I am new. How do I best use Moz?

[Monologix]

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[csfarnsworth]

First let the Moz crawl your site.Use these stats and work on onsite SEO fix for now.

Use SEO Blog and learn SEO of moz with whiteboard Friday especially to increase your SEO knowledge.You can also use Mozinar are also good.

Use Open site explorer to explore your competitors link profiles and find out better linkbuilding opportunities.

Use Fresh Web explorer to see whats new relating to the theme of your site have been published.

Their are many things that you can do with Moz tools.

You will find out help option everywhere to guide you how to do it.

[RobertFisher]

Paul,

Welcome and I think your best move was your question here in Q&A. There is a lot to learn here and a lot of good teachers. I have found that people are open, willing to assist, bright, and will continue to answer and follow up and re-answer, etc. Christopher makes a good point re the tools and I use most of them. 
At the end of the day though I have to say that it is the one forum I know of on the web where someone can ask a question and get smart people to answer it and provide backup, etc. They do it without attacking or belittling, etc.

The Moz Posts and Youmoz posts are very good and there is much to be found there. So, just jump in, ask questions, and have fun.

Best

Robert

[GregB123]

Hi Brian,

Also don't feel bad if you find some of it fuzzy and frustrating. I used Moz Pro for awhile, then left. Now that I'm back I find I really struggle with figuring out how to get things set up right in this new Moz Analytics. There are a lot of gaps in the Help files.

I'm thinking about starting to use screenshots when I post questions here because I just don't know how else to explain the problems...

But I think it will be worth the battle. Good luck!

[vmialik]

Hi Paul,

Also to comment to what Gregory has said, I think its important to note that Moz analytics recently came out and might still have some glitches here and there but the Moz pro area with campaigns works well and remember any specific question is easily answered here on the Q&A or by reaching out to Moz at: http://moz.com/help/pro

Hope this helps

[MattRoney]

Hi Brian,

Welcome to the Moz community! We're glad to have you.

There's a lot going on in your account, so I can understand if it looks a bit overwhelming at first. A great place to start improving your site's on-page SEO is our On-Page Grader, which gives an overview of how well-optimized any page is for a given keyword. It's in Moz Analytics under Search -> On-Page Optimization. You can read all about the tool and how to apply its data at moz.com/help/guides/search-overview/on-page-optimization.

Of course, on-page optimization is only one of many factors that affect SERP rankings, and the Keyword Difficulty Tool can provide some guidance on where to go from there. It can tell you how how much work you can expect it to take to rank for any given keyword, as well as a snapshot of your SERP competitors. I'd suggest running a full analysis on your most important terms, which will provide an idea of where your competitors are beating you—on-page SEO, backlink profile, etc. That helps to give some direction to your online marketing work. You can learn all about that tool at moz.com/help/guides/research-tools/keyword-difficulty.

Keep an eye on your crawl diagnostics report, which tells you what issues with your site may be affecting its crawlability. It can be found under Search -> Crawl Diagnostics.

Here are a few resources for learning the Moz toolset and inbound marketing:

• The Moz Analytics Help Hub - Videos, written guides, FAQs and glossaries for all aspects of Moz Analytics
• The Beginner's Guide to SEO - A reasonably quick, thorough introduction to inbound marketing concepts and best practices
• Moz Academy - A collection of brief video lessons teaching inbound marketing concepts and skills

Finally, as others have mentioned, this Q&A is a great pace to get answers to your questions, and the Moz and YouMoz blogs consistently post useful information.

I hope that helps!