Checking for Competition in First Pages

SakeSushi · 10-28-2009, 11:40 AM

Hi experts,

Need your assistance again.

while checking for top 10 competitions, what do you usually look out for.

Usually i look out for PRs page, and the rate of getting #1 is pretty random.

One friend of mine mentioned
- PR of page
- Yahoo links to single page
- Total backlines to sites
- broad searches

He checked all the above using broad searches and has decent success.

How about you all? Phrases searches or broad searches to check the above?

SakeSushi · 10-30-2009, 01:46 PM

anyone?

Bruce Hearder · 11-01-2009, 08:25 PM

These are my top 10 things I check for when looking at potential competitors, and how difficult it will be to get my site on the first page of G:

1. The bigger the number of pages listed in G when the keyword is entered in surrounded by quotes, means the hard it is gonna be to rank.

2. If there are very few pages on the first page that have the keyword as a page title, then the easier it becomes.

3. How many have the keyword as poart of their domain and path structure.

4. The number of Yahoo backlinks per listing . Don't bother using Google to determine the number of backlinks as it only gives you a random sample of the sites linking back to you.

5. Big pageranks of the sites mean harder work.

6. The age of the domains on the first page, if the sites are young (< 2 years old) then its will be easier. If they are old, then its gonna be hard

7. Number of videos that show up. If videos appear on the first page, then its much easier to get onto the front page than if there are no videos present

8. Do any article directories appear on the front page for that term. If so, then its easy to get ranked

9. Is the front page dominated by .GOV sites or Wikipedia listings. If so, then its gonna be hard to get onto the front page

10.Check how many Web2.0 listings appear on the front page. The more there are, the easier its is to rank for.

I hope this helps

Bruce

KevinA · 11-01-2009, 08:38 PM

The top 3 things I look out for are:

- Number of backlinks to the actual pages (not domain).
- Are keywords in the url / title tag / meta tags? ie. are they on-page optimized?
- Stay clear of key phrases dominated by ebay, wikipaedia, amazon or other extremely high authority sites

10-30-2009, 01:46 PM	#2
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Bruce Hearder Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Australia. Posts: 717 Thanks: 4 Thanked 182 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Checking for Competition in First Pages These are my top 10 things I check for when looking at potential competitors, and how difficult it will be to get my site on the first page of G: 1. The bigger the number of pages listed in G when the keyword is entered in surrounded by quotes, means the hard it is gonna be to rank. 2. If there are very few pages on the first page that have the keyword as a page title, then the easier it becomes. 3. How many have the keyword as poart of their domain and path structure. 4. The number of Yahoo backlinks per listing . Don't bother using Google to determine the number of backlinks as it only gives you a random sample of the sites linking back to you. 5. Big pageranks of the sites mean harder work. 6. The age of the domains on the first page, if the sites are young (< 2 years old) then its will be easier. If they are old, then its gonna be hard 7. Number of videos that show up. If videos appear on the first page, then its much easier to get onto the front page than if there are no videos present 8. Do any article directories appear on the front page for that term. If so, then its easy to get ranked 9. Is the front page dominated by .GOV sites or Wikipedia listings. If so, then its gonna be hard to get onto the front page 10.Check how many Web2.0 listings appear on the front page. The more there are, the easier its is to rank for. I hope this helps Bruce
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KevinA HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: WarriorForum Posts: 168 Thanks: 13 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Checking for Competition in First Pages The top 3 things I look out for are: - Number of backlinks to the actual pages (not domain). - Are keywords in the url / title tag / meta tags? ie. are they on-page optimized? - Stay clear of key phrases dominated by ebay, wikipaedia, amazon or other extremely high authority sites
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10-28-2009, 11:40 AM	#1
SakeSushi Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 58 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Checking for Competition in First Pages Hi experts, Need your assistance again. while checking for top 10 competitions, what do you usually look out for. Usually i look out for PRs page, and the rate of getting #1 is pretty random. One friend of mine mentioned - PR of page - Yahoo links to single page - Total backlines to sites - broad searches He checked all the above using broad searches and has decent success. How about you all? Phrases searches or broad searches to check the above?