Content briefs are simple documents that tell a writer… what to write about. They provide the information and context writers need to understand the goal of each article, ensure they cover all the key points, and turn in an A-grade…Read more &#82...

Here’s an example of what a cluster might look like: These keywords all have the same or similar meaning—so they form a cluster. Let’s explore how to do it. Keyword clustering is typically done by grouping keywords with the same…Read more ›...

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 ›

It provides a way for companies to create thousands of website pages targeted at thousands of keywords—without having to design, write, and publish pages manually. Companies like Zapier, Zillow, and G2 use programmatic SEO to generate millions of pagev...

You can see the current content for these pages on the blog (top Bing searches, top YouTube searches). Both have 1-2K words and tons of data. Here’s how they looked during the test: If you’ve been reading our blog, you…Read more ›

Use our free SEO audit template to find SEO issues that need fixing. Our SEO audit template focuses on finding SEO issues that move the needle—not everything that can go wrong with a website. This is because sweating the small…Read more ›

But can you go too far? Can you over-optimize? Google says “yes”, in two ways. Harmful over-optimization is, as Google’s Gary Ilyes puts it, “literally optimizing so much that eventually it starts hurting.” It’s possible to put so much effort…Rea...

These eight tools will allow you to do things like:  And more!  Ahrefs is an all-in-one SEO toolset that provides best-in-class data about your competitors’ content, backlinks, keywords, PPC ads, and much more.  Some of the key use cases...

Having lived in this city-state for a good three decades, I’ve gathered that SEO remains a niche here—but the people within it are welcoming and always happy to exchange ideas. Let’s take a closer look. Historically, the SEO community in…Read mor...

If you want to get more organic traffic fast, you need to squeeze more juice out of what you already have. These seven tactics will show you how. If people searching for your topic want fresh information, you’ll lose traffic…Read more ›

I sacrificed my email inbox to bring you a carefully chosen selection of favorites. Every newsletter included here does four things: The 11 newsletters featured here cover every corner of the search world, including Google algorithm updates, local SEO ...

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&...

We’ve pulled the top 100 most visited sites by organic traffic from our database. YouTube is the most visited website, with an estimated ~4.5 billion monthly organic visits. Most other sites on the list are recognizable brands to us English…Read ...

Here’s an example of how the code looks: And here’s how it looks on social media: … in the browser tab: … and (sometimes) in Google’s search results: For SEO, title tags are important for two reasons: In this guide,…Read more ›