How to Use Ahrefs for SEO and Competitor Research

[@mybrotherswords]

1] 0:45 comp hi traffic pages 2] 2:00 comp best BL 3] 4:00 low comp hi traffic 4] 5:03 keyword explorer 5] 5:42 guest posts 6] 7:20 back links alerts 7] 8:15 content gap 8] 9:45 your sites broken links 9] 10:29 broken link building 10] 10:50 your technical SEO issues 11] 12:12 rank tracker

[@speedrunfantasychess]

Awesome index - thanks!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks for detailed timestamps 😊 - Max

[@speedrunfantasychess]

@@AhrefsCom NP - you folks are rocking it!

[@TheTirty]

I have my first day tomorrow as SEO junior... I have 5 tabs of your videos ready to learn... Thank you!

[@AhrefsCom]

You got this!

[@jacobbrown2436]

As someone who is doing research on various SEO tools, this video did a fantastic job showing the various features of Ahrefs as well as the layout for the program. Thank you for posting!

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome! That's exactly what we made it for :) Thanks for watching, Jacob.

[@kandaman304]

Sam Oh keeps blowing everyone's mind with EXCELLENT TIPS on using Ahrefs. My fav tips #3, #9. AHREFS is #1 IN MY BOOK!!!

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@bostjantanko691]

I love using Ahrefs, and with your videos I learn new thing every time. Thanks Sam.

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome, Bostjan!

[@henrikhammerheislevigen2792]

I agree :-)

[@leaandreapineda]

I am a user of AHREFs, but then when i watched Your tutorial, i was in awe to see a lot of AHREFs features that i still dont know! You Rock! I subscribe today! I so Love the content you have! Very helpful and on point! I Will really study every features! Thank you so much!

[@AhrefsCom]

Great to hear!

[@chiragartani]

Commenting after a year you are now superstar of ahrefs academy amazing source to learn SEO step by step! Thank You Very Much Sam!

[@AhrefsCom]

Good to hear from you again, Chirag. Hope things are going well.

[@dynamico1981]

0:00 - 0:06 has got to be the best intro that I’ve seen yet...gotta acknowledge that.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Chris :)

[@gfwdigitalmediaservices1315]

Thank you, Sam Oh and all at the Ahrefs team for an incredible product!

[@AhrefsCom]

Our pleasure!🙏 -Helen

[@shivamgour699]

From last one month I am watching AHREF video & and the content is HIGHLY INFORMATIVE and RECOMMEND. It is TOP NOTCH CONTENT in DIGITAL MARKETING INDUSTRY.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you! Glad you enjoy our videos =) - Max

[@dudscortez6403]

I like how knowledgeable and articulate your training videos are, but to some of us who are beginners and a rookies in learning SEO, it's really difficult to catch up and understand certain things especially when you say a lot of computer related/internet jargons.

[@AhrefsCom]

Try watching with subtitles, this should help to improve understanding. - Max

[@DeeloGoodquest]

Well f'n done! FINALLY a tech company with SOLID tutorial videos.

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you liked it! Thank you! -Helen

[@LinkBuildingServicex]

I hate seo community because just complement each other content without any reasonable critic. Like a infomercial or something. You will be the authority in the SEO industry. *You deserve more larger audience, and we deserve better content like this.

[@PanickedPixel]

Best thumbnail ever.

[@AhrefsCom]

We try 😎

[@anjepnjr2995]

Am new to SEO stuff but I can say ahref makes everything look super easy. Can't wait to be an SEO expert 🙏🙏

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@lalitsoni8034]

i mostly use your "backlinks" and "keywords explorer" and the reason that i love ahrefs is, "filters" 😀.. yeah, because of filters, time gets saved for researching and exploring..

[@AhrefsCom]

100% agree! Filters are a huge time saver :)

[@Sashrafjanshaik]

More than Ahrefs, I love Sam!!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you!

[@mybrotherswords]

My favorite SEO video, teacher, and tool - thanks Sam and team 🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you!!!😍

[@digitallydrivenmedia]

awesome video. just purchased ahrefs and excited to dive in

[@AhrefsCom]

Have fun!

