Continuing what has become an annual tradition at Moz, on the last day of 2013 we're excited to bring you a roundup of the very best of this year's posts on the Moz Blog and YouMoz.
After asking Roger to work overtime to crunch these numbers, we've whittled the posts down to the cream of the crop, and have organized them in several different ways:
- The top Moz Blog posts by unique pageviews
- The top YouMoz Blog posts by unique pageviews
- The top Moz Blog posts by number of thumbs up
- The top Moz Blog posts by number of comments
- The top Moz Blog posts by number of linking root domains
- The top comments from our community by number of thumbs up
- The most active community members by number of comments posted
Top posts by unique pageviews
One of the quintessential metrics for a piece of content is its number of unique pageviews. Reflecting our audience's thirst for advanced SEO, content marketing, and data analysis, these posts were winners from the very beginning.
1. 10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations
February 6 - Posted by Miranda Rensch
Communicating visually is one of the most effective ways to explain complex concepts and relationships, both internally with your teammates and externally with your clients. Our very own Product Manager, Miranda Rensch, offers a list of tools you can use to create beautiful visualizations and let your visual communication skills shine!
2. A Visual Guide to Keyword Targeting and On-Page Optimization
August 6 - Posted by randfish
As the "O" in SEO has broadened in scope, the most effective elements of on-page optimization have changed. While there is arguably no "perfectly optimized page," this update to a 2009 post provides a comprehensive guide to steer you in the right direction.
3. The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0
August 29 - Posted by DannyDover
It is my honor and privilege today to introduce the brand new version of The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet. This free and downloadable cheat sheet covers all of the important SEO code and best practices that are needed by online marketers and developers.
4. How to Rank: 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint
May 14 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
If you’re like most SEOs, you spend hours each week reading the latest SEO tactics and search engine tidbits. We spend hours learning, but does 90% of it change what we actually do - that is, the basic work of ranking a web page for search? To lend a hand, let me introduce the 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint.
5. Amazing Correlation Between Google +1s and Higher Search Rankings
August 20 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
This year's Search Ranking Factors Study showed a very strong correlation between Google +1s and higher rankings, and there's a compelling reason why. Google+ was built for SEO, and is far better optimized for search than other platforms.
6. Holy Grail of eCommerce Conversion Optimization - 91 Point Checklist and Infographic
January 24 - Posted by CueBlocks.com
Invest in building filthy rich user experience, consistently and throughout your store. That is what stores with deeper pockets (like ASOS, Zappos, and JCPenney) do to achieve better conversion rate than your store. This article will take you away from usual Search Engine Optimization stuff to where the real money lies - Conversion Rate Optimization. What you do with the visitors you bring to your website?
7. 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors
July 9 - Posted by Matt Peters
The results are in! Come check out Moz's 2013 Ranking Factors as Matt Peters presents a preview of the results from the survey and correlation study.
8. Goodbye SEOmoz. Hello Moz!
May 29 - Posted by randfish
For the last two years, the 130+ Mozzers across product, engineering, marketing, and operations have been working to transform this company to the next stage of our evolution. Today, that incredibly demanding, intense, but ultimately rewarding process has reached its first goal. I'm excited to announce that as of today, SEOmoz is formally transitioning our brand, our products, our company name, and all of our efforts to Moz.
9. The 100 Best Free SEO Tools & Resources for Every Challenge - Interactive
July 31 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
At Moz, we love using premium SEO Tools. Paid tools are essential when you need advanced features, increased limits, historical features, or professional support. For other tasks, a free tool does the trick. Here you'll find a collection of the 100 best completely free tools, tools with both free and paid options, and free trials.
10. When Keyword (not provided) is 100 Percent of Organic Referrals, What Should Marketers Do? - Whiteboard Friday
September 24 - Posted by randfish
The rate at which Google is lumping keywords into "(not provided)" has skyrocketed in the last month, leading to a huge drop in referral data and speculation that 100% of keywords will soon be masked. In this special Whiteboard Tuesday, Rand covers what marketers can do to make up for this drastic change.
