Generally, companies don’t like to give promotions. They are expensive and risky. The company has to spend extra money to put a known entity into an unknown situation. There is a risk of failure that didn’t exist before. This is a sweeping generalisation, but it’s a useful one. You probably deserve a promotion, but on…
Chances are if you are reading this article you’ve been following the latest developments around artificial intelligence and are considering registering a .ai domain name for your website, blog, or next business idea. So, you’ll know that the .ai domain extension stands for ‘Artificial Intelligence’, making it a great fit for businesses and individuals in…
When Drupal CMS 1.0 launched, we rushed to create an MVP of the Drupal CMS Guide. Now, we’re circling back to try and address some loose ends—how should this guide evolve, and how does it relate to the existing Drupal User Guide? The Drupal CMS Guide, like Drupal CMS itself, was conceived and started super…
Aristotle once said, ‘The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” But it’s the parts of a domain name we care about. Learn about them in our guide. Even if technology isn’t your jam, you probably know how to find a particular website: you type the company name into your browser, plus a…
Here are two ideas that can be true at the same time: SEO offers worse returns than it used to. SEO is still one of the best marketing channels. SEO really has changed: Talk to website owners, and you’ll even hear whispers that some companies are losing 20–40% of their monthly clicks from search. 1…
Over the past year, we interviewed top SaaS founders and marketing executives on the Ahrefs Podcast. We asked them about strategies that helped them scale. From Crypto.com to Airwallex, Paddle, and Surfer, these battle-tested methods have fueled growth in competitive markets with limited resources. In this article, we share their best insights so you can apply…
Renewing your website’s lease on the Internet for another year. Your domain is your castle. It’s the name of your website, and it may be responsible for most of your sales. Domain renewal should be one of the most important tasks on your to-do list, and letting it lapse can cause so much damage. Knowing…
Need to know how to use Gmail with a custom domain? Be prepared to discover everything you need, plus a shiny new alternative maybe. Step this way… Why would you want to use Gmail with a custom domain? Well, every business wants to really connect with its customers. If you’re anything like the majority of…
Getting customers is the lifeblood of any business. But search for “how to get customers,” and you’ll find yourself flooded with advice, tips, and tactics. It’s hard to know which one to choose, considering that you have limited resources. Fortunately, most strategies on how to get customers boil down to these four fundamental methods: Find…
SEO and the stock market — two completely different worlds. Yet when you run a correlation analysis between organic traffic and stock price on, say, Nasdaq, you suddenly get a strong positive correlation. Here’s why that happens and what it means. Ahrefs API and Polygon’s APIs to get the stock monthly closing price, monthly market cap,…
Welcome to our guide on locking and unlocking your domain name. Your domain name is your business’ virtual address. If you’re creating a website for your business, it’s important to understand how to secure your domain name. In this guide, we’ll explore the world of domain locks and explain what they are, why they matter,…
Any content writer with skin in the game knows the sinking feeling that comes with the traffic “flatline of nope” after that initial “spike of hope”. Content dates, traffic dips. It’s a tale as old as… web 1.0. But recently I’ve cottoned on to a new strategy that’s helping me claw back some of those lost…
