{"id":153113,"date":"2022-12-30T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=153113"},"modified":"2024-07-04T02:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T07:22:31","slug":"seo-case-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/seo-case-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"15 SEO Case Studies You Can Learn&nbsp;From"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"intro-txt\">Every now and then we publish real-world examples of how brands use SEO to dominate organic search and get more traffic to their websites.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the SEO case studies we\u2019ve published so&nbsp;far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/zapier-seo-case-study\/\">Zapier<\/a>.<\/strong> Learn how Zapier gets 1.6M monthly search visits from their&nbsp;blog.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/wise-seo-case-study\/\">Wise<\/a>.<\/strong> Learn how Wise gets 6.4M monthly search visits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/rtings-seo-case-study\/\"><strong>RTINGS.com<\/strong><\/a>. 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Learn how carwow gets 2.6M monthly search visits worth $3.5M.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/websites-that-tried-to-fool-google\/\"><strong>10 Websites That Tried to Fool Google<\/strong>.<\/a> See how and why these ten websites failed to game Google\u2019s ranking systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/viral-seo\/\"><strong>Going Viral And SEO<\/strong><\/a>. We looked at dozens of websites to see if going viral can help with&nbsp;SEO.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/healthline-seo-case-study\/\"><strong>Healthline<\/strong><\/a>. Learn our five SEO insights from analyzing one of the biggest health niche websites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/examine-seo-case-study\/\">Examine.com<\/a><\/strong>. Learn how Examine reached over 1 million monthly search visits and recovered from a core update.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/optimize360\/\">Optimize 360<\/a><\/strong>. Learn how Optimze360 3x\u2019ed their organic search traffic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/groupm\/\">GroupM<\/a><\/strong>. Learn how GroupM increased non-branded traffic by 115% for IKEA Turkey.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/suso-digital\/\">SUSO Digital<\/a><\/strong>. Learn how SUSO empowered both sales and marketing by switching to Ahrefs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/hubspot-seo-case-study\/\"><strong>HubSpot<\/strong><\/a>. See nine surprising SEO takeaways from creators of the biggest corporate blogger ever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"recommendation\"><div class=\"recommendation-title\">Got your own SEO case&nbsp;study?<\/div><div class=\"recommendation-content\">\n\n\n\n<p>Let me know. 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