If you connect your Google Search Console in Ahrefs, you’ll be able to store GSC data beyond:

• 16 months
• 38 months
• 32 months
• 40 months

What chart notes can you display on the "Performance" graph in Site Explorer?

• Google algorithm updates
• Custom user notes
• Ahrefs keyword database updates
• New SERP features releases

What's the difference between the "Crawled Pages" and "Organic Pages" metrics?

• "Crawled Pages" refer to pages visited by Ahrefs' crawler, while "Organic Pages" are those that appear in Google's top 100 organic search results.
• There's no difference.

Which types of links are counted under the "Crawled pages" metric?

• 200 OK.
• 3XX Redirect.
• 4xx Client errors.
• 5XX Server errors.
• All of the above.

Which Site Explorer report helps you uncover organic competitors?

• Traffic Share by Domain
• Organic Competitors
• Batch Analysis
• SERP Overview

What backlink types can you filter under the "Backlinks" report?

• Redirects
• Canonical
• Frame
• All of the above

The "Best links" filter...

• Helps you find valuable backlinks from low-quality ones.
• Acts as a customizable filter for backlinks.
• Can be applied to the "Performance chart" under the "Overview" report in Site Explorer.
• All of the above.

What does the "Opportunities" report do?

• Helps you group several websites into a portfolio.
• Gives you "bookmarks" to popular use cases from multiple Ahrefs tools.
• Creates custom dashboards for you to share with your client.
• Allows you to analyze the SEO metrics of up to 1000 websites at once.

True or False: The "Page Inspect" report stores every single version of a page.

• True
• False

What’s the best way to boost your content score in AI Content Helper?

• Stuffing keywords.
• Building backlinks.
• Rearranging paragraphs.
• Improving the coverage of your weakest topics.

To view a website's historical ads and their ad copy, you can use the:

• Ads report
• Paid pages report
• Top pages report
• Organic keywords report

How is "Keyword Difficulty" (KD) calculated in Ahrefs?

• Based on the number of clicks on search results.
• Based on the search volume of a keyword.
• Based on the number of referring domains pointing to the top-ranking pages.
• Based on the number of times a keyword is searched globally.

What does the "Traffic Potential" metric show?

• The average cost-per-click for a keyword in paid search.
• The sum of organic traffic that the #1 ranking page receives from all keywords it ranks for, in a given country.
• The number of clicks that happen on the search results page.
• The total global search volume of a keyword.

How can you access Ahrefs' entire keyword database for a given country?

• Perform an empty search in Keywords Explorer.
• Click on "Explore entire database" in Keywords Explorer.
• Use the "Ads History" report.
• Use the "Search suggestions" report.

You can discover trending keywords by using...

• The "Growth" metric.
• The "Search suggestions" report.
• The "First Seen" column.
• All of the above.

Which metrics are NOT available under the "SERP Overview" table?

• Text length
• Domain Rating (DR)
• Linking domains
• Page load speed

What does the "Compare with" button in SERP overview allow you to do?

• Compare SERP snapshots for the same keyword on different dates.
• Compare SERP snapshots for two different keywords on different dates.
• Compare SERP snapshots for six different keywords on different dates.
• Compare SERP snapshots for four different keywords on different dates.

How does the "Also rank for" mode work?

• It pulls the top10 (or top100) ranking pages for each keyword you entered, and looks up what other keywords these pages rank for in Google.
• It pulls the top10 (or top100) ranking pages for each keyword you entered, and pulls closely related words and terms from the text content of these pages.
• It pulls the top10 (or top100) ranking pages for each keyword you entered, and shows all terms these pages rank for in Google.
• None of the above.

How does "Also talk about" report work?

• It pulls the top10 (or top100) ranking pages for each keyword you entered, and pulls closely related words and terms from the text content of these pages.
• It pulls the top10 (or top100) ranking pages for each keyword you entered, and looks up what other keywords these pages rank for in Google.
• It pulls the top10 (or top100) ranking pages for each keyword you entered, and shows all terms these pages rank for in Google.
• None of the above

The “Traffic Share by Domain” report shows you the domains that get the most organic traffic for up to:

• 10,000 keywords.
• 10 keywords.
• 1,000 keywords.
• 5,000 keywords.

How far back does the historical data in the "Ads History" report go?

• Until 2020.
• Until 2015.
• Until 2010.
• Until 2012.

What does the Ahrefs’ Health Score show?

• The total number of external backlinks on a site.
• The proportion of external URLs without errors.
• The proportion of internal URLs on your site that don’t have errors.
• The total number of URLs that have warnings.

By using the Page Explorer report, you can...

• Perform keyword research.
• View and filter raw crawl data.
• Analyze competitor backlink profiles.
• Optimize meta descriptions automatically.

How can you visualize hreflang issues related to a page?

• Use the Advanced filter to check for invalid hreflang links.
• Open the Hreflangs tab in the URL details panel to see the entire hreflang cluster.
• Use the Structure Explorer to analyze hreflang tags.
• Use the Link Explorer tool to find broken hreflang links.

