Ahrefs Rolls Out Four Powerful February Product Upgrades
In the six months since joining Ahrefs, I've documented 130+ product updates. Each month I like to share some of my favourites, so here's four from February.... (The carousel on LI has screenshots, but I've tried to attached some images here as well.) #1. Brand Radar can now show whether you're mentioned *within the content* of the URLs AI cites. You'll also see the 'Page Type' of each link, as we have it (currently tagging ~300M pages monthly). #2. Competitive Analysis gets a new tab to play with: Paid keywords. Uncover keyword opportunities across search advertising campaigns, including common paid terms, and any overlaps with organic rankings. #3. Google Maps visibility is here. Track your local search performance through key actions like calls, directions, and website clicks. You can also compare data across locations. #4. I pushed for this one: Tag the prompts you're using to monitor AI visibility. It's a simple idea, but makes it so much easier to filter through different prompt clusters around intent, or queries covering specific products and services. ** With these posts I'm hoping to make it easier for Ahrefs customers to see what we've been working on, so please let me know if these continue to be useful. (And I'll be honest, it would be cool if they convince someone new to check out Ahrefs as well). March has already been crazy with announcements of Firehose and API access for (almost) all paid plans, but we still have something very big to share… 😬
Ahrefs Launches Free API Access for All Plans
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Rhea’s $17K Battle Secured SEO’s Open Trademark
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Companies Grow Optimistic About AI Search Amid Traffic Decline
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