Keyword Competition: What do you do?

Writingman1421 · 07-29-2009, 11:17 PM

I was just doing some quick keyword research and finding out which keywords I should use and I came across a new method of measuring keyword competition......

My Original Method:
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Searched with quotes "phrase here" and I got a lot of pages that I thought were actually competing for the keyword. They have the keyword on the page, sure....but they're not really targeting it as I would be. This is what I've been doing for awhile, until about 10 minutes ago...

pitbull dog training without quotes..... 1,100,000
pitbull dog training with quotes.... 6,320

New Method:
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I tried this approach in google -- allintitle:"phrase here" -- and I get my actual competition, the guys who are trying to get the top ranking for the keyword.

pitbull dog training with quotes... 6,320
allintitle:"pitbull dog training" .... 857

From what I can see, the new method is FAR more accurate in terms of measuring actual competition.

The problem though is that people don't search with quotes nor do they search with the "allintitle" method.... This then raises the question: what should I base my "keyword" decisions on.... the "quotes" method? or the allintitle:"keyword" method?

I'm not looking for anyone to "tell me what to do", per say, I'd just like to know how you experts measure the competition of keywords.

Thanks,

-Sean

P.S. I hate when I try to do something simple, like keyword competition research, and it turns into something complicated.

Writingman1421 · 07-30-2009, 02:45 AM

no one....ahh man...don't tell me im the only one with this problem...

Mark Brian · 07-30-2009, 03:25 AM

Both of those are "okay" for initial competition research.

For thorough competition analysis, you should check out who is currently number one, check the number of their backlinks, check whether the site is an authority, check what's the pagerank, etc. Those are the things you should consider if you really want to outrank someone's position in the SERPs.

andrewaff · 07-30-2009, 07:46 AM

allintitle works but allinanchor works better for me.

Try this

07-29-2009, 11:17 PM	#1
Writingman1421 The Warrior Master! War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tennessee, USA. Posts: 833 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Keyword Competition: What do you do? I was just doing some quick keyword research and finding out which keywords I should use and I came across a new method of measuring keyword competition...... My Original Method: -------------------- Searched with quotes "phrase here" and I got a lot of pages that I thought were actually competing for the keyword. They have the keyword on the page, sure....but they're not really targeting it as I would be. This is what I've been doing for awhile, until about 10 minutes ago... pitbull dog training without quotes..... 1,100,000 pitbull dog training with quotes.... 6,320 New Method: --------------- I tried this approach in google -- allintitle:"phrase here" -- and I get my actual competition, the guys who are trying to get the top ranking for the keyword. pitbull dog training with quotes... 6,320 allintitle:"pitbull dog training" .... 857 From what I can see, the new method is FAR more accurate in terms of measuring actual competition. The problem though is that people don't search with quotes nor do they search with the "allintitle" method.... This then raises the question: what should I base my "keyword" decisions on.... the "quotes" method? or the allintitle:"keyword" method? I'm not looking for anyone to "tell me what to do", per say, I'd just like to know how you experts measure the competition of keywords. Thanks, -Sean P.S. I hate when I try to do something simple, like keyword competition research, and it turns into something complicated.
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07-30-2009, 02:45 AM	#2
Writingman1421 The Warrior Master! War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tennessee, USA. Posts: 833 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Keyword Competition: What do you do? no one....ahh man...don't tell me im the only one with this problem...
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07-30-2009, 03:25 AM	#3
Mark Brian Spartan Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: PH Posts: 903 Thanks: 122 Thanked 144 Times in 72 Posts	Re: Keyword Competition: What do you do? Both of those are "okay" for initial competition research. For thorough competition analysis, you should check out who is currently number one, check the number of their backlinks, check whether the site is an authority, check what's the pagerank, etc. Those are the things you should consider if you really want to outrank someone's position in the SERPs.

07-30-2009, 07:46 AM	#4
andrewaff Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Earth :) Posts: 54 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Contact Info	Re: Keyword Competition: What do you do? allintitle works but allinanchor works better for me. Try this
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