Top YouMoz posts by unique pageviews
We saw some real gems come through the YouMoz queue this year. Most of these posts were promoted to the Moz Blog shortly after they were published, as their resonance with the Moz community was readily apparent.
1. Holy Grail of eCommerce Conversion Optimization - 91 Point Checklist and Infographic
January 24 - Posted by CueBlocks.com
Invest in building filthy rich user experience, consistently and throughout your store. That is what stores with deeper pockets (like ASOS, Zappos, and JCPenney) do to achieve better conversion rate than your store. This article will take you away from usual Search Engine Optimization stuff to where the real money lies - Conversion Rate Optimization. What you do with the visitors you bring to your website?
2. 96 Quick SEO Wins - What Can You Do With an Hour?
January 31 - Posted by kevingibbons
If you want to win at SEO in 2013, you must commit to a solid long-term strategy. However, that's not to say you can't build small wins into your long-term strategy to strengthen it along the way. Here are 96 quick wins you can implement in an hour or less to see tremendous results.
3. The Ultimate Guide to Advanced Guest Blogging
January 21 - Posted by Pratik.Dholakiya
With "content marketing" being the indisputable SEO buzzword of 2012, we can expect 2013 to see an onslaught of marketers trying to build links with guest posts. The growth in this market will cause some sites to lower their guest posting standards, others to raise them, and still more to stop accepting them altogether. We're going to help you combat this by sharing how we got posts up on ProBlogger and Search Engine Journal, and by introducing you to our strategy for success with our clients.
4. 33 Link Building Questions Answered
April 4 - Posted by Rhea Drysdale
When it comes to link building idea generation, the sky's the limit! In today's post, Rhea Drysdale offers her tips for best practices and a philosophical approach to link building that will help bring your ideas to life.
5. Post-Penguin Anchor Text Case Study
January 15 - Posted by Court Tuttle
It's no secret that Google's Panda and Penguin updates caused a lot of panic. Although I'm pretty turned off to information about these updates, I've been really interested in the anchor text issues surrounding the Penguin update. If sites that have over-optimized anchors lost traffic due to the update, it seems to make sense that sites can move up with relatively few (or without any) anchored links. I wanted to test that idea and decided that it was time for a good, old fashioned case study.
6. 5 Lessons Learned from 100,000 Usability Studies
August 28 - Posted by Phil Sharp
As helpful as analytics can be, they simply can't give as complete a picture as usability studies. This post walks through five of the most important lessons we've learned after performing hundreds of thousands of those studies.
7. How to Build Links to Your Blog - A Case Study
June 4 - Posted by MatthewBarby
After a month or so of development, my site was finally ready and I wanted to start thinking about how to get some traffic going on the website. Whilst paid advertising and social media were a huge part of the strategy, I knew that appearing in the search engines for a wide selection of long-tail phrases was going to be instrumental to the blog's success. This is when I began developing my link building strategy and, after trialing out some very successful approaches, I've decided to now share my link building tactics with you all.
8. How to Build a Great Online Fashion Brand - 34 Things that Really Amazing Fashion Retailers Do
May 30 - Posted by ILoveFashionRetail.com
Despite the title, we believe this article can also benefit and inspire retailers in industries outside fashion and help them find their way to success in online retail business in this new social commerce environment. The Online Fashion Retail Industry, particularly at the luxury end, seems to be doing well. Over the past few years, lot of money has been invested into fashion retail businesses. Valuations of these companies might seem inflated, but these companies are growing fast with the help of clear revenue stream and a value proposition that’s beyond price advantage. But while some companies in Fashion technology are successfully raising more money and growing, there is another segment that’s struggling to survive. These businesses are stalling because of their ability to adopt to the shift in the media consumption behavior of the consumer.
9. How To Blog Successfully About Anything
January 9 - Posted by TannerC
In order to create a successful blog, you must be passionately curious about the topic you're covering. Learn how to turn even the most uninteresting blog post topics into goldmines with these tips for successful bloggers.
