On Micro Niche Finder, how does the Measure Of Backlink work

Success With Dany · 11-19-2010, 04:02 PM

For example, the keyword "tom tom gp 720" has a MOB of 10.

So I just need to get 11+ good, do follow, high PR backlinks to get on the first Google page?

It doesn't work that way, right?

colinph970 · 11-19-2010, 04:05 PM

get hold of Market Samurai.......then go to the competition module.......

Success With Dany · 11-19-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by colinph970

get hold of Market Samurai.......then go to the competition module.......

Thanks, super helpful...

DireStraits · 11-19-2010, 04:15 PM

I have no idea what the "MOB" is. Has that replaced the Micro Niche Finder "SOC" figure?

In any case, it probably doesn't work that way.

Just having a "measure of backlinks" (or a total of backlinks) isn't enough - you need to know the strength of the backlinks (i.e: the PR).

A competitor could only have 10 backlinks to their page, but if they were all PR10 (which is unlikely, but this is just an example, obviously) you'd have a hard time beating them out just by getting 11 "good backlinks", because "good" wouldn't be enough.

Always be sceptical of any of these proprietary figures that profess to calculate the strength of competition. You're safer doing the analysis yourself, by examining the data in as raw a form as possible ...

... and for me, Market Samurai is best for that, since it just lists the number of backlinks, the anchor-text, and the PR.

Remember though that none of the search engines (not even Yahoo) display all known backlinks. Yahoo displays more than Google, but none of them want to reveal everything, because if they did, people would be able to much more easily "suss out" their algorithms. By not giving you the full picture, you don't have access to all the data you'd need to be able to do that with any reasonable level of accuracy or certainty.

semeasy · 11-19-2010, 06:23 PM

MOB is the measure of back links...

It looks at the amount of back links that each site has in the top 10 and gives you an average, so you would understand approximately how difficult it would be to rank. The problem is that each link has different strength behind it. But it is a good thing to take a look at, as long as you keep it in perspective.

For instance, if the MOB was 250, you know you have some competition to deal with.

If the MOB is 10, then it should be much easier to break into the niche...

Success With Dany · 11-19-2010, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by semeasy

MOB is the measure of back links...

It looks at the amount of back links that each site has in the top 10 and gives you an average, so you would understand approximately how difficult it would be to rank. The problem is that each link has different strength behind it. But it is a good thing to take a look at, as long as you keep it in perspective.

For instance, if the MOB was 250, you know you have some competition to deal with.

If the MOB is 10, then it should be much easier to break into the niche...

How does the software choose the two websites to calculate the average, why doesn't it add all the backlinks in the top 10 and divide by 10? Why two specific yellowed websites for the average?

calfred · 11-19-2010, 11:33 PM

If they had added ALL the backlinks, that would help a lot.

But they didn't do it that way. Duh... They should have.

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Success With Dany Advanced Warrior Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 582 Thanks: 249 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts Social Networking	On Micro Niche Finder, how does the Measure Of Backlink work For example, the keyword "tom tom gp 720" has a MOB of 10. So I just need to get 11+ good, do follow, high PR backlinks to get on the first Google page? It doesn't work that way, right?

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DireStraits Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,828 Thanks: 653 Thanked 979 Times in 647 Posts	Re: On Micro Niche Finder, how does the Measure Of Backlink work I have no idea what the "MOB" is. Has that replaced the Micro Niche Finder "SOC" figure? In any case, it probably doesn't work that way. Just having a "measure of backlinks" (or a total of backlinks) isn't enough - you need to know the strength of the backlinks (i.e: the PR). A competitor could only have 10 backlinks to their page, but if they were all PR10 (which is unlikely, but this is just an example, obviously) you'd have a hard time beating them out just by getting 11 "good backlinks", because "good" wouldn't be enough. Always be sceptical of any of these proprietary figures that profess to calculate the strength of competition. You're safer doing the analysis yourself, by examining the data in as raw a form as possible ... ... and for me, Market Samurai is best for that, since it just lists the number of backlinks, the anchor-text, and the PR. Remember though that none of the search engines (not even Yahoo) display *all* known backlinks. Yahoo displays more than Google, but none of them want to reveal everything, because if they did, people would be able to much more easily "suss out" their algorithms. By not giving you the full picture, you don't have access to all the data you'd need to be able to do that with any reasonable level of accuracy or certainty.

11-19-2010, 06:23 PM	#5
semeasy Active Warrior Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 67 Thanks: 7 Thanked 19 Times in 16 Posts	Re: On Micro Niche Finder, how does the Measure Of Backlink work MOB is the measure of back links... It looks at the amount of back links that each site has in the top 10 and gives you an average, so you would understand approximately how difficult it would be to rank. The problem is that each link has different strength behind it. But it is a good thing to take a look at, as long as you keep it in perspective. For instance, if the MOB was 250, you know you have some competition to deal with. If the MOB is 10, then it should be much easier to break into the niche...

11-19-2010, 11:33 PM	#7
calfred Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Malaysia Posts: 501 Thanks: 295 Thanked 50 Times in 42 Posts Contact Info	Re: On Micro Niche Finder, how does the Measure Of Backlink work If they had added ALL the backlinks, that would help a lot. But they didn't do it that way. Duh... They should have.