Ahrefs metrics and dimensions
Here are the metrics and dimensions available when you build Ahrefs widgets in DashThis.
Metrics
| Metrics | Description | Calculations (if applicable) |
| AI Citations | How many times AI answers (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok) link to your website, counted by Ahrefs on the last day of the period. | |
| AI Cited Pages | How many different pages of your website AI answers link to, counted by Ahrefs on the last day of the period. A page cited by several AI platforms counts once, so this metric can't be broken down by AI Platform. | |
| Backlinks | The number of external backlinks found that are using the anchor text. | |
| Domain Rating | Domain Rating of the target domain. | |
| Organic Keywords | The total number of keywords that your target ranks for in the top 100 search results. | |
| Organic Keywords (1-3) | The total number of keywords that your target ranks for in the top 3 organic search results. | |
| Organic Keywords (4-10) | The total number of keywords that your target ranks for in the top 4-10 organic search results. | |
| Organic Keywords (11-20) | The total number of keywords that your target ranks for in the top 11-20 organic search results. | |
| Organic Keywords (21-50) | The total number of keywords that your target ranks for in the top 21-50 organic search results. | |
| Organic Keywords (51+) | The total number of keywords that your target ranks for in the top 51+ organic search results. | |
| Organic Pages | The total number of pages from a target ranking in the top 100 organic search results. | |
| Organic Traffic | The estimated number of monthly visits that your target gets from organic search. | |
| Organic Traffic Value | The estimated value of your target’s monthly organic search traffic. | |
| Paid Traffic | The estimated number of monthly visits that your target gets from paid search. | |
| Paid Traffic Cost | The estimated cost of your target’s monthly paid search traffic. | |
| Referring Domains | The referring domain contains at least one link to the target. |
Dimensions
| Dimensions | Description |
| AI Platform | The AI assistant or AI search feature whose answers link to your website, such as ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews or Perplexity. |
| Anchor Text | Anchor text is used in at least one backlink from the referring domain. |
| Domain | Source name |
| Position Distribution | The breakdown of the total number of organic keywords your target ranks for, grouped by search position ranges (e.g., 1-3, 4-10, 11-20). |
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