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How does the Ahrefs keyword difficulty metric compare to Semrush when you are trying to rank niche affiliate sites on zero budget

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

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How does the Ahrefs keyword difficulty metric compare to Semrush when you are trying to rank niche affiliate sites on zero budget
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty metric how calculated backlinks referring domains official documentationGoogle ↗
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Semrush Keyword Difficulty metric how calculated official documentation ranking difficulty factorsGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty metric how calculated backlinks referring domains official documentation Google ↗
Semrush Keyword Difficulty metric how calculated official documentation ranking difficulty factors Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Ahrefs Keyword Difficulty metric how calculated backlinks referring domains official documentation
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Semrush Keyword Difficulty metric how calculated official documentation ranking difficulty factors
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