B
Evidence Grade B
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150
150 -- referring domains count for Ahrefs article (cited as outranked despite higher linking-domain count) (2026)
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Value
150
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
90
Citation Chain
90
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Ahrefs
Primary
Tier A
https://ahrefs.com/academy/marketing-ahrefs/lesson-6 ↗
Source Article
Lesson 6: Planning Your Ranking Strategy
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Ahrefs
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Methodology
Cited as an exception example where a page with 150 linking domains is outranked by a page with 80; from an Ahrefs Academy lesson with undated SERP screenshot.
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Segmentation
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Ahrefs article (cited as outranked despite higher linking-domain count): 150 referring domains count. Source: Ahrefs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ahrefs-article-referring-domains-serp-example
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