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Competition Research

by etidd
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Hello all, I have picked out some good potential domain names containing the keywords that I want. I am trying to research the competition in these keywords to determine if they will be a hard page to outrank. Thanks for your help and guidance. I am trying to look at page rank and external links using SEOBook toolbar for Firefox.
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  • Profile picture of the author glock67
    use the google keyword tool to find out how much competition you will have
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  • Profile picture of the author etidd
    Already did that. I need to research my competition further.
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  • Profile picture of the author outwest
    Google kw tool does not give competition, it only gives a very basic unreliable rating

    You must use Market samurai and tools like it, in order to test top 10 competition backlink factors etc etc etc go to youtube and enter "Market Samurai SEO competition" and watch those videos, they will teach you how to use MS
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  • Profile picture of the author TBInternetMarketing
    You want to mainly focus on how many backlinks they have, and more importantly what kind of backlinks they have. In the backlink game, quality always beats quantity.
    I.e. I would rather have 50 PR 3 backlinks than 1,000 PR0 backlinks.
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    • Profile picture of the author outwest
      Originally Posted by TBInternetMarketing View Post

      You want to mainly focus on how many backlinks they have, and more importantly what kind of backlinks they have. In the backlink game, quality always beats quantity.
      I.e. I would rather have 50 PR 3 backlinks than 1,000 PR0 backlinks.

      not quite
      how many backlinks?
      try how many backlinks the sites have for your kw (targeting that kw in their anchor text)
      In other words How many of the backlinks on the site are Targeting your Kw

      If I am targeting
      Blue Cars

      and the top site on Google has 12,000 backlinks
      How many of those backlinks have anchor text of Blue Cars?
      or Blue Cars..Something?

      Next?
      What is the PR of those Backlinks?

      If there is 10,000 backlinks for Sugar Donuts, and I am targeting Blue Cars, Those are not relevant to me
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  • Profile picture of the author danlew
    I suggest you should try SEO Spyglass to check your competitor's keywords. It's worth a try.
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  • Profile picture of the author etidd
    Hello all, thank you for your posts. I have determined that I definitely need at the very least a reliable backlink checker. The one here: Backlinks Checker Tool - Backlink Watch is terrible. The problem is: I'm broke. I have basically no money to put toward a pricy SEO tool license. If you know one that has a trial period that I can use for the time being, that's the one I'll be stuck with for now. I'll check the ones that have been posted thus far.
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