How to use inurl: and In URL dropdown or both in Content Explorer

Discover some tips on using the mentioned features to get more precise results in Content Explorer and Mentions Alerts

Written by Helen
Updated over a week ago

Using inurl: or selecting the In URL dropdown in Content Explorer tool will search for a string within the URL.

Here are some examples of usage that you might find useful:

1. Show URLs with "keyword-research"

You can use inurl:keyword-research

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3Akeyword-research&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

or use inurl:(keyword-research)

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3A(keyword-research)&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

2. Show URLs containing "keyword", "research", and "tools" in any order

Key in keyword research tools and use In URL in dropdown:

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?field=url&topic=keyword%20research%20tools&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

Or use inurl:(keyword research tools)

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3A(keyword%20research%20tools)&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

3. Show URLs containing "resources" AND title and/or content having "link building"

Use "link building" inurl:resources

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=%22link%20building%22%20inurl%3Aresources&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

4. Show URLs containing "resources" AND "marketing", "ways", and "list" shown in title tag in any order

Use (marketing ways list) inurl:resources and In title selected

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?field=title&topic=(marketing%20ways%20list)%20inurl%3Aresources&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

5. Show URLs containing “ahrefs” that are not from the site ahrefs.com

Use inurl:ahrefs -site:ahrefs.com

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3Aahrefs%20-site%3Aahrefs.com&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

6. Show URLs with .ca country TLD

Use inurl:.ca/

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3A.ca%2F&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

7. Show URLs with the keywords “marketing” and “seo” in any order for the country TLD .ca

Use inurl:(.ca/ marketing seo)

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3A(.ca%2F%20marketing%20seo)&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

8. Show URLs with a date

Use inurl:2018/12

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?topic=inurl%3A2018%2F12&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&chart-range=last_30_days

Use "google" inurl:2017/08 to find Titles containing google and URLs containing 2017/08

https://ahrefs.com/content-explorer/results/all/score_desc?field=title&topic=%22google%22%20inurl%3A2017%2F08&filter-broken-pages=all&publish_type=all&published=2019-01-31T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00%2C2019-03-03T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&chart-range=last_30_days

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