How do i reverse engineer a competitor's website?

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i have searched on the web for a book or course that is in depth about the teaching that the TOP marketers use to reverse engineer super successful websites and their competitors so that they can repeat that success in their chosen niche. Are there any DETAILED courses or up to date information on how to reverse engineer online businesses/websites? where do i go to learn this? thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    What is it you want to reverse engineer?

    The design, the web technology, the seo strategy, the monetization strategy, advertising strategy, backlinks, videos, social media marketing?

    There are many things to reverse engineer depending what you want to know.

    You can Google "reverse engineer <????>" And replace <????> with what you want to research.

    Like "reverse engineer seo".

    Also, you don't reverse engineer to simply replicate others' success. Reverse engineering various aspects of a competitor's business is just one piece of research.
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  • EXCELLENT Information everyone!!!! Thank you for clearing that up and giving some resources too. "The design, the web technology, the seo strategy, the monetization strategy, advertising strategy, backlinks, videos, social media marketing?" All of these might be a focus in time. I just thought there was a basic principle to doing all of the above. thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author tudexo
      Originally Posted by nate55@bellsouth.net View Post

      EXCELLENT Information everyone!!!! Thank you for clearing that up and giving some resources too. "The design, the web technology, the seo strategy, the monetization strategy, advertising strategy, backlinks, videos, social media marketing?" All of these might be a focus in time. I just thought there was a basic principle to doing all of the above. thanks
      If your competitor/s are successful all of the above ingredients would have to be interconnected. If I were you I'd start with figuring out the marketing part first. Backlinks, traffic source, paid ad sources, monetization methods....blah blah blah. Once you start figuring out the marketing part the missing pieces of the puzzle would start falling in place.
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  • Profile picture of the author Work1099
    Essentially, you want to observe what they are doing, and then see how you could benefit from that information. There is no one size fits all solution. But some low-hanging fruit to pick would be looking at the appeals used in their advertisements and taking notes on what seems to be working for them in their marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
    Not so much as a course but if you want to copy a site for studying have a look at the open source HTT track HTTrack Website Copier - Free Software Offline Browser (GNU GPL) this can help with your re-engineering projects amongst other things.


    Originally Posted by nate55@bellsouth.net View Post

    i have searched on the web for a book or course that is in depth about the teaching that the TOP marketers use to reverse engineer super successful websites and their competitors so that they can repeat that success in their chosen niche. Are there any DETAILED courses or up to date information on how to reverse engineer online businesses/websites? where do i go to learn this? thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author collison
    I have found this a very useful tool!


    ww.adbeatpro.com
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