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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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Content marketing

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How to prioritise content ideas using business value scoring

Ahrefs April 1, 2020


Content marketing 9
SEO 6
  • Score every idea 0–3 based on conversion likelihood, not traffic
  • High traffic means nothing if readers will never buy from you
  • Generic queries still earn a 2 — strong copy can close the gap

SEO

YouTube

How to find link-building opportunities from competitor backlinks

Ahrefs April 1, 2020


SEO 9
Growth hacking 5
  • Link Intersect cuts 11,000 competitor backlinks to 66 priority targets.
  • Sites linking to multiple competitors but not you are ideal cold outreach.
  • Set alerts on individual competitor articles, not whole domains, to stay actionable.

Growth hacking

YouTube

Automating link building outreach with Zapier and Hunter

Ahrefs March 25, 2020


Growth hacking 9
Automation & tools 8
Prospecting & outreach 7
  • Typing a last name in a spreadsheet triggers the entire outreach sequence
  • Hunter finds emails; NeverBounce filters out invalid ones before sending
  • Catch-All emails are ~80% reliable — valid ones hit 98% deliverability

Content marketing

YouTube

Blogging for business: focus on customers, not traffic

Ahrefs March 21, 2020


Content marketing 9
  • Traffic is a vanity metric — sales per month is the only KPI that matters.
  • Ahrefs grew 10x in visits by targeting buyers, not maximising reach.
  • Your blog is a customer acquisition channel, not a traffic channel.

SEO

YouTube

Content Hubs: Where SEO and Content Marketing Meet

Ahrefs March 18, 2020


SEO 9
Content marketing 8
  • Content hubs link a broad pillar page to focused cluster subpages internally.
  • Backlinks to any cluster page benefit the whole hub through internal links.
  • Hub topics need 5–20 subtopics, strong search volume, and informational intent.

SEO

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Three reasons SEOs should learn to code

Ahrefs March 11, 2020


SEO 9
Automation & tools 7
Communication 5
  • Automate bulk SEO tasks programmatically in minutes, not months.
  • Understanding dev logic stops you making unrealistic feature requests.
  • Read source code to catch technical issues crawlers never find.

SEO

YouTube

How to rank YouTube videos on the first page of Google

Ahrefs February 26, 2020


SEO 9
Content marketing 6
  • Ranking videos on Google is easier than ranking web pages for competitive terms.
  • Transitive verbs in scripts unlock Google's suggested clip feature.
  • Timestamps in descriptions trigger the key moments feature in mobile search.

Content marketing

YouTube

Video marketing fundamentals: grow a business with YouTube

Ahrefs February 19, 2020


Content marketing 9
Social media 6
  • A smartphone and good content beat expensive gear every time
  • Four-step framework: audience, objective, content format, distribution
  • YouTube SEO compounds into free, consistent views over time

SEO

YouTube

SEO fundamentals in 2020: content, backlinks, and indexation

Ahrefs February 12, 2020


SEO 10
Content marketing 6
  • Algorithm updates rarely affect the three fundamentals that actually drive rankings.
  • Matching search intent — type, format, and angle — matters more than any tactic.
  • A noindex tag or robots.txt block can silently kill all your SEO work.

SEO

YouTube

How to rank on the first page of Google

Ahrefs February 5, 2020


SEO 10
  • Page 1 isn't enough — target the top 3 or expect ~1% CTR.
  • Search intent has three dimensions: content type, format, and angle.
  • Ahrefs' Content Gap tool reveals subtopics your competitors rank for but you don't.

SEO

YouTube

Nine essential Chrome extensions for everyday SEO work

Ahrefs January 29, 2020


SEO 9
  • More extensions slow your browser — pick one or two per category.
  • Hunter and Link Clump cut prospecting time for link builders.
  • Lighthouse and Window Resizer cover page speed and mobile testing.

Content marketing

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Content marketing on a small budget: the CART framework

Ahrefs January 22, 2020


Content marketing 9
SEO 7
  • Relevance to your product is what makes content drive sales.
  • Four real campaigns — blender videos to loan calculators — show repeatable tactics.
  • CART framework (Content, Audience, Relevance, Timing) replaces guesswork with structure.

Growth hacking

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How to start affiliate marketing: a practical beginner's guide

Ahrefs January 15, 2020


Growth hacking 9
SEO 8
Content marketing 7
  • SEO beats paid ads and social for sustainable affiliate income
  • Tight niche + buying-intent keywords = faster rankings and sales
  • Authentic product experience is the only real edge over competitors

SEO

YouTube

How to identify high-quality backlinks that move the needle

Ahrefs December 18, 2019


SEO 9
  • Mass-emailing competitor backlinks wastes time and builds bad links
  • A sudden organic traffic drop often means a site has been penalised
  • Nofollow links and over-linked pages pass little to no ranking value

SEO

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Quick SEO wins to boost organic traffic without deep expertise

Ahrefs December 11, 2019


SEO 9
Content marketing 6
  • Deleting underperforming content can increase traffic by 50–80%
  • Emailing sites you link to earns passive links without a direct ask
  • Repurposing content lets you own multiple spots in Google search

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