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Keyword research for a new website: a practical step-by-step guide
Ahrefs
August 21, 2019
SEO
10
Customer discovery
5
Three distinct keyword buckets serve different goals at different authority levels
High keyword difficulty scores reveal the best pages to reverse-engineer for backlinks
Check parent topic difficulty — child keywords can be deceptively easy
How to rank higher on Google: a 5-step SEO process
Ahrefs
August 14, 2019
SEO
9
Content marketing
5
Moving one position up on page one can boost traffic 60%.
Wrong content format tanks rankings even with strong links.
Fix intent first, then links, then authority — in that order.
Content marketing
YouTube
Getting more YouTube views without an existing audience
Ahrefs
August 7, 2019
Content marketing
9
SEO
7
Paid ads
6
Series playlists let small channels claim the auto-play Up Next slot
Retargeting ads turned viewers into subscribers at near-zero incremental cost
Niche focus builds a binge-watching audience, not one-off visitors
Common link building mistakes and how to fix them
Ahrefs
July 31, 2019
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Copying templates is why your outreach emails get ignored
Reciprocity beats asking: give value before expecting a link
Real campaigns show 10–13% conversion rates when done right
SEO checklist: how to grow organic traffic step by step
Ahrefs
July 24, 2019
Search intent matching matters more than keyword density in your content.
Top-ranking pages rank for ~1,000 keywords — cover their subtopics too.
Prospect for backlinks before publishing, not after.
How search engines work and what to optimise for SEO
Ahrefs
July 3, 2019
Matching search intent matters more than keyword density
Backlinks act as quality votes that build page authority
Page speed and mobile-friendliness are confirmed Google ranking factors
Wix vs WordPress SEO: what 6.4 million domains actually show
Ahrefs
June 12, 2019
Raw traffic gap between platforms is statistically insignificant when skew is removed
Among active sites, Wix outperforms WordPress on organic traffic volume
Client-side JavaScript rendering makes Wix content potentially unindexable
Reciprocal Links and SEO: What a 140,000-Domain Study Found
Ahrefs
June 5, 2019
73.6% of high-traffic domains have at least one reciprocal link naturally.
43.7% of Google top-10 pages carry some form of reciprocal link.
Build relationships first; links follow without conditional trading.
SEO strategies that drive organic growth in 2019
Ahrefs
May 29, 2019
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
Top-ranking pages rank for ~1,000 keywords — target topics, not keywords.
Matching search intent beats links and technical SEO every time.
YouTube videos now earn Google SERP real estate — treat it as a second channel.
Seven Digital Marketing Channels Beginners Should Master One at a Time
Ahrefs
May 22, 2019
SEO
8
Content marketing
8
Growth hacking
7
Master one channel fully before starting the next — breadth kills early momentum.
Content-first thinking beats product promotion; help people solve problems first.
Paid ads need audience, budget, and intent alignment — use content as the bridge.
Content marketing
YouTube
Content Marketing Strategy That Drives Leads and Sales
Ahrefs
May 15, 2019
Content marketing
10
SEO
8
Conversion rate optimisation
6
Score every keyword 0–3 for business value before creating anything.
Pages rank for hundreds of keywords — optimise for the best variant.
Expert quotes and podcast pitches earn influencer shares for free.
How to write a blog post that gets consistent organic traffic
Ahrefs
May 8, 2019
SEO
10
Copywriting
8
Content marketing
7
Organic search is the only traffic source that compounds over time.
Most bloggers pick topics for themselves, not for searchers — that's the core mistake.
Search intent determines rankings more than writing quality.
Ranking number one on Google is not your most important SEO metric
Ahrefs
May 1, 2019
SEO
9
Content marketing
6
The #1 ranking page gets the most traffic only 49% of the time.
Matching search intent precisely can jump a page from position 40 to top 5.
Page-level content gap analysis reveals subtopics competitors cover that you don't.
Ahrefs Content Explorer 2.0: key features and use cases
Ahrefs
April 24, 2019
Find broken link opportunities by topic, not just single pages.
Trends charts reveal competitor PR spikes worth reverse-engineering.
Filter old content with fading traffic to target skyscraper candidates fast.
SEO middleman method: using blog content to boost money pages
Ahrefs
April 3, 2019
SEO
9
Content marketing
7
Product pages rarely earn links — blog posts do it for them.
Internal links from authoritative posts pass ranking power to money pages.
No authority yet? Build it fast with the skyscraper technique.