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GA4 Audiences: Not Just for Ads! — Whiteboard Friday

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There are many interesting features in GA4 — some that were sort of in Universal Analytics, but now they're better. One of those features is Audiences, which many people may only be using for their ads. In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Dana shows you why Audiences can be useful for reporting on other areas of your marketing efforts as well. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Hello, Moz readers. My name is Dana DiTomaso. I'm President and partner at Kick Point, a digital marketing agency based in Edmonton. But if you're in Seattle, I'm just across the water, just outside Victoria, British Columbia. What I'm going to be talking to you about today is GA4, everyone's favorite subject. July, real soon now. You really need to upgrade to GA4. It's not really an upgrade, and the data doesn't transfer over, but anyway. There's lots of fun, interesting features in GA4 that wer...

Meet Our MozCon 2023 Community Speakers

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Major high fives and fist bumps for each and every person who took the time to submit pitches for this year’s community speaker spots! With only two open community speaker spots, and hundreds of pitches ranging from how to grow your career as an SEO to all manner of AI and ChatGPT-related entries, the competition was unusually tough which, in its own right is a massive indication of many incredible things to come for the future of our industry and industry events. Our selection committee read, watched, and researched, whittling things down to a shortlist of top contenders, and then read, watched, and researched some more to determine if a potential speaker and their talk would be a perfect fit for the MozCon stage this August. We take lots of things into account during our review, but ultimately there are four main factors that determine our final selections: Strength of the pitch (e.g., value, relevance to the audience, etc.) Can the content reasonably be delivered in the time...

2023’s Top 7 Local Search Ranking Factors, Illustrated and Explained

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Learning to be the best in town at the top seven elements experts feel impact your rankings in Google’s local packs is a smart strategic foundation. Thanks to Darren Shaw who has been running the Local Search Ranking Factors survey since 2017, we all benefit from this respected annual report in which local SEO professionals get to pool their practical knowledge of what they see impacting clients’ rankings most. Today, we’re going to look at how to set the local businesses you market apart by mastering the tippy-top of the list of factors, with lots of practical tips for improving your rankings so that you’re earning greater visibility. But, first, what is a local pack? This is the umbrella term for the local business results Google displays when it feels a searcher’s query has a local intent. Local packs have a variety of formats, like this one with the large map and lettered results: And this one, also with the large map, but no letters and no links to the website or driving di...

How to Create 8 Million SEO Test Ideas Using ChatGPT — Whiteboard Friday

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As SEOs, we tend to come from an audit mindset, to look for things that are wrong and to try and decide what is the best way of doing things. In today’s episode, Will tries to get you into a testing mindset, and helps you do so by generating test ideas through ChatGPT. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Hi, Moz fans. My name is Will Critchlow, and I'm the founder and CEO at SearchPilot, and I wanted to talk to you today about generating eight million test ideas for your website. At SearchPilot, if you don't know us, we run SEO tests for some of the world's biggest websites, and I think probably at this point have run as many SEO tests as anyone in the world. The whole angle that I'm coming from here is getting ourselves into a testing mindset. So as SEOs, we have a very big temptation to come from more of an audit mindset, to look for things that are wrong and to try and decide what is the b...

How to Use Digital PR to Improve E-E-A-T Signals

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If there is poor quality information being served up in the SERPs, Google will have a big problem: Users will stop searching, and this hits Google where it hurts — in their advertising revenue. So it makes sense that Google is keen to push forward authoritative and trustworthy sites when it comes to ranking in the results. Towards the end of 2022, Google updated three key areas of the algorithm that it uses to judge where it ranks websites within search engine results pages. The helpful content update , link spam update , and E-A-T — which is now known as E-E-A-T . Distrust is now our default emotion Nearly six in 10 consumers say their default tendency is to distrust something until they see EVIDENCE it is trustworthy. If you’re working with brands in typically untrusted verticals, such as health, finance, banking, lending, e-commerce, recruitment, legal, etc., then I am sorry to say that Google won't automatically trust you. In this post, I’ll share the digital PR tactics yo...

How Content Is Evolving Thanks to AI — Whiteboard Friday

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There's no question that AI has already started to have a meaningful impact on organizations that create content every single day.  "The wonderful world of AI is changing rapidly. ChatGPT4 is driving even more improvements in the output from the technology and the space continues to take off," says today's host, Ross Simmonds. "The best piece of advice that I can give anyone looking to use AI in their marketing workflows today is to take the time to plan and create a culture where embracing the evolution is not only embraced but also celebrated. The future is here." In this video, Ross shares how our workflows, processes, and content creation will positively evolve thanks to AI. Click on the whiteboard image above to open a high resolution version in a new tab! Video Transcription Howdy, Moz friends. So are robots coming for your job? That is the question that a lot of marketers and creators are asking themselves today and for good reason. Every ...

Our Online Reputation Management Playbook

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Online reputation management can be daunting – but advantageous – for brands or individuals that are seeing their search engine displays implicated by third-party content, and want to take the reins. When the media controls the narrative, it can lead to untrue perceptions and a more biased sentiment down the line.  At Go Fish Digital , our team works closely with our clients to understand the sensitive issue they’re facing so we can meet their goals and rectify their online reputations. The situation We would not perform reputation management services for any company that was a scam or has participated in fraudulent or misleading activities. Prior to taking on a client, we fully research the business and ensure we are 100% comfortable in helping them with their problem. When big brands come to us communicating their search results complications, our team thoroughly reviews the situation before we decide to take it on. Our vetting process includes doing due diligence on each cl...