New Keyword Tool SECockpit - What do you guys think?

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With Market Samurai experiencing a rough time lately i thought i would give SECockpit a try.
Firstly i don't like tools with a monthly fee but they have a 30 day refund period so i bit the bullet and signed up for the business-class package.

Here is a summary of my full review:
  1. The range and diversity of the keywords – You can greatly increase the number and diversity of keywords you are searching for by using the SECockpit Google Suggestions and Wonderwheel options.
  2. Competition Analysis – Most significantly, the competition analysis makes use of data supplied by SEOmoz.
    In the event that you are not familiar with SEOmoz, they crawl the internet and gather their own search data and metrics which are far more comprehensive not to mention more accurate than what Google offers.
  3. SECockpit is a web based App – Meaning the application is Operating System independent because it runs in your preferred browser.
    It also comes with the advantage that your IP address won’t receive a temporary ban from Google for performing too many requests in a short period. In addition, because the processing is carried out in the cloud, the results tend to be fast, even if you are on the economy plan.
  4. Integrated Project and Job Management – I have as yet not used the project and task abilities of SECockpit, I can see that they would be useful for some people, even though I suspect most users wouldn’t bother with it as they have their very own methods for tracking their projects.
  5. SEOmoz on it's own costs $99 per month, if you get SECockpit you pay less plus you benefit from all the SEOmoz data.
  6. Makes it easier to find keywords in niche's that are less competitive but still have good search volumes, this feature is more intuitive than MS comp module, you don't have to click keywords individually to get an overview of the competition.
I need to spend some more time using SECockpit before i decide weather i can bring myself to pay another monthly fee.
I would like to hear what other users think about SECockpit.

PS! I am still using Market Samurai, just hope Alex and crew can get it stable again.

Cheers
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  • I don't like the monthly fee but ... for my circumstances I think the software is extremely valuable, and I don't know of anything else that does what it does.

    Assessing competition on the basis of the basis of "number of competing pages" has never made sense to me so for my niche blogs I used to painstakingly check scores of keywords one by one to examine the characteristics of the top 10 ranked sites using Market Samurai's SEO module or Traffic Travis's similar (free) module. Then I sped things up with webcompanalyst which allowed me to check the characteristics of the top 10 ranked sites for a bunch of keywords at the same time, but it still could take hours for a long list and it wasn't always reliable and sometimes stopped working only part way through a list.

    By making the keyword search and the competition search simultaneous (and fast), SECockpit is saving me hours, plus it's finding me (in minutes) winning keywords I would never have found even in hours, and the improvements they say they are going to add to the "Expand" functionality makes it even more powerful.

    The way the software interprets the SEOMOZ data to come up with a simple bar graph estimate of the difficulty for getting positions 1-3, 4-7 etc is never going to be perfect but single-click access to the SEOMOZ data for the top 10 means I can make the same eyeball judgment call I used to make, but with arguably better data, and in minutes, not hours.

    Now, for someone with few web sites the monthly continuity model probably doesn't work - just get your research done and walk away for a 1-month cost. But for anyone working with multiple sites and adding new ones regularly, the non-trivial monthly premium is a pain in the wallet but might well be profit-justified. I'd rather not be paying so much but I have no doubt that I'll make a lot more money as a result of it, than I'm paying.

    One feature I'd love to see ... to be able to plug my own keywords in there and not rely on Google's.

    Another ... for the top 10, the domain's age and whether the keyword's in the url and the title, to save me a few seconds of eyeballing.

    Steve
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    • Yea not a fan of the monthly fee either to be honest. Do they offer a column to indicate the commercial intention of the keyword? I.e. is it a buying keyword or a browsing keyword.
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  • I've had a chance to play with SECockpit pre-release, and I've been *extremely* impressed.

    My business revolves around keyword research; reducing the time it takes me to find keywords and apply the -right- analysis to them is worth it's weight in gold.

    SECockpit is one of very few applications that gets my full recommendation and is promoted in the "Adsense $100k Blueprint" forum.

    Michael
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    • +1 very good stuff
    • Michael can you give a quick rundown on how and what parameters to use for Adsense KW Research with SECockpit....I have had SECockpit for quite a few months now....been with Shane a long time...
      PM if preferred
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  • Its a really cool service and has some very interesting +'s compared with MS, however the brand name just sucks BIG, if it was called something else other than Cockpit, it would sell far better! :-)
  • Thought I'd jump into the conversation. Together with Shane Melaugh (IM Impact - Shane Melaugh's Marketing Site) I'm developing SECockpit.

    @salegurus: thanks so much for your review!

    @herriott51: thanks for your motivating feedback! I've added your ideas for the "top 10 results" (age, inurl) to our development list! A Keyword Import feature is in the works & should be ready for release soon.

    @bfas: thanks too for your awesome review! looking forward to next week's webinar!

    @daddykool: thanks for your honesty :-) any suggestions for a better name? I think the biggest problem is that there's another product out there called SEO Cockpit. I called it SECockpit, because originally it was meant to become a tool for SEO and SEM Marketing. The focus has shifted to SEO now.

    Cheers Sam
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    • Hi Sam.
      I appreciate your willingness to listen to and respond to feedback ... actually, your *pursuing* the feedback.

      This is the #1 keyword tool for me at the moment, and the enhancements you're planning will extend the gap between you and the competition even farther.

