“Inside Ahrefs I have a filter — anything with a keyword difficulty of less than 20 and a search volume of greater than 500 is a very good combination, especially if you're a new website. You don't have a lot of domain authority, so don't go after high volume, high competition keywords. Focus on low volume, high intent, low competition.”

Filter Ahrefs to KD under 20 plus volume above 500 for early SEO wins

Aayush sets a strict Ahrefs filter — KD under 20 paired with monthly volume over 500 — to surface keywords a low-authority site can actually rank for. He buys one month of Ahrefs ($129), burns the credits researching 30-50 topics, then writes against that list for a full quarter. New domains can't out-muscle high-DR sites on head terms, but they can win the long tail.