How to Analyze a Sudden Drop in Website Traffic [With Template]
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How to Analyze a Sudden Drop in Website Traffic [With Template]

A sudden drop in organic traffic can feel like an SEO nightmare. Rankings dip, visibility declines, and conversions take a hit—leaving you scrambling for answers.  But instead of panicking, you need a structured approach to diagnose the issue, take corrective action, and restore your site’s performance. Here’s exactly how to analyze a sudden drop in…

7 SEO SOPs: Your Cheat Code for More Rankings, Less Guesswork
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7 SEO SOPs: Your Cheat Code for More Rankings, Less Guesswork

SEO isn’t magic—it’s a system. And without clear, repeatable SOPs (standard operating procedures), even the best strategies fall apart faster than a bad backlink profile.  That’s why I’ve put together 7 SEO SOPs that will make your work faster, smarter, and more effective, from using AI to create quality content to investigating why your traffic…

How I Boosted Traffic by 72% With Ahrefs’ AI Content Helper
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How I Boosted Traffic by 72% With Ahrefs’ AI Content Helper

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…

The Best AI Content Optimization Tools for 2025
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The Best AI Content Optimization Tools for 2025

Content optimization tools make writing and ranking top-quality content a whole lot easier. That goes double for the latest generation of AI-powered tools. Great optimization tools can identify missing topics and keywords, suggest and refine headers and titles, generate meta-data, and show tons of useful information about your competitors’ articles. If you aren’t using an…

How Do AI Content Detectors Work? Answers From a Data Scientist
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How Do AI Content Detectors Work? Answers From a Data Scientist

There are tons of tools promising that they can tell AI content from human content, but until recently, I thought they didn’t work. AI-generated content isn’t as simple to spot as old-fashioned “spun” or plagiarised content. Most AI-generated text could be considered original, in some sense—it isn’t copy-pasted from somewhere else on the internet. But…

AI Content Creation: My Process for High-Quality, SEO-Friendly Articles
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AI Content Creation: My Process for High-Quality, SEO-Friendly Articles

AI can write, but let’s be honest; it can also sound (dare I say) robotic.  Without a clear process, AI-generated content can feel generic, miss SEO opportunities, or just not sound like you. The trick? Use AI as a tool, not a shortcut. This AI content creation process helps you: Get AI to generate usable content…

How to Do a Backlink Gap Analysis (With Template)
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How to Do a Backlink Gap Analysis (With Template)

A backlink gap analysis is the process of finding great links your competitors have that you don’t. It involves evaluating your competitors’ quality of backlinks and deciding if similar links could also improve your site’s SEO.  This process helps you: Find quality links quickly Improve your domain’s authority Close gaps against competitors In this guide, you’ll…

How to Build an SEO Topical Map (With Template)
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How to Build an SEO Topical Map (With Template)

An SEO topical map is the roadmap for your website’s content strategy. Its core function is to organize your website’s content in a clear hierarchy of topics and sub-topics.  It helps you: Make it easier for users to navigate your website Signal to search engines that your content comprehensively covers a topic Become an authority in a…

How to Measure Brand Awareness in 2025 (AKA the Year of the Brand)
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How to Measure Brand Awareness in 2025 (AKA the Year of the Brand)

Brand awareness is one of the “fuzziest” growth channels. And when things get fuzzy, you need concrete ways to prove your time and investment is paying off. Below I’ve laid out 11 workflows you can follow to measure the success of your brand awareness—including some little-known Ahrefs use cases. Tim Soulo on LinkedIn There’s no right…

8 Websites Driving Insane Traffic Using… Calculators
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8 Websites Driving Insane Traffic Using… Calculators

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…