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Rand Fishkin

Co-founder, Moz, named behind the Moz API listing on Anchor Terminal.

Rand Fishkin

Co-founder, Moz

Rand Fishkin co-founded Moz with Gillian Muessig in 2004, when it was called SEOmoz and began as a blog and community for SEO research. The company published the Beginner's Guide to SEO, moved from consulting into SEO software and took the name Moz in 2013.

What Rand builds

  • Moz API E · SEO & search visibility

    Moz API is a hosted JSON-RPC 2.0 service for SEO data from Moz's link and keyword indexes. It returns Domain Authority, backlinks, keyword metrics, ranking keywords and search results, with a beta MCP server for AI clients.

    Co-founder, Moz, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Rand Fishkin?

Rand Fishkin co-founded Moz with Gillian Muessig in 2004, when it was called SEOmoz and began as a blog and community for SEO research. The company published the Beginner's Guide to SEO, moved from consulting into SEO software and took the name Moz in 2013.

What does SEOmoz, Inc. (Moz) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Moz API from SEOmoz, Inc. (Moz). Moz API is a hosted JSON-RPC 2.0 service for SEO data from Moz's link and keyword indexes. It returns Domain Authority, backlinks, keyword metrics, ranking keywords and search results, with a beta MCP server for AI clients.

How are Rand's tools graded?

Moz API is graded E, 45.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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