Agency Founders & Specialists

Cyrus Shepard

Founder of Zyppy

Last updated 2026-07-23

Cyrus Shepard was formerly Head of SEO at Moz and is the founder of Zyppy, an SEO consultancy and tool set focused on WordPress. He is known for a distinctly data-first approach — his internal-linking studies get widely shared, and are one of the reasons the topic became more measurable in recent years.

Quick facts

Role
Founder of Zyppy
Based in
United States
Experience
15+ years in SEO
Known for
Data-driven SEO research
Focus areas
Technical SEO, Internal Linking, WordPress
Known clients
Content-heavy publishers & WordPress operators

What Cyrus Shepard is known for

At Moz, Cyrus co-created much of the training content that made the platform mainstream. Through Zyppy he now runs technical audits and publishes ongoing research on subjects like anchor-text diversity, canonicalisation and title-tag impact.

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