{"id":5431,"date":"2021-07-23T05:35:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T05:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:54:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T06:24:48","slug":"10-ways-how-ahrefs-can-help-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/10-ways-how-ahrefs-can-help-you\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways How AHREFS Can Help You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-Ways-How-AHREFS-Can-Help-You.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-Ways-How-AHREFS-Can-Help-You.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/10-Ways-How-AHREFS-Can-Help-You-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people ask <strong>what is ahrefs<\/strong>? Ahrefs is an SEO software suite that includes tools for link building, keyword research, competitor analysis, ranking tracking, and site auditing. Most of Ahrefs&#8217; features are designed for marketers. Ahrefs is a popular SEO tool that people use to increase their Google rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ahrefs <\/strong>are primarily used to analyze website link profiles, keyword rankings and SEO status. Many people use Ahrefs to find content that\u2019s performed well (in terms of social shares and\/or links) on a given topic. When Ahrefs first started in 2011, it was primarily a tool for analyzing backlinks on a site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahrefs\u2019s feature set has grown over the years.&nbsp; Ahrefs is a link <strong>ahrefs seo toolbar<\/strong> that now grows into a full-featured SEO family that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/moz-vs-semrush-best-declared-tools-of-seo\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">competes head-on with Moz Pro and SEMrush<\/span><\/a><\/strong>. &nbsp;Today Ahrefs is primarily used by the following<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Small business owners who will do SEO for their website.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;SEO agencies with multiple clients.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;Employers \u2018in-house\u2019 marketers who run marketing for their sites.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;Affiliate marketers with multiple sites.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>&nbsp;SEO consultants advising clients on SEO strategy.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After you figure out what ahrefs are, then you need to understand <strong>how to use ahrefs: <\/strong>Ahrefs has released a tool to check Google&#8217;s ranking, which is rich in visual features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s one of several Ahrefs SEO tools that can help you increase search traffic, investigate and control your competitors. This means that too much can be done with our toolset, especially for Ahrefs beginners.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"content_accordian_main\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<h2>Contents <button class=\"content_accordian\" type=\"button\"><span><\/span><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/button><\/h2>\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"accordian_content_inner\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<p><a href=\"#ahref\">With this in mind, here are 10 viable ways to use Ahref:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pages\">Get an estimate of total search traffic for the top 10 ranking pages:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#research\">Do keyword research for 10 search engines:<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#volume\">Going Beyond Search Volume with &#8216;Clicks&#8217; Data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#organic\">Find out which subdirectories are driving the most organic traffic to your competitors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#serp\">SERP Historical Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#gap\">Exploring the content gap between you and your competitors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#links\">Track Outbound Links From Your Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#affiliate\">Get new affiliate opportunities when using autopilot with Warning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#track\">Track your ranking progress with Rank Tracker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#find\">Find Potential Links with Content Explorer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/p>\n\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\njQuery(document).ready(function(){\r\n \r\n\tjQuery(document).on('click','.content_accordian',function(){\r\n\t\tjQuery(\".accordian_content_inner\").slideToggle();\r\n\t});\r\n \r\n});\r\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"ahref\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-with-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable-ways-to-use-ahref\">With this in mind, here are 10 viable ways to use Ahref:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/With-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/With-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/With-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"pages\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong>Get an estimate of total search traffic for the top 10 ranking pages:<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Most SEO professionals look at their target keyword&#8217;s search volume to predict a page&#8217;s potential for organic traffic. This is a problem because pages don&#8217;t tend to rank for a single keyword, and often rank for thousands of long-tail keyword variations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;SERP Overview&#8221; report in Ahrefs Keyword Explorer to check estimated <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/boost-organic-traffic\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">monthly organic search traffic<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to current top-ranking pages.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"research\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\"><li><strong>Do keyword research for 10 search engines:<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Most keyword tools only show Google data and metrics. This makes sense as they have a near-monopoly on the search engine market, but it&#8217;s important to remember that you can also get traffic from other search engines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the supported search engines in <a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/keyword-generator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Ahrefs Keyword Explorer<\/a>: Google; YouTube; Amazon; Bing; Yahoo; Yandex; Baidu; Daum &amp; Naver; Seznam.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"volume\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"3\"><li><strong>Going Beyond Search Volume with &#8216;Clicks&#8217; Data<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Keyword Explorer is the only keyword research tool on the market that goes beyond search volume and shows estimated clicks on research results. This is useful for assessing whether a keyword is really worth targeting. It calculates these metrics using our partners&#8217; navigational route data.