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15 years ago

There is one tool that does all that ... and a lot more ... Long Tail Magic (Long Tail Magic | Raakesh.com)

But it hasn't been launched yet ... Official launch date Nov 19 2008 ...

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blokh

15 years ago

Originally Posted by blokh

There is one tool that does all that ... and a lot more ... Long Tail Magic (Long Tail Magic | Raakesh.com)

But it hasn't been launched yet ... Official launch date Nov 19 2008 ...

I apologize for my post ...

I think I misunderstood what you were asking. Long Tail Magic is a tool that lets you view all the stats of the site's that you control. It tracks and lets you compare stats of all your sites in one control panel but not 3rd party sites.

Hope this did not cause any confusion here.

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sparrow

15 years ago

There is no tool out there that can monitor other peoples business like you laid out

this info is only available to sites you have control over

I created my own tracking tool to see the details I needed but without having the ability to add code to someones page, I highly doubt a tool out there can give those details

now there referral logs that are public on the web every so often I stumble upon and its interesting to see those stats but they are generalizations of what is really happening

Ed

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balsimon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by sparrow

There is no tool out there that can monitor other peoples business like you laid out

this info is only available to sites you have control over

Yeah,

I had a feeling it was going to be something like that.

So when there is a suggestion in an ebook or video
that you do some research on how much traffic
someone is *really* getting, there's no easy way
to do get real data. Would that be a correct inference?

And if the new tool mentioned above will claim to do this
I hope that there will an indication of method. Even if
it is a trade secret, there ought to be something that
indicates a logic of sorts.

And lastly - how does adding my site to directories
help for this purpose? I'm confused on this point.

Thanks much.

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Bal

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sparrow

15 years ago

I had a feeling it was going to be something like that.

So when there is a suggestion in an ebook or video
that you do some research on how much traffic
someone is *really* getting, there's no easy way
to do get real data. Would that be a correct inference?

My experience that is pretty much so

but you can do a little detective work, like looking at

compete.com
quantcast.com

to see what they have for rough figueres traffic data

just recently I was on clickbank looking at an affiliate product

so I decided to look at compete.com to see how much traffic is going to the site, and discoverd they have an estimate of 42,000 plus visits monthly so the product appears to be a mature product and appears to be something people are looking for

so even thou you can't get exact figures you can do some detective work

And if the new tool mentioned above will claim to do this
I hope that there will an indication of method. Even if
it is a trade secret, there ought to be something that
indicates a logic of sorts.

I am talking about tracking software that you install code on your pages and you monitor who comes and goes from your pages, including keywords and how they found you

with data like this you can understand your business and make decisions based on what and how people find you

And lastly - how does adding my site to directories
help for this purpose? I'm confused on this point.

I think the person who wrote this was just making a suggestion on how to get traffic nothing about knowing what others are getting for traffic

Ed

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balsimon 15 years ago

Thanks, Ed.

I'm going to have to check out compete and
quantcast.

I'm OK with detective work.

Something to outsource when I can make a
good procedure out of the effort.

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Bal
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raphy652

15 years ago

try to add your site to directories

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TimRobinson

15 years ago

I guess the best way is to simply put the sites into Compete, Alexa the Web Information Company and http://www.seodigger.com compare the results with your own site to estimate how much traffic they get and where it comes from

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balsimon

15 years ago

Originally Posted by TimRobinson

I guess the best way is to simply put the sites into Compete, Alexa the Web Information Company and SeoDigger.com compare the results with your own site to estimate how much traffic they get and where it comes from

[emphasis added]

See - this is part of what I don't understand. I took
a quick look at both Compete and Alexa. Alexa shows
what other sites people are interested in, but not
the sites from which they come, and Compete doesn't
give that information at all in the public viewing area.
Does it provide that when you use it as a paying member?

Sorry if I'm being dense here, but if I don't ask...

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UcheO

15 years ago

The site I use is GoStats.com | Web Stats Hit Counter & Free Site Traffic Analysis. I believe google analytics works well too.

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karlp295 15 years ago

Been using Google analytics for more than six months now and I'd recommend that to you, it'll do most of what you need.
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- balsimon 15 years ago
  
  Hi everyone -
  
  I appreciate all the answers. I now see
  that my original query was not sufficiently
  clear. Let me make it so now.
  
  I was asking about competitive research,
  not about tracking traffic at my own site.
  
  Alexa, Compete and Quantcast look like
  they might be at least partial solutions
  to what I'm after. Time to go play.
  
  Thank you!
  
  Regards,
  Bal
  
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