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ChatGPT alone won‘t cut it. See how to use AI tools for competitor analysis the right way, with Semrush MCP and a step-by-step workflow.
Aug 31, 09:42 UTC
Semrush Blog · external article, opens the publisher's site
Analysis
Author bios, schema markup, word count: all noise . Only freshness predicted top-three rankings.
Aug 31, 09:10 UTC
Growth Memo (Kevin Indig) · external article, opens the publisher's site
Analysis
Score how replaceable your content is
Aug 27, 17:55 UTC
Growth Memo (Kevin Indig) · external article, opens the publisher's site
Research
The most prominent domain was Reddit.com, which showed up in 87.8% of SERPs (83.9% worldwide), with an average of 1.29 link appearances. Along with Ahrefs’ data scientist Xibeijia Guan, I set out to uncover how…
Aug 27, 13:49 UTC
Ahrefs Blog · external article, opens the publisher's site
Analysis
What 5.32 million search results reveal about Google's actual stance on "best of" content.
Aug 24, 19:18 UTC
Growth Memo (Kevin Indig) · external article, opens the publisher's site
Analysis
ZipRecruiter gives back July spike, YouTube slides 6th straight week, dictionaries surge, NYC.gov and StreetEasy crash, TheKitchn hits all-time high, Amazon climbs, Reddit stands still
Aug 20, 15:21 UTC
Growth Memo (Kevin Indig) · external article, opens the publisher's site