![]() So its definitely worth covering in a blog post or YouTube video. Peter Heise says.: Ive been using Ahrefs for years. Their backlink data is far more accurate than SEMRush but is not quite 100 accurate enough to use for anything other than getting a glimpse of the complete picture. Its not accurate enough to use in client reports. Brian Dean says.: What tool do you use for client reports? Josh Ternyak says.: It would definitely help out a lot of people. Marko Viker says.: Wish I had this when I was starting out a few years ago! Much love and keep up the great work! Brian Dean says.: But I signed up for Ahrefs back in 2012. Back then the tool didnt even have enough features to warrant a guide like this. OK Ravi says.: Hi Brian, Thank you very much for this amazing Ahref guide. |
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![]() So if you dont feel comfortable using APIs and working with large amounts of data, your best bet is to stick to an online tool with a convenient UI. For that reason, well keep things simple in this guide and use only Ahrefs which is known to have the best link data in the industry. The coverage we provide should be enough to perform a sufficient link audit without the hassle of merging multiple datasets. For consistency, Ill be auditing the Ahrefs blog ahrefs.com/blog throughout this guide. Fingers crossed we dont come across anything too nauseating. Get a high-level view of your backlink profile. First things first, lets plug the site into Site Explorer and do some basic analysis. |
![]() Bulk backlink checker by Ahrefs. If you're' looking for a quick and easy way to pull Ahrefs'' backlink metrics for up to 200 individual URLs, Batch Analysis is the tool you're' looking for. Just copy-paste your list of URLs and our bulk backlink checker will generate a report with the SEO metrics you need.: |
![]() There are some common indicators of a backlink being high quality. Please note that no one can tell you for sure how search engines measure the quality of backlinks. The further information is our experience-based recommendation. The most valuable backlinks are those editorially placed somewhere within the content i.e. |
![]() Ahref rank of your site. Ahrefs DR score of your site Domain Rating. The total number of backlinks to your site. The total number of referring domains to your site. The number of Dofollow links on your site. The number of Nofollow links on your site. The total number of referring IPs. And guess what: you get ALL of these for FREE. The initial report generated with Backlink Checker is often limited to the top 100 backlinks pointing to your domain - where it shows one link per domain - but you can click further to view all links. HOW TO USE OUR FREE BACKLINKS CHECKER TOOL. Our tool is remarkably easy to use. You dont need to be a techie or an expert in SEO to use it. In fact, it takes just three simple steps.: Step 1: Get on this page https://smallseotools.com/backlink-checker: where you are now already. Step 2: In the space provided, enter your URL. This can be the main domain pointing to the site's' homepage or the URL of a particular page like a product page or blog post URL. |
![]() This will show you dead pages with backlinks from at least 10 websites. If you want to investigate a page further, hit the caret and click the link to view it on archive.org. This will show you what was on the dead page before it disappeared. If it makes sense for you to create something similar, head back to Content Explorer, hit the caret, and click through to the Backlinks report. Youll see all of the pages and sites linking to the dead page, which you can pitch your replacement link to once your content goes live. Recommended reading: A Simple But Complete Guide to Broken Link Building. 301 redirect link building. 301 redirect link building is where you find irrelevant 301 redirects and pitch a suitable replacement to everyone linking to it. It works for the same reason broken link building works; site owners dont want to send their visitors to what are effectively dead pages. How to do it. To find irrelevant 301 redirects, go to Site Explorer, change the mode to https, enter a niche site, go to the Best by links report, and add a 301 moved permanently filter. |
![]() Anchor text refers to the clickable words that form a backlink. Google says that anchor text influences rankings in their original patent. Google employs a number of techniques to improve search quality including page rank, anchor text, and proximity information. That said, when we studied the relationship between anchor text and rankings across 384,614, pages, the correlations were weak. So while anchor text does matter, its not as important as other things. If youre building backlinks through outreach, you wont usually have much control over the anchor text used when linking to your site. Thats a good thing. It helps keep things natural and is also a sign that the link youve acquired is of a certain quality. How to check backlinks. There are two ways to check a website or web pages backlinks. The first method only works for sites that you own. |
![]() The only time you would need to use the disavow tool is when its Obvious to Google you are building your own POSITIVE links to manipulate higher rankings for your website such as using PBNs and they have manually penalised you for it. They can tell the difference. As we can with our own eyes also. There is a big difference between someone placing anchor text rich hyperlinks on highly tuned well groomed PBN sites and outright spam. As for the spam you are being hit with, Google will see this as a negative SEO attack and will do one of two things. Automatically Ignore the bad link spam. Actually rank your site even HIGHER not lower in response to the attack. You have nothing to worry about. I had one of my sites hit with over 10,000, bad spam links from a thought to be competitor. The result Google ranked me 1st page! Googles Algo will take care of you and the attacker! Chris June 1, 2022 at 2:52: pm. Looking at this Brians comment. I dont think anything he said was quite true. Ive taken a look at his backlink profile. |
![]() Zoom in on lost backlinks depending on the reason why they were lost. Differentiate between links to web pages and links to all sorts of other files jpg, pdf, css. Thats all we have for today. Like these new features? Please feel free to share our Twitter thread.: NEW: Backlinks 2.0! The beloved Backlinks report just got its own revamp. Heres whats new pic.twitter.com/D0AfKgvlCx. - Ahrefs ahrefs May 12, 2021. |
![]() Ahrefs has been the number one tool in our SEO tool belt for many years. From the basics like rank tracking to the pro-level backlink insights Ahrefs allows us to be more efficient and more effective SEOs. VP of Content and SEO., Without Ahrefs, I wouldn't' be half as effective in helping our SEO clients. I feel like Ahrefs is more than a tool. Ahrefs is a partner to me in my work as a digital marketer and helps me look like a rockstar to my clients. Digital Media Director., If I had to choose one SEO tool for the rest of my career, it would be Ahrefs. You might as well make it your browsers homepage. Director of marketing., When Ahrefs launches a tool, it's' not a me-too product. It aims to be the best in the business straight away. Nils van der Knaap., Sky Internet Marketing. I have been using Ahrefs since 2012 and have never second guessed my decision. Ahrefs has been a must-have in my marketing toolkit for many years. Head of Marketing., Our companys SEO strategy is fully based on Ahrefs tools and tutorials. Last year we increased organic traffic to our website by 250. |
![]() Get a high-level view of all your projects and track their SEO performance and progress. Research your competitors backlinks and keyword rankings. Find winning keyword ideas from ourindustry-leading database. Automatically scan your website forSEO issues. Monitor your ranking progress ondesktop and mobile. Research content ideas and find link opportunities. Learn how to use Ahrefs with bite-sized tutorials, FAQs, and best practices. Expand your SEO and marketing knowledge with detailed tutorials and case studies. Beginner's' Guide to SEO. Learn the basics of SEO with our comprehensive beginner's' guide. Get better at digital marketing with our free video courses. Sign in Sign up. Find the sites linking to your competitors but not to you. Discover your missing link opportunities. Just think about it: if a site is linking to every one of your competitors, what are the odds that they will link to you, too once they find out you exist, of course? With the help of Ahrefs Link Intersect tool, you can easily find the sites that link to your competitors but don't' link to you yet. |