Spying on a competitor in a different way

deeznuts · 12-18-2011, 01:12 PM

I want to spy on my competitors, but not to find backlinks. I want to find out what their most visited pages are. Is that possible? I know I have to install analytics on my own website to do so, so I'm thinking it'll be hard or impossible.

But if I could find out what all my competitors' most visited pages are, I can compile a list of pages I need and work to rank those.

Mike Anthony · 12-18-2011, 01:19 PM

if they are included here you may have a shot

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zannix · 12-18-2011, 01:19 PM

That's gonna be very hard, but here's what you can do:

You can check the meta keywords for each of their pages that you're interested in. If they're doing SEO the standard way, that's probably how you're going to find out what they're targeting. Then, check their rankings for the selected keywords and compare it to the search volume of the keywords.

This should give you a basic idea of roughly how many visitors they're getting per certain page. Of course, it's only a rough estimate and you should also scan their on-page factors a little bit.

SeoSarah · 12-18-2011, 01:21 PM

If your competition is using social buttons (fb, twitter), it could give you a hint which of his pages are visited most. Pages which are often visited tend to have a lot tweets and fb shares.
If it's a blog, you can also take a look at the amount of comments the pages have. The ones with much comments could be the most visited.
But sadly, this isn't really accurate.

bigcat1967 · 12-18-2011, 03:20 PM

Quote:

You can check the meta keywords for each of their pages that you're interested in. If they're doing SEO the standard way, that's probably how you're going to find out what they're targeting. Then, check their rankings for the selected keywords and compare it to the search volume of the keywords.

This should give you a basic idea of roughly how many visitors they're getting per certain page. Of course, it's only a rough estimate and you should also scan their on-page factors a little bit.

Tough to do.

I always look at their title tags. That way I know what KWs they are going after...

deeznuts · 12-18-2011, 06:42 PM

Thanks guys. I checked out compete.com So expensive though.

I'm just interested in say, their top 20-40 most visited pages. Some of these sites are 6,000 pages long. So lots of pages. I know most of them are crap. But it'd be a long shot to guess which are their most visited pages.

C Rebecca · 12-19-2011, 05:53 AM

You can try with 'Keyword Country'... It gives you an idea of how much SEO and PPC traffic competing pages are getting. You may start with its free trial version.

razorico · 12-20-2011, 06:15 PM

Spy fu and semrush were not mentioned above, so you can try these tools to spy on.

StoneWilson · 12-21-2011, 12:35 AM

I don't think there is any tool can help you out on this one, unless the administrator added plugins like "WP-PostViews Plus" on his website.

12-18-2011, 01:12 PM	#1
deeznuts HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 116 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 30 Posts	Spying on a competitor in a different way I want to spy on my competitors, but not to find backlinks. I want to find out what their most visited pages are. Is that possible? I know I have to install analytics on my own website to do so, so I'm thinking it'll be hard or impossible. But if I could find out what all my competitors' most visited pages are, I can compile a list of pages I need and work to rank those.

12-18-2011, 01:19 PM	#2
Mike Anthony SEO D'Artagnan War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,980 Thanks: 476 Thanked 1,090 Times in 701 Posts	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way if they are included here you may have a shot Compete \| Compete
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12-18-2011, 01:19 PM	#3
zannix SEO & Article Writing Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 610 Thanks: 204 Thanked 94 Times in 60 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way That's gonna be very hard, but here's what you can do: You can check the meta keywords for each of their pages that you're interested in. If they're doing SEO the standard way, that's probably how you're going to find out what they're targeting. Then, check their rankings for the selected keywords and compare it to the search volume of the keywords. This should give you a basic idea of roughly how many visitors they're getting per certain page. Of course, it's only a rough estimate and you should also scan their on-page factors a little bit.
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12-18-2011, 01:21 PM	#4
SeoSarah Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 42 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Contact Info	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way If your competition is using social buttons (fb, twitter), it could give you a hint which of his pages are visited most. Pages which are often visited tend to have a lot tweets and fb shares. If it's a blog, you can also take a look at the amount of comments the pages have. The ones with much comments could be the most visited. But sadly, this isn't really accurate.

12-18-2011, 06:42 PM	#6
deeznuts HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 116 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way Thanks guys. I checked out compete.com So expensive though. I'm just interested in say, their top 20-40 most visited pages. Some of these sites are 6,000 pages long. So lots of pages. I know most of them are crap. But it'd be a long shot to guess which are their most visited pages.

12-19-2011, 05:53 AM	#7
C Rebecca Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 592 Thanks: 1 Thanked 29 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way You can try with 'Keyword Country'... It gives you an idea of how much SEO and PPC traffic competing pages are getting. You may start with its free trial version.
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12-20-2011, 06:15 PM	#8
razorico HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 314 Thanks: 10 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way Spy fu and semrush were not mentioned above, so you can try these tools to spy on.

12-21-2011, 12:35 AM	#9
StoneWilson Advanced Warrior Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 693 Thanks: 69 Thanked 30 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Spying on a competitor in a different way I don't think there is any tool can help you out on this one, unless the administrator added plugins like "WP-PostViews Plus" on his website.
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