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PR efforts often focus outward, prioritising outreach and coverage from external publications. As a result, some campaigns struggle to demonstrate lasting value once coverage fades — with over half…
Read on Screaming Frog →2025 was a big year for technology, and we’re all gearing up for the same rapid developments to emerge in 2026. But as tech has evolved, design has evolved alongside it – distilling large-scale…
Read on Screaming Frog →It’s been four months since I joined Ahrefs, and in that time I’ve watched the team ship dozens of product updates. 85 to be precise. Even though I’ve been an Ahrefs customer for more than ten years,…
Read on Detailed →Last week I announced some big personal news: Detailed has been acquired by Ahrefs, and I’ve joined the company to work alongside their marketing and product teams. Search Engine Journal’s Matt…
Read on Detailed →In an analysis of ~45 million keywords in which Google displayed their Top Stories SERP feature, the 1,000 most prominent domains accounted for 97.3% of all listings. That’s just one of many insights…
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Read on Detailed →Welcome to Detailed Q4: Our fourth quarterly report sharing insights from the companies dominating Google search results and what they’re doing to stay ahead of the competition. SEO is going through…
Read on Detailed →As of the last few hours it has came to light that various internal Google documents, which appear to be legitimate, have surfaced. The “leak” is still live, which I will not link directly to, and…
Read on Detailed →Welcome to Detailed Q3: Our third quarterly report sharing insights from the companies dominating Google search results and what they’re doing to stay ahead of the competition. SEO is going through…
Read on Detailed →– Updated the top 20 forums table to compare July vs February – Updated Reddit traffic chart for the last two years – Ran all numbers again for July compared to February – Updated the stats for how…
Read on Detailed →Welcome to Detailed Q2: Our second-ever quarterly report sharing insights from the companies dominating Google search results and what they’re doing to stay ahead of the competition. SEO is going…
Read on Detailed →– Documented how Reddit are now dominating results in October – Updated the number of first-place rankings the top 100 domains achieved – Three digital goliaths have 36 sites in the top 100 in…
Read on Detailed →I recently analyzed 250,000 English-language search results, primarily to answer a specific question: Do sites owned by large media companies attain more first-place rankings than independent…
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