      The SE Cockpit versus SEO Cockpit name issue is not good for you IMO, glad you're open to changing it, and hope you find something more suitable. During the webinar where I was introduced to this, when you gave out the name and the link, you were having to correct people messaging you with problems because they were misreading it as seocockpit, if I recall correctly.

      Cheers,

      Steve
  • SECockpit has been great to use for me, i am New to the porgram about 2 weeks and have been able to dig up some pretty cool keywords in competitive niches.

    The competition analysis is simply awesome and the ability to see the TOP ten sites and have all that data about their site gives you an excellent idea of what your up against as far as competition is concerned.

    Probably the best feature is the task List!

    Get this, once you pick your keywords and commence a project the software literally gives you a list of things to do that will increase your ranking faster. It is a complete No brainer Just log in, look at your task list for the project and complete the tasks Listed. If you've got some time SECockpit will just give you a few more things to do.

    Frankly I love the program and was sitting on the webinar just waiting for the order link. I was very surprised to get access for the price asked, It is a steal.

    If your considering this program get on it now before Sam and Shane raise the price, because beleive me this is worth a lot more than they are charging right now. Get in on the next webinar and you'll see what I mean.

    Take care all

    ODA
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  • I see that the cheaper package doesn't include the wonder wheel and google suggest keywords...is it better to just go for the bussiness class then? I would rather get the cheaper version but I'm sure I would be missing out on lots of great keywords...
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    • Maybe Sam could give a better answer...
      If cost is a factor why not try the economy plan i am sure you can upgrade.
      Yes you will get more keywords but a lot of them may not relate directly to your seed keyword plus they will have very low exact match search volume.
      But like you said you won't get the full benefit meaning you could miss a good keyword.

      Cheers
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  • Where are y'all seeing prices? Can someone help me with prices? Thanks
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    • Unfortunately, SECockpit isn't publicly available yet. However, we are currently holding several Exclusive Webinars, where we're letting in new users.

      Simply sign up on secockpit.com and you'll get an invitation.
  • Will do Sam, bit bored today so will have a play on a more appealing tool name for you, that maybe encompasses the niche for it!
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  • I have not used the product and have been on the fence. I was extremely impressed with the webinar I was invited to check out. I have been using MS for 6-8 months and have been happy with the results, but it seems as though this product will remove a bit of manual searching for those 'gem' keywords. Was hoping for a one off price. The monthly model is the only thing that has kept me from jumping in. May jump in to lock in the pre-release price even if I just stay in for a few months to analyze the value. I do a ton of deep searching for keywords, looking for decent kw with low to medium competition. This tool appears to do that well and fast.
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    • How do you lock in at the pre-release price? I haven't been able to attend a webinar because of time differences, and can't see anywhere to sign up to the tool when it's released.
  • It hard to pay monthly from something you want use on a daily basis. Keyword research and competition analysis are very important, but once its done you are finished. Unless you publish pages/sites frequently, you wouldn't use this enough to justify the monthly payment.
  • Hmm I seem to have bugs with it that in adwords it gives me no search results as soon as I put a minimum number. Also, not being able to log in an adwords account at business is quite annoying, doesn't feel like this is slower than alternatives to me even if I greatly enjoy the competition analysis. Currently I would actually use SEcockpit only to gauge the competition quickly if I could insert a large list of keywords that I gather somewhere else faster (like maybe even the normal adword tools were I could select 800 results).
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    • Just a question, comparing NF that brad callen created and this online keyword research tool, what are the major differences? hmm
    • Just a question, comparing NF that brad callen created and this online keyword research tool, what are the major differences? hmm I recently bought the NF and I use traffic travis to do some competition analysis which is pretty similar to MS in one way or another.

      I've been receiving emails from Michael as I'm also part of adsense100k members but haven't got the chance to listen to the webinar due to some time constraints that I have in the office.

      Just like to know what are the key points regarding advantages and disadvantages.
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  • Is there a trial version?
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    • I don't know about a trial version - the app hasn't been released publicly yet - but the offers available through the webinars carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.

      Michael
  • After seeing the monthly's, I hit the browser 'x' button.
  • webinars? Where? I did a search online, only thing I came up with was an opt-in page. I'm trying to find info, screenshots, price, etc...?
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    • Sorry, there is no public access to SECockpit yet. There won't be until sometime in May - maybe even later.

      You can opt in and we'll send you an invite if we do another webinar.
  • I'm using TrafficTravis, Bogan Marketing Rain Man, and several other software in my toolbox to search keyword. Well, i used to do that. I bought SeCockpit some hours ago and find it extremly useful for my searches. And all the time saved that I can spend smoking more cigarettes or something else is just brilliant.

    Ok, it wont do everything, but im not sure if im gonna bother looking for cool niches when i get the diamond function. But yes, i have found something that im not happy with, but the perfect software only exist in each users brain...
  • I'm also not keen on the monthly fee and think it's dying trend with so much new software now being developed with a once off payment.
    I also think that 30 days is not enough time to properly evaluate the product as it's not enough time to learn how to use it, implement it and evaluate the results as a niche marketer which really can only be done over a longer period such as 6 months or so in several different niches as most successful niche marketers are involved in more than one niche..

