I’ve finally hit the milestone: 100 blog posts for the Ahrefs blog. So, I decided to reflect on my journey. I did two Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions to see what people wanted to know: one on Twitter X and another on LinkedIn. I was pleasantly surprised that so many people were interested, so thank … Read more
PageRank (PR) is a Google algorithm that ranks web pages in search results by evaluating the number and quality of links to a page. It operates on the principle that pages receiving more high-quality links are deemed more important and are thus ranked higher. PageRank was created by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page … Read more
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It’s no secret that the web is growing by millions, if not billions of pages per day. Our Content Explorer tool discovers 10 million new pages every 24 hours while being very picky about the pages that qualify for inclusion. The “main” Ahrefs web crawler crawls that number of pages every two minutes. But how much … Read more
Duplicate meta descriptions are meta descriptions that are the same for two or more pages on your website. A meta description is an HTML tag that holds a short summary of a webpage’s content. Search engines like Google often use them to generate descriptive snippets in search results. Let’s see what duplicate meta descriptions look … Read more
It’s been nearly a year since Google last updated its Search Quality Rater guidelines. Unlike previous edits to the Search Quality Guidelines, which have introduced significant, new concepts (like the new E for Experience last year), the latest updates to the Search Quality Guidelines seem much more focused on user intent and needs met. Google … Read more
I removed content from two of our pages to try to measure the impact that content has on rankings. We lost a few positions for many terms, and it hurt, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. These pages still ranked relatively well without any content. You can see the current content for these … Read more
SEO is a promising career in 2023 because it gives you access to diverse opportunities. You can work in-house, take on clients, and even start and grow your own websites. Plus, the three most popular websites, Google.com, YouTube.com, and Amazon.com, are the biggest search engines. If you’d like to start a good career in the … Read more
Do you constantly feel guilty thinking that you should do more with your SEO content campaign? This question popped into my brain while I was scanning the latest Orbit Media 2023 Blogging Statistics: 10 Years of Trends and Insights from 1000+ Bloggers. It’s a great read. I have bunches of respect for Orbit Media and … Read more
What are the best SEO books you should invest in right now? I purchased the top 26 SEO books on Amazon to find out. This guide will show you my top 5 and why the other SEO books didn’t make the cut. Let’s dive in: Top 5 Best SEO Books (After 40 + Hours of … Read more
Good SEO is not cheap. The expertise of the professional and the use of industry tools are just some of the factors that give quality SEO work its price tag. In fact, our studies indicate the average cost of a monthly SEO retainer is as much as $1,500. For someone starting a new business, this … Read more
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