Most content today is arbitrage, simply moving information from one place to another. Very few blog posts create new information. Most serve to remix, curate, and copycat existing content, transferring…

Not sure how to prepare your content report? I get it — too many metrics to report, and what should a report look look in the first place? I promise…

Keyword clustering tools group keywords with the same or similar intent. This makes it easier to take action on your keyword research because it tells you which keywords to target…

SEOs have a lot to offer companies during the merger and acquisition (M&A) process. They can help identify acquisition targets, do due diligence and help with valuation and risk identification,…

I attended Sydney SEO Conference for the second time, and I’ve got to say, it’s hands-down becoming one of my favorites. Great vibe, knock-out speakers, and perhaps best of all,…

If you’re looking to automate boring SEO tasks or create custom SEO reporting dashboards, APIs can be a major time-saver. So, I asked our team for recommendations for a well-balanced…

If your site has lost traffic, it’s natural to wonder what you’re doing wrong. But what if it’s not your fault? Let’s be real. Most of the time, it’s likely…

You won’t read anything good about the content marketing funnel in this article. Only bad things. Like, it’s too linear and simplistic to address the complexities of customer journeys. If…

It’s too easy to break your SEO during a website redesign. Here’s a foretaste of what can go wrong: Loss of rankings and traffic. Loses of link equity. Broken pages.…

I often post my favorite new Ahrefs features on X. And last time I announced our newest addition to Keywords Explorer, someone replied with this: I mean it is good…

It’s easy to come up with blog post ideas, but writing about random topics won’t get you traffic to your blog. You need to write about topics with traffic potential.…

Affiliate marketing is where you promote another company’s product or service in exchange for a commission. When people click your link and buy the product or service, you make money.…

Google knows about 300T pages on the web. It’s doubtful they crawl all of those, and at least according to some documents from their antitrust trial we learned they only…

I was scrolling through X last year when I saw this tweet from the CEO of Shopify: It made me pause and think: Can you really replace Google with something…

Get the week’s best marketing content Ahrefs Site Audit, also available as part of the free Ahrefs Webmaster Tools, allows you to search through the raw HTML code or the…

We already do a great job with internal linking on the Ahrefs blog. But we wondered if adding a related posts section would help us and whether users would use…

In the lead-up to International Women’s Day, I started reflecting on all the amazing women and nonbinary folks in our industry who I have learned from and who continuously inspire…

The formula for calculating ROI is so simple that I’ll share it right here, in the article introduction: ((Return from content − cost of content) / cost of content) *…

There are too many content marketing metrics out there. But we know which ones are actually used (we asked on LinkedIn and X). To organize things a bit, we’ve organized…

For many SEOs in agency, in-house, or enterprise roles, 20% of their job is actually doing SEO, the other 80% is about soft skills like getting buy-in. I always say…

Toxic backlinks are links that some SEO tools say could hurt your website’s Google rankings. The implication is that you should disavow them to keep your site safe. But there’s…

Learning SEO doesn’t have to break the bank. There are plenty of quality free SEO courses teaching everything from the basics to keyword research to link building. Here are ten…

People use mental models to comprehend reality, solve problems, and make decisions in everyday life. SEO is not an exception here, yet it’s not a topic you often hear about…

I’ve used Ahrefs since 2016. I thought I was a power user, but since joining the team, I’ve discovered a bunch more use cases that I can’t imagine living without.…

How can you prove to your boss, client, or other stakeholders that you’re not wasting your time with your SEO efforts? The best way is to share regular SEO reports…