ahrefs.com
https://ahrefs.com/
Scanned on May 21, 2026
Quick Wins — Top 5 Issues to Fix
- ✗Title-H1 alignment: 0% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
- ✗12 of 60 images missing ALT text (80% have it)content
- ✗58 images missing width/height — causes layout shift (CLS)content
- ✗59 images could use loading="lazy" for better performancecontent
- ✗Text-to-HTML ratio: 1.4% — too code-heavy, add more contenttechnical
SEO — 82/100 (18 issues)
Failed Checks (18)
- ✗Title-H1 alignment: 0% word overlap — title and H1 should share key termscontent
- ✗12 of 60 images missing ALT text (80% have it)content
- ✗58 images missing width/height — causes layout shift (CLS)content
- ✗59 images could use loading="lazy" for better performancecontent
- ✗Text-to-HTML ratio: 1.4% — too code-heavy, add more contenttechnical
- ✗Inline CSS: 533.2 KB — too much, move to external stylesheetperformance
- ✗1 render-blocking scripts — add defer or async attributeperformance
- ✗No Contact page link detected — add for trust signalstrust
- ✗robots.txt does not reference Sitemap — add Sitemap: URLtechnical
- ✗No max-image-preview:large — add to robots meta for Google Discovermeta
- ✗No Permissions-Policy — restrict camera/mic/geo accesssecurity
- ✗213 links on page — exceeds 100 limit, may dilute link equitycontent
- ✗DOM size: ~2394 elements — exceeds 1500, may slow renderingperformance
- ✗2 render-blocking script(s) in head — add defer or asyncperformance
- ✗Missing ARIA landmarks — add <main>, <nav>, and skip-to-content link for accessibilityaccessibility
- ✗No RSS/Atom feed in <head> — add for content discovery by aggregators and AItechnical
- ✗No IndexNow integration — add for instant Bing/Yandex indexing on content changestechnical
- ✗1 of 8 H2 sections have < 50 words — add more content or merge thin sectionscontent
Passed Checks (84)
- ✓Title tag found: "Ahrefs—AI Marketing Platform Powered by Big Data"meta
- ✓Title length: 48 characters (optimal)meta
- ✓Meta description found (128 chars)meta
- ✓Description length: 128 chars (optimal)meta
- ✓Viewport meta tag found (mobile-friendly)meta
- ✓UTF-8 charset declaredmeta
- ✓Language attribute set on HTML tagmeta
- ✓Theme color set: #3A57FCmeta
- ✓No meta refresh redirect (good)meta
- ✓No robots meta tag (default: index, follow)meta
- ✓Single H1 tag foundcontent
- ✓8 H2 tags foundcontent
- ✓Heading hierarchy is correctcontent
- ✓1675 words on page (good content depth)content
- ✓Readability: 45 (moderate — aim for 60+)content
- ✓26% long sentences (>20 words) — good readabilitycontent
- ✓7 of 60 images use legacy formats (JPG/PNG/GIF) — convert to WebP/AVIF for 25-50% smaller filescontent
- ✓179 internal links foundcontent
- ✓31 external links foundcontent
- ✓No empty href attributes foundcontent
- ✓All link texts are descriptive (no "click here" or "read more")content
- ✓Open Graph title foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph description foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph image foundsocial
- ✓Open Graph URL foundsocial
- ✓og:type set to "website"social
- ✓og:site_name: "Ahrefs"social
- ✓Twitter Card: "summary_large_image"social
- ✓Twitter title foundsocial
- ✓Twitter description foundsocial
- ✓Twitter image foundsocial
- ✓HTTPS enabledtechnical
- ✓Canonical tag foundtechnical
- ✓Canonical tag is self-referencing (correct)technical
- ✓Favicon foundtechnical
- ✓Apple touch icon foundtechnical
- ✓Compression: enabled (vary: accept-encoding)technical
- ✓URL length: 19 chars (good)technical
- ✓URL uses hyphens or no separators (good)technical
- ✓14 hreflang tags found (multi-language)technical
- ✓No deprecated HTML tags foundtechnical
- ✓Inline JS: 4.4 KB (acceptable)performance
- ✓Font preload/preconnect found — faster font loadingperformance
- ✓Cache-Control: public, max-age=900, must-revalidate, no-storeperformance
- ✓HSTS header present — enforces HTTPSsecurity
- ✓X-Content-Type-Options: nosniffsecurity
- ✓Content-Security-Policy header presentsecurity
- ✓About page link found — builds trust and E-E-A-Ttrust
- ✓Privacy Policy link foundtrust
- ✓Terms of Service link foundtrust
- ✓Author byline foundtrust
- ✓1 JSON-LD schema block(s) foundschema
- ✓Schema types: Organizationschema
- ✓<!DOCTYPE html> declaredtechnical
- ✓No mixed content — all resources use HTTPStechnical
- ✓All 1 JSON-LD block(s) have valid syntaxschema
- ✓font-display: swap detected — prevents invisible textperformance
