### Operation: Competitor Spying — Lead Scraping With Ahrefs SEO depends heavily on backlinks — but how do you find the right sites to target for outreach? This episode covers Operation Competitor Spying: checking your competitors via Ahrefs (or similar software) to see which sites have granted them backlinks. **The catch:** You've got to filter the leads you find smartly to only end up with sites that will actually boost your rankings. **Related resources:** - Collab Link Building (S02E06): https://www.syedirfanajmal.com/podcast/collab-link-building-s02e06/ - Case study — NTA to $1.2M/month from organic: https://dmr.agency/case-studies/national-tyres-and-auto-care-case-study/ - Tool: ahrefs.com