10. Semantic Web and Link Building without Links > The Future for SEO?
January 10 - Posted by simonpenson
Rand’s recent WBF about co-occurrence was a real wake up call for those still transfixed with link building practices of old. While anchor text based links may still have some effect, there is little arguing the fact that the factor’s importance is dwindling. In its place are things like social signals, link age, and, most importantly, a growing reliance on relevancy and how that is deciphered.
Top Moz Blog posts by number of thumbs up
While something of a controversial metric, there's nothing more satisfying for an author (or, I admit, for a publisher!) than seeing a bunch of thumbs up. These posts went far beyond satisfying, though, garnering jaw-dropping numbers of thumbs up.
1. How to Rank: 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint
May 14 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
If you’re like most SEOs, you spend hours each week reading the latest SEO tactics and search engine tidbits. We spend hours learning, but does 90% of it change what we actually do - that is, the basic work of ranking a web page for search? To lend a hand, let me introduce the 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint.
2. Goodbye SEOmoz. Hello Moz!
May 29 - Posted by randfish
For the last two years, the 130+ Mozzers across product, engineering, marketing, and operations have been working to transform this company to the next stage of our evolution. Today, that incredibly demanding, intense, but ultimately rewarding process has reached its first goal. I'm excited to announce that as of today, SEOmoz is formally transitioning our brand, our products, our company name, and all of our efforts to Moz.
3. The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0
August 29 - Posted by DannyDover
It is my honor and privilege today to introduce the brand new version of The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet. This free and downloadable cheat sheet covers all of the important SEO code and best practices that are needed by online marketers and developers.
4. A Visual Guide to Keyword Targeting and On-Page Optimization
August 6 - Posted by randfish
As the "O" in SEO has broadened in scope, the most effective elements of on-page optimization have changed. While there is arguably no "perfectly optimized page," this update to a 2009 post provides a comprehensive guide to steer you in the right direction.
5. Amazing Correlation Between Google +1s and Higher Search Rankings
August 20 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
This year's Search Ranking Factors Study showed a very strong correlation between Google +1s and higher rankings, and there's a compelling reason why. Google+ was built for SEO, and is far better optimized for search than other platforms.
6. 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors
July 9 - Posted by Matt Peters
The results are in! Come check out Moz's 2013 Ranking Factors as Matt Peters presents a preview of the results from the survey and correlation study.
7. The 100 Best Free SEO Tools & Resources for Every Challenge - Interactive
July 31 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
At Moz, we love using premium SEO Tools. Paid tools are essential when you need advanced features, increased limits, historical features, or professional support. For other tasks, a free tool does the trick. Here you'll find a collection of the 100 best completely free tools, tools with both free and paid options, and free trials.
8. From Zero to a Million: 20 Lessons for Starting an Internet Marketing Agency
September 19 - Posted by NiftyMarketing
This post is a combination of stories and thoughts about what I have gone through building Nifty Marketing. My hope is that a few of you who are out there hustling will benefit from doing some of the things that I did, and most of the things that I didn't.
9. Post-Penguin Anchor Text Case Study
January 15 - Posted by Court Tuttle
It's no secret that Google's Panda and Penguin updates caused a lot of panic. Although I'm pretty turned off to information about these updates, I've been really interested in the anchor text issues surrounding the Penguin update. If sites that have over-optimized anchors lost traffic due to the update, it seems to make sense that sites can move up with relatively few (or without any) anchored links. I wanted to test that idea and decided that it was time for a good, old fashioned case study.
10. Holy Grail of eCommerce Conversion Optimization - 91 Point Checklist and Infographic
January 24 - Posted by CueBlocks.com
Invest in building filthy rich user experience, consistently and throughout your store. That is what stores with deeper pockets (like ASOS, Zappos, and JCPenney) do to achieve better conversion rate than your store. This article will take you away from usual Search Engine Optimization stuff to where the real money lies - Conversion Rate Optimization. What you do with the visitors you bring to your website?
