Getting “Linked from” URLs is a really useful way to find URLs that are linking to pages on your site. This is really beneficial when you want to find and fix URLs that are linking to a page reporting a 404 Not Found Google Search Console, but there’s simply not a great way to get this data out of the Google Search Console interface (in either the old or the new version). Instead, we can use the Search Console API Service programmatic way to access the functionality of the platform), to obtain the information quickly and easily.
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Here at UpBuild, we strongly believe there’s no shame in finding smart ways to make your job easier. For SEO, the MozBar Chrome Extension does exactly that. Whether you’re putting together a comprehensive competitor analysis or just tidying up some on-page SEO elements, the MozBar Chrome Extension gives you a concise view of the data you need directly from the web page.

What Is MozBar?

MozBar is a browser extension for Google Chrome that follows you around the web and provides useful data insights for SEO purposes. MozBar is powered by Moz, which is a widely used resource for SEO and digital marketing. The Chrome extension draws data form Moz’s database and provides it to you as you click and view different web pages. It is a massive help when it comes to page analysis, competitor research, finding link metrics, & analyzing search rankings. [Read more…] about Chrome Extensions We Love: MozBar | UpBuild

Keeping Your Keyword Research Up to Date

Keyword research is often the cornerstone of an on-page optimization campaign, and at UpBuild, it’s one of the first things we do for a new client. We make lots of choices based on that research, but we also realize our research isn’t (and shouldn’t be)+ set in stone; it’s a living and breathing document that needs to be updated and reevaluated over time.

Let’s look at some reasons why your keyword research should be updated regularly.
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Most people who are familiar with SEO have heard something about the importance of link building. If you haven’t heard of it before, link building means getting quality websites that are topically relevant to yours to link back to your website. By earning these backlinks, you are basically demonstrating to Google that your site is a valuable resource worth referencing and that it is likely to be trusted and valued by searchers. Websites with a variety of high-quality sites that are naturally linking back to them will typically have a better chance of ranking higher in Google search results. However, there are many different ways to go about earning these links, and some methods are more ethical (and sustainable) than others.  [Read more…] about Authority Building at UpBuild

This blog post is going to provide you with step-by-step instructions on how to run detailed page-level Lighthouse reports on multiple pages at once (even an entire site).

First of all, what is Lighthouse?

Developed by Google, Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the performance, quality, and correctness of web applications.

When auditing a page, Lighthouse runs a barrage of tests against a page and then generates a report on how well the page did. From there you can use the failing tests as indicators on areas to improve.

I should note here that Lighthouse Reports are not solely referencing page load time. In fact, there are a lot of page speed metrics beyond what the end user experiences and those metrics are very important to Google. These reports are very detailed, and when Google releases a tool like this it helps us see through Google’s lens and help us understand the metrics that they consider important.

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