{"id":26880,"date":"2019-06-18T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=26880"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:18:36","slug":"the-tools-we-love-ahrefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/the-tools-we-love-ahrefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahrefs Review: The Tools We Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26880\" class=\"elementor elementor-26880\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c0d71c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c0d71c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b3cc38\" data-id=\"5b3cc38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca0b3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eca0b3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a team of content writers, it is important for us to research every topic we write about. Part of this research involves finding the right keywords, coming up with the best structure for the article we are writing, and looking at other articles which cover the same topic and coming up with better content which would meet our users&#8217; needs and requirements. This part of the research falls under the category of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).<\/p><p>There are several SEO tools out there that can help you achieve those needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahrefs<\/a> is one of them and it offers a wide collection of tools that will help you achieve a good SEO analysis. While we, at Elementor, use numerous tools, we especially like Ahrefs and we thought that our community members could benefit from our experience with it.<\/p><p>This is not the first time we cover Ahrefs. Not long ago we had a podcast with Tim Soulo, the head of marketing and product strategy at Ahrefs, where he shared with us <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/podcast-7-tim-soulo-ahrefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">methods for promoting products and websites<\/a>. We are impressed with the tools and the data that Ahrefs provides.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5affe9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5affe9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f31d18a\" data-id=\"f31d18a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c42545f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c42545f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is Ahrefs?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84c192d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84c192d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ahrefs is a well-known toolset for backlinks and SEO analysis. Think of it as a swiss army knife, if you will, for your SEO needs. It can replace several tools and is essential for anyone conducting SEO research and analysis. It is one of three main players on the market along with SEMrush and Moz. It offers several tools to help you analyze your website, the market, and your competitors. According to the Ahrefs website, their tool \u201c&#8230;helps you learn why your competitors rank so high and what you need to do to outrank them.\u201d With Ahrefs you get competitive analysis, keyword research, backlink research, content research, rank tracking, web monitoring and more.<\/p><p>Here are some of the handy tools that Ahrefs currently offers:<\/p><ul><li>The <strong>Site Explorer<\/strong> tool \u2014 With this tool, you can easily analyze your site\u2019s backlinks profile as well as your competitors\u2019 websites.<\/li><li>The <strong>Content Explorer<\/strong> tool \u2014 With this tool, you will be able to find the most shared and the most relevant content across social media channels, based on the number of shares.<\/li><li>The <strong>Keywords Explorer<\/strong> tool \u2014 With this tool, you\u2019ll be able to get relevant keyword ideas and traffic estimations.<\/li><li>The <strong>Rank Tracker<\/strong> tool \u2014 With this tool, you will be able to track rankings and get regular reports.<\/li><li>The <strong>Site Audit<\/strong> tool \u2014 This tool will help you analyze your website for common SEO issues and monitor your SEO health over time.<\/li><li><strong>Alerts <\/strong>will keep you notified of new and lost backlinks, web mentions and keyword rankings.<\/li><\/ul><p>Ahrefs have their own web crawler which is second only to Google\u2019s\u00a0behemoth, the GoogleBot. An impressive feat, considering who they are up against.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6465910 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6465910\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdc05a8\" data-id=\"bdc05a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ed637e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ed637e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Do I Need SEO Analysis Software For? <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edcee82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edcee82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You need it to stay ahead of your competition and be the best that you can be.<\/p><p>Ahrefs is designed to help you see the overall picture of your rankings, your potential, and what your competitors do. Anyone who is interested in reaching the first pages of search engines has to use an SEO tool like Ahrefs. With all the information laid in front of you, you will be able to make quick and sound decisions regarding your immediate and future strategy.<\/p><p>Get into your users\u2019 mind, see what they are looking for. Find out what words and phrases they use and implement them in your content.<\/p><p>Find out what your competitors do. See who links to their webpages and try to achieve the same. Look at the strongest pages your competitors have and see where your pages fall behind.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e262802 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e262802\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65c436b\" data-id=\"65c436b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-590048c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"590048c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Getting Started<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2d1d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf2d1d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ahrefs is not free. You can try it for the symbolic price of $7 for a 7-day access. Sure, this is not the standard approach to giving out trials, but, we believe that you should try it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca66e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca66e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=531\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26936\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-2.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-2-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-2-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5338d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5338d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f40f72d\" data-id=\"f40f72d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6c55d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6c55d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We would like to share our approach with you.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s say that you were tasked with writing reviews about restaurants, specifically Chinese restaurants in New York. You want to create a review of several Chinese restaurants and you want your information to compete with the top search results. Let\u2019s see what a quick Google search will yield when we write the following search query: \u201cChinese food new york\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffa7ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ffa7ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=450\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26916\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-3.