- Ahrefs earns over $100 million each year without outside money or a sales team.
- It uses AI tools to meet new changes and growing needs in digital content.
Ahrefs Pte Ltd: Building a global brand through independence and content
Ahrefs was started in 2010 by Dmytro Gerasymenko, a developer from Ukraine. He built a tool to check website backlinks. In the next year, the company made more than $1 million. It grew because the product was good and users recommended it. Now it makes over $100 million each year. More than 50,000 people use it, including companies like Facebook, Netflix, and Uber. The company has never taken outside money and has no sales team.
Ahrefs is based in Singapore. It has over 160 workers from different countries. The company grows by sharing useful content. It writes blogs, makes YouTube videos, and gives free tools like Webmaster Tools and backlink checkers. These help many users learn SEO. People trust Ahrefs because it gives helpful and clear information without trying to sell too much.
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Ahrefs Pte Ltd: Staying ahead in a fast-evolving SEO landscape
The SEO software industry is growing. It may go from $85 billion in 2025 to $266 billion in 2034. More people want to show up online, and businesses want better tools. At the same time, the work is getting harder. Many people make content now. Search engines often change how they rank websites. Some websites use AI to make low-quality content, which makes it harder to stand out.
Ahrefs is adding new tools to keep up. In 2024, it made AI tools like AI Content Helper. It also made free tools for writing, rewriting, and making titles or meta tags. These help people make better content faster. The new tools use good data and AI to help users get better results. Ahrefs wants to give people what they need to do well in SEO today.