How can you monitor content decay (decline in traffic) using Page Explorer?

• Check the SERP position history for each page.
• Use the Advanced filter to track pages that lost a certain percentage of organic traffic.
• Compare HTML snapshots between crawls.
• Analyze keyword difficulty for each content page.

Where can you see the ranking history for any tracked keyword?

• In the "SERP features" tab.
• In the "Ads history" report.
• In the "Position History" dropdown.
• In the "Tags" filter.

What does the Competitors report show?

• Organic traffic of your competitors
• How your keyword rankings compare with up to ten competing websites
• Backlink growth of competitors
• Keyword overlap with competitors

What feature allows you to track significant events on your website, especially if you’re part of a team?

• Pin notes for specific dates
• Position alerts
• SERP notifications
• Keyword alerts

Which filter helps you search for keywords that rank in specific positions?

• "Positions" filter
• "SERP features" filter
• "Tags" filter
• "Ranking overview" filter

How do you find low competition topics with high traffic potential in Content Explorer?

• Filter for pages by word count and high DR.
• Filter for pages with few or no referring domains and high traffic.
• Filter for pages with many backlinks and low traffic.
• Filter for pages with high DR and high social shares.

How can you monitor your brand’s popularity over time in Content Explorer?

• Filter for brand mentions on social media only.
• Search for your brand and filter by published date.
• Search for your brand and exclude mentions from your own website using the operator "-site:[own website]".
• Filter by Page traffic and look for mentions of your brand in high-traffic pages.

To update old pages with low traffic, Content Explorer helps you find...

• Pages with no backlinks.
• Pages older than 12 months that get low monthly search visits.
• Pages that have many backlinks but low traffic.
• Pages with fewer than 500 words and a low domain rating.

How can you find unlinked brand mentions using Content Explorer?

• Search for mentions of your brand and filter for broken links.
• Use the filter for "Only linked mentions" and sort by referring domains.
• Search for your brand and exclude mentions from your own website using the operator "-site:[own website]".
• Search for mentions of your competitors and filter for high-traffic pages.

What filter can you apply in Content Explorer to find topics with a lot of backlinks?

• Filter for pages with a high Page traffic.
• Filter for pages that have at least 400 referring domains.
• Use the DR filter to find high-authority pages.
• Filter for pages with low KD scores.

What is a key benefit of using Web Explorer compared to other tools?

• It only searches pages that are linked from social media platforms.
• It focuses solely on technical SEO audits.
• It allows you to search for pages, backlinks, and outlinks all in one place.
• It provides keyword difficulty scores for all searches.

Which operator would you use to exclude pages from a specific website in Web Explorer?

• outlinkanchor:
• -site:
• intitle:
• inurl:

What are the differences between Content Explorer and Web Explorer?

• Database size.
• Crawler.
• Searching after outlink properties.
• Filters.

What does the Content Gap tool in Ahrefs help you identify?

• Backlinks that your competitors have, but you don’t.
• Keywords that your website ranks for, but your competitors don't.
• Keywords that your competitors rank for, but your website doesn’t.
• SEO strategies your competitors are using.

What is the primary purpose of the Link Intersect tool?

• Find keywords that are relevant to your content.
• Find competitor SERP rankings.
• Find domains and pages linking to your competitors, but not to your website.
• Find internal linking opportunities within your own website.

Which mode helps you find pages to get links from, in Competitive Analysis?

• Show “keywords” tab
• Show “referring domains” tab
• Show “referring pages” tab
• None of the above.

How do you narrow down keyword opportunities when performing a content gap analysis?

• Filter for keywords with high traffic.
• Exclude branded terms.
• Select "All competitors" to find keywords where all competitors rank for, but your site doesn’t.
• All of the above.

What is a good way to find new link prospects?

• Set up a backlinks alert for top-ranking pages.
• Monitor competitor mentions.
• Set up a lost backlink alert for your competitors.
• Focus on keyword difficulty for new keywords.

How can you monitor brand mentions on the web?

• Enter your URL in the "Lost backlinks" alert
• Enter your brand name in the "search query" field for a Mentions alert
• Set up a new keywords alert for your brand name
• Enter your brand name in Rank Tracker

How can you monitor the backlink-building strategies of your competitors?

• Use a new keyword alert for your competitor’s brand name
• Set a backlinks alert for your competitors’ homepages
• Use the Rank Tracker tool
• Set up a mentions alert for your competitors

What is Ahrefs SEO Toolbar?

• A paid Edge extension for Ahrefs users.
• A free on-page SEO extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
• A keyword research tool.
• An analytics plugin for Google Search Console.

How can Ahrefs SEO Toolbar help with local search results?

• It allows you to simulate searches from different countries without a VPN
• It shows global search results automatically
• It tracks local keywords based on your location
• It highlights local competitors in your area

What feature helps you identify broken links on a webpage?

• The Structured data tab
• The “Check status” button in the Outgoing links tab
• The Metrics bar
• The People also ask tab