SEO report for ahrefs.com DR 91

On October 17, 2026 the Site Spider crawled 4947 pages and 1046 assets of ahrefs.com, starting from https://ahrefs.com/. It scored 84 out of 100, a good result. 13 of 26 checks found something to fix, led by heavy assets (51), sitemap coverage (2,463), title tags (1,302); 5 checks passed. Most of the points went to heavy assets (−6), sitemap coverage (−3.1), title tags (−2.7). 8 checks found something the score does not count, listed as noted. 11 checks were not run because the crawl fetched nothing for them. The list below shows each check's result, the fix plan, when present, explains what to do first, and the security review at the end of the page covers headers, transport, libraries and exposed files.

Security review: not available for this scan.

Pages crawled

4947

Assets fetched

1046

Status

Completed

Checks with issues

13 of 26

• Title tags1,302 issues
  1302 of 3085 pages have title issues. 1658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −2.7 points
• Meta descriptions1,474 issues
  1474 of 3085 pages have meta description issues. 1658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
  −2.5 points
• Headings13 issues
  13 of 3085 pages have heading issues. 1658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Broken links20 issues
  38 internal links point at 20 broken URLs.
  −0.1 points
• Links to other sites5 issues
  5 destinations answered with an error, 77 could not be determined (timeouts, rate limits or refusals), 10707 were left unchecked by the per-scan cap, of 300 destinations checked.
• Redirects185 issues
  183 redirecting URLs, 2 of them chained.
  −0.2 points
• Non-200 responses21 issues
  204 URLs did not return a 2xx response. 204 of them are pages, 21 with an error status; the rest are assets or redirects.
• Rate limitedOK
  The site did not rate limit the crawler.
• Indexability56 issues
  56 of 4743 indexable pages have indexability warnings.
  −0.1 points
• Image alt text19,204 issues
  19204 of 63753 image references have no alt attribute. 1985 use an empty alt (decorative), which is fine.
  −1.8 points
• Heavy assets51 issues
  51 assets larger than 500 KB among 1046 fetched assets. 13 documents over that size are listed but not counted: downloads are not page weight.
  −6 points
• Orphan pages4 issues
  4 pages have no internal links pointing at them.
• Sitemap coverage2,463 issues
  8 sitemaps listing 1443 URLs: 2462 crawled pages missing, 1 listed URL broken or redirecting, 0 reachable only via the sitemap. 847 listed URLs not crawled within the 5000-page budget.
  −3.1 points
• Internal link counts424 noted
  Internal link counts for 500 pages; 424 worth a look.
• Thin content2 issues
  2 of 3085 pages have fewer than 200 words. 1658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Duplicate contentOK
  0 groups of pages with identical HTML.
• URL format1,688 noted
  1688 of 4947 page URLs are harder to read, share or cache than they need to be.
• Canonicals1,658 noted
  1658 of 4743 pages have a canonical worth checking.
• Robots directivesOK
  No page carries a robots directive; all 4743 pages are open to search engines.
• Anchor text341 noted
  341 destinations are linked without useful anchor text, or with nofollow.
• Title and heading structure2,492 noted
  2492 of 3085 pages could use the title, heading and snippet space better. 1658 noindex or canonicalized pages excluded.
• Image weight and alt length2,697 noted
  88 images over 100 KB; 2609 with alt text over 100 characters.
• Response anomalies45 noted
  45 URLs answered in a way worth looking at.
• HTML and head validationNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before this check existed. Scan the site again to run it.
• hreflangNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before this check existed. Scan the site again to run it.
• Structured dataNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before this check existed. Scan the site again to run it.
• Near duplicatesNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before this check existed. Scan the site again to run it.
• Soft 404s3 noted
  3 pages answer 200 but say they are not there.
• AccessibilityNot checked
  Not checked: the accessibility audit runs in the browser. Tick "Include JavaScript rendering checks" when you request a scan to run it.
• Link positionsNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before link positions were recorded. Scan the site again to run it.
• PaginationNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before this check existed. Scan the site again to run it.
• Headers and cookiesOK
  3 cookies set by the site; 17 response headers recorded across 5993 URLs.
• Orphans in searchNot checked
  Not checked: import a Search Console Pages export on the scan page to find pages Google shows that the site does not link to.
• Link ScoreOK
  Link Score (internal PageRank, 0-100) for 4743 pages; 4650 hold almost none (10 or less).
• JavaScript renderingNot checked
  Not checked: this scan did not render pages. Tick "Include JavaScript rendering checks" when you request a scan to compare the served HTML with what a browser builds.
• PageSpeed InsightsNot checked
  Not checked yet: PageSpeed Insights runs on the top pages once the crawl has finished.
• SpellingNot checked
  Not checked: this scan was crawled before this check existed. Scan the site again to run it.

ahrefs.com gained 3 points since the previous scan, moving from 81 to 84 out of 100. 622 findings changed. The two crawls did not cover the same ground, so part of the difference is coverage rather than change. 138 URLs the earlier crawl reached were not reached this time. Across 12 scans on record it is up 2 points overall.

• Pages: 10 new, 1 gone, 4 not re-checked
• Page status codes: 6 gone, 1 changed
• Redirects: 1 new, 6 not re-checked
• Titles: 1 changed
• Meta descriptions: 12 changed
• H1 headings: 218 changed
• Internal links to the page: 352 changed
• Crawl depth: 20 changed
• 138 URLs from the earlier crawl were not reached this time
• Crawl coverage differed between the two scans; some differences may be coverage rather than change

1. 2026-09-19 18:23:00 UTC81/1004,993 pages
2. 2026-09-22 20:26:22 UTC80/1005,000 pages
3. 2026-09-25 23:01:53 UTC80/1005,000 pages
4. 2026-09-29 01:41:45 UTC81/1004,946 pages
5. 2026-10-02 03:34:05 UTC81/1004,946 pages
6. 2026-10-05 17:58:00 UTC81/1004,947 pages
7. 2026-10-08 19:11:04 UTC81/1004,947 pages
8. 2026-10-11 20:33:49 UTC81/1004,947 pages
9. 2026-10-14 22:15:55 UTC81/1004,947 pages
10. 2026-10-17 23:51:52 UTC84/1004,947 pages

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Earlier scans of ahrefs.com

• 2026-10-14 22:15:55 UTC (2026-10-14-2215)Score 81 · 4947 pages
• 2026-10-11 20:33:49 UTC (2026-10-11-2033)Score 81 · 4947 pages
• 2026-10-08 19:11:04 UTC (2026-10-08-1911)Score 81 · 4947 pages
• 2026-10-05 17:58:00 UTC (2026-10-05-1758)Score 81 · 4947 pages
• 2026-10-02 03:34:05 UTC (2026-10-02-0334)Score 81 · 4946 pages
• 2026-09-29 01:41:45 UTC (2026-09-29-0141)Score 81 · 4946 pages
• 2026-09-25 23:01:53 UTC (2026-09-25-2301)Score 80 · 5000 pages
• 2026-09-22 20:26:22 UTC (2026-09-22-2026)Score 80 · 5000 pages
• 2026-09-19 18:23:00 UTC (2026-09-19-1823)Score 81 · 4993 pages
• 2026-09-16 13:25:43 UTC (2026-09-16-1325)Score 82 · 4993 pages
• 2026-09-13 02:38:46 UTC (2026-09-13-0238)Score 82 · 4993 pages

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DR is Ahrefs Domain Rating (0-100, backlink strength), used under its Domain Rating License.