Grows, Sells, or Markets the Beans

Where there’s need, fulfilment can be a public good, and where there’s upheaval, any possibility is worth considering. Necessities are emerging in bold relief on the map of each town and city. Demand must be met by determined small entrepreneurs to keep society functional.

Black Lives Matter.

To be silent is to be complicit. We stand with people the world over demanding justice and grieving the losses of David McAtee, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and many, many others.

Crisis Adaptation

Businesses all over the globe are struggling with new challenges as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Britney Muller outlines a checklist that businesses can use to meet the changing needs of consumers and improve visibility for local searches.

Executing a Domain Migration: An Inside Look From OnLogic (Formerly Logic Supply)

In October 2019, a 16-year-old company rebranded from Logic Supply to OnLogic. The recovery from a traffic standpoint has been pretty smooth (and much faster than expected), and customers have embraced the new name and look. The team shares their story, the steps they took to prepare, and some things they learned along the way.

Google Alerts for Link Building: A Quick and Easy Guide

If you don't have Google Alerts set up for your brand, you're missing potential link building opportunities!

5 Common Objections to SEO (& How to Respond) - Best of Whiteboard Friday

With marketing budgets taking a hit under the economic strain of COVID-19, advocating for the value SEO can bring to a struggling business is a new take on an old battle. This popular Whiteboard Friday episode by Kameron Jenkins covers five common objections you'll hear to SEO and how to counter them with smart, researched, fact-based responses — an important skill to brush up on now more than ever.