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-3-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fe26a4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fe26a4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc7f8db\" data-id=\"cc7f8db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a901d81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a901d81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1 \u2014 Understanding What Keywords You Need to Use <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d1a3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18d1a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For starters, we need to understand what keywords to use. We have a general idea, like: \u201cChinese food new york\u201d. This is a good start. Let\u2019s input this sentence into the Keywords Explorer tool.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b82dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b82dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=309\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-4-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26928\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-4-1.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-4-1-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-4-1-768x297.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f96e896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f96e896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We can see that for the phrase: \u201cNew York Chinese food\u201d, there are approximately 450 searches per month, which means that this is something that must be included in our article, in titles and content as users tend to search for this specific phrase.<\/p><p>We can also see that the phrase: \u201cbest Chinese food in New York\u201d has about 250 searches per month. This gives us the idea that perhaps it\u2019s best to add the word \u201cbest\u201d and mention it together with \u201cChinese food in new york\u201d several times since that\u2019s what people are looking for.<\/p><p>However, the next phrase: \u201cNew York style Chinese food\u201d seems a little out of place. We are not writing about the specific cuisine style, but about the different restaurants serving Chinese food in New York. In this case, this specific keywords suggestion does not suit us. By adding different keyword variations in the keyword explorer we will get more suggestions. Suggestions that may be relevant to us, and some that may not.<\/p><p>You can then create a list of words and phrases that must be included in your article and when writing the article, be sure to add them.<\/p><p>In the results, we can find more information like \u201cquestions\u201d, \u201csearch suggestions\u201d and more. With these options, you can further learn how to construct your page, what headings to use, what additional paragraphs to add, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-539ff3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539ff3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87a5f48\" data-id=\"87a5f48\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ceb2563 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ceb2563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2 \u2014 Analyzing Pages<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30953c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e30953c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The next step in our SEO research procedure involves using the site explorer tool. First, we\u2019d recommend that you type in your website&#8217;s URL, to see how it ranks. You could see your domain and URL rating, backlinks to your website, organic keywords, your top pages, etc. This is a good routine, especially if you take notes and see how you&#8217;ve improved, or worsened over time.<\/p><p>Now, let&#8217;s find a well-ranked competitor. From the google search query above, we see that when it comes to organic traffic, <a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\">https:\/\/ny.eater.com<\/a> is by far the more successful website. Let&#8217;s analyze it. Type the URL into the site explorer tool.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a821a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66a821a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=573\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-5.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26918\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-5.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-5-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-5-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24f0f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24f0f8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Oh boy, there is so much information here, one may get lost. Let us break this information down to its most important elements, as we see it here at Elementor (semi-pun intended):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7db3237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7db3237\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6af1141\" data-id=\"6af1141\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b2e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9b2e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Site Explorer: The Overview Screen<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2986242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2986242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our search query has yielded an overview of the most relevant information. This is extremely useful and comfortable. Immediately, we see that the domain rank is very strong, 90\/100. To give you an indication of its strength, google.com has 98, and wikipedia.org has 92. However, its URL ranking is mediocre. There are many aspects which affect these rankings, this, however, is a story for another time.<\/p><p>We can see that there are 500,000 backlinks to this website, meaning that there are many other websites who link to this website and use the information available on it as a source to rely upon.<\/p><p>Under the organic keywords column, you can see the number of organic keywords that this website has. Remember the search query \u201cChinese food new york\u201d, well, this website has covered over 490,000 similarly relevant keywords in its content. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can learn about each of the sections by hovering over the grey \u2018i\u2019 beside the section titles. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ebf59d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ebf59d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af9fe7a\" data-id=\"af9fe7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa35db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4aa35db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Site Explorer: The Backlinks Screen<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41faa14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41faa14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let\u2019s move on to the backlinks section which provides data about the websites linking to your website. To be more specific, this shows you what external page links to a specific page on your website. Let\u2019s have a look.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99c364 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c99c364\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=157\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-6.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26938\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-6.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-6-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-6-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfa49e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfa49e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can sort the results by different values, which in this case is the URL strength. A quick glance at the results lets us know that the top linking page (again, in terms of URL strength) is the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poutine\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poutine<\/a> page, which links to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/2017\/9\/6\/16259134\/best-poutine-nyc\">https:\/\/ny.eater.com\/2017\/9\/6\/16259134\/best-poutine-nyc<\/a> article, about poutine. Clearly, someone at Wikipedia decided that the article at ny.eater about poutine was worth linking to.