    Incidentally, if anyone has not yet seen a webinar, Daniel Tan ran one a few days ago and can be be seen below.
    http://whitesquareim.com/s/webinars/...it-daniel-tan/
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  • I have been using SEcockpit for maybe 2 months now and I only have good words for it.

    I totally agree with what others are saying about the data SEcockpit uses and how it interprets it. Here is what I want to add:

    - Great usability. The interface is very clean and intuitive.

    - You can be working with different tabs at a time. While the application is, for example analyzing the data for a specific keyword, you can switch to other tab and play around with another keyword.

    - You can organize your keywords using colored tags, what it a great visual aid and use folders to group and organize keywords.

    - It works very fast.

    Nowadays, it is my main keyword research tool and I will strongly recommend it.
  • I'd like to quickly address the issue of the monthly pricing that some have brought up.

    First of all: I understand that no one prefers monthly fees. We'd all like to get everything for a one-time fee (preferably a fee of $0, right?).

    However, it's very important to understand why there's a recurring fee for this product. We didn't just make something like MS/KE2/MNF and decide to charge monthly for it because we like money.

    What SECockpit does can not possibly be done from a desktop application. SECockpit runs off of very powerful servers and does staggering amounts of data processing on hundreds of threads, involving proxies and all sorts of technical stuff that I don't even begin to understand (Sam is the tech genius behind all of that).

    It also pulls in data from SEOmoz which is the best damn SEO data you can possibly get, gathered by their crazy server-farm where they crawl the web and do an insane amount of data-crunching and testing to emulate Google as closely as possible.

    As you can imagine, this data isn't free.

    Every search you do through SECockpit costs money. Offering this for a one-time fee is simply not possible, because we'd go out of business if we did that.

    If you are new to SEO and keyword research, then I can absolutely understand that you might not see what the fuss is about or why we would have to charge a monthly fee. But I think everyone who's used other tools extensively and has "been around the block" has seen very quickly that SECockpit is a very different beast from other keyword tools.

    And in terms of cost: If you're doing a bit of niche marketing for digital products, what does it take to cover the SECockpit fees? Two or three commissions a month? Something like that.

    Anyway, just wanted to clear up the monthly fee thing.
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    • MS does all this, too. MS also pays for Majestic, theoretically costing for every search. They've made it work quite successfully.
  • Was on the webinar, I just can't justify it's monthly recurring expense. Rather give it a miss.
    The would have been better off selling as a once of $197 product IMO.
  • Here's what seems to be missing from this thread:

    SECockpit is using different, better data, which leads to better, more accurate results. In other words, you will get more accurate actionable opportunities.

    If your goal is to find keywords from which you can make money - usually translated as more keywords that you can effectively rank for, and fewer misleading avenues - then this is the app.

    How much is that worth? If you know how to take advantage of 'good' keyword opportunities, via Adsense, affiliate marketing, etc., the question becomes, how much do you want to make? For many people, the main 'problem' is just finding reliably 'good' keywords. For some, it's the time & resources spent doing all the manual research, or time & resources wasted pursuing 'bad' opportunities.

    While there is a whole lot more to it, for me the huge advantage SECockpit has over other apps is the ability to reliably uncover 'good' keywords, an ability that just isn't available elsewhere.

    Michael
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    • What constitutes the data being better from SE Cockpit than that of MS? SEOMoz vs. Majestic SEO?
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  • opportunities come and go....

    nothing in this world is of permanent status.... things can get better or get worse..

    instead of waiting for the "what if's" to happen, why not just seize the day and make
    the most of it while they're here..

    if you come up with 2-3 profitable keywords that would make you some handsome
    profits, one that makes your one month membership a good ROI, then it won't matter if your 'what if's' did actually happen...

    you're most likely to move on and probably find another membership that offers a similar service...and who knows, even better perhaps...
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  • It's impressive software, and I've started two new projects based mostly upon the information it provided.

    One problem is that some of the best keywords are way too easy for people to find, the software is actually too good!

    For example, in one of my niches, running some of the main, broad keywords for that niche through the software will produce the same best keyword. The one in question was a buying keyword with 95% niche value (their assessment of exact match search volume in relation to competition, the higher the better).

    Hopefully I can have some success with this before all the other people in my niche that are using this software over-saturate it.

    I'm relieved that the software isn't open to everyone just yet. Following with my example, I would imagine that more than 50% of the people in my niche using the software are going to pursue this keyword, why wouldn't they? It's all so clearly laid out, and further research only seems to confirm the predictions. So that's a lot of new competition to deal with, I hope the membership isn't into the thousands yet...

    However, perhaps the real gems are the ones with high niche value that won't show up with the integrated GKT results. If you use some other research tool to find them first and then enter it as your initial search, you might be able to get the benefits of the amazing keyword research calculations without so much new competition, I've found one great keyword this way so far.
  • Dani, don't worry about that. The group of people using SECockpit is tiny. Not even a fraction of a percent of your potential competitiors, I'm sure. We're not kidding when we say it's an exclusive thing.

    Also: Keyword import function is in the works.
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    • Glad to hear about keyword import coming soon :-)

      Been using this for couple of days. I like to competition analysis speed. Hope the seomoz data is reliable.

      One major piece of functionality missing in SECockpit is Rank Tracker -- Market samurai has it. MS also uses US based built-in private proxy servers so that client's IP address does not get banned by search engines. I also noticed that MS rank tracking results provide real- US based data, which is important since doing the same search in each country yields different results.