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"organic\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"4\"><li><strong>Find out which subdirectories are driving the most organic traffic to your competitors<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;Top Subdirectories&#8221; report in Site Explorer helps you better understand your competitor&#8217;s site structure competition, as well as which part of their site generates the most search traffic from a particular country. The site receives a lot of international traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"serp\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"5\"><li><strong>SERP Historical Analysis<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Before searching for a specific keyword, be sure to investigate the battles that have taken place among the top search results in recent years.&nbsp; This would suggest that the current top 5 rankings have been around for about 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indicating that it would be a pretty good achievement to beat any competitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s another story for the &#8220;backlink checker&#8221; query. It would be worth analyzing their backlink profile and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/digital-marketing-strategy\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">overall SEO strategy<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get a clue as to how they did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/With-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable-6-to-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/With-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable-6-to-10.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/With-this-in-mind-here-are-10-viable-6-to-10-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"gap\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"6\"><li><strong>Exploring the content gap between you and your competitors<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard of the \u201ccontent gap\u201d analysis. This is where you look for keywords that your competitors rank for, but you don&#8217;t find. Many tools have this function. This is not unique to Ahrefs. What is unique about Ahrefs, however, is its ability to do this at the URL or subdirectory level.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"links\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"7\"><li><strong>Track Outbound Links From Your Site<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to monitor your external links, especially when you have a team working on your site.&nbsp; For example, we recently hired a few freelancers to translate our blog posts into other languages. While going through the &#8220;Linked Domains&#8221; report shortly after, I noticed two minor issues.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"affiliate\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"8\"><li><strong>Get new affiliate opportunities when using autopilot with Warning<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>First, unrelated brand mentions.&nbsp; For those of you unfamiliar with this strategy, sometimes people mention (write about) your brand online but skip the link to your website. With Ahrefs Alerts, you can automatically find new brand mentions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"track\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"9\"><li><strong>Track your ranking progress with Rank Tracker<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the many keywords that are important to your business, so we use tracking it in Ahrefs Rank Tracker. Rank Tracker allows you to add a list of keywords you want to rank for and track your daily\/weekly ranking progress for any position.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"find\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"10\"><li><strong>Find Potential Links with Content Explorer<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Content Explorer is a searchable database of 1.1 billion web pages, with the following proprietary metrics: Domain Rating (from a parent site);\u00a0 Referral domain number; Organic search traffic; Word count; Date of publication; Date of update; Chapter; Alive \/ Broken; Author. There is no competition for this <strong>ahrefs free tools<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-also-read-this-search-engines-and-social-marketing-parameters\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Also Read this &#8211;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/search-engines-and-social-marketing-parameters\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">Search Engines and Social Marketing Parameters<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"conclusion\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Conclusion-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Conclusion-13.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.iidl.in\/backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Conclusion-13-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it \u2014 10 real ways to use Ahrefs. These features were selected by comparing Ahrefs with other similarly priced all-in-one SEO tools. Chances are some of the lesser-known and more specialized SEO tools have one or more of these features.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"page-scroll\" id=\"faq\">\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faq\"><strong>FAQ<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-62e37d3010adf\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is Ahref used for?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ahrefs is mainly used to analyze a website&#8217;s link profile, keyword rankings and SEO status.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-62e37d3010ae2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What data can you get from using Ahrefs?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>It processes large amounts of browsing path data to maintain the world&#8217;s largest third-party search query database with estimated monthly search volume and advanced keyword research metrics.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-62e37d3010ae3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How can Ahrefs improve SEO?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Enhance existing content with missing subtopics, Send emails to people you associate with, Add internal links to new pages.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-62e37d3010ae4\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Who uses Ahrefs?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Ahrefs is commonly used by businesses with a large group of employees and millions in revenue.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-center kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;5431&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this post<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people ask what is ahrefs? Ahrefs is an SEO software suite that includes tools for link building, keyword research, competitor analysis, ranking tracking, and site auditing. Most of Ahrefs&#8217; features are designed for marketers. Ahrefs is a popular SEO tool that people use to increase their Google rankings. 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