<\/p><p>It is important to have backlinks from respected websites and institutions, it lets search engines know that other people trust what you write. If you want to succeed, you should start initiating communications with different websites asking them to include an organic link to your content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99edb08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99edb08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b8dddd\" data-id=\"2b8dddd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dcd933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dcd933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Site Explorer: The Organic Search Screen<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-600842c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"600842c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next, you should be looking at the organic search results. Here you can see what organic keywords are used by the website and which ones generate the most traffic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef27554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef27554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=382\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-7-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-26931\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-7-1.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-7-1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Ahrefs-7-1-768x366.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f56b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7f56b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This one is a little tricky. You can\u2019t compete over the keyword \u201cny\u201d. This is something that is so general, that nearly any page that talks about New York in any way has this keyword. However, this area can give you, along with the keywords explorer tool, an idea as to what keywords to use. In this specific case, we can see the \u201cbest restaurants in nyc\u201d keyword. If we didn\u2019t include it before, when we were conducting the keywords search, then we certainly should.<\/p><p>Under \u201cOrganic Search\u201d, you can also find results for \u201cTop Pages\u201d. Why not look at the top pages this site has to offer? Look at the structure, at the titles, at what\u2019s being offered. If you are lacking something, try adding it to your page. Additionally, you can see \u201cCompeting Domains\u201d and \u201cCompeting Pages\u201d, get a better understanding of what the competition is like, work towards creating better content, or, at the very least, nothing worse.<\/p><p>The rest is up to you. There is a lot of information which could be extremely beneficial to you when researching any other topic \u2014 be it information, products and services, hi-tech, fashion or anything else you can think of.<\/p><p>This is what the general SEO research process looks like to us. We are certain that there are numerous other ways, approaches and thoughts, but this is how we do it, and this is why we recommend this tool.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d005850 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d005850\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec6abbe\" data-id=\"ec6abbe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a7aeb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a7aeb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Like About Ahrefs (The Pros) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c7ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0c7ef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AhrefsBot<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc117a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc117a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We like the fact that this toolset has its own, very impressive, crawler bot known as AhrefsBot. Every 24 hours the crawler visits over 6 billion web pages and updates Ahref\u2019s index every 15-30 minutes. With a base of more than 16 trillion known links, we believe that the information provided by Ahrefs is highly relevant, informative and accurate. This crawler is the second most active crawler after Googlebot. In a constantly changing and a highly competitive market, this is something to be proud of.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a89f4ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a89f4ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e9b5fe\" data-id=\"8e9b5fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32e7ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32e7ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Simplicity<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b1d35d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b1d35d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While Ahrefs is a very powerful toolset, using it is very easy. The user interface is straightforward and very intuitive. You can easily access all the tools. It doesn\u2019t matter if you are a novice or a pro, you will be able to easily use it with just a few clicks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cf2fed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cf2fed\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9117615\" data-id=\"9117615\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fda415c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fda415c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Availability<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba840a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ba840a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We like the availability of information. Once you use one of the tools, you get most of the relevant information on one page. There is no need to dig deeper to find the information you require.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-836da32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"836da32\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-587613e\" data-id=\"587613e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cac73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44cac73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inspiration<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a57012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a57012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ahrefs is great when it comes to giving you new ideas. Take the keyword explorer, for example, we typed a simple string of words and got lots of related suggestions which we can further use to improve our content.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31f5480 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31f5480\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8da6e47\" data-id=\"8da6e47\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0b4507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0b4507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What\u2019s Making Us Reconsider Using Ahrefs (The Cons)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-095a70f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"095a70f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db5fc58\" data-id=\"db5fc58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-251169e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"251169e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Too Expensive\u200b<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e199ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e199ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While Ahrefs\u2019 prices are similar to its competitors\u2019, we can appreciate the fact that if you are a freelancer or a small business the price could be a little too steep. There are many free tools available out there, and while they don\u2019t have many of the features Ahrefs does, they could provide a good starting point for your SEO research. 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