Top Moz Blog posts by number of comments
Some posts, whether due to truly inspired content or a touch of controversy (sometimes a little of both), generate significantly more discussion in the comments than others. Many of these have comment sections that dwarf the original post! We expected our announcement of the shift from SEOmoz to Moz would drum up some conversation, but we were interested to take a look at the rest of this list.
1. Goodbye SEOmoz. Hello Moz!
May 29 - Posted by randfish
For the last two years, the 130+ Mozzers across product, engineering, marketing, and operations have been working to transform this company to the next stage of our evolution. Today, that incredibly demanding, intense, but ultimately rewarding process has reached its first goal. I'm excited to announce that as of today, SEOmoz is formally transitioning our brand, our products, our company name, and all of our efforts to Moz.
2. Post-Penguin Anchor Text Case Study
January 15 - Posted by Court Tuttle
It's no secret that Google's Panda and Penguin updates caused a lot of panic. Although I'm pretty turned off to information about these updates, I've been really interested in the anchor text issues surrounding the Penguin update. If sites that have over-optimized anchors lost traffic due to the update, it seems to make sense that sites can move up with relatively few (or without any) anchored links. I wanted to test that idea and decided that it was time for a good, old fashioned case study.
3. The Ultimate Guide to Advanced Guest Blogging
January 21 - Posted by Pratik.Dholakiya
With “content marketing” being the indisputable SEO buzzword of 2012, we can expect 2013 to see an onslaught of marketers trying to build links with guest posts. The growth in this market will cause some sites to lower their guest posting standards, others to raise them, and still more to stop accepting them altogether. We're going to help you combat this by sharing how we got posts up on ProBlogger and Search Engine Journal, and by introducing you to our strategy for success with our clients.
4. Why We Can't Just Be SEOs Anymore - Whiteboard Friday
May 2 - Posted by randfish
There's a movement happening in our industry where many SEOs are changing their titles and practices to "inbound marketing." Where did this shift originate, and how is it shaping our industry at large? In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rand shares his thoughts on why we can't just be SEOs anymore if we're aiming for the bigger picture.
5. The 100 Best Free SEO Tools & Resources for Every Challenge - Interactive
July 31 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
At Moz, we love using premium SEO Tools. Paid tools are essential when you need advanced features, increased limits, historical features, or professional support. For other tasks, a free tool does the trick. Here you'll find a collection of the 100 best completely free tools, tools with both free and paid options, and free trials.
6. Ultimate Guide to Google Penalty Removal
October 14 - Posted by PinpointDesigns
A few months back, I wrote an article on Moz all about a penalty our web agency received for unnatural links pointing to our website. At first, this was a bit of a shock to the system, but since then, we've learned so much about Google's webmaster guidelines and we've helped lots of companies get their businesses back on track and remove manual penalties associated with their websites.
7. From Zero to a Million: 20 Lessons for Starting an Internet Marketing Agency
September 19 - Posted by NiftyMarketing
This post is a combination of stories and thoughts about what I have gone through building Nifty Marketing. My hope is that a few of you who are out there hustling will benefit from doing some of the things that I did, and most of the things that I didn't.
8. When Keyword (not provided) is 100 Percent of Organic Referrals, What Should Marketers Do? - Whiteboard Tuesday
September 24 - Posted by randfish
The rate at which Google is lumping keywords into "(not provided)" has skyrocketed in the last month, leading to a huge drop in referral data and speculation that 100% of keywords will soon be masked. In this special Whiteboard Tuesday, Rand covers what marketers can do to make up for this drastic change.
9. How to Rank: 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint
May 14 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
If you’re like most SEOs, you spend hours each week reading the latest SEO tactics and search engine tidbits. We spend hours learning, but does 90% of it change what we actually do - that is, the basic work of ranking a web page for search? To lend a hand, let me introduce the 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint.
10. Why Google Analytics Tagging Matters - Whiteboard Friday
March 15 - Posted by RachaelGerson
In today's Whiteboard Friday, Rachael Gerson sheds some light on "dark social" and explains why tagging in Google Analytics improves the accuracy of your referrals. Take credit for the work that you're doing, and tag your links!
