5 resources from Ahrefs we point founders to, and the questions each answers.
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Why we picked it
Ahrefs' official, regularly-updated SEO fundamentals guide, a canonical primary source, not blogspam, covering the five things that actually matter.
Why we picked it
The definitive beginner walkthrough of finding and prioritising keywords, from the tool most SEOs actually use, authoritative and practical.
Why we picked it
Most founders frame this as blog for SEO versus video for reach, and this Ahrefs piece dismantles that split: video shows up inside Google's results, so a YouTube video can be a search asset too. It walks through how to earn those video placements and pull traffic back to your site. Read it to stop treating video and search as separate bets.
Why we picked it
This is the honest starting point when you have zero links and nobody knows you yet. Tim Soulo walks through a phased approach: grab the easy foundational links (social profiles, directories), then build something genuinely worth linking to, then earn links through real relationships rather than cold begging. It is blunt that if your page is not useful, no tactic will save it, which is exactly the reality check a first-time founder needs.
Why we picked it
On day one you do not need a growth strategy, you need to not miss anything basic, and this checklist is built exactly for that. It splits the work into one-time setup (Search Console, HTTPS, indexability) and per-page tasks (title tag, meta description, headings, internal links), so you can literally tick your new product page against it. Treat it as a starting point: skip the advanced link-building rows for now and just get the foundations right.
