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Overview

The Domain Organic Competitors block returns the domains that compete with your target in organic search, using Ahrefs. Each competitor includes shared keyword count, traffic, and Domain Rating. Use it to map your competitive landscape and find sites worth analyzing further.

Configuration

Target Domain (Required)

The domain to analyze. Example:
You can reference placeholders from previous steps: {{step_1.output}}

Mode

How the target is matched. Default: Subdomains Options:

Country

The country database used for the analysis. Default: us Common values: us, uk, ca, de, fr, es, it, br, au, in, jp. The Country dropdown lists 250 country options.

Limit

The maximum number of competitors to return. Default: 10 Range: 1–1000 Example: 25

Output Format

Controls how the block returns data to the next step. Default: Text (Human Readable) Options:

Error Handling

Define what happens if the block fails to retrieve data. Options:
  1. Terminate Workflow: Stop execution immediately.
  2. Continue Execution: Proceed to the next step despite the error.

Output Data

With JSON (Raw) output, the block returns a list of competitor objects with these fields.

competitor_domain

The competing domain. Example: "salesforce.com"

keywords_common

The number of keywords both domains rank for. Example: 4200

share

The competitor’s share of overlapping keywords. Example: 0.18

traffic

The competitor’s estimated monthly organic traffic. Example: 980000

value

The estimated traffic value, in USD. Example: 1450000

domain_rating

The competitor’s Domain Rating from 0–100. Example: 91 With Text (Human Readable) output, the block returns the same data as readable markdown text instead of JSON.

Sample Output


Best Practices

  • Use Domain mode for a clean, site-level competitor list.
  • Sort or filter by keywords_common to find your closest rivals.
  • Feed each competitor_domain into URL Organic Keywords to study their keywords.
  • Use JSON output when later steps loop over competitors.
  • Save results to a sheet to track competitors over time.

Common Use Cases


What’s Next