But there’s some disagreement and confusion among SEOs as to whether “toxic” links are actually a thing and what, if anything, you should do about them. If you believe Google’s John Mueller, they’re not: Yet, according to my poll, the… Read more ›

Here are ten that won’t cost a dime. Course provider: Ahrefs Duration: 2 hours Instructor(s): Sam Oh Level: Beginner Link: SEO Course for Beginners What you’ll learn This comprehensive course is ours and covers the fundamentals of SEO, including keyword… Read more ›

The thing is, you need to be careful with mental models because they’re sneaky. We tend to develop them during our lives, inherit them from our colleagues and mentors, and rely on them almost instinctively while not fully aware of… Read more ›

Here are five of my favorite ways to use Ahrefs for content marketing: Let’s be honest: we all snoop on our competitors to see what’s working (and isn’t). But today, a lot of the most exciting content strategies live outside… Read more ›

SEO reporting mixes insights, actions, data, strategy, and communication all into one document. It sounds like a lot to take in—but once you know the basics, you’ll be able to report on SEO in your sleep. In this beginner’s article,… Read more ›

Now, classic SEO theory says that if you rank with more than one page for a keyword, it’s a cannibalization issue, and you should fix it. But when I spent a day carefully reviewing a sample of 80 keywords with… Read more ›

But doing that is akin to the underground inventor who has made something and is looking for someone to buy it: In essence, when you’re asking “How do I promote my content?”, you’re in fact asking “How and where can… Read more ›

In this article, I’ll share how to remove backlinks and consider the different approaches for cleaning up your link profile—depending on your circumstances. Google says if you have a manual action for unnatural links, you should first try to remove… Read more ›

We’ve already launched some AI-enhanced features like search intent, but we made it even better by adding the traffic share for each intent. Check out this write-up from Si Quan for some more things we might add. For the visualizations,… Read more ›

But beyond the short-term dopamine hit of publishing a thousand articles at once, for most businesses, the negatives of AI content will very quickly outweigh the positives. First up—there is precedent for getting a Google manual action for publishing AI… Read more ›