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The 6 Biggest SEO Challenges You’ll Face in 2024

Between navigating Google’s never-ending algorithm updates, fighting off competitors, and getting buy-in for projects, there are many significant SEO challenges to consider. So, which ones should you focus on? Here…

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15 AEO Tools That Will Help You Optimize for LLMs

We’re moving from chasing traffic, to competing for brand visibility. We’re thinking about how AI crawlers view our site–not just search engine bots. We’re trying to follow the breadcrumb trail…

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The 50 Fastest-Growing AI Companies

When we published our list of 50 trending tech startups, surprise surprise—AI companies topped the list. In fact, AI is so hot right now that I decided to add hundreds…

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The SEO Process in a Nutshell (4 Steps)

In this short article, I’ll try to distill the process of SEO into its essence: the four steps. To prove this process works, I’ll use our own example, i.e., the SEO…

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brightonSEO Live Blog

Being the introvert I am, my idea of fun isn’t hanging around our booth all day explaining we’ve run out of t-shirts (seriously, you need to be fast if you…

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How to Find a Niche for Your Online Business

But I wasn’t an overnight success. I had to go through many iterations before finding a niche that worked for me. I tried everything from e-commerce and dropshipping, to making…

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Steal Our SEO API Stack For Easy SEO Automation

So, I asked our team for recommendations for a well-balanced SEO API stack that covers everything you’ll likely ever need. I’m excited to share this list with you, so let’s…

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Automated SEO Reporting (The Easy Way)

In this article, I’ll share how you can automate your SEO reporting easily using just two tools: Ahrefs and Google Looker Studio (GLS). In theory, automating SEO reporting should help:…

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Effective Email Outreach: 5 Lessons From 111 Emails

Back in 2016, I wrote an article titled “I Just Deleted Your Outreach Email Without Reading. And NO, I Don’t Feel Sorry.” People loved it. That post was born out…

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11 Easy-to-Follow Tips to Optimize Your Blog Posts for SEO

But that doesn’t mean shoehorning as many keywords as possible. Keyword stuffing doesn’t work anymore. How do you optimize your content to be search-friendly? You’ll learn how in this post….

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SEO Certifications: Are They Really Worth It?

After spending hours researching SEO certifications and taking three of them (see my three certificates), my opinion is this: Most SEO certifications aren’t worth it. I’ll explain why in this article. But…

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What’s the Point of AI Detectors?

I was previously a skeptic of AI content detectors, and many people still are. Andrew Holland recently shared a LinkedIn comment that does a good job summarizing common concerns: In…

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Spy on Your Competitors ?️ (How Do You Do It?)

  It’s simple—you can use a tool like Ahrefs to find out. If you want to get an overview of the organic search competition in your industry, the first step…

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8 Free SEO Reporting Tools

In this article, I’ll share eight of my favorite SEO reporting tools to help you create a comprehensive SEO report for free. Price: Free Google Search Console, often called GSC,…

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The Ultimate SEO Checklist for 2021

It works for ecommerce stores, local businesses, affiliate sites—anything. Here’s the checklist: Basic SEO checklist Technical SEO checklist Keyword research checklist Content checklist On-page SEO checklist Link building checklist How…

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Why Big Companies Make Bad Content

HubSpot teaching you how to type the shrug emoji or buy bitcoin stock. Salesforce sharing inspiring business quotes. GoDaddy helping you use Bing AI, or Zendesk sharing catchy sales slogans….

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My Favorite Wayback Machine Alternatives

That’s where web archiving tools come in. They allow you to access saved versions of web pages, even if they get taken offline. The Wayback Machine is the best-known option,…

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LLMO Is in Its Black Hat Era

That’s where we are with optimizing for visibility in LLMs (LLMO), and we need more experts to call out this behavior in our industry, like Lily Ray has done in…

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Dear BrightonSEO, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

If you’re not familiar with BrightonSEO, it’s a search marketing conference created by Kelvin Newman. It’s pretty much the U.K.’s “must attend” search conference. It’s been running since 2010 and…

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I Got 129.7% More Traffic With Related Keywords

In this post, I’ll show you how I found and optimized my post for these related keywords. Related keywords are words and phrases closely linked to your main keyword. There…

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9 Easy Local Link Building Tactics

I’ll show you nine ways to build local backlinks in this guide, but first, let’s cover the basics… What local link building is How to estimate the number of backlinks…

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A Comprehensive On-Page SEO Checklist for 2024

Even better, many on-page improvements are super quick and easy to do. Follow this checklist for perfect on-page SEO every time: If you’re looking for a reusable interactive checklist to…

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Content Outlines: How to Write Better Content Faster

Well, you can—with content outlines. Outlining your content can improve your writing efficiency and content flow, as well as ensure you include the required bits for SEO in every article….