[@jamesscott1711]

Ahrefs is the weapon of a true Jedi. Very powerful stuff 👍🏻Crush or BE crushed 😆 thanks for the video Sam. I never knew Ahrefs was that deadly!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, James! We haven't even scratched the surface :)

[@BenKepka]

Such a great video guys! ahrefs is the gift that keeps on giving!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Ben :) Appreciate your support.

[@ogbillity]

excellent video Sam. You are a great teacher.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks, Peter. I appreciate it :)

[@CromaCampusOfficial]

Thanks for sharing this strategy of competitor analysis.

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@bloggerkickstart9060]

I love your tutorials, I wished Ahrefs cheaper even for beginner and recent & history index included in all plans. Ahrefs is great tool to have even for non SEO agencies.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks! Glad to hear that you love both the tools and tutorials :)

[@bloggerkickstart9060]

@@AhrefsCom Yeah.. any future offer for smaller plan but have include recent/history index. I think these feature is a must. :)

[@monjurulhassanzehad2708]

i love content gap analysis .this is amazing tool to analysis

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@monjurulhassanzehad2708]

sir i am student from bangladesh . please make a cheap rate for student .so we will be happy

[@AhrefsCom]

Check out: ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools

[@arliepeyton]

Great opening! A coder would never say "ay" "H" refs. :)

[@AhrefsCom]

😂

[@sameh_rashad]

You are really a teacher

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@raysfonexchange]

Dang.... Ahrefs (my favourite tool) is a bad-ass beast!

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you're finding our tools helpful, Ray!

[@rmmusicstation5834]

great information sam. love you from Bangladesh

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@exploringtogether7907]

that thumbnail earned a like mate!

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@jaymiethomas8463]

@ 4:37 is "Organic traffic" now "Page traffic?

[@AhrefsCom]

We have split it into "Page traffic" and "Website traffic", depending on what you want to see :) - SQ

[@seanlouis433]

The content gap feature only shows 50 of a possible 1100 keywords on the $179 a month plan. It says I have to upgrade my plan to get more. Which plan shows all the keywords available and how much is that going to be?

[@solario24]

Can't wait to sign up! Awesome features!

[@AhrefsCom]

Can't wait to see you on board =) - Max

[@dlee325]

@Ahrefs why would the traffic:RD ratio indicate a topic's competition level? Is the assumption higher competitive topics tend to return backlinks from more referring domains?

[@AhrefsCom]

David, according to our numerous studies - the more referring domains a website has, the higher chances to rank on Google it has. So usually traffic goes to domains with higher DR, cause these have stronger backlink profile. As for sample in this video, if you can find a topic where pages with pretty weak backlink profile still can get good traffic and rank high - this is the point. Such topic have relatively low competition and even websites with weak backlink profile can rank for it. Hope that helps. - Max

[@dlee325]

@@AhrefsCom Yes, now it makes sense. I forgot the sample mentioned was looking at a set of competitor's pages, not its own. Thanks Max.

[@AhrefsCom]

;)

[@jamess2663]

do you guys have a newer video set for these topics? I am trying to follow along but it seems like the current version of ahrefs looks a bit different. for example when I go to a competitors top pages it's not showing me the RD column.

[@AhrefsCom]

We have a 'How to use Ahrefs' course here: ahrefs.com/academy/how-to-use-ahrefs Hope it helps 🙏 -Helen

[@Solarin779]

i love you ! this video is so amazing ! waw ! you helped me so much ! waw waw waw ! im tired of corses ! you are the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad it helped!

[@Solarin779]

@@AhrefsCom

[@maheshwaranr6255]

Very informative . I Need to learn Ahrefs from scratch to high level with hand practice.

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@정시우-o3w]

Recently, 50 backlinks were actually created, but only a few of them are recorded in the new backlinks of ahrefs. Does it take long to be reflected?

[@AhrefsCom]

help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/907670-how-long-does-it-take-for-ahrefs-to-find-my-new-backlink

[@DaylightDL]

Keywords explorer, backlink checker, top content, ...... ahrefs is a software so good

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you! Glad you're finding our tools helpful. :)

[@edwinpedram]

I love Ahrefs Keyword Explorer tool but i am forced to use a different tool at the same time to find historical monthly search volume as opposed to the average monthly volume that ahrefs provide.

