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How To Find Expired Domains With Ahrefs

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Finding expired domains can be a goldmine for SEO professionals looking to acquire domains with existing authority and backlinks. This tutorial walks you through using Ahrefs Site Explorer to identify potential expired domains by analyzing your competitors' broken outbound links.

By following this process, you'll be able to systematically discover domains that may be available for purchase, giving you access to valuable SEO assets that could boost your website's authority and rankings.

Here's how to find expired domains with ahrefs in Ahrefs

  1. Navigate to Ahrefs Site Explorer and input your competitor's domain name.
  2. Access the Broken Links section located under Outgoing links in the left sidebar.
  3. Apply filters to display only Do-Follow broken links from the results.
  4. Download the filtered Do-Follow broken links data as a CSV file.
  5. Launch the exported CSV file using Excel or Google Sheets.
  6. Visit the Extract URL to Domain tool on Website SEO Checker to clean your URLs.
  7. Copy the broken link URLs from your spreadsheet and paste them into the extraction tool with duplicate removal and lowercase conversion enabled.
  8. Copy the cleaned domain names from the extraction tool results.
  9. Use NameBright's Bulk search feature to paste your domain list and identify which domains are expired and available.

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Do-Follow broken links indicate that the expired domain previously received link equity from other websites. These domains are more valuable for SEO purposes because they may still retain some authority and ranking power that can benefit your new website or redirect strategy.