While Article Forge is the fastest way to produce high-quality content, a good SEO strategy starts with keyword research. With so many keyword research tools available, however, it can be overwhelming to choose the right one and know how to effectively use it to improve your website's visibility on search engine results pages.
That's why we decided to test the most useful keyword research tools and develop step-by-step workflows to guide you from keyword research to publishable content.
Ahrefs provides accurate search metrics such as keyword difficulty and search volume due to its large database. It also generates unique long-tail keywords, which can be great opportunities for websites to improve their rankings and increase traffic.
Ahrefs is one of the most widely-known keyword research tools available. Its range of features and tools makes it a solid option for anyone who wants to create well-optimized, helpful content that performs. However, there is no other way to say this, the Ahrefs paid plans are costly.
While you may benefit from paying for Ahrefs’ many services, we have researched and created a low-cost solution to keyword research and content production. First, we’ll take you through using the Ahrefs free keyword generator to identify relevant and "rankable" keywords. Then we’ll walk through how you can give those keywords to Article Forge to generate content automatically for you.
Contents:
- Keyword Difficulty Scoring
- Don’t Stress About Search Volume
- Step By Step Keyword Research
- Generate Content Automatically with AI
Keyword Difficulty Scoring
When asked “What is Ahrefs’ best feature?” our answer is always the Keyword Difficulty Score. The accuracy of Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty (KD) metric is simply unmatched by competitors.
So, how does Ahrefs establish which keywords are more or less challenging to rank for?
Ahrefs analyzes the top search results for a specific keyword by “referring domains”. As a result, this will help you understand the backlink profile of competitors and the domain authority attributed to websites ranking a particular keyword.
Effectively, the Ahrefs KD metric is a simplified score between 0 and 100 that considers the overall quality of existing content and the backlink profile of websites that are already ranking. Moreover, KD accurately predicts whether you will be able to “breach” your way onto the first page.
Essentially, the easiest way to take advantage of this score is to target low competition keywords (where the KD is less than 20). This way, by just creating solid content around these keywords, you are likely to rank well. In other words, you will be able to rank more efficiently in a much shorter time period!