Top Moz Blog posts by number of linking root domains
It just wouldn't seem right to use unique pageviews, thumbs, and comments to judge an SEO-focused blog without throwing in linking root domains as well. Using data from Open Site Explorer, here are the 10 posts that garnered the most attention from unique domains across the web.
1. Amazing Correlation Between Google +1s and Higher Search Rankings
August 20 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
This year's Search Ranking Factors Study showed a very strong correlation between Google +1s and higher rankings, and there's a compelling reason why. Google+ was built for SEO, and is far better optimized for search than other platforms.
2. 2013 Search Engine Ranking Factors
July 9 - Posted by Matt Peters
The results are in! Come check out Moz's 2013 Ranking Factors as Matt Peters presents a preview of the results from the survey and correlation study.
3. When Keyword (not provided) is 100 Percent of Organic Referrals, What Should Marketers Do? – Whiteboard Tuesday
September 24 - Posted by randfish
The rate at which Google is lumping keywords into "(not provided)" has skyrocketed in the last month, leading to a huge drop in referral data and speculation that 100% of keywords will soon be masked. In this special Whiteboard Tuesday, Rand covers what marketers can do to make up for this drastic change.
4. Goodbye SEOmoz. Hello Moz!
May 29 - Posted by randfish
For the last two years, the 130+ Mozzers across product, engineering, marketing, and operations have been working to transform this company to the next stage of our evolution. Today, that incredibly demanding, intense, but ultimately rewarding process has reached its first goal. I'm excited to announce that as of today, SEOmoz is formally transitioning our brand, our products, our company name, and all of our efforts to Moz.
5. The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0
August 29 - Posted by DannyDover
It is my honor and privilege today to introduce the brand new version of The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet. This free and downloadable cheat sheet covers all of the important SEO code and best practices that are needed by online marketers and developers.
6. A Visual Guide to Keyword Targeting and On-Page Optimization
August 6 - Posted by randfish
As the "O" in SEO has broadened in scope, the most effective elements of on-page optimization have changed. While there is arguably no "perfectly optimized page," this update to a 2009 post provides a comprehensive guide to steer you in the right direction.
7. How Website Speed Actually Impacts Search Ranking
August 1 - Posted by Zoompf
Google has long stated website performance will impact search ranking, but what exactly does this mean? In this article, Zoompf researches over 40 different speed metrics to determine the most impactful performance changes you can make to your website to improve search ranking.
8. 10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations
February 6 - Posted by Miranda.Rensch
Communicating visually is one of the most effective ways to explain complex concepts and relationships, both internally with your teammates and externally with your clients. Our very own Product Manager, Miranda Rensch, offers a list of tools you can use to create beautiful visualizations and let your visual communication skills shine!
9. The SEO of Responsive Web Design
January 28 - Posted by Kristina Kledzik
Will Critchlow announced back in November that Distilled's blog was updated with a new responsive design, but it occurred to me recently that we never went into the specifics of why responsive web design is so great. It's been a hot topic in online marketing for the past few months, but is it really going to become an industry standard? Short answer: yep.
10. How to Rank: 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint
May 14 - Posted by Cyrus-Shepard
If you’re like most SEOs, you spend hours each week reading the latest SEO tactics and search engine tidbits. We spend hours learning, but does 90% of it change what we actually do - that is, the basic work of ranking a web page for search? To lend a hand, let me introduce the 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint.
Top comments by number of thumbs up
We're always impressed by the discussions we see in the comments below blog posts. In addition to the great many insightful points that add to what the authors say, one of our favorite parts is the support our community members show for one another. Here are the most thumbed-up comments from 2013.
1. Stephan_Boehringer | September 24 
When Keyword (not provided) is 100 Percent of Organic Referrals, What Should Marketers Do? - Whiteboard Tuesday
2. gfiorelli1 | July 19 
Heart to Heart About Link Building - Whiteboard Friday
3. MarkTraphagen | August 20 
Amazing Correlation Between Google +1s and Higher Search Rankings
4. jcolman | May 29 
Goodbye SEOmoz. Hello Moz!
