# Changelog of Ahrefs All-in-One SEO Scraper - DR, Backlinks, Keywords (`pro100chok/ahrefs-seo-tools`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pro100chok/ahrefs-seo-tools/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/pro100chok/ahrefs-seo-tools.md

## Changelog

### 1.2.0 (2026-09-28)

#### Changed

- **The Actor is now available on paid Apify plans only.** Every Ahrefs request requires solving a paid captcha, which cannot be offered on the free plan. A run started from a free plan finishes right away with a clear message in the log and the run status, before any request is made.

### 1.1.0 (2026-07-26)

#### Fixed

- **SERP results were coming back empty.** Ahrefs changed the result-block tag from `Organic` to lowercase `organic` and started wrapping links in a tagged array, so SERP Overview, Keyword Difficulty, Keyword Metrics and Keyword Rank Checker returned an empty `serpResults` list. All four report the full top-10 again.
- **Keyword Metrics returned no values.** `searchVolume`, `trafficPotential` and `estimatedCpcUsd` are derived from the SERP block, so they were all empty for the same reason. Fixed.
- **Keyword Rank Checker lost the ranking page details.** Position was reported, but URL, title, DR, UR, traffic and keywords were empty. Fixed.
- **Outbound broken links were empty rows.** Ahrefs nests the broken links of each source page one level deeper, so every outbound row had `null` target URL, anchor and HTTP code. Each broken link is now a proper row with its source page.
- **Keyword Ideas difficulty and volume were single letters.** Labels arrived as `"H"` and `"M"` instead of `Hard` and `MoreThanHundredThousand` after Ahrefs changed the field from a list to a plain string. Both formats are handled now.
- Responses with a valid Domain Rating but `backlinks: 0` and `refdomains: 0` are now retried automatically — Ahrefs returns such half-empty answers intermittently.

#### Added

- **AI Mode Tracker** search type: brand mentions in Google AI Mode — total mentions, change this cycle, topic and domain counts, top topics, top cited domains and pages, and monthly timelines.
- **AI Overviews Tracker** search type: the same breakdown for Google AI Overviews.
- **XML Sitemap** search type: sitemap built from a real crawl — up to 1,000 URLs with last-modified dates, plus crawled and excluded totals.
- SERP features in every SERP-based report: AI Overview text with its cited sources, and People Also Ask questions (previously discarded).
- More per-result SERP data: Ahrefs Rank, HTTP code, page types, sitelinks, visual URL, and `positionWithMetrics` so you can tell which positions carry full metrics.
- Broken Links now also reports total and dofollow counts for inbound and outbound links, plus redirect chains.
- Backlinks List now reports whether each link was found in the raw HTML or only in the rendered page, plus its redirect chain.
- Keyword Ideas now reports how many ideas and questions Ahrefs has in total for the query.
- AI Visibility now includes favicon URLs for cited domains and pages.

#### Changed

- The Actor now reads the current Ahrefs client version at startup instead of relying on a pinned value, so requests keep matching the live site after Ahrefs deploys.

### 1.0.1 (2026-07-19)

- Fix Keyword Rank Checker crash when the domain does not rank in the top position (Ahrefs returns `topPosition: null`); the report now returns cleanly with an empty position instead of erroring.

### 1.0 (2026-07-07)

- Initial release: 13 Ahrefs SEO search types in one actor, covering ahrefs.com free tools and ahrefstop.com rankings.
- Website Authority and Backlinks Overview: Domain Rating, backlinks, referring domains, dofollow percentages.
- Backlinks List and Broken Links: source/target URLs, anchors, DR, titles, and HTTP codes for inbound and outbound links.
- Keyword research: Keyword Ideas across 20 search engines (including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, Google AI Mode), Keyword Difficulty, Keyword Metrics (volume, KD, CPC, traffic potential), Keyword Rank Checker, and SERP Overview.
- Traffic Overview: monthly traffic estimate, traffic value, traffic history, top pages, top keywords, and traffic by country.
- AI Visibility: total AI citations with per-model breakdown, top cited domains, pages, and topics.
- Top Websites: ahrefstop.com ranking and trending with country/category filters and pagination, plus Website Details (competitors, similarly ranked sites, keywords, backlinks).
- Direct API access with TLS fingerprinting (no browser), automatic captcha solving, residential proxy rotation, bulk URL processing, and auto-retry.
- Dataset output schema with per-field descriptions and Output tab views for every report type.