- ✓Viewport includes width=device-width (responsive)meta
- ✓robots.txt found and allows crawlingtechnical
- ✓No AI crawlers blocked in robots.txt — AI search and training can access contenttechnical
- ✓sitemap.xml found with valid formattechnical
- ✓Sitemap contains 5 URL(s)technical
- ✓All 5 checked internal links are workingcontent
- ✓10% nofollow links (21/211) — good link equity flowcontent
- ✓OG image uses absolute URL (correct)social
- ✓All 29 target="_blank" links have rel="noopener"security
- ✓Web App Manifest found (PWA-ready)technical
- ✓1 resource hint(s) (dns-prefetch/preconnect) — faster loadingperformance
- ✓All schema types have required propertiesschema
- ✓23 first-person pronouns — strong personal experiencecontent
- ✓All 14 hreflang codes are valid ISO 639-1technical
- ✓hreflang x-default found — proper language fallbacktechnical
- ✓93% responsive images (srcset/picture)content
- ✓Organization schema includes logoschema
- ✓Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-originsecurity
- ✓H1 length: 57 characters (optimal)content
- ✓Title and meta description are different (good)meta
- ✓OG URL matches canonical URL (consistent)social
- ✓Viewport allows zoom (good for accessibility)accessibility
- ✓No snippet blocking detected (good — content is fully accessible)technical
- ✓4 third-party script domain(s) (acceptable)performance
- ✓All 0 form input(s) have labels or aria-labelsaccessibility
- ✓No duplicate IDs found (15 unique IDs)accessibility
- ✓No iframes on pagesecurity
AEO — 71/100 (15 issues)
Failed Checks (15)
- ✗No definition lists (<dl>) — great for term/value pairsdiscoverability
- ✗No code blocks — add <code>/<pre> for technical contentdiscoverability
- ✗No data tables — tables help AI compare and cite datastructure
- ✗No numbered steps or ordered lists — add for "how to" AI answersstructure
- ✗Few key-value patterns — use "**Label:** value" format for AIstructure
- ✗No date information — AI prefers fresh, dated contentcitation
- ✗No Speakable schema — add for voice assistant optimizationvoice
- ✗First paragraph too short for AI snippetsvoice
- ✗No SearchAction schema — add for enhanced search presencevoice
- ✗No summary section — add Key Takeaways for AI extractionvoice
- ✗Few Q&A blocks — add question headings followed by answer paragraphsvoice
- ✗No /llms.txt found — add one to guide AI crawlers (emerging standard)discoverability
- ✗No Table of Contents — add jump links for AI content navigationstructure
- ✗Statistics lack source references — attribute data to boost AI trustcitation
- ✗No <details>/<summary> elements — use for expandable Q&A contentstructure
Passed Checks (37)
- ✓Structured data found — AI can understand your contentdiscoverability
- ✓1675 words in HTML — good content for AI parsingdiscoverability
- ✓Clean URL structurediscoverability
- ✓4 semantic HTML5 elements founddiscoverability
- ✓19 content sections — well-structured for AIdiscoverability
- ✓Description + OG description both present — clear topic signalsdiscoverability
- ✓119 named entities found — helps AI understand contextdiscoverability
- ✓179 internal links — good topic cluster signaldiscoverability
- ✓FAQ content detected — great for AI answers (Note: FAQ rich results limited to gov/health sites since Aug 2023)structure
- ✓Question-style headings found — ideal for AI snippetsstructure
- ✓8 lists found — structured content for AIstructure
- ✓Concise answer paragraphs after headings — great for AI citationstructure
- ✓74% short sentences — easy for AI to extractstructure
- ✓100% concise paragraphs — scannable for AIstructure
- ✓Avg 158 words/section — sufficient depthstructure
- ✓Author information found — builds E-E-A-Tcitation
- ✓Statistics and data found in content — highly citablecitation
- ✓Organization schema found — AI can identify your brandcitation
- ✓3/5 E-E-A-T signals presentcitation
- ✓Source citations found — increases AI trustcitation
- ✓30 external links — references authoritative sourcescitation
- ✓Content references 2026/2025 — fresh contentcitation
- ✓Topic focus: 100% — title keywords found in contentcitation
- ✓3 answer-box-ready paragraphs found after headingscitation
- ✓66 conversational words — good for AI summariesvoice
- ✓Avg 20 words/sentence — easy reading levelvoice
- ✓Active voice dominant (0% passive) — AI-friendlyvoice
- ✓Pronoun density: 2.5% — engaging, user-focusedvoice
- ✓39 H2/H3 headings — good content structure for AIvoice
