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6 Ways Google Ad Extensions Can Improve Your AdWords Campaign

Most PPC managers know that ad extensions allow you to show additional information on your Google AdWords ads. But only a small minority of them actually use ad extensions to their full potential. That’s a shame, because ad extensions can be powerful tools for a variety of effects, including increasing CTR, boosting conversion rate and decreasing CPA. What’s more, your cost per click isn’t changed by implementing them.
Winning the Video Thumbnail in Google Universal Search
Video

Winning the Video Thumbnail in Google Universal Search

Have you noticed that more and more video results are showing up in Google search results? Everywhere I turn, it seems that Google is providing me with options of videos to watch on the first page of their search results. As a user, I appreciate the video content and will often click on the video results. As a marketer, I am incredibly jealous of those placements and am cons...
Winners of #MozCation 2012
Moz News

Winners of #MozCation 2012

Whoa. Ever have one of those times where your expectations are completely blown out of the water? Well that's what happened during this year's nomination for a MozCation. Wait, wait, wait, before I get too far ahead of myself, I...
YouTube Ranking Factors
Whiteboard Friday

YouTube Ranking Factors

This week for Whiteboard Friday we are taking a look at how to get a video to rank on YouTube. Each month YouTube receives over 800 million unique visitors who watch more than 3 billion hours of video, traffic we can't afford to ignore. So how do you get videos to rank for competitive terms on YouTube? By paying close attention to these 12 important ranking factors. Do you agr...
MozCon 2012 Wrap-Up
SEO Events

MozCon 2012 Wrap-Up

Last week, approximately 800 marketers from across the globe converged in Seattle for our annual conference, MozCon. The entire Moz staff attended as well, and we were all quite excited to have such a diverse set of attendees and speakers. For many of us, it was an experience we won't soon forget. Between the amazing speakers and brilliant content, to networking with the community, and even singing karaoke at the Garage, it was a magical three days.
August Mozscape Update
Moz Tools

August Mozscape Update

It's been just 20 days since our last update of Mozscape, but as part of our effort to make more frequent updates and just in time for Mozcon, we've got another new index ready to launch. Open Site Explorer, the Mozbar our tools...
Guest Post your Way Out of Antarctica
Blogging

Guest Post your Way Out of Antarctica

Google claims that content is king. Contextual links are more valuable than links in footer, sidebar, or template. Consequently, you need editorial links, or links within the main body of the page. The question is – HOW do you get other site owners to publish a contextual link? The answer is simple. Guest Blogging.
To Catch a Spammer: Uncovering Negative SEO
Advanced SEO

To Catch a Spammer: Uncovering Negative SEO

On July 9th, a good friend of mine reached out to me with a problem. As a very risk-averse webmaster, he constantly plunges into the numbers, especially anchor text diversity, in order to make sure his site is as penalty-proof as possible. The latest updated data in SEOmoz's MozScape revealed a massive shift towards anchor text over optimization for several primary terms. It took only a few minutes to identify the culprit.

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