Judging search competition

johnhoefer · 10-22-2009, 11:46 AM

I have keywords that have SEO Competition of 5,280 and 217,000 when using an exact search. When I use a broad search the SEO competition ranges from 249,000 to 5,740,000. Which is more telling of how hard it will be to rank for my terms?

Since my SEO will be targeted with anchor text and various linking strategies, will the low exact competition help me rank high in the broad searches?

evertd · 10-22-2009, 12:39 PM

Checking competition with exact search gives you an idea of the competition that targets your exact key phrase, but regular people don't search using quotes, so you also need to evaluate the broad search competition.

If you use firefox, get the seo quake plugin. Then search in google for broad match and have seo quake return for you the number of links each of the result pages have, that will give you a much better idea of what you'll need to do get on page one.

10-22-2009, 11:46 AM	#1
johnhoefer HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 197 Thanks: 71 Thanked 41 Times in 28 Posts	Judging search competition I have keywords that have SEO Competition of 5,280 and 217,000 when using an exact search. When I use a broad search the SEO competition ranges from 249,000 to 5,740,000. Which is more telling of how hard it will be to rank for my terms? Since my SEO will be targeted with anchor text and various linking strategies, will the low exact competition help me rank high in the broad searches?

10-22-2009, 12:39 PM	#2
evertd HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: , , . Posts: 172 Thanks: 10 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Judging search competition Checking competition with exact search gives you an idea of the competition that targets your exact key phrase, but regular people don't search using quotes, so you also need to evaluate the broad search competition. If you use firefox, get the seo quake plugin. Then search in google for broad match and have seo quake return for you the number of links each of the result pages have, that will give you a much better idea of what you'll need to do get on page one.
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