Diagnose why a ranking page is decaying
This page has lost rankings: {{URL}}. Its target keyword is "{{keyword}}". Traffic went from {{before}} to {{after}} between {{dates}}. Work through the hypotheses in order of lik…
132 copies · 18 likesWORKS WITH AHREFS
Prompts for Ahrefs
Community-tested ways to get more useful results from Ahrefs.
Add a promptBuild a topical hub that actually interlinks
I want topical authority for "{{topic}}". My existing pages: {{paste list of URLs and titles}}. 1. Map the topic into its real subtopic tree, three levels deep, based on how pract…
92 copies · 17 likesCannibalisation check across a whole site section
Here are my pages in one section with their target keywords and rankings: {{paste URL, title, target keyword, position, monthly clicks}}. 1. Identify every set of pages competing …
76 copies · 18 likesAudit a page for the thing that's blocking it
Audit this page for "{{keyword}}": {{paste HTML or content plus URL}}. Don't give me a 40-item checklist. Find what's actually blocking it and rank by impact: Check: whether the …
31 copies · 18 likesAnalyse a SERP before writing the page
Target query: "{{keyword}}". Analyse the current top 10 results. For each result: URL, page type, word count estimate, what specific question it answers in the first 100 words, th…
51 copies · 15 likesCluster keywords by intent, not by string
Here is a keyword export: {{paste keyword, volume, difficulty rows}}. 1. Cluster by search intent, not by shared words. Two keywords belong together only if the same page could sa…
84 copies · 11 likesWrite the FAQ section that earns a rich result
Page: {{url and what it's for}}. Primary query: {{keyword}}. Here's what's already on the page: {{outline}}. Here are real questions from {{support tickets / search console / the P…
52 copies · 9 likesNew page or fix the old one - decide before you brief
You are an SEO lead. I want to rank for a topic and I already have pages that touch it. Decide whether to write a new page or improve an existing one. Target topic and query: {{pr…
60 copies · 9 likesOutrank a worse page that is beating you
You are an SEO who does not assume better content wins. My page loses to a thinner one. Query: {{keyword}}. My page: {{URL, title, headings, word count}}. Theirs: {{title, headings…
48 copies · 9 likesDiagnose a traffic drop that started with a Google update
You are an SEO doing incident analysis, not writing a recovery fantasy. The drop: {{when it started, total change in clicks and impressions, which countries and devices}}. Page-lev…
41 copies · 7 likesAudit a page against the intent it actually ranks for
You are an SEO editor. I will paste a page and the queries it currently gets impressions for. Produce: 1. INTENT READ — for each query, label the intent (know, do, buy, compare, l…
55 copies · 6 likesFix the pages that rank well and still get ignored
You are an SEO editor working on click-through rate, not rankings. I will paste rows of: {{query | page URL | average position | impressions | clicks | current title tag | current …
57 copies · 5 likesPrune the pages nobody reads without losing the traffic you have
You are an SEO lead running a pruning pass on a site section. I will paste a page inventory: {{for each URL - title, target query, monthly clicks and impressions last 90 days, inte…
33 copies · 5 likesDecide which pages to translate first for a new market
You are an SEO lead planning a first localisation push on a fixed budget. Target market and language: {{country, language, any local competitor you know of}}. My current pages with…
35 copies · 5 likesPlan the pages that will rank for a launch before you ship it
You are an SEO lead planning organic coverage for a launch. What we are shipping: {{feature or product, what it replaces, who it is for}}. Launch date: {{date}}. Keywords and volum…
23 copies · 5 likesTurn a Search Console export into next quarter's content plan
You are an SEO lead building a content plan from evidence I already have, not from a keyword tool's wish list. I will paste query-level rows: {{query | landing page | clicks | impr…
36 copies · 4 likesReview a freelance writer's first draft before it reaches your editor
You are a content lead doing a first-pass review on a freelance draft. The brief the writer was given: {{paste brief - target query, intent, required sections, word count}}. The dr…
18 copies · 5 likesBuild the redirect map before you relaunch a site
You are the SEO on a site migration whose job is to lose nothing. Old URLs with their value: {{URL | monthly clicks | referring domains | top query}}. New site structure: {{paste n…
35 copies · 4 likesTurn your changelog into pages that catch buying-intent search
You are a content strategist who mines shipped product for search demand everyone else ignores. The last few months of release notes or changelog entries: {{paste}}. What we sell …
14 copies · 4 likesBrief the expert who has to co-write a page you cannot fake
You are a content editor. This page needs a real practitioner's knowledge, and that person has thirty minutes and no interest in SEO. The target query and what ranks now: {{paste …
9 copies · 5 likesAudit an old blog archive against the product you sell today
You are a content lead auditing an archive written before the product changed. What we sell now, and who for: {{one paragraph, plus anything we no longer do}}. Archive export with…
20 copies · 3 likesTurn your sales objection list into pages that answer them
You are a content strategist who builds pages from what buyers actually ask, not from a keyword tool's suggestions. Below are the objections and questions our sales team hears, plu…
12 copies · 3 likesBuild the editorial calendar you can actually staff
You are a content ops lead who plans against capacity, not ambition. Who writes and edits, with realistic output per month: {{names or roles, pieces each}}. The pieces or topics o…
22 copies · 2 likesPick the ten pages worth paying a writer for
You are a content lead spending a fixed freelance budget. Below is my keyword/topic list with volume, difficulty and current ranking (if any), plus my per-page budget and what my p…
14 copies · 2 likesDecide what to do when a competitor copies your page word for word
You are an SEO lead who has just found a competitor page that lifts our copy. Below is our page (URL, publish date, target keyword, current position), their page, and the overlappi…
3 copies · 2 likesSplit a bloated page into the pages it should have been
You are my content architect. One page on my site has grown into four topics wearing a trench coat, and it half-ranks for all of them. Return exactly five sections: 1. INTENTS FO…
11 copies · 1 likeDecide what to do with pages an AI answer box now answers for you
You are a content lead whose informational pages still rank but no longer get clicked, because the answer now sits above the results. Below is my page list with impressions, clicks…
7 copies · 1 likeRun the internal linking pass on a section you already published
You are an SEO editor doing the internal linking pass that got skipped while the pages were being written. Below are the URLs in one section with titles, target keywords, and exist…
6 copies · 1 likeTake over the SEO of a site you just inherited
You are an SEO lead who has just inherited a site from someone who left. Below is what I was handed: top pages by traffic, the keywords they rank for, the last six months of clicks…
2 copiesWin back the featured snippet a competitor just took
You are an SEO editor whose page still ranks but lost the answer box to a page below it. Below is my page, the page that now holds the snippet, and the query. Work out what to chan…
2 copiesDecide which user-generated pages to let Google index
You are an SEO lead deciding what to do with a large set of user-generated or auto-created pages. Below is the page type and how it is generated, a sample of 10-20 real URLs with t…
1 copyDecide what to do with a top page about a feature you are killing
You are the SEO lead for a product that is retiring a feature. Below is the page data for the pages covering it and what replaces the feature. Decide the fate of each URL. 1. PAGE…
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