The best all-in-one SEO tool for the average business
January 06, 2020

The best all-in-one SEO tool for the average business

Maddy Osman | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Ahrefs Site Explorer

I use Ahrefs Site Explorer to do research around link building, guest posting, and even just to see how my own website is doing in the world of SEO. Site Explorer shares stats regarding a website's domain rating, which can be useful for determining how to proceed with various SEO tasks. This benchmark metric also helps to inform how effectively you can rank for a given keyword you're trying to optimize for. It also provides valuable data regarding how many backlinks a website has and where they're coming from — which can be useful from a competitor research standpoint.

Pros

  • Competitor research around backlinks.
  • Finding high-authority websites for placing guest posts and backlinks.

Cons

  • Explain why data is missing when not available.
  • Help users understand when backlinks should be considered as spam.
  • Having access to all of Ahrefs' features is absolutely worth the money.
  • That said, there are some limitations based on your plan that don't make complete sense — like limited keyword lists, for example.
After trying multiple premium and more affordable all-in-one SEO tools, alike, I'm confident that Ahrefs Site Explorer is the best value for the money with the most useful data for my SEO content projects.
Ahrefs shares a lot of useful free content for maximizing and finding new uses for their tools. They are very connected to their userbase and always interested in finding ways to make their tool better (including soliciting opinions).

Do you think Ahrefs delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Ahrefs's feature set?

Yes

Did Ahrefs live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Ahrefs go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Ahrefs again?

Yes

I primarily use Ahrefs Site Explorer for determining whether or not a website is worth going after for guest posts, expert roundup participation, and other backlink placement activities. It's a great tool for seeing a bunch of related data in one dashboard. It works with other Ahrefs tools for an all-in-one solution for SEO. It's hard to think of a related situation where Site Explorer wouldn't be useful — I think it's important to go in understanding what it's best used for (backlink building).

Ahrefs Feature Ratings

8.6
Keyword analysis
10
Backlink management
9
SERP ranking tracking
9
Page grader
9
Competitive analysis
9
Site audit / diagnostics
9
Site recommendations
9
Task management
5
Local SEO
7
Social SEO
8
Mobile SEO
8
Global SEO
9
Multi-domain support
8
Integration with web analytics tools
8

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