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What do you Use to Spy on your Competitors?

by CarloD.
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Hey Warriors,

I am reading lots about spying on the competition.... what tools are people using?

Thanks

Carlo
#competitors #spy
  • Profile picture of the author Fox30
    SpyFu
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    those are a couple!
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  • Profile picture of the author johnpetrov
    spyfu.com
    compete.com
    keycompete.com
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    • Profile picture of the author TE2
      Alexa
      Quantcast
      Compete
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      • Profile picture of the author CarloD.
        Hey Guys,

        Thanks, I am familiar with those. Much Appreciated....

        I use quantcast and compete already... and am familiare with keyword spy and spyfu....the next step...

        Do you scout out offers on certain domains and see what others are promoting?

        I guess for CPA I am not following how you "spy" on the competitor... any suggestions appreciated.

        Carlo,

        ps- CPA is a new area for me, just trying to get my facts straight for when I launch my first campaign starting this week... got market research and traffic and tweaking and testing for the most part down (as in the process I will follow) just not sure about spying.

        Thanks
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        • Profile picture of the author TE2
          Originally Posted by CarloD. View Post

          I guess for CPA I am not following how you "spy" on the competitor... any suggestions appreciated.
          Here's one way to spy...

          Use compete.com to look at the CPA offers URL. Look at the bottom center of the page at "Referral Analytics". That tells you the top sites sending traffic to the offer. Go to those sites to see what ads, links, etc... are sending the traffic to the offer.

          I better get a few hits on the "Thank You" button for this share.

          Regards,

          John
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          • Profile picture of the author CarloD.
            @TE2 Gracias por favor,


            Much appreciated, I'll have to do some looking around with the tools I currently use to maximize the amount of info I can get out of them.

            Carlo
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    Spyfu everytime!
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  • Profile picture of the author trimmy
    Definitely spyfu and alexa
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  • Profile picture of the author ChrisBa
    Originally Posted by CarloD. View Post

    Hey Warriors,

    I am reading lots about spying on the competition.... what tools are people using?

    Thanks

    Carlo
    If I did this I would use spyfu
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  • Profile picture of the author andrewstevens
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    PPC webspy
    Keyword Spy
    Alexa
    quantcast
    SEO Quake Pluggin
    and good old google search helps if you know how to use it

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    For these purposes, I use spyfu and alexa tools.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenster
    Lots of good tools above.

    People in internet marketing always forget about offline though. You can sneak up to peoples windows and see exactly what they are doing if you have binoculars and keen sense of your surroundings as if you were a spy. Can't hide or fake your traffic from me now...mwahahha. Ahhh, maybe this is bad advice, I take it back!
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    I also recommend spyfu as it hasn't let me down yet
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  • Profile picture of the author vigneshrajesh
    I am using spyfu and keywordspy to do this....

    Just give a try ............
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    • Profile picture of the author CarloD.
      Thanks Everyone,

      .... I havn't been doing ppc/cpa for a while, and mainly just alot of keyword research with wordpot/google keyword tool/keyword elite 2.0

      I have already put the new tools to work...

      Market Samurai
      PPC webspy
      Keyword Spy
      Alexa
      quantcast
      SEO Quake Pluggin
      and good old google search helps if you know how to use it
      I like to think of myself as a "google search expert" heh...

      Thanks again,
      Carlo.
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    In addition to some of the technical solutions already mentioned, I use a free email account and subscribe all my competitors newsletters and also to RSS feeds if available.
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