[@AhrefsCom]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully we'll have you back again :)

[@edchristianvegafrugalidad3983]

Great insights Sam, and its all fresh and refreshed ideas for SEO strategies I really need to have in making quality contents

[@AhrefsCom]

You are welcome, glad you enjoyed the video =) Feel free to check our playlist o keyword research for some nice topic ideas - kzbin.info/aero/PLvJ_dXFSpd2u5JCtiYWfvnSvAkoPwg5VY - Max

[@keng9377]

What’s the best way to get back links? It seems like one way is very spammy, like pay some freelancer to list you in 400+ directories. Does that even help? Or does Google punish that type of thing? And what options besides that?

[@AhrefsCom]

We do not recommend buying links since it goes against Google guidelines. Also, here's our link building guide, maybe it helps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWbHlaJsaNB7fqs 🙏 -Helen

[@MuhammadOwais-gq2ve]

sir this is very helpul video to use ahrefs

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad to hear that!

[@titusjoel7442]

Thank you for information your giving us ,am a beginner and i like the training video,thank you

[@AhrefsCom]

You are very welcome :) -Helen

[@bri3518]

Hi, can someone help me? For your content explorer example, I typed in the exact phrase you used, "backpacks" with the same filters 0-0 referring domains, organic traffic from 1K and nothing came up at all (no pages found). I have also been typing this in for other keywords and zero results come up for any key word when I put those filters in. Even when I reduce the required organic traffic to 500 or 200, still nothing comes up. Can you explain why this is happening?

[@AhrefsCom]

A couple of things come to mind: 1) We rebuilt our Content Explorer index. There are actually ~3X more pages than when this video was created. The pages however may not be the same. 2) Pages that used to have 0 referring domains could have earned/built some since the video was made. Try loosening up the referring domains filter. With "backpacks" set as my query, RD set for 0-5 and organic traffic from 1k - max, I'm seeing 375 results. Hope that helps. -Sam

[@longislandhub5723]

The Feature I use MOST is the Keyword Explorer but I NEED to better optimize The Content Gap Tool. Thank you for your help

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome! Content Gap is one of my favorite tools :)

[@miladha6260]

Is there any deep look into how to start rank our website by using Ahrefs? I need more details and if there is any case study along with the video, that would be helpful.

[@AhrefsCom]

That would be pretty much all of our videos 😂Unfortunately, "ranking" isn't exactly linear. So my recommendation is to look through them piece by piece. ie. keyword research, link building, technical SEO, etc. If you want kind of an "all-in-one" tutorial, I recommend watching both of these videos: Intermediate ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6uTf3qnn9Crbbs Beginner level ► kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqfahGqZi556o7M

[@sbstaysharp25]

Appreciate the passed knowledge Brother 📚

[@AhrefsCom]

No problem 👍

[@nirman6815]

Hello sir how r u .I have a question .I want to start my niche on men's hair care but I find the site mostly they cover overall different angles .so how do I analyize the competetitor

[@AhrefsCom]

Then you should try and find sites that are similar to what you want to cover. Not all sites that rank in the SERPs are your competitors. - SQ

[@nirman6815]

@@AhrefsCom thank u sir .how many competetitor should I rely on .one question again .if I my niche is about guitar then if the site which has covered overall guitar niche then is it my direct competitor or not

[@denuf23]

I don’t understand how you would get back links from AHREFS to my website. Would i buy a high ranking domain and then just put a “follow URL” from that website to my own somewhere on the page?

[@AhrefsCom]

Our toolset doesn't help you get backlinks, it just shows you all the backlinks that are currently pointing at yours (and your competitors') site. - SQ

[@WonderFloor321]

thanks, much needed video to a very comprehensive albeit hard to master tool

[@AhrefsCom]

There are lots of other detailed videos with practical use-cases on specific Ahrefs' tools, might be worth checking😉

[@mandya8449]

This is useful for new user like me. I just signed up for the 7days trial last week. Seems like there is no report I can pull by countries. Being in asia and in a regional role, I want to be able to easily compare all my asia countries instead of using the drop down button to filter by country every time

[@AhrefsCom]

Unfortunately, we don't have a report for regions yet. - SQ

[@yuancao7536]

哥们 verygood 学习了 流量搞起来

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@farhanakbar9896]

How do you search for a competitor on a free plan? I have gone over to site explorer and pasted a link in its asking me to verify the ownership of the domain.