- ✓No AI-blocking robots directives — AI crawlers can access contentdiscoverability
- ✓Freshness signal found (Last-Modified header or dateModified)citation
- ✓AI crawlers allowed in robots.txt (0/4 explicitly listed)discoverability
- ✓8 sameAs social links in schema — strong brand signal for AIcitation
- ✓Brand name consistent across 3/3 signals (title, OG, schema)citation
- ✓Content updated within 90 days — fresh content gets 3.2x more AI citationscitation
- ✓Video found but no VideoObject schema — add for AI video discoverydiscoverability
- ✓Brand "Ahrefs" used consistently (42 mentions)citation
GEO — 66/100 (20 issues)
Failed Checks (20)
- ✗Few question headings — add Q&A headings for AI Overviewoverview
- ✗Title and H1 don't align — confusing for AI topic matchingoverview
- ✗No step-by-step content — add numbered guides for AIoverview
- ✗8% optimal paragraphs — aim for 20-80 words per paragraphoverview
- ✗No author schema — add for AI trust signalsauthority
- ✗No FAQ Schema — add for Google rich results + AI Overviewformat
- ✗No HowTo Schema — add for step-by-step rich resultsformat
- ✗No summary section — add Key Takeaways or TL;DR for AIformat
- ✗12 images missing ALT textformat
- ✗No BreadcrumbList schema — add for better AI contextformat
- ✗Only one list type — use both <ul> and <ol> for content varietyformat
- ✗Only 1/6 formatting types — use bold, lists, tables, quotes, codeformat
- ✗Single-perspective content — add "on the other hand..." for balanceformat
- ✗4/14 semantic elements — add <article>, <figure>, <time>, etc.semantic
- ✗No <time> elements — wrap dates in <time datetime="...">semantic
- ✗Page size: 728 KB — very large, may slow AI crawlingtechnical
- ✗Only 1 Schema type(s) — add more for AI contexttechnical
- ✗First 200 words lack topic keywords — AI may skip your content for extractionoverview
- ✗Author lacks credentials — anonymous content is a GEO penaltyauthority
- ✗No <figure>/<figcaption> — wrap images with descriptive captions for AIformat
Passed Checks (38)
- ✓Definition-style content found — featured snippet candidateoverview
- ✓Content freshness signals detectedoverview
- ✓Comprehensive content (1675 words, 8 sections)overview
- ✓2-level heading hierarchy — deep content structureoverview
- ✓Source citations found — increases AI trustauthority
- ✓3/5 trust signals foundauthority
- ✓Brand identity consistent (OG + Schema)authority
- ✓Original research/data signals foundauthority
- ✓Expert quotes or testimonials found — authority signalauthority
- ✓Case study or examples found — AI values concrete examplesauthority
- ✓7 industry terms used — domain expertise signalauthority
- ✓1 links to authoritative sources — boosts credibilityauthority
- ✓19 unique external domains — diverse sourcesauthority
- ✓Comparison content detected — AI loves comparingformat
- ✓Data visualization elements found (tables/charts)format
- ✓Actionable advice found — AI prefers practical contentformat
- ✓Conclusion/recommendation found — helps AI provide answersformat
- ✓1 entity types in Schema — AI can classify contentsemantic
- ✓6 data points with units — highly citablesemantic
- ✓100% title keywords in first 200 words — good prominencesemantic
- ✓55 contextual links — good cross-referencingsemantic
- ✓Content categorization found — clear topic classificationsemantic
- ✓5 sections have subtopics (H3) — deep coveragesemantic
- ✓Mobile-friendly (viewport set)technical
- ✓HTTPS secure — trusted by AI systemstechnical
- ✓Open Graph fully configured (title, description, image)technical
- ✓Canonical URL set — prevents AI from citing duplicatestechnical
- ✓Page allows AI indexing (no noindex/nosnippet)technical
- ✓HTML lang="en" set (add og:locale for completeness)technical
- ✓2 ARIA landmarks found — good accessibility for AItechnical
- ✓All image ALT texts are descriptive (>5 chars)format
- ✓1675 words — sufficient depth for AI analysisoverview
- ✓Definition + list combo — strong featured snippet candidateoverview
- ✓6 data points found — statistics boost AI visibility by 30-40%authority
- ✓No snippet restrictions — AI can freely extract content (good)technical
- ✓3/6 question types (5W1H) in headings — comprehensiveoverview
- ✓Link anchor texts are descriptive — good AI context signalsemantic
- ✓6 authoritative sameAs links (Wikipedia, LinkedIn, etc.) — strong Knowledge Graph signalauthority
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