I tested the most popular AI image generators to discover their greatest strengths and weaknesses. At Ahrefs, we have a team of extremely skilled (and very human) designers, but not everyone has that luxury. I wanted to know: are AI image generators useful for spinning up quick social media posts, creating blog post graphics, or…
During my flat-sharing days, I had a housemate that would follow me room to room, chattering away for hours—even when I hid in the bathroom for some peace, he’d monologue at me through the door. ChatGPT reminds me of him—nice enough, spits out some interesting facts, but boy can that AI go on. And, unfortunately,…
These are the 100 most expensive keywords on Google Ads, along with their monthly search volume and cost per click (CPC). long-tail keywords (e.g., “affordable personal injury lawyer in New York”), rather than generic, broad keywords like “personal injury lawyer” Using negative keywords to prevent your ads from appearing on irrelevant searches. Improving your Quality…
Monday, Jan. 13th – 2 days before the Drupal CMS product launch I sat down at my desk this morning with the intent of working on creating screenshots for the documentation related to finding and installing recipes using the Drupal CMS UI. These images will accompany text that was written about a month ago, and…
Last year, we ran Ahrefs Evolve: a sold-out, 2-day, 500-person conference at Pan Pacific Orchard in Singapore. I interviewed Shermin Lim, our events marketer, to find out how we marketed the conference and sold out all our tickets. Here’s everything we did to promote the conference. You can use these same strategies (or be inspired…
Have you ever heard of domain flipping? It’s an unusual way to make some extra cash online. Basically, you buy a domain name for a low price and then sell it for a higher price to make a profit. Sound familiar? It’s kind of like buying and selling real estate (or Pokémon cards) but instead…
We’ve analyzed 2,500 startups to identify the fastest-growing companies in search over the last year. 2024 was an especially challenging year for startups. Investors exerted extra caution in the face of inflation and rising interest rates, leading to a 26% decline in funding compared to 2023. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. Sectors like AI and…
These are the 100 most asked questions on Google, along with their monthly search volumes. Keywords Explorer Enter a relevant keyword Go to the Matching terms report Toggle the Questions tab For example, if you search for “coffee”, you can see 142,000 questions which you could potentially create content for. Want to do keyword research for your site?…
Get the week’s best marketing content As of 2024, the most searched thing on Google is “youtube.” The next most popular searched words are “amazon,” “facebook,” “gmail,” “wordle,“and “google.” Below are lists of the top 100 most popular searches and questions in the US and worldwide, pulled from our database of 28.7 billion keywords: Keywords…
In May 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic, Ash Young started an ecommerce store selling car mats in the UK. His goal was to hit £1M in sales in a year. He hit that target in just 9 months. Today his store has turned over ~£9M. Given that the site’s monthly traffic peaked…
Back in the day, I ran a couple of semi-successful affiliate websites. I even once ranked #1 for “best protein powder.” This was a pretty lucrative keyword given its commercial intent and high search volume. Ever since then, the idea of starting another affiliate site and getting serious about it has always been in the…
Calculators are the unlikely tactic savvy website owners are using to drive hundreds of thousands (and sometimes millions) of clicks from Google to their websites. In this article, I’ll share some examples of calculators that caught my attention and show you how I found them. (And how you can make one, too.) Groww.in Domain Rating: 75…