[@AhrefsCom]

Competitor research is not available in the free plan. It's only available in our premium plans. - SQ

[@night1wind]

Question: I used Ahrefs for a week, thinking of switching from MOZ. Is it possible to have a call with your staff to go over the tools?

[@AhrefsCom]

We don't have a call center, but we have live chat :) Just click the icon in the bottom right corner of our website and we'd be happy to help :)

[@vayadolorosa4498]

Good Day Sam... Please give me YOUR video links on the following 1. SEO for Images: How to Use Alt Text, Image Title, and File Name 2. For SEO reasons; Is it best to have 100 products on a single page or perhaps divide those products into several few pages ? And what are pro's & cons ?

[@AhrefsCom]

1. No video for that, but you may want to check our blog post - ahrefs.com/blog/image-seo/ 2. I guess it is better to have a unique page for each product, that way each page will target specific keywords related to each product. Ecommerce video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnXEn3RjbtycbLM - Max

[@vayadolorosa4498]

@@AhrefsComOf course there are product pages... I was asking about category pages...

[@businesstalkswithruth]

Great easy to follow and lots of information. :)

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@eneidarodriguez4628]

MUY BUENA EXPLICACION

[@AhrefsCom]

Gracias -Helen

[@muhammadhammad6059]

Too much information to digest at once. I must watch this again and again :p

[@AhrefsCom]

No problem at all. Keep watching until you get it. - SQ

[@pauloaten]

I’d probably want to use Site Audit. I have an upcoming project which needs me to find reasons behind underperformance in a client site. I’m not currently an Hrefs account holder.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks for sharing, Paul! Hope to have you join us :) Site Audit is a great way to do an internal SEO audit and Site Explorer is a good way to find issues that Site Audit might not catch (ie. broken pages that have links from external sites, but no internal links).

[@markuslaczko]

amazingly helpful

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad to hear!

[@aliassaputra6567]

I really like using keyword explorer with Ahrefs

[@AhrefsCom]

🙌

[@cherylcharming]

Is this outdated? I'm trying to follow along but the pages here don't look like the ones I see. I don't see the RD...where is Overview 2.0? Bunch of little things. Can't really learn and follow if it doesn't look the same or not updated :(

[@AhrefsCom]

It's better to use our "How to" articles inside the dashboard or Ahrefs course here: ahrefs.com/academy/certification-course And I also suggest you to follow our Product channel where you can see new changes: www.youtube.com/@ahrefsupdates -Helen

[@peppyworld3847]

Thank you for amazing content and wonderful information on these important topics.

[@AhrefsCom]

You are welcome!

[@olegnikitenko2949]

What you said make a lot of sense, but when I look at my competitors pages, backlinks is very poor, but they rating very high. I can't even hack any of them.

[@AhrefsCom]

It will vary from niche to niche. If you're looking at competitor's backlinks, I recommend watching this series on backlink analysis and link building - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6CXppqopKmYmtE

[@Eskimoz]

Excellente vidéo !!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you!

[@OGMadMax]

I don't see the RD column

[@mvs6380]

I want that mug! Link to buy?

[@AhrefsCom]

No ecommerce shop for Ahrefs yet 😂

[@EnterTheReich]

I actually really want that coffee cup.

[@AhrefsCom]

😂

[@letslearn8813]

Can you tell me the minimum number of blog posts required to get a 10k visitors every month.

[@wtfisgoingontodayhuh]

The minimum is 1

[@AhrefsCom]

There is no minimum or maximum :) I recommend looking at the search traffic potential to get a good understanding of how much traffic a topic can generate :)

[@citymadera4784]

@@wtfisgoingontodayhuh How funny you are!!!!

[@gregtheshark1]

Can u explain how a Business is ranking high on Google local without even having a website?

[@AhrefsCom]

Tough to say without seeing the SERP :)

[@gregtheshark1]

@@AhrefsCom its just unreal that I have worked hard to create links and reviews and optimize my website and get outranked by someone without a website.