5. randfish | August 29
The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0
6. Dr-Pete | April 15 
The Difference Between Penguin and an Unnatural Links Penalty (and some info on Panda too)
7. Bill Sebald | July 16
9 Experts and a Summary: What Makes an Ideal SEO Employee?
8. KeriMorgret | February 7 
Going Beyond Moz Metrics to Answer: "Why is this Site Outranking Me?"
9. evolvingSEO | February 12
Stop Clicking Here! 7 Superior SEO Alternatives to Generic Links
10. KeriMorgret | March 8
6 Ways to Use Fresh Links & Mentions to Improve Your Marketing Efforts - Whiteboard Friday
Most active users by number of comments
While quality certainly trumps quantity in most cases, we're continuously impressed by the ability of our community members to cover both bases. On average, the folks on this list (which intentionally omits our own staff and associates) have left a comment on every second or third post we've published, and we couldn't appreciate their contributions more.
1. Charles_SEO
mozPoints: 516 | Rank: 161
2. Spook SEO
mozPoints: 259 | Rank: 350
3. Brahmadas
mozPoints: 341 | Rank: 248
4. Dubs
mozPoints: 946 | Rank: 85
5. steviephil
mozPoints: 1,030 | Rank: 77
6. paints-n-design
mozPoints: 224 | Rank: 435
7. danatanseo
mozPoints: 3,298 | Rank: 10
8. manishbhalla
mozPoints: 230 | Rank: 422
9. skifr
mozPoints: 234 | Rank: 407
10. Matt-Antonino
mozPoints: 1,681 | Rank: 36
Happy New Year. May all your content have lots of pageviews, links and comments!
New Photo. But old was much better :)
Always be testing ;)
Congrats on the rather successful year Cyrus, loved reading some of your stuff and looking forward to some informative 2014 posts!
Great compilation, Moz!
One thing I like about year-end reviews is that they provide a way to look at the big-picture trends -- what was popular or important in 2013 will likely be more important in 2014. Just some quick thoughts on the number-one posts in three of the categories above and what they may signify.
10 Tools for Creating Infographics and Visualizations -- By now, most everyone understands the value of content. But a lot of the time, "content" has consisted mainly of blog posts, white papers, and case studies -- or, in other words, the written word. However, I'd suggest that the popularity of this post signifies that visual content will become "king" in 2014 for a variety of reasons. As attention spans decline online, people want to information quickly -- and it's easier to consume an image than a long block of text. Visual content is easier to peruse on smartphones while "on the go." In a greater context, I imagine that this shows that websites will increasingly go more visual.
Most people have at least some ability to write, so it's usually been easier to produce text-based content. But I'd also suggest that the popularity of this post signifies concerns within the community over a lack of knowledge of how to produce expert visual content. We all learn how to write; fewer of us learn how to use design software at an expert level.
So, I guess the question for all of us is -- "How do we address this issue -- should all SEOs and marketers now learn and add professional design to our arsenals?" Another question: how do we optimize visual content and visual websites themselves so that search engines can crawl and index them? (Moz has a webinar with some insights: seomoz.org/webinars/designing-for-seo)
Holy Grail of eCommerce Conversion Optimization - 91 Point Checklist and Infographic
How to Rank: 25 Step SEO Master Blueprint
I'd tie these two together because they signify a larger trend (in my opinion) -- that could be termed "a consolidation of ideas" in the SEO industry.
Not that long ago, SEOs would argue about minutiae -- 3% or 5% keyword density? What percentage of backlinks should have exact-match anchor text? Today, I'd argue that a lot of those debates are going away because there is becoming a general acceptance of SEO best practices -- optimize a site primarily for crawling and indexing, create great content, and earn quality links. That's all. (Still, easier said then done.) It's probably one reason that people such as Jill Whalen have moved on. The popularity of documents such as the SEO Master Blueprint show that people recognize the existence of (and want an easy reference to) these general best-practices.
