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Checking Keyword Competition

by SEOGhost
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I read a post on here months ago where the person posting or a person replying to the post said that they had a great method for checking the competition level for a keyword using Google. I am trying to remember exactly how they said they did it but, I can't remember exactly what they said they did. Something along the lines of typing the keyword in quotes and then next to that, typing in:url in:title and one more in: but I can't remember what they said they typed for the last "in:". Does anyone here know the post I am talking about or the method that this person was explaining to find out which websites were truly utilizing on-page seo methods for ranking a certain keyword? They said that after typing these three things into Google, if the results returned were less than 100,000, that there was a high chance of being able to rank on the first page for that keyword. Anyone know what I am talking about?
#checking #competition #keyword
  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    I know what you are talking about, but that is a HORRIBLE way to check competition. The number of results has nothing to do with how difficult or easy the competition is.
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    • Profile picture of the author SEOGhost
      Yeah, I guess. Do you know what the third "in: " would be?
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by SEOGhost View Post

        Yeah, I guess. Do you know what the third "in: " would be?
        Lol. Pick whatever "in:" you want. They are all a total waste of time.
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        • Profile picture of the author SEOGhost
          In that case, I choose "in:Mike Friedman".
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          • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
            Originally Posted by SEOGhost View Post

            In that case, I choose "in:Mike Friedman".
            That search would be just as useful as any other "in:" search in determining your competition.

            Every keyword has the exact same number of competitors. Don't waste time worrying about 99.9999% of the sites in the SERP. Your competition is the top 5. Really the top 3. That's it.

            If you cannot outrank those, you are screwed anyhow.
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        • Profile picture of the author SEOGhost
          Kavyaanjali, nobody here is talking about keyword density. We are discussing keyword competition research, which is studying how many websites are ranking high on the search engines for a certain keyword or search phrase and how easy or difficult it would be to outrank those websites for that keyword or search phrase, based on the keyword research. For God's sake, Kavyaanjali. Please! Get with the program! Thank you. Come again.
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