Ahrefs’ Digest #129: Spying on your competitors, sustainable SaaS marketing, and more

I feel seen.


📰 News & updates

Google Launches Perspectives, About This Author and More Ways to Verify Information

Article by Barry Schwartz

Google is officially rolling out some new features designed to help searchers better and more easily verify information within the search results.

Google March 2023 Broad Core Update Done Rolling Out

Article by Barry Schwartz

This update took 13 days to complete.


🔝 SEO

SEO for a New Website: 8 Important Steps

Article by Si Quan Ong

These are the essential steps you need to take if you’re starting afresh.

How to Write Website Content That Ranks (And People Want to Read)

Article by Si Quan Ong

Learn how to create website content that your audience and Google love.

Local Search Ranking Factors

Article by Darren Shaw

The annual Local Search Ranking Factors is out!

How (And When) to Use SignificantLink and RelatedLink Schema Properties for Internal Linking

Article by Daniel Cheung

Tl;dr:

  • Use RelatedLink for parent pages (including parent category pages)

  • Use SignificantLink for internal pages that are directly relevant to the page’s context and content

Another Way to Deindex URLs

Article by Oliver Mason

Oliver Mason discovers that the "unavailable_after" directive in the robots meta tag can deindex URLs from search results.


💻 Digital marketing

E-commerce Marketing 101: How to Maximize Sales

Article by Bill Widmer

Use these five main channels (SEM, social media, email, display ads, and brand affiliates) to get more customers for your e-commerce site.

Spy on Your Competitors (How Do You Do It?)

Article by Chris Haines

Learn how to use Ahrefs to spy on your competitors’ marketing, from their organic traffic to their paid search strategy.

9 SaaS Marketing Strategies for Sustainable Growth

Article by Mateusz Makosiewicz

These marketing strategies will help your SaaS create long-term value that is a) profitable and b) able to be maintained over time without compromising the brand’s reputation.

The F-A-C-T-S Framework

Twitter thread by Brian Bourque

A neat mental model/framework to help set the right path whenever you’re trying out a new marketing channel.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online

Article by David Perell

I’m a fan of David’s work, and it’s incredible that he laid out an entire blueprint for writing well here.
 

Till next time ;)
Cheers,



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Ahrefs’ Digest #128: Websites that failed at fooling Google, and more

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Is this the world's worst resume? 📰 News & updates Bard From Google Google's AI chatbot is now officially released. (Currently only for the US and UK) Create Images With Your Words - Bing

Ahrefs’ Digest #127: SEO questions for clients, important types of keywords, and more

Thursday, March 16, 2023

He's right you know: 📰 News & updates Meta Is Working on a Decentralized Social App Article by Ivan Mehta Meta's going after Twitter. Announcing GPT-4 Tweet by OpenAI GPT-4 is here. And it

Ahrefs’ Digest #126: E-E-A-T, keyword analysis, and more

Thursday, March 9, 2023

We're doing a pre-launch of our brand-new community! This is only open to paying Ahrefs customers—so if you're game, you can head to our community and log in via your Ahrefs account. Let us

Ahrefs’ Digest #125: ChatGPT for SEO, AI content, and more

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Elon Musk joins the AI wars this week: 📰 News & updates Snapchat Releases 'My AI' Chatbot Powered by ChatGPT Article by Alex Heath Snapchat joins too. Google Introduces AI-Powered Search

Ahrefs’ Digest #124: Keyword mapping, choosing SEO agencies, and more

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Bing is still in the headlines this week. 📰 News & updates Alphabet Shares Dive After Google AI Chatbot Bard Flubs Answer in Ad Article by Martin Coulter and Greg Bensinger Google's battle with

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