Large Web Index, Good for Backlink Research
April 26, 2014
Large Web Index, Good for Backlink Research
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Ahrefs Site Explorer
Ahrefs Site Explorer is being used primarily by the SEO department to monitor and track backlinks for client and competitor websites. Ahrefs' web crawler provides a large amount of data including new/lost links, referring domains, and anchor text distribution to identify gaps or red flags for a website's inbound links. This large dataset is especially useful for off-site SEO audits, competitor analysis, and backlink cleanup.
- Large data set of inbound links across a seemingly infinite set of websites and pages.
- Intuitive interface and dashboard data that can be exported to a spreadsheet.
- New/Lost link lists are typically inaccurate, making it hard to identify real trends vs. links that have just been discovered by Ahrefs.
- Window for analysis of New/Lost links is limited, making it hard to discover historical trends within the online interface.
- Ahrefs makes it easy to identify gaps for new-business pitches
- Ahrefs has increased efficiency with competitor analysis.
- Majestic SEO,Moz
Each of these tools has advantages over the other. Ahrefs link counts are often considerably higher than Moz or Majestic, which could be indicative of a larger web index or inaccuracy in filtering old links. Ultimately, we use all of these tools to be able to take advantage of the different proprietary analysis modules that they each offer.
Using Ahrefs Site Explorer
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | Not well integrated |
- Backlink volume/rate analysis
- Anchor text distribution analysis
- Competitor analysis
- New/lost link identification
- in-depth link analysis