      Any plans on adding that?
    • Once it has keyword import function this will definitely be my favorite tool and will be able to do pretty much everything I need it to do
  • Hi there,
    I've been using SECockpit (codename SWISSEO, all I ask is a full account for the price of a basic if you love that name )
    The results it gives and the way it delivers them are impressive indeed, plus the time it saves.. My suggestion is, for those in the 'monthly fee' debate how hard would it be to factor in a 'user pays' type subscription whereby we have 'credits' that we can top up as and when needed.
    While I do use the software quite a bit it would be nice to know it wasn't really costing me on the days my account sits idle...
    VideoNicheDominator is a great example of an excellent product that has a credit system you can use and top up rather than a monthly fee..
    I would gladly pay $97 up front and then say $47 every time I needed 200 credits for example...
    You guys would be able to tell if that is realistic at all of course??

    Cheers
    Andy 'Diamond Digger'
  • Shane & Sam, I just want to buy this thing and give it a run. How can I do that?
    The sales page says you can't get it, only sign up for the "next webinar," which I did, but nothing came to my email.

    I'm ready to give business class a try for at least a month or two, what do I need to do?

    Seth
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    • Shane & Sam,

      Same question for me.


  • I agree that adding the credits system is a good idea.

    I just can't justify a second month of subscription right now because I've identified two new projects, I have enough to be getting on with.

    I imagine most users will be constantly buying a month of subscription here and there, when they need some new ideas, rather than being a full time member. It does force being to keep an eye on when they made the subscription and some will be charged for a second month when they really have no use for it. They might be several days in, and this sounds like it could raise all sorts of refund dispute issues.

    I'm very happy with the results I got out of my month though, and the projects they inspired are already providing to be well worth the investment in this software.
  • May I know what do you mean by "with Market Samurai experiencing rough times lately?" I wonder what's the reason behind what is arguably the best keyword analysis tool out there that is making it fall short of expectations? Any elaboration guys would be extremely appreciated as i was planning on purchasing this software. Thank you.
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    • It has been producing the goods for me without any problems - I do always carefully consider products with one off fees and those with recurring fees.

      Market Samurai is an excellent product and the team keep up it up to date, I would not consider swapping it for a monthly fee based product.

      Grahame
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    • I can't speak for Shane, but I can point out something that may not be immediately obvious to those considering this application.

      Market Samurai, and similarly other tools such as Micro Niche Finder, will display their results with whatever base information they've gathered in order to make their initial competition calculations.

      From that list, you then have to individually pick and click on particular results in order to have the program get & generate the 'rest' of the information. Shane refers to this as the 'blind step' in his webinar.

      While this may sound trivial, the reality is is this: without seeing all that information at once and side-by-side, you are somewhat 'blind' in choosing prospects to further examine.

      You may get your list of say 100 keywords, but the 'best' ones may not yet be obvious. And because you have to take this extra step, which takes some period of time for each one once you click, you aren't likely to do this for that entire list; rather most will use their intuition to try and 'cherry pick' a few and examine further. What is the likelihood that you've picked the best ones this way? Or the likelihood that there are gems that you simply didn't further examine?

      SECockpit gathers all this information - on it's own, meaning you aren't stuck having all these additional requests being made from your IP, nor waiting on each one to finish. You can then make a much more complete and informed decision, very probably resulting in more, different, and better keywords.

      Michael
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    • The whole setup with MS is one big mess, each of their analyst programs run individually which means a lot of new programming to do when google updates. So many times, the individual processes fall out completely or just give incorrect data.


      SEcockpit has a fall back system so that you are never without data and they update professionaly in warp speed, so much so that most times you don't even know its been done.

      It is worth the price even if you only use it for two months, the amount of keywords you can draw are phenomonal, enough to get many many profitable niche sites setup

      TW
  • I've been using it for a few weeks now. Perhaps i'm not using it right or dont understand it but i have a few problems with it:

    1. The "niche value" indicator is a bit simplistic. Following it's logic the keyword with the highest niche value should be the best keyword for me to get into. But in reality most of those keywords with the highest niche value are way too difficult for anyone starting a site from scratch to have a chance of ranking on.

    2. Im not a fan of splitting up the competition values for 1-3rd place, 4-7th and so in. I understand there is a reason for that, but for me it just complicates things. so i found that ijust ended up looking at the colum for 1st-3rd place and ignored the rest.

    3. I havent found many good keywords off wonderwheel. The higher i set the value to, the more unrelated the keywords seem. This could just be becasue of the type of keywords i look for perhaps.

    4. The export to .csv function is dodgy. Again, might just be my luck, but when i save it, on a file, which is really vital i think, it does not save in the same order as i have things up on my screen. In fact i cant determine what order it's in.

    I did some experimenting starting with the same seed keyword, then doing kw research with MS and even a free online tool i used years ago. I found that after going through these two softwares, then performing the same searches in secockpit, i only ever got a few extra keywords worth pursuing here and there.
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    • TW
    • 1. Niche Value
      There seems to be some confusion about the niche value and we are looking into making this simpler.
      I guess many are used to keyword tools that offer overly simplistic solutions and simply give you a "go" or "don't go" for keywords. SECockpit does not work like that.
      The niche value is simple SEARCH VOLUME divided by COMPETITION.
      It's a relative value. High search and medium competition means high niche value. Medium search volume and low competition also means high niche value. Very high search volume and high competition also means high niche value.
      High competition and low search volume means low niche value. Very low search volume means low niche value, no matter what the competition level.