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5 Types of Blogs That Make Money

Looks like professional blogging may actually be a good idea. You can make a full-time income or a decent side income. You can even own several blogs, hire copywriters, and…

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The AI Bots That ~140 Million Websites Block the Most

There’s a cost to bots crawling your websites and there’s a social contract between search engines and website owners, where search engines add value by sending referral traffic to websites….

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8 Types of Bad Links to Avoid

In the world of SEO, links are a crucial ranking factor. With that comes a temptation for many website owners and marketers to resort to manipulative tactics to acquire links,…

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How to Fix “Discovered – currently not indexed”

Follow this five-step process to diagnose and fix the issue. If you only see a few pages with the “Discovered – currently not indexed” issue, try requesting indexing via Google…

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How To Do Keyword Clustering the Easy Way

Here’s an example of what a cluster might look like: These keywords all have the same or similar meaning—so they form a cluster. Let’s explore how to do it. Keyword…

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How to Sell SEO (With Expert Tips)

Follow this six-step guide to help improve your pitch, close more sales, and get your first clients (with tips from the pros.) To be taken seriously by prospects and get…

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100 Blog Post Ideas to Get Traffic

You need to write about topics with traffic potential. The proverb goes, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and…

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The No-Nonsense Guide to Competitive Intelligence

Truth is, they’re doing it wrong. In this no-nonsense guide, we’ll go beyond the MBA-hyped-up textbook jargon and dive into the tactics that will actually make a difference. But first,…

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11 Internet Marketing Strategies That Work

To help answer that, we’ve dissected internet marketing into its most basic strategies. We’ve also simplified them so you can get started right away. In this article, we’ll cover 11…

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How to Complete a Technical SEO Audit in 8 Steps

After years of working with clients, especially as the head of tech SEO for a U.K. agency, I’ve found technical SEO audits to be a near-daily occurrence. With that, I…

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What Is Growth Hacking? Is It Still Worth It?

But does growth hacking still work after a decade since the term “growth hacker” was coined? In this guide, you will learn what growth hacking is, where it originated, and…

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SEO Community Spotlight: Singapore

Having lived in this city-state for a good three decades, I’ve gathered that SEO remains a niche here—but the people within it are welcoming and always happy to exchange ideas….

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Product Page SEO: The Anatomy of a Well-Optimized Page

In this beginner’s guide, I’ll share 16 elements that collectively make up the anatomy of a well-optimized product page. I’ll also explain how to audit your product pages for issues….

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Pogo-Sticking in SEO: What It Is & What to Do About It

It’s a situation dreaded by some SEOs. They believe this user behavior is tracked by Google and results in websites being penalized. But is Google actually penalizing pogo-sticking? And should…

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Resume for an SEO Specialist

Let me show you how. To get started, simply go to my SEO resume template and make a copy of it so you can follow along.    Let’s start by…

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What Are Redirects? Types, SEO Impact, & More

When you move to a new address in the US, you set up mail forwarding with the United States Postal Service (USPS). If someone sends mail to your old address,…

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The Essential Guide to Customer Acquisition

  Without new customers, businesses cannot survive, let alone grow. In this guide, you’ll learn how to acquire more new customers for your business. Here’s what we’ll cover: What is…

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Free SEO Plan Template (With Video Walkthrough)

So… we created one for you. Looking for a different format? Request it here. It gives you a proven SEO plan based on how we do things here at Ahrefs….

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Top 40 Trending EV Companies (Q1 2025)

To find the top trending EV companies in 2025 we calculated the percentage growth of organic traffic to their websites between January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2025 using Ahrefs…

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10 Completely Free SEO Training Courses

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…

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Top 50 Fastest-Growing EdTech Companies

From AI tutors to classroom management platforms, both new startups and established players are racing to capture attention and market share. Using Ahrefs’ website data, we’ve found the top 50…

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How to Write a Blog Post Outline (7 Simple Steps)

  But you don’t have to start your draft on an empty Google Doc. It’s much easier if you begin with an outline.  Creating a blog post outline will help…

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12 Things That Only Ahrefs Can Do

It’s a fair question but a tough one to answer because there are just so many things to compare. So instead of filling out one of those classic “us” vs….

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Personal Brand: What It Really Is & How to Build One

I spoke with two influencers—Wes Kao and Matt Diggity—for their best tips on establishing a name for yourself online. A personal brand is how people perceive you and what you’re…

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LLMO: 10 Ways to Work Your Brand Into AI Answers

In the words of Bernard Huang, speaking at Ahrefs Evolve, “LLMs are the first realistic search alternative to Google.” And market projections back this up: You might resent AI chatbots…

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Google Is Looking Out for #1. It’s Time You Do, Too

The other day, Lily Ray (Vice President of SEO Strategy & Research at Amsive) noticed Google had begun surfacing its own storefront for some competitive “Your Money or Your Life” searches….