Andrei Țiț

Here’s a prompt I love for finding the most-linked-to content across dozens of sites at once. (Not to copy anyone, but to get inspiration for your own efforts.) "For these 20 [finance] sites, pull live crawled pages tagged as ‘Research’. Remove anything that isn’t an article, then use Batch Analysis to rank them by referring domains." You can provide the sites yourself, or ask ChatGPT/Claude/etc. to pull organic competitors via the Ahrefs API. For some sites, opinion pieces pick up the most links. In industries with a lot of SaaS companies, you'll see a ton of original tools and research. Check content sites in the beauty or fashion space, and you'll likely learn more about the research they report on rather than create. Start small to make sure you're happy with the results. On our cheapest plan with API/MCP access (Lite), you could check ~30K URLs this way if you only pull back referring domains, which could be hundreds of sites depending on how much they cover that specific page type. Of course, not all links are created equal, so you can play around with different filters. AI is then really good at finding commonalities, excluding topics you've already covered, and highlighting anything you might have unique insights on. As I say, the goal isn’t to copy anyone, but to get inspiration on ways you can make something great. Hopefully this is useful. Please let me know if you would like to see more of these 🙏

Today, Ahrefs is launching a brand-new adaptive model for organic traffic estimates. We've refreshed the weights we apply to SERP features, including AI Overviews, and the calculations behind those will update on a more frequent basis. For some sites you'll see only minimal changes, while for others the difference will be more pronounced. We're taking our time to make sure it performs as we expect, so for now it's opt-in only via Settings in Site Explorer. If you switch to the adaptive model, you'll see updated stats across Site Explorer, except for backlink reports and the 'Top organic competitors' widget. Historical data is also affected, though anything earlier than February 2025 uses the state of the model as it was in that month. You can use the new model in our API by passing the traffic_mode=adaptive parameter. We're happy with what we're seeing so far, but there may be some oddities, and we would appreciate any feedback as we continue to improve it. You can DM me here and I can pass it on to the right people, or please feel free to reach out to Ahrefs via the usual channels if you have any comments. Thank you! 🙌