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Dec 27, 2022 16 tweets 6 min read Read on X
14 free SEO tools (by Ahrefs) to help you rank higher + get more organic traffic 🚦

Let’s check them out 🧵👇
1. Free Keyword Generator 💡

Generate keyword ideas from our database of > 8 billion queries.

Choose from different keyword ideas reports to fill your content calendar based on search intent.
2. Keyword Difficulty (KD) Checker 🌡️

KD estimates how hard will it be to rank in the top 10 search results for a keyword. The lower it is, the easier it is to rank for.

Our checker also shows the estimated no. of backlinks you'll need to rank in the top 10 for a keyword.
3. YouTube Keyword Tool 📺

See search volumes for any keyword on YouTube (in over 170 countries!) and get more views.

The tool also suggests top-ranking questions based on your seed keyword.
4. Amazon Keyword Tool 🛒

Not sure how people are searching on Amazon for the products you sell?

Enter a broad term. Then add any relevant keywords to your product listings to increase their visibility.
5. Bing Keyword Tool 🇧

Discover what people are searching for on Bing.

These topics might be completely different than those on Google.
6. SERP checker 🔎

View the top 10 search results for any keyword across 243 countries—without having to use a VPN!

Get detailed SEO stats for the top-ranking pages and make informed content decisions.
7. Keyword Rank Checker 📊

Understand how well your website ranks for a given keyword and how you're faring against the competition—in 243 countries.
8. Backlink Checker 🔗

Analyze the backlink profile of any website, including its backlink strength and other useful SEO metrics.

We've got the world's largest index of live backlinks, with over 14 trillion backlinks and counting!
9. Broken Link Checker ⛓️

View every broken outbound and inbound link on your website.

➡️ For broken outbound links: Reinstate or redirect them to suitable alternatives to reclaim link equity.

⬅️ For broken inbound links: Remove the links for better navigation.
10. Website Authority Checker ⚖️

Use our proprietary Domain Rating (DR) metric to check a website's authority in terms of its no. of backlinks and their quality.

The higher it is, the more authoritative a website is.
11. Ahrefs SEO WP Plugin ⚙️

Looking to optimize your content on auto-pilot?

Run scheduled content audits and get performance recommendations, all within WordPress.
12. Ahrefs SEO Toolbar ⚒️

Our free extension for Chrome and Firefox has a ton of features for everyone. Use it to:

✅ See important on-page SEO data
✅ Trace redirect paths + read HTTP headers easily
✅ Check search rankings in other countries (No VPN required)

..and more!
13. Website Traffic Checker 🏆

See your competitors':

📌 Organic traffic estimates
📌 Traffic share by top 5 countries
📌 Top performing content
📌 Top performing keywords

This way, you can reverse-engineer their strategy and potentially outrank them.
14. Website Checker 🚦

Run a free site audit and check for >130 technical issues—no hefty SEO consultant fees needed!

Sign up for Ahrefs Webmaster Tools (AWT) with your website's Google Search Console credentials, and you're good to go 😉
That's a wrap!

For convenience, we've linked out all our free SEO tools under a hub: ahrefs.com/free-seo-tools

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