[@nirman6815]

What s outgoing links .linked domain

[@AhrefsCom]

Outgoing links is the links your site (or the site you're analysing) is linking to. - SQ

[@noaimnogain4034]

Sam , good content bro.

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@piyushmittal8154]

Ahref is showing 40k traffic on my website while analytics showing only 3k why is this happening??

[@AhrefsCom]

Ahrefs traffic numbers are estimates, learn more here: help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/1863206-what-is-organic-traffic-in-ahrefs-and-how-do-we-calculate-it For such big discrepancy, try contacting our support @ahrefs.com 🙏 -Helen

[@rachanaayodhya3733]

A fellow blogger just introduced me to this content platform with an AI, INK, would be cool to read a review of INK for All from your perspective. Thanks.

[@AhrefsCom]

Might be a topic for a future video. Thank you. - Max

[@sorengjessing]

I dont see organic traffic filter on my Ahrefs

[@AhrefsCom]

Which part of the tool are you looking at? - SQ

[@FaizAnsari-pt7zt]

Hey sam!! can you make a video on how to increase DR using ahrefs.

[@AhrefsCom]

That would be primarily through link building. Check out these two playlists Backlink analysis and link building series - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6CXppqopKmYmtE General link building tutorials - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hafYY42PjMyCgLM

[@mrbranzell]

I love your content sam! Is it possible to buy one of those awesome Ahrefs T-shirts? You should really open upp a fan base merchandise store for your brand.

[@AhrefsCom]

If you've been a customer for a long time with Ahrefs, then feel free to contact support and ask. No promises :) -Sam

[@reviewdulichbavi]

thank you so much

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@mastanadeveloper5049]

Awesome..

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@Abhishekyadav007]

Man, can I pleaseeeeeeee get a discount on ahrefs!? it's way too expensive for me right now.

[@FaizAnsari-pt7zt]

you can buy through filkover

[@AwaisSEO]

really helpfull

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@Symmetry-ey4om]

Very helpful and on point!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you! -Helen

[@ankushagrawal9847]

I mostly use site explorer to find competitors link

[@AhrefsCom]

Awesome!

[@pankajkarnwal8610]

I have a new site Dr is 20 there are 5 article on this blog. No one rank in top 100

[@AhrefsCom]

There's more into ranking than Domain Rating (DR) :) try implementing some of the tutorials from our videos (series are good) and blog, and see if you're able to get some results :)

[@fernandocalderon7185]

Nice video. But too fast. I had to see it several times to keep the sequence

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks for your feedback. Our latest videos should be at a better pace. If you find the videos to be a bit too quick, you can slow down the speed in KZbin's playbar (0.75x). -Sam

[@aasimahmed6170]

Indians call it Arif

[@AhrefsCom]

No matter what you call it, we still have the same great SEO tools 😎

[@AwaisSEO]

Pakistani too call it Arif ;)

[@ExplainingAndroid]

H-refs!

[@salmanjugvi]

I want to slect this domain name. Is it good as SEO prospective "headphones4u.com"

[@sheikhshagor6040]

Thumbnail 😂

[@AhrefsCom]

😉

[@entertailment1729]

Wikipedia links

[@johndraper3608]

Sam, you go too fast! I have to stop, back up, an replay over and over and over. There's got to be an easier way to learn how to use ahrefs

[@AhrefsCom]

There's an option to slow the video down within KZbin. Try and see if it helps :) - SQ

[@chenkhor6840]

The hardest part is to measure thousands of keywords with hundreds of pages, ahrefs does not have this features

[@AhrefsCom]

Can you expand on "measuring?" Are you referring to keyword difficulty, traffic, or which?

[@venkateshyoutube]

site explorer

[@neumexa6832]

Жаль нет видео на русском языке.

[@jamiereigh8458]

I DON'T belive you have a clue what you're talking about... you claim to generate 9 figure revenue, but yet you cannot afford tech support. This SEO "so called" is a fake. Could not get my account set up just at the beginning. I own a plumbing company in Maryland. This is crap work. Unless I get an expert on the phone I can't even set up my account in the first place. Waste of money.

[@AhrefsCom]

Have you tried to contact support @ ahrefs.com for help? -Helen