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the
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Site
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Overview
Backlinks
Metrics
External
New/
Lost
Domains
Metrics
Referring
New/Lost
Top
Pages
Anchors
Linked
Domains

9. Site
Explorer
&
Backlink
Checker
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Overview
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Overall
social
visibility
performance
of
the
checked
site
Enter
URL/Domain
you’re
going
to
analyze
URL:
ParJcular
URL
analysis
domain/*:domain
analysis.
Subdomains
excluded
*.domain/*:
cross-­‐domain
analysis.
Subdomains
included
Shortcuts
to
History
(
your
most
recent
and
popular
checked
sites)
&
Domain
comparison
Ahrefs
Rank
(
AR)
:
The
higher
the
number,
the
higher
the
authority
of
the
checked
site
Different
types
of
backlinks
to
checked
site
Where
are
all
backlinks
coming
to
checked
site
from
?
Data
visualizaJon
over
Jme.
Hover
different
points
in
graph
to
see
numbers

10. Site
Explorer
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Backlink
Checker
-­‐
Overview
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CTLDs
distribuJon
map.
Mouse
over
dif.
Countries
to
get
the
exact
no.
and
%
Cloud
for
Anchor
texts
(
phrases
&
terms)
1
1
2
① Referring
Pages
&
Referring
Domains
for
both
Anchor
phrases
&
terms
② Backlinks
DistribuJon
Charts

11. Backlinks
Metrics
–
Deep
Dive
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Filters
available
for
your
easier
data
sorJng
2
3
① Switch
btw
tabs
to
get
deep
into
different
sets
of
analyzed
data
② External
backlinks
linked
to
checked
site.
Default
order
by
Ahrefs
Rank.
Sort
in
ascending/descending
order
available
in
every
column.
③ New/Lost
tab:
New/lost
backlinks
up
to
3
months
tracking.
Backlink
types
filters,
graph
and
export
are
available
1
Social
metrics
at
link
level
.csv
export

12. Referring
Domains
Metrics
–
Deep
Dive
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1
2
3
Click
to
expand
the
list
of
mulCple
top
-­‐
level
domains
Export
to
.csv
file
Default
order
by
Backlinks
Count.
Can
sort
in
ascending
order
Export
available
for
the
expanded
list
① Switch
btw
tabs
to
get
different
sets
of
data
you
wish
to
deeply
analyze
on
② Referring
domains
to
your
checked
site.
Sort
in
ascending/descending
order
available
in
every
column.
③ New/Lost
tab:
New/lost
referring
domains
up
to
3
months
tracking.
Domain
filtering,
graph
and
export
are
available
Collapse
or
expand
the
list
Filters
available
for
your
easier
data
sorJng

13. Top
Pages
–
Deep
Dive
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Export
to
.csv
file
Default
order
by
AR
Top
performing
pages
within
the
checked
site
Social
Metrics
at
link
level
Sort
in
ascending/descending
order
available
in
every
column

14. Anchors–
Deep
Dive
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c
Handy
way
to
spot
out
unnatural
links
easily
by
researching
the
kind
of
content
your
website/
compeJtors’
get
linked
to.
Keyword
strategies
can
be
achieved.
Export
to
.csv
file
Export
available
for
the
expanded
list
Anchor
texts
are
categorized
in
phrases,
and
terms
.
Anchor
text
search
available.
All
for
your
easier
anchor
research
One
level
deeper
filtering
based
on
backlink
types
Expand/Collapse
the
list
1
2
① Domains
tab
to
instantly
see
the
domain
which
sends
the
link
to
your
checked
site.
Expand
the
domain
to
go
one-­‐level
down
into
deeper
analysis
of
links
that
contain
that
anchor
text.
② Snippet
tab
to
have
a
closer
look
in
what
context
the
anchor
text
is
menJoned.
Expand
any
snippet
to
have
a
closer
look
on
URLs
linked
to
the
site
with
given
anchor
text
Click
on
the
heading
to
sort
anchor
text
by
alphabeJcal
order
Default
order
by
Referring
Domains
Count
Expand/Collapse
the
list

15. Linked
Domain
–
Deep
Dive
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Outbound
link
analysis
Can
sort
outbound
link
by
TLDs
Outbound
links
filtered
by
types
Export
available
for
both
the
domain
that
checked
site
linked
to
and
the
expanded
list
of
outbound
links

16. Raw
Export–
Deep
Dive
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Raw
data
export
to
csv
file
for
your
further
researches
i.e.
data
sorJng,
uploading
data
to
other
research
tools
Limited
row
per
one
export
No
limited
number
of
exports/day
as
long
as
your
current
subscrip2on
provides
you
with
sufficient
number
of
row
data
Example
of
csv
export
for
Anchors

17. ②
SEO
REPORTS
|
ON-­‐PAGE
ANALYSIS
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On-­‐page
SEO
Reports
Accessibility
Analysis
Crawl
Availability
Crawl
Efficiency
Meta
Analysis
Title
DescripJon
H1,
H2
Content
Analysis
Duplicate
Low
word
count/
quality
page
Link
Analysis
Over
-­‐
Int/Ext
Outlinks
URI
Analysis
Non
ASCII
Character,
Dynamic,
long,
etc.

