Louise Linehan
@Lou_Linehan
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Content Manager @BuzzSumo, reformed TOWIE addict and sour cream pringle devotee.
Brighton, England
Joined June 2009
Is AI traffic actually better? It's kind of a mixed bag in this study of ~82k websites from @Lou_Linehan
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Is AI traffic really better quality? We studied the traffic of 82,000 sites to find out.
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Learn about the Great Organic Search Traffic Decoupling and What to Do About it in today's #SEOFOMO TL;DR with special guest @jonoalderson, covering: * The Great Decoupling Explained By A Googler by @rustybrick * Google Adds AI Mode Traffic To Search Console Reports by
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How do you really capture attention and build trust? Check out this tip from a content expert ๐ก Want the rest of the expert playbook? Weโve got 5 more powerful tips: https://t.co/4nVNqRzEHY ๐ Thank you @Lou_Linehan at @ahrefs for sharing!
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Yep, I have seen this too. AIOs surged with the March 2025 core update -> AI Overviews Have Doubled (25M AIOs Analyzed) "The total number of AI Overviews grew by 116% between March 12th (pre-update) and May 6th, according to our database." And: "Reddit now appears in 5.5% of
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AI Makes Up 0.1% of Traffic, but Clicks Arenโt Everything ๐ค๐ Insights from a study by @ahrefs / @Lou_Linehan / Xibeijia Guan * AI receives roughly the same amount of traffic as Reddit * Perplexity has overtaken Gemini as a referrer * Best-of content, product pages, and
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love this new research from .@Lou_Linehan. check it out if you want to understand AI Overviews better: ~ median keyword difficulty/search volume/traffic potential for AIO/non-AIO SERPs ~ co-occurrence with other SERP features ~ desktop/mobile traffic split ~ dominant intent and
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I analyzed 300K keywords to understand what triggers AI Overviews. The results were predictable in some ways and wholly surprising in others.
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The 213th Digital Surfer newsletter was just sent with the most important news and resources you need from this past week! ๐ Great posts and shares this week from: @dannyashton
@emroth08
@ichbinGisele
@KelseyLibert
@Lou_Linehan
@Okayy_Dan
@VincetheNero And the creators who
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An insightful AI Overviews analysis from 300K keywords SERPs ๐ by @Lou_Linehan ๐ * AIO keyword Traffic Potential (TP) is 8x smaller than non-AIO SERPs. * AIO keywords are long-tail, with a phrase length of 4 words vs. 2 words in non-AIO SERPs. * Informational intent keywords
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My toxic trait is adding interesting looking articles to a "To read" tab group, hiding the tab group when I don't have time to read them, then starting another "To read" tab group
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Now in @ahrefs, if you look at an individual page, you can enable "Content changes" to see when the page content was changed and how the changes impacted traffic.
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The sites where people spend time are not the places that send traffic. Please don't confuse "sent visits according to our analytics" with "has value as a marketing channel."
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We already do internal linking well on the @ahrefs blog, but adding a related posts section seems to have helped. I believe it's because many of the related links are pieces of content that we wouldnโt naturally link to from within the blog content. https://t.co/dG09eWU0kB
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In December 2022, we added an "related posts" section to the Ahrefs blog. Here's what happened.
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Content Request ๐ I'm writing an article on PR media lists & I'd love to see your visual/template examples + any comments you have on the criteria you usually include, how you prioritize contacts & any interesting formats DM me if happy to share โ I will ofc reference you! :]
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@Lou_Linehan says many PR problems can be avoided with a bit of groundwork at the pre-pitch stage. She shares her strategies and tips from PR experts. https://t.co/p92plQLIRV
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Here's a super quick but insanely valuable #PRtip anyone looking for easy PR wins should know: When attempting Reactive PR using expert commentary, have a quick look on @AlsoAsked from @thetafferboy before you go to press. It updates super fast and can help you provide
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This fucking rules
Before I forgetโฆ #DavidBeckham and I filmed a little something for the Hockey Bowl. We canโt wait for you to see it!! Oh, and Jessica Aniston is going to be in it too!! Kisses xx #JenniferAniston @UberEats #ad
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You may have 99 problems, but a pitch shouldn't be one. @Lou_Linehan presents the most common PR problems when pitching and strategies to avoid them. https://t.co/p92plQLIRV
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@Lou_Linehan says many PR problems can be avoided with a bit of groundwork at the pre-pitch stage. She shares her strategies and tips from PR experts. https://t.co/TXctZz9thd
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You may have 99 problems, but a pitch shouldn't be one. @Lou_Linehan presents the most common PR problems when pitching and strategies to avoid them. https://t.co/TXctZz9thd
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