      The niche value doesn't tell you whether a keyword is absolutely competitive or not, it only tells you whether the search volume is high in relation to how much work it will take to get a site ranked.

      There are two reasons behind this:
      1) We don't know how much competition you personally can handle. Most keyword tools make assumptions about this and they tell you that a keyword is either "easy" or "hard" in absolute terms. But how can they know?
      Some people reading this are new to SEO and have no resources but their time. For them, even a low-competition keyword is difficult to rank for.
      Others reading this have a harddisk full of automation tools, a team of outsourcers working for them and years of experience under their belt.
      Who am I to say what keywords you can or can't rank for?
      2) A value indicator for a keyword should be relative, since you have to take into consideration your time/effort/costs and the ROI.
      Most keyword tools are built for a quick fix and to satisfy the demand for an easy solution, so all they do is claim to show you "easy" keywords. But is that how you want to run your business? Just go for easy?
      Doesn't it make more sense to take into consideration the cost vs. the value of getting ranked for a particular keyword and going for those with the highest ROI?

      2. Competition
      I recommend you use filters.
      If you are looking for keywords below a certain competition level, simply apply filters to all three competition columns (on a scale from 0 to 100) and let SECockpit do the work for you.
      That's one of the things you can do with SECockpit and no other tool, by the way.

      There's a guide to using the export function, that you can get from the member's dashboard. We're aware that the data doesn't display correctly in some versions of excel and we're working on fixing that.
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  • The tool is brilliant, don't like the monthly payments but heck, the results are so fast, MS is a snail in comparison and together with the competition strength analysation it produces much better results and much easier to shortlist the nuggets.


    TW
  • I've been using SECockpit for the last month and have been quite impressed with many of its features. Now granted, I'm still delving into it and learning it's capabilities but overall I like what I am seeing so far. I own most of the other keyword/niche/seo tools as well and actually I'm doing a side by side personal research analysis project for my top 3 or 4 tools that I use. I have found some really good niche/keyword ideas from SECockpit that some of the other tools did not even return. I'm also trying out a reverse engineering tactic with SC and I have actually found a few really good niches and great exact match domains.

    Anyway, overall I really like SC so far and consider it a tool well worth my monthly investment.
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    • Is this product available to the puplic? Is there a one off payment? Can someone give me a link to the product without affiliate link, so I can have a closer look.

      Cheers
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  • I have been using this for about a week now and I'm really impressed with the functionality. It's easy to spot good keywords and every time I've spent more than 20 minutes I've found one worth pursuing. However because it's limited to Google it just does not give me confidence. Google just spits out the same words over over again. I just wish it would pull the keywords from somewhere else or let you upload your own. I'll be sticking with it for the moment though. Much easier to use then MS.
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    • It's coming, guys. This is the highest priority feature at the moment.
  • Sadly no...

    I have been using this since the initial webinar..I bought the fastest plan.

    The only real negative (and it is a BIG-HUGE-MASSIVE one) is that you can not import keywords.
    Extremely frustrating!
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    • We are still working on that feature. It's taken a lot longer to implement that we expected, but it is the top priority feature at the moment.
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  • so is that available now to the poor public or not??
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  • Seth, part of the reason SECockpit hasn't got tons of reviews is that the launch was relatively low key. There was none of the usual hyping up and endless emails from marketers (which I'm very thankful for)

    Shane/SwissMadeMarketing are still relatively new and don't have as big profiles as the likes of Brad Callen.

    Now, Shane has built up a very good reputation in a short amount of time, but there's still plenty of people who have never heard of him.

    I'm an affiliate for SECockpit, but I certainly wouldn't be promoting it if I didn't think it was a great product.

    I can see the monthly fee would put some people off from taking the plunge, but SECockpit is a premium product that demands a higher price than other keyword research tools.
  • I've been considering it but I am also put off by the monthly fee. I generally pay a one time fee, which is some instances has amounted to several thousand dollars once I was convinced the product was worth while and would remain available long term.

    I use MS and some other tools that do the job for me, even through it takes a little time. However I know exactly what the results mean when I finish an analysis and select my keywords to target.

    I am not sure that would be the case here. Yes, I've watched his video and I've read everything written here. I would be more comfortable with it if he offered a 7 day trial so I could see for myself exactly what it does.

    I also left him a PM a couple of days ago and he has not responded. While I understand he is busy with the launch the Warrior Forum is a special marketplace where he would find prime targets for his service so I would think he would monitor this discussion since he is aware it is taking place.

    I know he offers a 30 day guarantee but I don't like requesting refunds. The ability to try it for a week would solve those problems.
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    • Well. I'll buy it today and give it a fair try, then maybe post my assessment here.

      Unlike edseward, I've got no problem requesting refunds, and I'm not at all put off by the monthly IF the difference between the $100 one-time I payed for Market Samurai and the $600 for-a-year I'd pay for this is a wash. It's all simple math. If I save a lot of time (which = $) and get better results, the extra $500 that first year could be worth it. Indeed, if SECockpit gives me one paying keyword I couldn't find in Samurai, it'll pay for that yearly difference quickly. If the quality of keywords & accuracy of competition it gives is the same, it's probably not worth it and I'll get a refund.

