Which SEO trends are here to stay?
How do you decide where to assign your SEO budget? Knowing if new trends are here to stay or a passing fad can help you make the best optimisation choices.
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Is your information architecture costing your e-commerce web shop millions in lost sales?
Solid information architecture is a key ingredient in any successful SEO program, as it can help or hinder search engine crawlers. Columnist Trond Lyngbø provides tips for e-commerce sites looking to optimize their site structure.
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Voice search: A digital space race
Voice search has been identified by the world’s leading technology providers as a huge opportunity to acquire market share over the next decade. It currently lacks mainstream adoption – but all that could change before long. So who is in the lead for the voice search “space race”?
A Beginner’s Guide to Adobe Analytics
While most digital analysts understand Google Analytics, many can find Adobe Analytics to be a complete mystery. If you are one of those people, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s dig into Adobe Analytics and get you up to speed!…
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Level Up Your SEO Skills at MozCon Workshops: SEO-Intensive
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Can’t get enough of MozCon? Neither can we.
Join us a day early for our new half-day working session series and have fun learning, brainstorming, and collaborating with some of the brightest minds at Moz.
They’ll cover all of the nitty-gritty aspects of SEO to help those new to the industry have a better understanding of ranking in the SERPs.
Those who are more experienced will get some hands-on time with Moz’s SEO experts to fine-tune their skills and take home some actionable tips and action plans.
The details
Exclusive to MozCon attendees, these additional workshops are interactive 75-minute working sessions designed to have attendees leave with outlines, strategies, and action plans to start implementing right away. You’ll be able to customize your workshop agenda by choosing 3 out of the 5 available workshops to attend in the order of your choice. Read through the workshop descriptions below so you can plan your perfect day when you register.
MozCon Workshops: SEO-Intensive Schedule
Sunday, July 16
$400
12:30–1:00pm | Registration
1:00–2:15pm | First Workshop
2:15–2:25pm | Break
2:25–3:40pm | Second Workshop
3:40–3:50pm | Break
3:50–5:05pm | Third Workshop
The workshops

The 10 Jobs of SEO-focused Content
Rand Fishkin, Wizard of Moz
Content creation, optimization, and amplification are powerful levers for SEO, but with more companies than ever investing in the practice, you’ll need a competitive edge to get value. More than how to rank content, Rand shows how to make the right content for the right platforms, get it in front of the right people, and earn value from that visibility.

Keyword Targeting for RankBrain and Beyond
Dr. Pete Meyers, Marketing Scientist
The days of one keyword, one page are gone. Thanks in part to machine learning, Google can interpret keyword concepts, understand intent, answer questions, and even guess questions you didn’t ask. Dr. Pete guides you through a future-proof approach to keyword research, keyword targeting, and content structure and help you understand where to put your effort.

Make the Most of Moz Pro: Insider Tips & Tricks
Brian Childs, Training Program Manager
Want to save time doing SEO analysis? Learn shortcuts and lesser-known features in Moz Pro from our Training Program Manager, Brian Childs. Unlock the full power of Moz Pro as Brian shows you easy ways to develop reports, analyze competitors, and find link building opportunities.

Risk-Averse Link Building at Scale
Russ Jones, Principal Search Scientist
Nearly all link building strategies tend to either fall afoul of Google’s guidelines or fail to deliver effective, sustainable results. Learn a practical strategy for scaling link acquisition efforts comfortably within Google’s guidelines, detailing the strategies, tools, and tactics to amplify link growth. Participants will walk away with a sound foundation for executing white hat link building campaigns safely and effectively.

Technical KPI-driven SEO Audits
Britney Muller, SEO & Content Architect
Learn how to deliver technical SEO audits that are rooted in a website’s specific goals. What sections of the site convert the most visitors and need close attention to detail? What technical site fixes would provide the most opportunity?
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Mike B Around the Local Web
Video Deep Dive: Sponsorships as an opportunity in Local Marketing – an educational interview with Megan Hannay of Zipsprout about ideas for leveraging a business’s relationship with local NFP agencies to enhance their digital marketing. (Now also available as a podcast). Video: Last Week in Local May 30, 2017 – Join Mary B and me and guest … Continue reading Mike B Around the Local Web →
Ad Click Bots Discovered in Games Apps in Google Play Store
According to researchers, some game apps in the Google Play store are harboring links to ad click bot malware, and it’s reckoned the apps have been downloaded by as much as 80 million times.
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7 great reasons to attend SMX Advanced in 2 weeks
Search Engine Land’s SMX Advanced is just 2 weeks away. Don’t miss your only opportunity this year to attend the conference designed for experienced SEOs and SEMs! Fewer than 150 tickets are remaining. Register now! Here are 7 reasons you should attend: Start with a deep dive. Attend a…
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Google adds Maximize Conversions automated bid strategy in AdWords
The newest Smart Bidding option aims to increase conversion volume and will spend a campaign’s daily budget in pursuit of that goal.
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Google’s latest search update gives art lovers a deeper dive into the masterpieces
Google’s Search team worked with its Arts and Culture team to improve art-related searches and create a new Street View feature for art museums.
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Google Doodle For Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-Born British Architect
Today on the Google home page, at least it should be worldwide but I am offline so I can’t verify, is a special Google logo, Doodle for Zaha Hadid. Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-born British architect who died last year on March 31, 2016 at the age of 65 in…
Google: Dynamic Breadcrumb Trails Isn’t Spam
Having breadcrumbs on your site is good for usability and is also a good SEO check item to have on your internal pages. But what if your breadcrumb was defined based on user click behavior and not based on where the page might be situated on your web…
Google: It’s Easier To Tell If A Page Is Slow Vs. Fast
Paul Bakaus, one of the more well-known faces behind Google’s AMP project, said a while back on Twitter that it is easier to tell if a page is slow versus telling if a page is fast. He said this after he said that the “whole area” of page speed “is t…
Google AdWords New Maximize Conversions Smart Bidding
Yesterday, Google announced a new smart bidding feature within AdWords named “maximize conversions.” As the name suggests…
Google: Our Algorithms Share Data With Other Algorithms
John Mueller of Google said in a webmaster video yesterday that Google’s search algorithms can and do share data from one algorithm to another. So if the Panda algorithm…
How to use SEO to influence B2B buyers at every stage of the buyer’s journey
Columnist Nate Dame notes that these days, B2B purchasers are performing as much as 90% of the buyer’s journey on their own. Are they consistently finding your brand along their journeys?
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Zaha Hadid Google doodle honors first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Born in Iraq, Hadid studied art and architecture at the Architectural Association in London.
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The battleground of entities & reviews
How might Google utilize reviews to improve their understanding of entities — and produce more personalized search results? Columnist Dave Davies explores current trends and makes predictions about where the future is headed.
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Review Spam – Which Google Categories Are Worst?
Which categories of businesses on Google are most likely to buy reviews? You will find many of the usual suspects and a few surprises as well. I have been exploring review spam networks, review spammers (aka spewers) and the businesses that buy these fake reviews. In April I wrote about a particular review spam network … Continue reading Review Spam – Which Google Categories Are Worst? →