3 use cases of Ahrefs for beginners 👀
1️⃣ Find gaps in your content strategy
2️⃣ Learn which pages bring search traffic to your competitors
3️⃣ Find your competitors' "linkable assets"
Let's take a look at each:
1️⃣ Find gaps in your content strategy
2️⃣ Learn which pages bring search traffic to your competitors
3️⃣ Find your competitors' "linkable assets"
Let's take a look at each:
1️⃣ Find gaps in your content strategy
This means your competitors are ranking for certain keywords that you aren't. To find these gaps:
- Open Ahrefs' Site Explorer
- Go to the Content Gap report
Check out the results comparing Ahrefs' blog to three of our competitors' blogs:
This means your competitors are ranking for certain keywords that you aren't. To find these gaps:
- Open Ahrefs' Site Explorer
- Go to the Content Gap report
Check out the results comparing Ahrefs' blog to three of our competitors' blogs:
2️⃣ Learn which pages bring search traffic to your competitors
- Open Ahrefs' Site Explorer > Top pages report
- View your competitors' pages, sorted by search traffic.
Studying your competitors will help you make better decisions when planning your own strategy.
- Open Ahrefs' Site Explorer > Top pages report
- View your competitors' pages, sorted by search traffic.
Studying your competitors will help you make better decisions when planning your own strategy.
3️⃣ Find your competitors' "linkable assets"
For Google to view your site as a source of authority, you need to publish linkable content—things that people in your industry are likely to link to.
- Open Ahrefs' Site Explorer
- Enter competitor's URL
- Open Best by links report
For Google to view your site as a source of authority, you need to publish linkable content—things that people in your industry are likely to link to.
- Open Ahrefs' Site Explorer
- Enter competitor's URL
- Open Best by links report
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