      But I agree w/edseward that Shane should be here monitoring this thread and also answering his support tickets - I put in 2 and have had no replies. I've never waited more than 24 hrs. to hear back from Market Samurai...customer service will make or break any product.

      Not buying that, UMS. There's been plenty of emails to big IM players. Vita Vee, one of the best-known, wrote a massive review on it here: SECOCKPIT , and I'm sure it's been seen by Don & Jeremy and many other top mentors here. And lots of IMers are affiliating to it. So even if Shane ain't Brad C., if this thing is "all that" there should be tons of scuttlebutt by now.

      Could be that it's just "good but nothing special" and not better enough than MS to justify the subscription vs. one-time payment. But I'll give it a go and letcha' know
  • @ shane. Can i do my kw researcn using SEO Cockpit targeting just one particular country other than the US? Say, China only for example... or New Zealand only? I'd appreciate any reply
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    • Hi,

      Yes, you can do country-specific and language-specific searches (and both combined).
      Also, you can pinpoint specific cities much more easily using SECockpit than any other kw tool I know of.


      And just as a note to everyone, since this topic has come up in this thread a few times: it is now possible to import lists of your own keywords into SECockpit.
  • I used SE Cockpit during the pre-launch and I am impressed with the amount and relevance of the data presented outright on the screen (you can enable/disable columns).. I loved its ability to tell you if the top 10 included YouTube, Squidoo, Amazon, and sniper sites, and also lets you know if a TLD domain name or a Blogspot address is available for a keyphrase.

    I also love the drag and drop interface, it acts like a desktop application and it uses nifty Ajax.
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    • Thanks for the feedback!

      Since the latest update, you can also instantly see if there are videos (youtube or any other video results), images, Google Places, news or Google Products listings in the top 10 for each keyword.
  • When I can afford it (which will be soon), I'm getting this! Why? I read all the posts on this thread and the vendors are incredibly professional. They explain their reasons for a monthly fee and are thorough in answering questions here. These guys should create a WSO that teaches WSO vendors how to do a quality, ethical product because they could give lessons! I'm impressed just with this thread! I can only imagine the product....
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    • I've known Shane for a little while now and it certainly didn't take long to know that he is a very honest and upfront person who creates quality products and does awesome presentations.

      Now I don't what to sound like the Shane fan club here, but I have no hesitation in recommending any of his products.

      A great example is his Backlink Battleplan v2.0, which was a completely revised edition of BBP that came out in 2010. While he could have easily charged for the upgrade (think of all the money Google Sniper 2.0 made), Shane decided that it was a free upgrade for all existing BBP customers.

      I think that action speaks volumes about his business ethics and model.

      BTW, I've been a user of SECockpit for quite a while now and and I'm really impressed with the number of improvements that have been made recently. Additionally, when Google make changes (eg: getting rid of the WonderWheel), Sam has been very quick to develop an equivalent feature.
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  • I just learned SEC today and read all the post and went to their site
    and it's worth a try.
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  • That software looks amazing i just check it, im getting into the adsense sites but i think $77 for a starter is bit expensive. Maybe no expensive but considering that a new person is getting it for his own first adsense sites maybe not worth.

    Btw this software has a affiliate program ? will be nice to earn some money with the month-to-month recurring
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    • I've been using SECockpit now for the past couple of months after getting a bit disgruntled with Market Samurai's bugs and general slowness. Out of fairness, MS has sorted a lot of its problems it seems now.. Anyway, here is my honest opinion of SECockpit..

      1. The speed with which it pulls in and then displays all the data is extremely fast. On its own this is a massive plus for me, as I plough through a lot of keyword research. It take sapproximately 30 seconds to display about 1000 keywords and its associated data, which is fantastic.

      2. The data I mention in point 1 is very comprehensive and the best bit is that it uses SEOMOZ for a lot of that data. If you don't know what SEOMOZ does then I suggest you search on Warrior about the services they offer. In short, their backlink and other data is second to none and as close to Google's algo as you can get for an independent service.

      3. The 'at-a-glance' table view of everything can get a bit crowded if you have everything open at once. Thankfully, you have the ability to switch of the things you don't want to see, so it isnt a massive problem.

      4. The competitive analysis for me is the best bit and the overriding reason why I shall be keeping my subscription for the long term. I am not clear on the algorithm it uses to measure (I know it uses SEOMOZ) for part of it, but whatever, it is very accurate. What used to take me a longish time to do for just 1 keyword, now takes 30 seconds to pull in the data for a thousand keywords! I measure the competitiveness of a keyword based on its on page and off page SEO attributes and my test reveal that SECockpit have a similar approach.

      There are a few minor niggles with SECockpit but they really are minor. For instance, I would like the ability to automatically size each column of the table so I dont have to keep resizing just to read various long keyword phrases. Also, the filters are great but some of them seem to use an arbitrary number. The problem is that it is difficult to get a frame of reference for some of the columns. For example, the CPC column is easy to understand as it is measured in $ but the niche value, what is that measured in? I would also like to see some checkboxes next to each keyword so that you can select a bunch of keywords and then choose to export just those as an Excel spreadsheet.

      Shane seems to be very open to implementing new ideas into the software but thankfully not at the expense of functionality and useability!

