Which SEO tools?

[robmiller84]

Digital ocean ip?

Does it follow robots.txt directions?
In addition to scraping the content, does it also store it in their database?

Their home page states they are the leading website crawler, which seems a bit over zealous since the domain was created year and a half ago.

Rick
Universal4

Hi Rick, its main advantage that is absolutely free, so I used it for all of my sites. Besides, there are no limitations for web pages.
Yes, it follows robots.txt
As I know, it only saves content analysis, not content itself.

[Benjamin Rojes]

I using Ahref And semrush.
Linkody is good for backlinks tracking. An amazing tool! No link will ever "get lost" from you.

[statsdrone]

We are mainly using ahrefs and screaming frog but working out some deals with a lot of different SEO tools providers. Some of that is a partnership as they want to be featured in our audits. Anything worth using we'll add to the list and there are a lot of interesting lesser known tools out there.

[Buddy M]

I was going to get Moz Pro but then I started reading in the various forums that Ahrefs is the way to go. Any thoughts on Moz Pro. They are actually a bit higher in cost.

[Buddy M]

I have a question for you all. I just started reading up on some of AHREFS articles and they seem to have a lot of information. Do you feel it's worth the cost to be a paid member as opposed as just using the free tools. I really want to improve my SEO and am willing to buy in, but only if there is a big advantage of the paid program vs what they offer for free. I would really appreciate your thoughts,
Thanks

[chaumi]

I have a question for you all. I just started reading up on some of AHREFS articles and they seem to have a lot of information. Do you feel it's worth the cost to be a paid member as opposed as just using the free tools. I really want to improve my SEO and am willing to buy in, but only if there is a big advantage of the paid program vs what they offer for free. I would really appreciate your thoughts,
Thanks

I think you're jumping ahead a bit, Buddy M. Your biggest 'problem' is the site (assuming it's the one in your signature, and I think you put it up for review a few months back, memory is hazy) needs some effort to build up its authority.

So you need more (and enhanced) content. What you have (and I just skirted 3 or 4 pages) just doesn't look deep enough

You could use ahrefs for kw research that'll give you ideas and targets, but that won't help you write (much). In theory, most of what you need to write (or expand on where you already have pages) will already be in your head....but there are other tools that will be better than ahrefs that will give you assistance, and even GSC does plenty that will help you (some of it similar to what you're going to get from ahrefs) that will be perfectly adequate while you are building further.

Even just looking at search results is a way of identifying what you need to do. You don't have to pay for that.

imho....consider ahrefs deeper once you have improved traffic and (feel) you need to be tracking keywords, monitoring what's moving up or down, looking at backlinks, etc, etc

The articles on ahrefs are free, right. But even if they weren't, you could find dozens, if not hundreds, of alternative (often free) sources of 'SEO' advice (and, if you know what to look for/believe, a significant amount of free stuff you can find is actually valuable to know).

Summary - in your shoes I'd be thinking about sitting down, mapping out what subjects/topics any punters looking for the top 5 sportsbooks might want to know, and then 1. working out if my site structure was going to allow me to cover all of that, and 2. how exactly I was going to cover that in depth/with the appropriate level of authority. You don't need paid ahrefs for any of that, although it may give better value later.

[JanKwiatkowski]

I really love Ahrefs

[northwester]

What do you guys think of Ubersuggest from Neil Patel? It's a cheaper keyword tool alternative to Ahrefs and SEMrush.

Just curious about what you guys think

[chaumi]

What do you guys think of Ubersuggest from Neil Patel? It's a cheaper keyword tool alternative to Ahrefs and SEMrush.

Just curious about what you guys think

Haven't used it extensively (although haven't used any extensively) but it seems to me to be just as good as any of the competitors from that limited usage.

I'd say for competitive analysis it will be as good as any, maybe better. Keyword research good, but instinct says the numbers may not be as accurate. Link analysis...well I suspect they all miss certain types of links and those might be different on different tools. Page/website (code/performance/build) audits, think it's very good.

The thing with Neil Patel is he's constantly pumping out practical info/suggestions on how you can use the tool to best effect. I haven't looked at ahrefs or SEMrush support guides other than cursory glances but the impression would be that there's more that could be practically used (if you felt you might need that) on Ubersuggest/via Neil P, than the others.

[Ryan Hamza]

Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, SeoSurfer in that order. With these 3 tools you have everything - on, off page, technical, content creation and optimization.
I think it's enough for 99% of the websites.

[casinomagician]

I also really love Ahrefs.

[Jorge Gordon]

Ahrefs - that's all!
I've heard many times, especially from young professionals, that Ahrefs is not the only SEO
But I will tell you that the longer a company works with data, the more information they have that needs to be structured, which means that this tool is if not the biggest amount of data, then certainly not the smallest. Their spider parsers have been around for a very long time. So has Google itself.

[JamesSWarner]

I think Majestic tool is one of the most useful for SEO specialist. I like such things about it:

1. Trust and Citation Flow indicators - helps to verify the quality of ref domain
2. Majestic Topic - useful indicator to sort out the list of ref domain by subject

What tools do you know for bulk check the subject (the topic) of sites?

[loosecanoli]

Ahrefs and SemRush. Both have expensive packages tbh. But they are helpful.
You can use the free trial though if money is the problem.

[Artem]

I don't like Ahrefs. I think there is a lot of noisy information that is confusing. I like SEMRUSH better. MOZ is the best approach to analysis - learn how it works, it's great. SEO POWER SUITE is a very strong and handy tool. Ubersuggest by neil patel is not bad. In general I try to use and test different tools all the time, competition does its job

[RTJ2CP]

I personally think Ahrefs can do everything you need if you know your goals, and understand the ins and outs of it's uses. To me it seems like a very good catch all SEO tool for helping you understand your rankings and how to improve. However, I haven't got a huge amount of experience with other tools so I'm more than happy to be corrected on this question.

[TopLiveCasinos]

Serp Robot allows users to track 10 Keywords completely free of charge.

[Grand_RexAffiliates]

Hello Andy,

Hope you are doing well.

I mean Ahrefs is definitely one of the best but it depends for what are you using the tools. Do you mainly rely on keywords analysis etc.

I think best is to try and use the Free Tools available first and then decide and also change if required

[oncasi_taku]

I was using Ahrefs.
It is not required, but I think it is more efficient to have some tools.

[Former Member 21]

Ahrefs, Semrush and MOZ are all useful tools that cover the basics pretty well. Their problem is that they're not very good at actually tracking visitors to your site, they just estimate traffic based on various indicators. That's why Google Analytics is vital, to get some actual data about the consumer journey. Also, I really enjoy screamingfrog, for an in-depth analysis of content and site structure. I also use SurferSEO for its content planning and AI writer features, though I'm not convinced yet it's the best tool for the job.