The Ahrefs Blog

Written by Bill Widmer - WordPress is the world’s largest content management system (CMS)—around 810 million websites are built on it.It’s free to use and includes all the features any website owner could need. And if it doesn’t have a feature you want or need, you can have a developer create it for you because it’s built on open-source software.But with [...]

Written by Mateusz Makosiewicz - In this article, we’ll see how to find and fix technical SEO issues, but only those that can seriously affect your rankings.If you’d like to follow along, get Ahrefs Webmaster Tools and Google Search Console (both are free) and check for the following issues.Indexability is a webpage’s ability to be indexed by search engines. Pages [...]

Written by Bill Widmer - As of 2023, Wix provides solid options for a basic SEO setup that will cover most needs but still lacks the flexibility of more advanced and granular settings.In this article, I go through all the nooks and crannies of Wix SEO options so you can decide if Wix is right for your needs. I’ll also [...]

Written by Joshua Hardwick - In November 2022, we surveyed members of the SEO industry to find out how much they charge for SEO services.Here are the top 10 takeaways:78.2% of SEOs charge monthly retainers for some or all of their services.54.5% of SEOs only offer one pricing model (i.e., hourly, retainer, or per-project).$501–$1,000 is the most popular monthly retainer.$75–$100 [...]

Written by Michal Pecánek - Building links to English content has been covered a million times. But what do we know about link building in non-English markets? A lot of that knowledge is often kept locally.There could be significant differences from what you’re used to. Success in one market doesn’t guarantee the same in another. Moreover, you’ll often run into [...]

Written by Bill Widmer - Starting an online business changed the course of my life forever. It allowed me to live my perfect life, travel the world, and set my own hours. It taught me more than my four-year college degree and any job I ever worked.An online business allows you to take control of your life in a way [...]

Written by Joshua Hardwick - Google Keyword Planner is a keyword research tool for advertisers. But you can also use it to find keywords for SEO. It can even show you the keywords your competitors are targeting.In this guide, you’ll learn how to get some serious SEO value from Keyword Planner. Step 1. Get access to Google Keyword PlannerGoogle Keyword Planner [...]

Written by Joshua Hardwick - Grammarly is a writing assistant. According to our data, its website gets an estimated 22.2M monthly search visits across 2,468 published pages.If Grammarly bought this same traffic via Google Ads, it would cost an estimated $5.1M per month.In this post, I’ll share 11 takeaways from my deep dive into the company’s SEO strategy. 1. 38.6% of its [...]

Written by Patrick Stox - Enterprise SEO tools are made to meet the needs of larger and more complex companies. They typically need to support more users and have controls and permissions for what different user groups can access. Companies need the user interface to cover many languages so teams all over the world can use the tools.Enterprises usually have the [...]

Written by Jessica Starks - A competitor link analysis is an assessment of the link profiles of major competitors where you look at their link building strategies to gain insights. Implementing some of the same strategies in your own link building can lead to higher rankings in search engines and increased business outcomes.Performing this kind of analysis allows you to [...]