Six core link building strategies for SEO beginners

Ahrefs December 30, 2015

• Create content so good that links come without asking
• Link intersect finds sites linking to rivals but not you
• Broken link building: low success rate, high-authority upside

How to find keyword ranking opportunities using existing site data

Ahrefs December 1, 2015

• Your site likely already ranks on page 2–3 without you knowing
• Filter Ahrefs organic keywords by volume to surface quick wins
• URL, headline, and first-100-words fixes can move rankings up fast

How to create linkable assets that attract backlinks repeatedly

Ahrefs November 19, 2015

• Referring domains beat raw backlink count every time.
• Competitors' top pages reveal exactly what to build next.
• Everyone linking to a rival's asset is your ready-made outreach list.

Why you need to track new and lost backlinks to your site

Ahrefs November 11, 2015

• A new linking domain is a warm outreach lead worth acting on immediately.
• Weekly email digests replace daily logins and surface lost links fast.
• Negative SEO links must be caught and disavowed before Google issues a penalty.

How To Find Influencers Who Are Talking About Your Business [OSEO-15]

Ahrefs November 4, 2015

How to uncover your competitors' Google PPC ads using Ahrefs

Ahrefs October 28, 2015

• Keywords competitors pay for already signal proven buyer intent.
• See every ad variant rivals run and which page each drives traffic to.
• High keyword investment on one page reveals the heart of their funnel.

How to find keywords driving traffic to your competitors using Ahrefs

Ahrefs October 21, 2015

• Reverse-engineer competitor traffic in minutes, not hours
• Branded keyword rankings reveal a competitor's review content strategy
• Sort by traffic column to see which keywords actually drive visits

On-page SEO basics: four ranking factors that move the needle

Ahrefs October 13, 2015

• Keyword placement in four spots covers most on-page SEO gains
• Closer your keyword is to the title start, the better
• Use Ahrefs top pages report to find quick optimization wins

How to find your competitors' best-performing content using Ahrefs

Ahrefs October 4, 2015

• Content that earns backlinks rarely matches what goes viral socially
• Two Ahrefs tools expose competitors' top shared, linked, and ranked pages
• Find competitors' ranking keywords to write a bigger, better version

How to build backlinks using the broken link building technique

Ahrefs September 28, 2015

• Keep your content and still earn links from authority sites
• One dead URL can unlock outreach to 27+ linking domains
• Archive.org lets you reverse-engineer exactly what to recreate

Finding sites likely to link to you using Ahrefs Link Intersect

Ahrefs September 22, 2015

• Sites linking to all your competitors but not you are your best outreach targets.
• Ahrefs Link Intersect automates competitor backlink gap analysis in minutes.
• Switch from 'all targets' to 'any targets' to multiply your link opportunities.

How to find and fix broken links and broken backlinks for SEO

Ahrefs September 15, 2015

• Every broken backlink is a lost vote Google refuses to count
• A 9-minute blog audit found 81 pages with broken outgoing links
• Two fixes for broken backlinks: redirect the URL or recreate the content

How to find popular, heavily linked content in any niche using Ahrefs

Ahrefs September 7, 2015

• Sort Content Explorer by referring domains to instantly find link magnets.
• The top result reveals what made a piece earn 1,600+ linking domains.
• Use the backlinks report as a ready-made outreach prospect list.

Why anchor text determines what keyword your page ranks for

Ahrefs August 30, 2015

• More links than your competitor still won't win if anchor text is wrong.
• 53% of backlinks to one keyword locked a site out of another.
• Create a separate page rather than fighting your own backlink signals.

How to retain top Google rankings by outpacing competitors on links

Ahrefs August 23, 2015

• Stop building links and competitors will eventually overtake you.
• Monitor rivals' newest referring domains for a constant link pipeline.
• Link velocity, not total link count, is what holds rankings long-term.