18. GeneraJng
SEO
Report
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Click
any
link
to
check
full
report
of
on-­‐page
SEO
3
data
crawling
opJons
depending
on
on-­‐page
SEO
audit’s
objecJves
Data
successfully
crawled
and
report
successfully
created

19. Accessibility
Analysis
-­‐
Deep
Dive
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Crawl
Availability
Filters
available
for
your
easier
data
sorJng
based
on
response
codes
Export
to
csv
file

20. Accessibility
Analysis
-­‐
Deep
Dive
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Crawl
Efficiency
Content
type
filters
Filters
on
response
Jme,
compression
gzip,
big-­‐size
page
Csv
file
export
available

21. Meta
Analysis
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Deep
Dive
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1 2 3
4
① Title
Meta:
how
many
pages
with
missing/
empty
page
Jtle,
duplicate
page
Jtle,
mulJple
page
Jtle,
or
not
SEO-­‐friendly
page
Jtle
(
too
long)
② Meta
DescripCon:
How
many
pages
with
missing/
empty
page
descripJon,
duplicate
page
descripJon,
mulJple
,
or
too
long
③ Meta
Keywords
:
No
longer
important
but
it
is
no
harm
to
have
some
insights
on
so
we
sJll
provide
data
④ H1
,
H2
:
How
many
pages
with
missing/
empty
H1,
H2
;
number
of
H1
&
H2
on
a
parJcular
page,
H1/H2
over
in
length,
or
mulJple
H1/H2
Give
you
insights
on:

22. Content
Analysis
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Deep
Dive
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Page
with
low
word
count
might
be
perceived
by
search
engines
as
a
low
quality
page
Filters
available
to
sort
out
page
with
duplicated
content
or
low-­‐word
count

23. Links
Analysis
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Deep
Dive
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To
idenCfy
pages
having
too
many
on-­‐
page
links
or
overly-­‐opCmized
outbound
links

24. URI
Analysis
-­‐
Deep
Dive
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Filters
available
URI
tab
includes
data
related
to
the
URLs
requested
URI
over
115
characters
in
length
is
perceived
as
fairy
long

25. ③ MENTIONS
TRACKER
|
ORM
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1
2
3
4
5
① No
limit
to
number
of
queries
you
want
to
track
menJons
② Save
the
acJon
and
name
it
the
way
you
want
for
future
references
③ A
drop-­‐down
menu
with
all
your
saved
searches
④ Variety
of
search
operators
to
narrow
down
your
searches
i.e.
inurl,
inlink,
inJtle,
quotaJon
“
“
,
etc.
⑤ Export
to
csv
available
Data
shown
up
to
3-­‐month

26. ④ DOMAIN
COMPARISON
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Compare
up
to
5
domains
1
2
① Complete
compeJtor
analysis
on
off-­‐page
SEO
performance
in
numbers.
② Off-­‐page
SEO
metrics
presented
in
graphs
&
Charts.
OpJon
to
download
chart
to
PDF,
PNG,
JPEG,
and
print
available

27. ⑤ BATCH
ANALYSIS
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Go
to
Other
Tools
csv
export
available
1
① Batch
analysis
of
up
to
200
URLs/domains
.
Enter
each
URL/
Domain
with
a
new
line
② Data
for
Domain
are
shown
in
Subdomain
Mode
③ Data
for
URLs
are
shown
in
Exact
Mode.
Social
metrics
and
AR
only
show
for
Exact
Mode
URL.
2
3

28. ⑥ BACKLINK
REPORTS
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Go
to
Other
Tools
Clicking
on
Domain/
Path/
URL
link
to
generate
a
full
backlink
report
in
seconds.
Overview
tab
with
graph&
charts
that
are
print-­‐able
&
download-­‐able
in
PDF,
PNG,
JPEG
No
Site
Owner
VerificaJon
Required
Site
Owner
VerificaJon
Required
Tagging
allows
you
to
quickly
filter
your
researched
site
Backlink
Report

29. GET
CONNECTED
WITH
US!
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