Overview of Ahrefs
Ahrefs is a highly valuable SEO tool for optimizing your website to improve visibility on search engines.
Similar to SEMRush, Ahrefs crawls your website and analyzes SERPs (search engine results pages) to provide various in-depth analyses, such as keyword suggestions, SEO difficulty, backlink analysis, organic traffic analysis, technical improvements, identification of bugs and errors, etc.).
In short, Ahrefs allows you to collect essential data to make informed decisions and take actions to improve your search rankings.
Why use Ahrefs?
- Web analysis
- SEO metrics
- Competitive analysis
- SEO alerts
- Website audit
- Technical SEO audit
- Keyword suggestions
- Backlink analysis
- Custom reports
- Position tracking
How does Ahrefs work?
Ahrefs is an intuitive tool. You can connect your website either by inserting a code or through direct integration with Google Search Console. Once connected, Ahrefs crawls your site's pages and provides a technical report highlighting SEO issues.
You also have access to a comprehensive menu that lets you navigate through the tool’s features. Each report includes specific functionalities to deepen your analysis and help you make smarter decisions. You can monitor your website's traffic (both organic and paid) directly within the tool.
To get the most out of Ahrefs, the tool offers an academy with various video resources to help you understand its features and build a foundation in organic SEO.
Tools X Ahrefs
Ahrefs is a tool that can be used with any CMS:
It can also integrate with Google Data Studio to create custom dashboards.
Conclusion on the tool
Advantages of Ahrefs
- Ease of use
- Extensive database
- Comprehensive features
- Ability to collaborate on projects
- Detailed reports
- Regular alerts in case of site issues
- Clear explanations of technical SEO issues
Disadvantages of Ahrefs
- High Cost
- No mobile app
- Initial paid plans have limitations
- Tool is only available in English
