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Growing a YouTube channel with a four-step subscriber framework
Ahrefs
November 18, 2020
Social media
9
SEO
7
Content marketing
6
Views are a prerequisite to subscribers — not subscribe buttons
A narrow channel theme compounds engagement and YouTube promotion
Keyword research tools reveal rankable topics before you film
Common SEO myths that waste time and money
Ahrefs
November 4, 2020
No duplicate content penalty exists, but duplicates still hurt rankings
The top-ranking page gets the most traffic only 49% of the time
Social shares don't directly rank pages — backlinks from exposure do
Five free Ahrefs SEO tools and how to use them together
Ahrefs
October 21, 2020
A five-tool workflow covering technical SEO to link building — all free.
Find featured snippet gaps using position filters inside Ahrefs Webmaster Tools.
Turn a competitor's stale resource page into your own link-building opportunity.
Automation & tools
YouTube
How to speed up a WordPress website in three steps
Ahrefs
October 7, 2020
Automation & tools
9
SEO
6
Three changes took a mobile PageSpeed score from 45 to 95.
Defer JS loading fixes most render-blocking issues without touching code.
Image compression and WebP conversion cut page size by nearly half.
Keyword research for affiliate marketing: four types that drive revenue
Ahrefs
August 26, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Search intent determines which keywords can actually generate affiliate clicks.
Specific-intent keywords like 'best car seat for small car' beat generic high-authority pages.
Informational content earns backlinks that lift your money pages in rankings.
Using Google Ads to build backlinks: a $1,245 PPC experiment
Ahrefs
August 12, 2020
Paying for ad visibility on link-intent queries generates real, quality backlinks
Being the original data source drives 2x+ better link conversion than aggregating others' stats
Backlinks from ads arrive weeks to months after the campaign ends
Link building outreach: results and process from 515 emails
Ahrefs
August 5, 2020
SEO
9
Prospecting & outreach
7
17.55% reply rate — double the industry average for cold outreach
Most link exchanges and payment requests came from both small and high-authority sites
Not sending follow-up emails was the single biggest missed conversion lever
How to write a link-attracting stats page for SEO
Ahrefs
July 29, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
Stats pages attract links because journalists cite facts, not opinions
10% of stats on a page drive 90% of its backlinks
Outdated competitor stats with broken redirects create outreach opportunities
Link building for beginners: principles, tactics, and outreach
Ahrefs
July 15, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Backlinks are essential for ranking competitive, high-traffic phrases.
Linkable content is non-commercial, helpful, and data-rich — not sales pages.
Outreach converts on personalised pitches with a genuine value exchange.
How domain rating works and what to focus on instead
Ahrefs
July 1, 2020
DR is a link-popularity score, not a ranking predictor.
Build links to target pages — Google ranks pages, not sites.
A high-DR site linking to thousands of domains passes almost no equity.
How to republish old blog posts to recover and grow organic traffic
Ahrefs
June 17, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
8
Wrong search intent angle caps rankings no matter how good the content is.
Weaker pages outranking you is a content problem, not a links problem.
Re-indexing after republishing can produce ranking gains within days.
How keyword difficulty scores work and when to trust them
Ahrefs
June 3, 2020
SEO
9
Product-market fit
5
Ahrefs KD measures link quantity only — not brand, intent, or quality
The same KD score means different things depending on your site's authority
High-KD keywords reveal link prospects, not just hard-to-rank queries
Content marketing
YouTube
Content promotion checklist: seven tactics to get more eyes on your posts
Ahrefs
May 20, 2020
Content marketing
10
SEO
7
Email your list first — subscribers want updates and can amplify your reach.
Re-share on social media with varied copy; soundbites extend content lifespan.
Quora answers targeting high-traffic questions can drive tens of thousands of visits.
How to optimise your content for a target keyword
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
75% of top-ranking pages don't mention their target keyword once
Matching searcher intent alone handles 80% of on-page optimisation
Strong content beats keyword engineering every time
Finding high-quality link building outreach prospects at scale
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
Target people who already linked to similar content — they'll link again.
Content Explorer finds thousands who mentioned your topic but never linked.
Daily alerts on fresh mentions beat chasing old tweets every time.