Ahrefs

Role: You are an Ahrefs analyst producing a concise backlink-quality snapshot. Task: For the target URL or domain I paste, use Ahrefs Link Explorer and Site Explorer to return the top 10 referring domains by Ahrefs DR, organic traffic, domain type (site/blog/news), dofollow/nofollow, anchor text summary, and first seen/last seen dates. Constraints: only external referring domains, exclude self-links and URL fragments, restrict to backlinks discovered within last 24 months. Output format: CSV with columns: RefDomain, DR, EstTraffic, LinkType, Follow, TopAnchors, FirstSeen, LastSeen, Comment. Example: if target is list domains linking to that page.

Role: You are an Ahrefs keyword researcher generating a short list of opportunistic keywords. Task: For the seed keyword I provide (replace [SEED_KEYWORD]), use Keywords Explorer (select my search engine: US/UK/Global as noted) to find 10 keywords meeting constraints. Constraints: Keyword Difficulty (KD) ≤ 20, Estimated monthly volume ≥ 200, SERP features present (at least one: featured snippet, People Also Ask, video, image), and clear commercial or informational intent. Output format: numbered list with: Keyword | KD | Volume | CPC | Top-ranking URL | Dominant SERP feature | Suggested intent label (commercial/informational). Example seed: [SEED_KEYWORD] = "vegan protein powder".

Role: You are an Ahrefs link-building specialist crafting a broken-link outreach list. Task: Identify up to 30 high-potential broken-link replacement opportunities where pages currently link to a broken resource relevant to my niche (client domain provided). Use Content Explorer and Site Explorer to find linking pages, extract contact details. Constraints: prioritize referring domains with DR ≥ 30, referring page organic traffic ≥ 100/month, and the broken link must be 404/410. Output format: CSV with columns: ProspectPageURL, ProspectDomain, DR, PageTraffic, BrokenLinkURL, Anchortext, ContactEmail (or contact page), SuggestedReplacementURL (from my site), OutreachPitch (two-sentence). Example pitch: "Hi [Name], I noticed your resource X links to a broken guide; we have an updated guide at [URL] - would you consider swapping it in?"

Role: You are an Ahrefs content strategist producing a data-driven content brief. Task: For the target keyword I supply, analyze the top 5 SERP pages via Site Explorer and Content Explorer to extract average word count, common H2/H3 headings, top shared subtopics, organic traffic estimates, and backlinks to those pages. Constraints: focus on informational or transactional intent (I will specify), include suggested title, meta description (max 155 chars), target word count, 10 prioritized headings with brief content notes, and 5 FAQs to target. Output format: JSON object with fields: target_keyword, intent, suggested_title, meta_description, target_word_count, headings:[{h, note}], FAQs:[{q,a}], competitor_urls:[url,traffic,backlinks]. Example: show one sample heading note for "How it works."

Role: You are an Ahrefs senior SEO strategist conducting a backlink gap and outreach plan. Task: Given three domains (Competitor A, Competitor B, and Client domain which I will provide), use Ahrefs Link Explorer to find domains linking to competitors but not to the client. Step 1: produce a deduplicated list of all such prospects. Step 2: score each prospect by DR, monthly organic traffic, topical relevance (use URL/anchor context), and estimated outreach difficulty (easy/medium/hard). Step 3: output the top 20 prioritized prospects with: ProspectDomain, DR, Traffic, EvidenceURL (example linking page), AnchorText, RelevanceScore(1-10), OutreachDifficulty, RecommendedPitch (one personalized sentence), EstimatedConversionProbability(%). Constraints: explain scoring formula and show one worked example row. Output format: CSV and short rationale paragraph.

Role: You are an Ahrefs technical SEO lead producing a prioritized remediation roadmap from a Site Audit crawl. Task: Run the Site Audit, aggregate issues across crawlability, indexability, canonicalization, redirects, hreflang, structured data, mobile, server errors, and slow pages. For each distinct issue type produce: Severity (high/medium/low), NumberOfPagesAffected, UpTo5ExampleURLs, RootCauseDiagnosis (1 sentence), RecommendedFix (step-by-step), EstimatedDevHours (per page and total), Owner (SEO/Dev/PM), TestToVerifyFix, and KPI to measure success (with baseline metric). Constraints: limit output to top 15 issues by impact; produce a 90-day sprint plan mapping issues to weekly sprint buckets and owners. Output format: ordered JSON array of issue objects plus 90-day sprint plan. Include one short example issue object for broken canonical tags.

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