- Mar 30, 2018
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Ahrefs anyday
The only important thing is, that u get traffic. Traffic that cares for your content. If you got real traffic then google will love you. Backlinks are just an option to get a reference if your site is ok, or a reference for potential traffic. But i use ahrefs as indication, if a site could be good as well. As you said not a single site that got real traffic would try to get shit links to boost their seo.According to the interviews, I've listened. All these metrics mean nothing. Only one thing really matters. This is the quality of backlinks. Where they are inserted (main page, article, footer). How many times people click on it and how much authority websites links to you.
I would never judge the performance of a website based on Ahrefs rating. But it's a good indicator on the link profile, especially if you are doing bulk work.
For example, if a website has 2 DR - then it's most likely not worth my time. If it has DR 60, then it's worth looking in to. I will then check if it's spammed to death or actually have valuable links pointing to it.
I believe it's a fairly good filter and indicator. Nothing more, nothing less. I would never say a domain is strong/weak just because it has this or that DR. It's just one of many variables to judge a domain's value.
And damn, you made me feel bad now. I apologize that I sounded snide. I was hungry when I wrote the post.![]()
I would go for AHREF if domain metrics concerned