In fact, you should combine them for greater effectiveness in your marketing. Two main reasons: 1. Content marketing and SEO are like peanut butter and jelly—they work well together Content marketing is the process of creating and distributing content ...

Pay-per-click (PPC) is a form of online advertising where advertisers pay a fee each time someone clicks their ad. There’s no conundrum between the two types of marketing. You don’t have to choose one or the other; the best companies…Read more &#...

No matter how many listicles you browse, every tactic you see falls into one of these three categories. Imagine being able to share your content with hundreds or thousands of people with one click. That’s the power of building an…Read more ›

Each year we pick, vet, and categorize a list of up-to-date statistics to give you insights from trusted sources on Google search trends. Learn more Check out more resources on how Google works:

Knowing your competitors’ keywords is the easiest form of keyword research. If your competitors rank for or target particular keywords, it might be worth it for you to target them, too. There is no way to see your competitors’ keywords…Read more ...

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Here are ten that won’t cost a dime. Course provider: Ahrefs Duration: 2 hours Instructor(s): Sam Oh Level: Beginner Link: SEO Course for Beginners What you’ll learn This comprehensive course is ours and covers the fundamentals of SEO, including keywor...

But doing that is akin to the underground inventor who has made something and is looking for someone to buy it: In essence, when you’re asking “How do I promote my content?”, you’re in fact asking “How and where can…Read more ›

So, I decided to reflect on my journey. I did two Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions to see what people wanted to know: one on Twitter X and another on LinkedIn. I was pleasantly surprised that so many people were…Read more ›

Long story short: They aren’t. The experiment Here’s what I did: A total of 15 people took the poll. Here are the results: The premium prompts only convincingly “beat” the simple prompt for two tasks. Considering that you’ll need to…Read more &#8...

We’ve pulled four lists from our database of 20.4 billion keywords: We removed all NSFW queries from this list. What you see above are the top 100 “clean” search queries. You can see the full list with NSFW keywords in…Read more ›

I thought it would be cool to put together a list of articles that stood out—the ones that resonate with our community and spark ideas and inspiration for what to do next. So, here’s a roundup of our newsletter’s highlights…Read more ›

Add these 36 free SEO tools to your SEO toolkit. Monitor your website’s SEO health, see who’s linking to you, and learn what your website is ranking for on Google. Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (AWT) scans your website for over 100…Read more ›

For example, here’s an outreach email we sent as part of a broken link building campaign: In this guide, you’ll learn how to get started with link outreach and how to get better results. How to do link outreach Link…Read more ›

In this guide, you’ll learn how to create search-optimized content your readers and Google will love. If no one is searching for the topic you’re writing about, you won’t get search traffic no matter how high you rank. So, the…Read more ›...

Learn how to create one in three simple steps. Anything can be an SEO campaign goal, but here are a few common ones: For example, we recently had a goal to improve the rankings of our list of “blogging tips”…Read more ›

Don’t worry. Below is a list of 17 tips that’ll improve your content marketing and help you get more visitors, leads, and sales. If you rank for topics that people are searching for, you can get consistent search traffic. Here’s…Read more ›...

This tutorial will walk you through the most practical, repeatable, and actionable Ahrefs use cases from our six core tools that will help improve your SEO. Site Explorer is our competitive research tool. With Site Explorer, you can see a…Read mo...

In the most recent edition, 270 SEOs voted for the link-building techniques they still use today. Let’s look at how to do these seven tactics. Also known as creating link bait, the goal is to create something so valuable and…Read more ›

Coined by HubSpot’s founders Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, the goal of inbound marketing is creating content to: Together, they work like a flywheel. How to do inbound marketing Inbound marketing is our core marketing strategy at Ahrefs. We create&...