      Overall, I thououghly reccommend SECockpit. It is expensive, but when you can afford this tool, you should get it.
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  • Shane,

    I sent you pm about Backup Battleplan. I submitted a ticket but
    no response. I hope you can help me.

    thanks
    edsel
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    • I have his backlink battleplan 2.0. It's awesome!
  • Well SECockpit is very good tool to use mostly for your keyword research purpose just like Market Samurai but with more simplicity. The downside is, its a monthly subscription tool but really does a good work with your refining and keyword research.

    Is unfortunate that is not yet out to the public. But just might get one for my keyword research when launched.
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    • It's been out for a while now.
  • Hi

    I have been using secockpit for over 6 months now and here is my overall impressions and some perspectives to consider.

    Keyword research in my humble opinion, is really the foundation to doing well online. If you go after organic listings, then its really your bread and butter. Some people will just invest a little time on keyword research, but if you really think about this for a minute, picking the right keyword terms, could mean ranking for them in a couple of weeks vs a few months.

    I really like this program and what it offers in terms of better keyword analysis and giving me a much cleaner understanding of the true compeition. Getting SEMOZ data is much better to rely upon, rather than inflated search results from Google. I mean, I have checked various keyword terms, too many to recall with Google vs SEcockpit and the results have been like, grand canyon differences. So why is there such a variance? Part of the reason could be, what's in it for G to give you conservative numbers. I'm mean, from a business only perspective, its probably better for them to give you search numbers that are higher, than lower - right?

    When it comes to searching out possibilities, secockpit, really does give you the bigger picture. In other words, when I look at keyword results, my bottom line question, can I compete against the other's on page 1? I have found literally dozens of keyword terms in just the past month alone, that I am going after now, via seo, amazon product reviews etc. It has paid for itself many times over, because its data that I can trust much more.

    The only 1 negative for me, sometimes when you close out a search result (keyword tab), it sometimes hangs there longer than it should. Perhaps over time, this is something that Shane, can probably tweak.

    The cost - yes it is a monthly program, however is it worth it?

    I would say 100% yes and if you are looking for one of the best keyword tools out there, then consider doing a trial month with them to test it out.

    Cheers
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  • How does this compare to Espionage Software's offering? Trying to decide...and you mention trial month? I only saw the option to immediately pay into the subscription plan.
  • This looks like a very interesting keyword tool. I'm a fan of keyword tools so i have MS, TT, NF etc but these tools returns results from google's kw tool...I might be looking into getting SEC and compare it's returned results. If it really shows you the golden nuggets, it will justify it's monthly cost. Speed also seems to be a plus point for SEC. We'll see how it pans out and i'll report back.
  • Update : Well i've been using the tool now for a couple of weeks and i've exhausted my niche/keyword research. I mean this thing is fast and it pulls in lotsa data and keywords. Way faster than any keyword tool i know and the data it gets from seomoz is nice.

    MS does pull in alot of keywords and data as well but MS doesn't do super fast analysis of the top 10 competing pages in google. MS pulls data and brings you search results in quotes, while SEC pulls data for all the top 10 competing results for all keywords in a short matter of time.

    The closest that comes to secockpit is niche finder as in the way it analyzes the competition. But NF only brings in a few keywords compared to SEC. However NF is a pay once product.

    I ended up with a bunch of keywords data that i can use for a few months now with SEC. Gotta get articles and build backlinks to it now.

    Now there's a dilemma. Since i did a whole lotta research, i might not have much keyword research to do for abit. Should i continue with the subscription or should i quit for now and sign up again when i need to do more research? What worries me is that if i opt for the latter, the price might go up when i do. Hopefully Shane has a compromise for users who signed up early.
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    • I think the proper method for your searches would be to keep your data current. Surely the keywords would change dramatically after two whole months. That would be why you'd need to pay the monthly fee. Evil geniuses that they are!!
  • That's something that I've wondered myself. I just stick with MS and NF.
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    • The cons of MS is that you'll have to analyze keywords one by one to get data on your top 10 competition for a particular keyword. This takes alot of time compared to SEC.

      The cons of NF is that you can't import a keyword list to analyze additional keywords. You can only input one keyword and it brings back about 50 keywords (which according to NF are the best keywords). If only NF is able to import keyword lists and analyze ONLY those keywords, it would be a very powerful tool. I've mentioned this to Brad and he doesn't think that this can be done, which is a shame.

      The cons of SEC is it's monthly price. It's the perfect kw research tool to analyze a whole bunch of kw's and it's top 1o competition in a matter of seconds.
  • Zeb, I think you've come across a winner here: You've identified not only the issues across all three but how to fix them. So go build it! I guarantee I'd buy it.
  • Hi,

    But this software works fine also for not English country?

    Thanks.
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    • There was one bug early on for abroad search, but after i complained about ti, it was gone.

      I'm using SEcockpit every day, at English search and also at Norwegian searches.
  • hey,

    The main website doesn't have an FAQ so to those that have purchased, one quick question:

    As the software is "in the cloud" where is all your data stored? Keywords, and the whole campaign planning details?

    Who has access to this data?

    Thanks
    Andy
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    • Just attended a Webinar on this software. This software seems totally incredible & one of my first thoughts was the same as yours. Whoever has access to all this data - are they then able to control the Internets? It's up in the Cloud, so of course, this date is stored somewhere.
  • I just bought SECockpit today and the first search I tried didn't work.

