Moz is a software as a service (SaaS) company based in Seattle that sells inbound marketing and marketing analytics software subscriptions. It was founded by Rand Fishkin and Gillian Muessig in 2004 as a consulting firm and shifted to SEO software development in 2008. The company hosts a website that includes an online community of more than one million globally based digital marketers and marketing related tools.
Moz offers SEO tools that includes keyword research, link building, site audits, and page optimization insights in order to help companies to have a better view of the position they have on search engines and how to improve their ranking.
History
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In 2004, Moz was founded by Rand Fishkin and Gillian Muessig as 'SEOmoz'. In September 2007, the company raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from Ignition Partners and Curious Office. In 2012, it raised $18 million in funding from Foundry Group and Ignition Partners.
In June 2012, SEOmoz acquired Followerwonk, a tool for searching, filtering and managing Twitter bios with other Twitter management functions like analytics. The terms were not disclosed, but SEOmoz said the acquisition was for somewhere between one and four million US dollars. In December 2012, SEOmoz acquired GetListed for $3 million. In May 2013, the company rebranded as 'Moz' and relaunched the website at Moz.com. During the period 2008 to 2011, SEOmoz grew from $1.5 million to $11.4 million in revenue. In January 2016, Moz secured a $10 million investment from the Foundry Group.
In January 2014, Rand Fishkin stepped down as the CEO of Moz. The position was taken by Sarah Bird who was already the President and COO of the company.
In August 2016, Moz laid off 28% of their staff to double down on SEO and focus on earning profitable revenue.
Tools
Moz has a series of tools in its SEO Toolbox, including Moz Keyword Explorer, a keyword research tool that provides keyword suggestions, SEO competition, opportunity, SERP features, saved lists, and accurate search volume data.
MozPro provides SEO site crawl checkups, prioritized SEO fixes, rank tracking, competitor tracking, SERP feature tracking, and more.
Open Site Explorer is a free SEO tool that provides link data.
mozRank is an alternative to Google PageRank. Moz also has a tool for researching popular search trends.
Moz offers an SEO browser tool called MozBar.
In August 2016 Moz announced that it was dropping the Followerwonk tool to focus more on SEO.
Culture
When it raised funding in 2012, the CEO Rand Fishkin blogged about his personal opinions, doubts, and analyses as the company went through the process. In September 2007, more than 400 readers posted opinions on Moz on the CEO's facial hair based on six photos he posted. According to the New York Times, he arrived to the conference in Stockholm "unshaven and bristly" based on the crowd-sourced decision.
Business
The organization's business model is largely based on inbound marketing. 85% of Moz's revenue comes from SaaS subscriptions.
See also
- Companies portal
References
External links
- Official website
- Google Search
