Content that stays current stays visible. Your content’s publish date can be a competitive advantage or a liability. Fresh content or content freshness simply means how new or recently updated a page is. Keeping your content up to date tells Google and AI assistants that your information is current, helpful, and reliable, which helps you…
We’re all guilty of losing hours researching keywords and fixing markup—tasks that AI can already do faster and, frankly, better. Below you’ll find 10 ChatGPT SEO tools; A collection of MCPs and custom GPTs that plug straight into your workflow, reduce the grunt work, and help you focus on making all-around better SEO decisions. Aleyda…
AI may be killing search clicks, but we’re still reading content—especially the good stuff. At Ahrefs, we read and share articles all the time for marketing and SEO inspiration. In fact, SQ puts a call-out for the best SEO blogs every week, to curate the Ahrefs’ Digest. Below you’ll find our favorites–the blogs that have made…
Your brand is being talked about on YouTube right now—and you probably have no idea what’s being said. YouTube is the second-largest search engine, where users spend roughly 50 minutes daily (and growing). It’s also the 2nd most cited source by LLMs, meaning video mentions don’t just reach human audiences—they teach AI how to recommend your brand….
If a competitor is mentioned more often, cited more frequently, or framed more favorably in AI answers, they win attention and trust before searchers even know you exist. This guide shows you how to run an AI search competitor analysis that reveals: Which brands in your industry dominate AI search today Where your competitors earn visibility,…
Get the week’s best marketing content If you’re looking for fresh numbers you can paste into a slide and defend in your budget/RFP meetings, this is the place for you. We pulled the most recent, B2B-specific stats and organized them around the most important things in B2B SEO. Below are the stats worth citing in 2025. Ruler Analytics)…
Last year’s Ahrefs Evolve was about surviving Google’s updates. This year? We barely talked about algorithms. Instead, more than 500 marketers gathered and listened raptly as every conversation circled back to AI. Its meteoric impact on our industry cannot be overstated. Here are the four themes that defined Ahrefs Evolve 2025 for me. Pro Tip Want to…
Get the week’s best marketing content We analyzed our Brand Radar database of 108 million AI Overview queries to see which countries have the most AI Overviews present in Google search results. These are the top 50 countries with the biggest proportion of AI Overviews worldwide. language coverage for AI Mode as well, so these…
Recently, a LinkedIn post claimed that you could replace paid SEO tools with just a handful of ChatGPT prompts and save $8,400 annually. The post exploded. 500+ likes, 400+ comments, and people are loving it. But SEOs didn’t. I can’t believe we’re still talking about this at the end of 2025. I want to believe…
An AI visibility audit provides a structured approach for search and brand teams to assess how their brand shows up on platforms like Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity. It measures where the brand is mentioned in AI search platforms, how often, how accurately, and based on which sources. Here’s a step-by-step process for how…
Your brand presence shouldn’t depend on luck, algorithms, or guesswork. It should be built and improved with precision so you show up in all the places that matter, exactly as you want to be represented. That’s what a brand gap analysis enables. It also turns brand visibility from a vague concept into something measurable and…
But updating website content shouldn’t just mean changing a publish date. It’s a chance to improve user experience, build your owned audience, and shape how AI represents your brand. I’ll walk you through tactics that help you accomplish all of the above—without eating up days of your time. Watch tutorial on YouTube keyword research and written great content, it’s…
