How do I run a site audit in Ahrefs?
Set up the crawl
Log in and open the Site Audit tool from the left menu. Add your domain or subdomain, then choose a project name and crawl settings. Ahrefs limits how many pages a crawl covers depending on your plan, so pick a scope that fits your subscription.
Connect Google Search Console or other data sources if you want extra detail. Make sure the crawler can reach your site, and let the crawl finish before judging results, since the report changes as pages are checked.
- Add the full domain you want audited
- Check your plan's page limit
- Choose which subdomains to include
- Start the crawl and wait for it to finish
Read the results
The overview groups problems into errors, warnings and notices. Start with errors such as broken pages, redirect chains and missing titles, since they often affect how search engines read your site. Warnings and notices can wait until the bigger issues are fixed.
Click into each issue to see the affected URLs. Export the list if you want to hand fixes to a developer or track progress over time. Run the audit again after major changes to confirm the fixes worked.
- Fix errors before warnings
- Export affected URLs for your team
- Re-crawl after major changes
- Track issue counts over time
Common mistakes
- Judging the site before the crawl finishes.
- Fixing low-priority notices while broken pages stay in place.
- Ignoring the page limit and assuming the audit covered the whole site.
