Competiton Analysis - Keyword Specific Links

ed22 · 03-19-2011, 09:07 PM

Here's an observation, and I'd be really interested in the SEO guys views on it...

Say you're looking to compete for a keyword e.g. Horse Training.

When you look up the competition in say Market Samurai or YSE for the top10 in Google for Horse Training, you may get the no1 site being;

Moosa Stables 10,000 links

Now - only those links that are specific to that keyword (ie have the term Horse Training in them) are going to be relevant for the competition. If that site is say a general stable, only say 5% might have that keyword in the anchor text.

So........

This link quality notwithstanding, this explains why sometimes you will get a site with 100 links beating one with 10,000.

How do the SEOers here reconcile this with deciding how hard it will be to rank for a given keyword?

03-19-2011, 09:07 PM	#1
ed22 Blistering Barnacles. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Cardiff, UK Posts: 75 Thanks: 32 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Competiton Analysis - Keyword Specific Links - Critical to SEO success! Here's an observation, and I'd be really interested in the SEO guys views on it... Say you're looking to compete for a keyword e.g. Horse Training. When you look up the competition in say Market Samurai or YSE for the top10 in Google for Horse Training, you may get the no1 site being; Moosa Stables 10,000 links Now - only those links that are specific to that keyword (ie have the term Horse Training in them) are going to be relevant for the competition. If that site is say a general stable, only say 5% might have that keyword in the anchor text. So........ This link quality notwithstanding, this explains why sometimes you will get a site with 100 links beating one with 10,000. How do the SEOers here reconcile this with deciding how hard it will be to rank for a given keyword?
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