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• 10 ChatGPT SEO Tools That Help You Rank Higher
  Posted on Monday December 08, 2025
  Below you’ll find 10 ChatGPT SEO tools; A collection of MCPs and custom GPTs that plug straight into your workflow, reduce the grunt work, and help you focus on making all-around better SEO decisions. Pricing: ChatGPT Plus/Team plan ($20+/mo) The…Read more › Continue Reading »
• Do Self-Promotional “Best” Lists Boost ChatGPT Visibility? Study of 26,283 Source URLs
  Posted on Thursday December 04, 2025
  Just last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that more than 800 million people use the platform each week. But what does it take to get mentioned and cited in its responses? Our latest research into top-of-the-funnel queries shows that…Read more › Continue Reading »
• Short vs. Long Content in AI Overviews: The Data Says Both Work
  Posted on Wednesday December 03, 2025
  For instance, this study of only 20 brands (narrow sample size) is proclaiming that content needs 10,000+ words to be cited by AI. I’ve also seen others insist very short content (250–500 words) is the future for visibility in AI,…Read more › Continue Reading »
• What Is an MCP Server, and Why Should Marketers Care?
  Posted on Thursday November 27, 2025
  This means you can ask: ‘Show me which blog posts lost traffic last month, what keywords they rank for in Ahrefs, and how many support tickets mentioned those topics in Intercom’—and get one consolidated answer instead of logging into three…Read more › Continue Reading »
• 13 of the Best SEO Blogs (Beyond the Usual Suspects)
  Posted on Thursday November 27, 2025
  At Ahrefs, we read and share articles all the time for marketing and SEO inspiration. In fact, SQ puts a call-out for the best SEO blogs every week, to curate the Ahrefs’ Digest. Below you’ll find our favorites–the blogs that…Read more › Continue Reading »
• Do AI Assistants Link When Mentioning Brands? For Ahrefs, Only 28% of the Time
  Posted on Wednesday November 26, 2025
  But here’s what matters more: in our case, the mentions that do include links appear on high-volume queries. This means your actual visibility—measured in impressions rather than raw citation counts—can be far higher than your link percentage suggests. In this…Read more › Continue Reading »
• How to Monitor Your YouTube Video Mentions
  Posted on Thursday November 20, 2025
  YouTube is the second-largest search engine, where users spend roughly 50 minutes daily (and growing). It’s also the 2nd most cited source by LLMs, meaning video mentions don’t just reach human audiences—they teach AI how to recommend your brand. YouTube…Read more › Continue Reading »
• The ChatGPT Traffic Playbook: How to Track, Measure, and Grow
  Posted on Tuesday November 18, 2025
  In this guide, you’ll learn what makes ChatGPT traffic unique, how to track it in your analytics, and strategies to increase both direct and indirect visits from this AI assistant. ChatGPT traffic works differently from regular search engine traffic. Knowing…Read more › Continue Reading »
• How to Compare Your AI Visibility Against Your Competitors
  Posted on Thursday November 13, 2025
  This guide shows you how to run an AI search competitor analysis that reveals: Which brands in your industry dominate AI search today Where your competitors earn visibility, but you don’t Which topics, pages, and sources drive their advantage What…Read more › Continue Reading »
• 43 B2B SEO Statistics for 2025
  Posted on Wednesday November 12, 2025
  We pulled the most recent, B2B-specific stats and organized them around the most important things in B2B SEO. Below are the stats worth citing in 2025. Organic search is still a top B2B discovery and pipeline driver. AI may have…Read more › Continue Reading »