I analyzed the top 1,000 pages ChatGPT cited in September 2025 using Ahrefs Brand Radar, to understand what types of content AI is referencing right now. You can repeat this analysis yourself pretty easily. Just do an open database search in Brand Radar, head to the “Cited pages” report for your desired AI assistant, and export…
How many clicks and impressions come from rankings beyond Google’s first page? To find out, we analysed billions of clicks and impressions from Google Search Console. Our findings are a good reminder: page one is where the overwhelming majority of clicks and impressions happen. 96.98% of desktop clicks happen in the top 10 In August 2025, 96.98%…
With the recent launch of our remote MCP server, anyone can now chat directly with Ahrefs data to get actionable SEO insights. MCP, which stands for Model Context Protocol, is an open standard that companies can use to integrate their external tools and data with compatible AI assistants. Imagine you’ve recently launched a new clothing…
If you’re creating applications that access Drupal’s data and need to act like a logged-in user, you’ll want to use OAuth for authentication. This process of setting up OAuth and understanding the flow of making authenticated HTTP requests can be a bit daunting. We’ve added videos to 3 tutorials that deal with this process: After…
Get the week’s best marketing content You don’t need another debate about whether optimizing for AI counts as SEO. You need to know what to actually do. This checklist combines proven SEO essentials with the new steps that matter for AI search. No fluff, no fuss. It will help you strengthen your SEO foundation, adapt to…
What are the best marketing books? To find out, I asked the speakers and panelists at Ahrefs Evolve, our conference in San Diego from October 13-15, which books they actually read and recommend. Here are their recommendations: Get Your Evolve Ticket Now Want to meet the people who recommended these? Join us at Ahrefs Evolve…
What makes one marketing podcast better than the next? Its ability to get me thinking—and when its hosts are equal parts entertaining and knowledgeable. To choose my favorites, I unearthed some marketing podcast playlists on Spotify, then gave each of them a listen. I also tuned in to popular series, such as Neil Patel’s Marketing School,…
There are hundreds of marketing newsletters competing for your attention. Maybe thousands. So I did something different: I asked the speakers and panelists at Ahrefs Evolve, our conference in San Diego from October 13-15, which newsletters they actually read and recommend. The result? A curated list of newsletters that span SEO, media, tech, leadership, and…
Brand mentions are to AI search what backlinks are to traditional SEO. Links tell Google who to trust; mentions tell AI systems who you are. Auditing your brand’s mentions is how you uncover: How the public sees your brand What misinformation might be feeding AI systems Which topics and entities are most strongly connected to you Think of…
We’ve published 70 episodes of the Ahrefs Podcast. That’s almost 100 hours of content. But even if you’re our most loyal fan, there will still be plenty of insights that you’ve missed or have forgotten already. Many of these ideas are too good to let vanish. So we went back through our catalog and rescued…
Brand mentions happen when people talk about your company online without necessarily linking to your website. They’ve always happened on social media, forums, news sites, and blogs. But now they’re happening in AI responses—and these mentions influence how millions of people discover and perceive your brand. Welcome to the new era of brand mention monitoring. ChatGPT,…
We analyzed our Brand Radar database of 9.6 million ChatGPT queries to find the most visible, pitch-worthy publishers in ChatGPT responses. Pitching these outlets means your brand gets in front of readers, circulates on social media, ranks in search, and now resurfaces in AI. Health.com. Condé Nast publications also showed up multiple times (e.g. Wired,…