    I now see that I hadn't got far enough in the training videos. If you get a bunch of keywords that have less than 30 searches per day, the tool deliberately does not perform analysis on them. Which of course makes sense.
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    • I read this thread and each post lead me nearer to signing up.
      Until I reached this one.
      I have a real life end user product. My product exists on sales to way below the 30 searches a day gang.
      ie I might sell one product a year in a certain category and be happy with that.
      Did I read this correctly.
      Less that 30 searches a day and your software won't be checking?

      Discounting 30 searches a day traffic would give me no customers.
      Can this feature be manually changed?
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  • Hi Shane,

    I just came across this thread and thought that I would pop in and thank you for your product. I actually searched really hard for a keyword research tool everyday for about a week, following up on every lead that I could find. I needed something that gave me real-time results, was easy but powerful to use, and was within my price range (I'm just starting off, so don't want to get stressed on too much money going out). I came across quite a few services, but the only one that gave me the confidence to spend money on that had all I needed was yours.

    Yours was clearly the best as it was really fast, very easy to understand, and really well laid out. I enjoyed the interface as it was pretty intuitive and as it was browser-based I didn't need to worry about which computer I was using to access it. Also, as you said in the video, it is really fast in coming back with results. It is pretty instantaneous and with loads of options of how to sort out the results.

    It is actually quite funny, as when I was thinking about whether to join or not while watching your video (on the website), I was also thinking, "Just listen to this accent, this guy can't be lying!". There's something extra trusting about a Swiss accent, I think. It turned out to be true.

    I think what you've done with it is great. The product just needs more exposure as it should have been easier to find on the web because this is the service that people are searching for when they search for keyword research and other SEO stuff. You've put a lot of work into delivering a great product, and it shows.

    If anyone wants to pm me, feel free. I'll try to respond as quickly as possible.

    Joseph
  • SECockpit is still the best tool in it's class, and the one we use for all our in-house revenue-generating site opportunities.

    It's also one of very few products we recommend without reservation and give a "5-star" rating to on our forum.

    Michael
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    • Who can compare SEOCockpit with SEO Power Suite, Web CEO, AWR (Advanced Web Ranking) and iBusiness Promoter?
      It will help me find out if is a good idea to use SEOCockpit after the mentioned software (all are better than MS and MNF).
      Thanks.
  • Hello, just bought SECockpit, and I'm going through the videos.

    The videos talk about RankTracker, but I don't see it on my dashboard window (on the left). Is it disabled?

    Thanks
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  • SECockpit is my keyword heaven!

    Without secockpit I would still be spending a day making sure my keyword research is top notch! I mean before I use 5 keyword research tools including NF and Market Samurai..and it would take me all day gathering the keywords in that subniche! With secockpit I can be done in 15 minutes (considering I can be anal in keyword research). Plus like theinternetdude said, having SEOMoz data, you can trust the keyword analysis you're getting

    I opted for the half a year discount which is roughly ~$50/month Try it out and see if you like it..But in my opinion..definitely worth the price!
  • I heard that Keyword Blaze (in theory) is equivalent to SECockpit?

    If only it actually worked.
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    • I agree on Keyword Blaze. Has some bugs to be worked out for sure.
    • Keyword Blaze is not comparable to SECockpit, other than that they kinda use a similar way of displaying SEO analysis data.

      Just like many other tools, Keyword Blaze does SEO analysis (i.e. checking the top 10 currently ranking pages) on a keyword-by-keyword basis. You select a keyword you want to analyze, it pulls in the data, you check the results. Then you select the next keyword, wait for the data etc.

      SECockpit does this kind of keyword SEO analysis at a rate of around 300 keywords per minute, for every search you perform. To get the equivalent SEO data you see in a single keyword list in SECockpit (takes about 1 minute to generate) would literally take hours of time using Keyword Blaze.

      I'm not saying that KB is either good or bad, but I do want to make a clear distinction between the way these two tools work.
    • That made me laugh so hard.
  • I'm not a technical person but thankfully after working in Internet Marketing alot of what you are all saying makes sense. For me as a web content writer competition analysis is huge so I can strategise and advise, not just on keywords but markets. When explaining to clients what it is we actually do it is not one or the other but a synergy of actions that help with SEO. SE Cockpit certainly sounds as if it is the full package and where productivity and quality go hand in hand. Thanks for this and I will be checking it out.
  • Just got back in town and was about to order... did the price just increase?

    Update: 13 May'12
    After watching Shane's video on Adam Franklin's blog I had to have it. Not once did I have to wait for the tutorial videos to load and I was able to cover 14 of them in less than 2 hours. I've never seen a tool that works so fast, delivers so much data and yet it's so easy to navigate and use.
  • Thanks to your review bro! This will help me in using web tools for my sites!
  • Does anyone know how SECockpit compares to Keyword Canine?
    I am on the fence--planning to buy one or the other, and I can't find any good comparisons.
    Where are the review-style comparison landing pages when you need 'em?
  • I haven't used either one but I know the creator of Keyword Canine always puts out quality products, I would go with Keyword Canine to tell you the truth.
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  • I have been using it for a week and i am very impressed with it. I will definitely be using it in the future. So many great keywords that you can get from it.
  • Do you think Jeff Bezos uses Tool SECockpit.

    No.
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    If you cannot afford it, don't go for it.

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