With that in mind, the popularity of the conversion optimization post may signify that as SEO practices are increasingly accepted and known even by non-SEOs, we then need to become experts in other areas. Your average website owner may already know how to install and use all of the attributes (in this simple example) of the Yoast Wordpress SEO plug-in. So, if this website is a client, what value would you add? I'd say in increasingly other areas such as conversion optimization.
Wow, this became quite long. In summary: I'd suggest that the popularity of these posts in 2013 mean that in 2014, we need to become more visual and experts in other areas besides SEO (which has really always been just a collection of best practices in various areas, anyway).
Looking forward to the posts that 2014 will bring!
Pretty happy that my post made it to the top YouMoz list :) Have a good New Year everyone!
Hey Matthew,
You deserve this; Your post is my favorite one in 2013. Best of luck and Happy New Year.
Hi Matthew,
Great to hear that your blog post made in top list...Congratulation & Happy New Year.
You deserve that! As you have made such a fabulous post.
Congrats
5th highest commenter?! Bloody hell. And there I was thinking I was contributing less this year compared to previous years, haha!
(Ironically, this comment now takes me to joint-4th...)
Way to go Steve! Love having you here man.
& I loved to have guys like you & Steve....you guys are simply the best mentors here at Moz... :)
And that's because I was very busy in 2013... but I am planning my return :D
BeAdvised
NowYouKnowIt
JustSaying
I have 2 Accounts - lost the one (didn't even know the email I registered with) - combinated I would be 5th or 4th not 6th ;)
You will see it in 2015 ...
What I really wanted to say, all these guys with the top posts, top comments a.s.o. - you all must have done a great job, ohterwise I wouldn't have commented that much and I wouldn't be here every day...
Thanks for compilation.For me personally the best posts of the year are: How to rank:25 step SEO master blueprint and A visual guide to keyword targeting and on-page optimization.I spent a week on each of them,reading post,linked posts,taking notes.Cyrus and Rand have the talent to put it in a very simple way,easy to understand.I hope you keep that in the next year.
Happy New Year to all.
Let the next year you get everything you want and you do not have, and keep all you have and love!
Top Ten in most active users? Cool :)
Yes I am here every day....
A continued reading list for me. Always looking for something to read from all of you and this will certainly keep me busy for a while. Thanks!! and congrats to all the amazing authors.
Good Collection of 2013. If any one looking for SEO Resources or want to lean SEO. They must read the above posts.
For the first time in years I am not in the top 10 of the commenters' chart... well, I was quite busy, so the time I had once simply wasn't there anymore.
But, hey... 33 thumbs up to a comment of mine is a sign this old Mozzer can kick ass still :-)
Surprisingly, i do not see Dr.Peter anywhere in these MozTops.... For me, the Top Post (an Eye Opener for those who totally rely on Google) was What Scares Google ? !! Besides him, Rand surely always comes up with the best for business !! Thumbs up for both !!
Actually Pete (after Rand and before Cyrus) is the most prolific writer of the core Moz Staff.
Actually I was imagining that his visual MegaSERP was going to enter in some of the top 10s
Exactly !! Just read the Visual MagaSERP article and yes, i second your thought !!
Cyrus Shepard is everywhere on that list. I guess that means we need to see more posts by him!
Maybe the first post by him in 2014 would be how he did it!
Thanks for the transparency. Curious about something I noticed here and how it correlates to the Moz user survey. People say they don't want "ultimate guide" style posts, but they get lots of social shares, traffic, links, comments and thumbs up. I wonder what other interesting coparisons can be made between what users say they want and what people actually respond to.
Good observation Dan. I believe there's an actual backlash against anything with "ultimate" in the title, because those posts usually aren't ultimate at anything.
On the other hand, a well written, researched, and insightful guide will almost always have a fair shot at success, no matter how it's titled.
Happy New Year Moz! May you continue to share more interesting content for you readers.
Wish you very Happy New Year 2014 Moz team, i LOVE THIS ALL AWESOME COLLECTION!
