A Look at the Keyword Research Tool Universe in 2015
In 2015, I’ve been pretty obsessed with keyword research and the tools web marketers are using to do it. I’ve made no secret of…
Does Making a Website Mobile-Friendly Have a Universally Positive Impact on Mobile Traffic?
From October of 2004 to April of 2015, Moz’s website remained entirely mobile-unfriendly. The experience on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices was the same,…
How to Cheat at Creating Great Presentations for Tech & Marketing Audiences
I speak a lot. I make a lot of decks. Heck, I’m even on the board of presentation software startup, HaikuDeck. In the last 3 years,…
Why I Believe in Intentional Efforts to Increase Diversity
Wil Reynolds is one of my closest friends. When I reflect on people I love, respect, and want to spend time with (even when…
The “Pester Your Potential Lead Until They Hate You” Approach to SaaS Sales Sucks
I caught this tweet from Peep Laja (someone I admire greatly and whose advice I generally think is gold) today: This was one of…
The Traffic Prediction Accuracy of 12 Metrics from Compete, Alexa, SimilarWeb, & More
Services that claim to predict the traffic websites receive have been around for 15+ years, but I’ve long been skeptical of their accuracy (having…
Google Suggest Has Wildcards?! KW Planner Hides Data?! Crazy.
Google’s Search Suggest is a wonderous feature. Not only does it save humans beings around the planet millions of key entries each day, it’s…
This Chart Does Not Show SEO Is Dying
Sigh… Every few years, there’s a renewed effort in the worlds of shoddy journalism, clickbait, and cheap pageviews to claim the death of SEO.…
The False Narratives We Tell Ourselves
I carry a story around in my head. It’s not a true story. But it’s a story that’s hard to escape. It goes something…
On Being Wrong and Not Knowing the Answer
There’s the naive view of expertise – the one that we all have as young people – where we think that Eddie Vedder must…