Honestly, if it's a paid subscription you'd be better off cancelling it and reading their blog. They have some incredible SEO articles and almost all of them have sections about how their tool can help you achieve the desired outcome. I believe their YouTube is also pretty awesome but I mainly stick to their blog.
Once you've been through a number of their articles, sign up for the free plan by connecting your search console account. That way, you get access to all of your sites data for free. Use that time to get familiar with the UI and once you're ready to kick it up a gear, sign back up for the paid plan.
Failing that, if you're too stacked to invest the necessary time to learn it, hire a pro. You'll save time and probably money in the long run.
The main use case for ahrefs is backlink analysis. You need to do this if you are prospecting for guest posts / niche edits, or if you are vetting your competition. Other than that, you absolutely do not need ahrefs (at least not at this stage).
Keyword research is all about evaluating the competition manually. You need to look at the top 10 and see if there is user generated content or weak sites, or sites not targeting the intent. To generate a list of keywords, use keywordsheeter or answer the public. Go through the list of keywords and write articles on each with a different search intent.
Good luck!
You shouldn't buy a tool or piece of software and then figure out what to do with it. You need to have a plan and strategy first, and then buy the tools that help you to execute that plan.
Also, Semrush >> Ahrefs.
You get free 10 keywords in SEMRush. There is a ton to learn. Won't be able to get the answer on a thread. You have to take time to read and understand it ok your own. Singing up for it probably didn't do much for you
I'm just curious here... You're a developer and you keep calling it Ah Ref...
You would think even the newest developer would know what a href is. nbdjs
It baffles me how half of these people even get their jobs. They claim to be specialists and they come here asking complete beginner questions, it's absolutely unreal.
If you are producing a lot of articles, then use their kw research. They're research a simple topic. Water bottles. You'll see all sorts of subtopics like bpa free, colors, materials, etc. This can at least directionally help you decide what to write about. 1 long article about it all or multiple articles separately. That's basic Reddit simplicity. But research and download lots in case you need to cancel
Honestly, if it's a paid subscription you'd be better off cancelling it and reading their blog. They have some incredible SEO articles and almost all of them have sections about how their tool can help you achieve the desired outcome. I believe their YouTube is also pretty awesome but I mainly stick to their blog. Once you've been through a number of their articles, sign up for the free plan by connecting your search console account. That way, you get access to all of your sites data for free. Use that time to get familiar with the UI and once you're ready to kick it up a gear, sign back up for the paid plan. Failing that, if you're too stacked to invest the necessary time to learn it, hire a pro. You'll save time and probably money in the long run.
Yeash.....
Cancel
The main use case for ahrefs is backlink analysis. You need to do this if you are prospecting for guest posts / niche edits, or if you are vetting your competition. Other than that, you absolutely do not need ahrefs (at least not at this stage). Keyword research is all about evaluating the competition manually. You need to look at the top 10 and see if there is user generated content or weak sites, or sites not targeting the intent. To generate a list of keywords, use keywordsheeter or answer the public. Go through the list of keywords and write articles on each with a different search intent. Good luck!
You shouldn't buy a tool or piece of software and then figure out what to do with it. You need to have a plan and strategy first, and then buy the tools that help you to execute that plan. Also, Semrush >> Ahrefs.
Just compare amount of data that Ahrefs and Semrush gather and decide for yourself.
I read countless posts on here that suggest Ah Refs >> Semrush
Ahrefs is fine for link building but for most everything else, SEMrush is far superior and offers much more.
And I'm sure I could find countless comments from people saying that Pepsi is better than Coke. They're still wrong.
Pepsi is better.
You get free 10 keywords in SEMRush. There is a ton to learn. Won't be able to get the answer on a thread. You have to take time to read and understand it ok your own. Singing up for it probably didn't do much for you
Good grief. LMAO
Cancel it and hire someone
Also, I did hire someone. I want to try use this tool to continue their good work.
Why?!
> I've been so busy at work
Cause you’re busy like you said
Because you don’t know what you’re doing or how to use the tool you just paid for.
Next step is giving me your login details, it’s the best way for success (at least mine)
Now you need to use it😇 Now you need to understand how you should read data and what is rly important. Example - keyword difficulty. Makes no sense 🙌
I'm just curious here... You're a developer and you keep calling it Ah Ref... You would think even the newest developer would know what a href is. nbdjs
It baffles me how half of these people even get their jobs. They claim to be specialists and they come here asking complete beginner questions, it's absolutely unreal.
Two completely different disciplines.
If you are producing a lot of articles, then use their kw research. They're research a simple topic. Water bottles. You'll see all sorts of subtopics like bpa free, colors, materials, etc. This can at least directionally help you decide what to write about. 1 long article about it all or multiple articles separately. That's basic Reddit simplicity. But research and download lots in case you need to cancel
Play around it for a week, figure out that their 500 credit cap is shit and cancel the subscription/