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Ahrefs publishes practical SEO and content-marketing education focused on keyword strategy, search visibility, and repeatable organic growth.
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How to find the right keyword to target using search traffic data
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Low-volume queries can drive real traffic through hundreds of ranking variants.
The top keyword column reveals the highest-traffic phrasing — target that.
Four steps from brainstorm to a prioritised content idea list.
Content marketing
YouTube
How to create unique content that stands out
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
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SEO
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Proprietary data, experience, and expert access are your content edge.
Challenging conventional wisdom with real survey data earns hundreds of links.
Fewer people do hard original work — less competition for those who do.
Content marketing
YouTube
Finding great blog topics by studying your niche
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
SEO
8
Reddit and niche communities surface better ideas than brainstorming.
Always validate topics with keyword data before writing.
Obvious-seeming topics can drive thousands of monthly visitors.
Four guest blogging hacks to get more links in less time
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
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Content marketing
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Pitch more blogs than you can handle to create a waiting queue.
Linking to other guest posts passes PageRank and earns goodwill.
Target unlinked domains — each new site adds more ranking power.
How Ahrefs keyword difficulty score actually works
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
KD is an average of referring domains in top 10 results — not a ranking guarantee.
Outliers skew the average; always review actual top 10 pages before targeting a keyword.
Use 'Best by links' in Site Explorer to find your realistic KD ceiling.
Email list building strategies: on-site, off-site, and engagement
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Email marketing
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Growth hacking
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Retention & loyalty
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Content upgrades on high-traffic posts lift conversion from 2% to 10%.
142 partner webinars in one year took ConvertKit from $10k to $1M MRR.
Eight-week email series builds relationships and creates long-term SEO assets.
Content marketing
YouTube
Blogging for Business: growing blog traffic into a customer acquisition channel
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
SEO
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Traffic that doesn't convert into customers is worthless
Ahrefs 10x'd blog traffic using strategies condensed into 10 lessons
Bonus interviews with Noah Kagan, Brian Harris, and Ramsey Tapling
How to measure a keyword's true traffic potential using Ahrefs
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
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Search volume alone can underestimate actual traffic by 5x or more
Top-ranking pages typically rank for ~1,000 related keywords simultaneously
Deeper content earns more keyword rankings than a shallower top-ranked page
How to use email outreach for content promotion
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Email marketing
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Content marketing
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Outreach is content promotion — opens and clicks count, not just links
Spam vs. outreach is a spectrum; calibrate effort per email carefully
Perfect emails still fail — uncontrollable factors decide most outcomes
How to match search intent to rank in Google
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Mismatched intent causes bounces — Google notices and won't rank you
A low-volume keyword that fits your content beats a high-volume mismatch
Check the top 10 results to confirm you've read the intent correctly
Content marketing
YouTube
How to start and build a blog that stands out
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
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Email marketing
6
Business models
5
Differentiation beats consistency — why standing out is the only entry ticket
The blog is never the product; revenue comes from what it promotes
Own your platform from day one — free hosts can vanish with your audience
How to audit your blog's existing content for SEO gains
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Updating old articles beats publishing new ones for quick traffic wins.
Merge duplicate topic articles into one; use 301 redirects to consolidate backlinks.
Wrong keyword targeting kills traffic — re-optimizing existing posts can recover it fast.
How to generate keyword ideas with keyword research tools
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Google Keyword Planner hides exact volumes unless you run paid ads.
Clickstream data powers Ahrefs' 4.6 billion query keyword database.
A KD filter of zero surfaces rankable keywords with almost no backlinks.
Content marketing
YouTube
How to create content that people read, link to, and share
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
Copywriting
7
Cloning existing content puts you one step behind competitors instantly.
Brainstorm at least 5 headlines — skipping this tanks any article.
Borrow authority by interviewing the experts you don't yet outrank.
Content marketing
YouTube
Six content promotion strategies that actually work
Ahrefs
April 1, 2020
Content marketing
9
Copywriting
5
No tactic rescues bad content — quality is the real prerequisite.
Repurposing one article into a YouTube video drove 10x more views.
Outreach to people you cited beats asking for links directly.