I was waiting too see this post and finally its live. Thanks to all contributors who contribute their best on Moz. I myself also try 2 times but not successful. But I still have hope to see myself in this list one day. :)
Well lookie there, I made one of the lists...thanks guys! I love this community and the content that continuously keeps coming out at such a high level. Thanks to everyone at Moz for working so hard to create a place that's very special on the Web. I am constantly trying to think of interesting topics to write about and share. You all have set the bar pretty high, and that's an awesome thing. Here's hoping I can produce more posts and comments worthy of sharing here. Happy New Year everyone!
Thanks for the kind words, Dana -- it's folks like you who make this community what it is. Thanks so much for your contributions, and happy New Year to you, too!
Well I will definitely have to post some more relevant comments this year so I can have a shot at the list in 2015. This comment is of course not one of those.
Wishing Prosperous New Year to MOZ community. All the people which listed in this post are great writer, they always provide excellent information. Thank you all.
glad to keep this all and start learning if one missed.
Yehh!! Cheers MOZ. ByeBye 2013.
Chuffed to be featured on here and the response I've had from the article has been brilliant. Thanks for putting this together! I'll get writing my next feature shortly! :)
Wishing you a good luck for the year 2014 Moz Team. I hope in the next review of Moz I'll be a part of it as one of their great contributor. Its a big pleasure of mine if that such thing happens.
Miranda Rensch has given a wonderful post that it was very useful and informative. Thanks for sharing!!
Great compilation, thanks for sharing!
lol -- "After asking Roger to work overtime to crunch these numbers.." -- too funny!
Happy New Year, Moz Community! Back up and running after a weekend computer crash and reconfiguring the new one and back to contributing with Moz members in the QA and blog reading/commenting in the Moz blog!
I have a nice little list of reading the next couple of days with this 2013 overview. Thanks for sharing and very interested to see how the Moz blog landscape changes and grows in 2014 from the survey results Trevor shared in November. Wishing you all the best this year, everyone! - Patrick
When do we get to hear what you guys have got planned for 2014 ?
We're working on overarching strategies now, but in the meantime, you can get a pretty solid sense for what'll be influencing our decisions by checking out the takeaways at the bottom of this post. =)
Great idea, Mozzers! Really neat to see what pieces of content had the most unique pageviews and were the most popular. Surely my YouMoz post from November JUST missed the top 10 :).
Happy New Year to all in the SEO community.
Did you know you could go to https://moz.com/ugc/using-google-plus-a-guide-for-local-businesses/stats
and find lots of info about your post?
Wish you very very happy New Year 2014 to MOZ Family. Thanks for sharing such a best post with us.
You have just helped me create a reading list for January! Thanks to all contributors for such great content and wisdom!
Happy New Year. Expecting awesome posts from moz in this year also.
Nice list and I got several of my own favorites here :) What a great year 2013 is and best luck for everyone this 2014. Happy New Year!
Mary of Affilorama
Great Collection !
Moz team :- Wishing you a very Happy New Year 2014 and Best of Luck !
nice sharing, now I know the best post in Moz. :) Happy New Year :)
Great year Moz friends! I'm looking forward to contributing more in 2014 and making the list other than for "talks a lot." lol Glad to be part of the community and looking forward to the next 12 months!
Thank you everyone for all your hard work and great posts hope to contribute this year..and thanks to Moz for your fantastic website.
Happy New Year 2014 to the MOZ team and all the readers out there. Wishing everyone a great success and happiness in 2014! Thanks for all the wonderful & valuable information shared on your blog posts this past year.
I was not aware of this kind of blog on Moz. My new resolution for this year is to engage as much as possible and called myself as one of the best or top contributor.
Happy New Year 2014 to the MOZ team and all the visitors out there. Hoping everyone a amazing success and pleasure in 2014! Thanks for all the wonderful & useful information distributed on your website articles recently.
Happy New Year :)
I hope things are even better in 2014.
nice work, happy new year
Wishing you a very Happy New Year 2014 to Moz team, This is a Great AWESOME COLLECTION :))
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Wow, I even got my spot on here! Thanks for putting this together ^.^ I'll be sure to add it to my list of achievements hehe