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Compete.com worth it?

by matchoo77
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I have a competitor that is getting over 10 times more unique visitors than me according to compete.com...he doesn't rank for any good SEO terms and doesn't use adwords...so I wonder....where is his traffic coming from?

Anyone here have success in spying on competitors by subscribing to compete.com?

I can get it for $99 by using a coupon code but thats still alot of money if it isn't much better than what I can see for free at SEMrush.
#competecom #worth
  • Profile picture of the author matchoo77
    Originally Posted by Ron Hitson View Post

    Do you really believe ALL traffic comes from search rankings? MOST traffic does not.

    The internet is all linked together. One link after another. I foind tons of sites by accident by clicking on links within content pages.

    Also, do you know what their marketing plan is? I doubt it. I'll bet they're not spying on you like you are them. They are to busy sending traffic to there website.

    One thing I will say, a lot of you spen a lot of time worried about rankings. It's important but that's not the only way.

    I could start a weight loss website today and send tons of traffic to it. But that's one of those niches people that don't know what they are talking about say: "Noooooo, stay away from weight loss, you'll get slaughtered, it's toooo competitive."
    DUH. Of course I realize all traffic doesn't come from search engines. That's why I'm asking whether or not compete.com will give me an accurate portrayal of referring sites etc.
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  • Profile picture of the author SuzanneH
    All I know is that when I look at my site on compete.com, they're waaaay off.

    Suzanne
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    • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
      Originally Posted by SuzanneH View Post

      All I know is that when I look at my site on compete.com, they're waaaay off.
      Second that. I just checked a site that gets more traffic per day than they think it gets in a month. Their data methodology must include a few wild guesses.

      No point in trying to base any kind of decisions on that kind of information.
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  • Profile picture of the author Meharis
    Originally Posted by matchoo77 View Post

    I have a competitor that is getting over 10 times more unique visitors than me according to compete.com...he doesn't rank for any good SEO terms and doesn't use adwords...so I wonder....where is his traffic coming from?

    Anyone here have success in spying on competitors by subscribing to compete.com?

    I can get it for $99 by using a coupon code but thats still alot of money if it isn't much better than what I can see for free at SEMrush.

    I'm not trying to be funny or anything else.
    The answer might sound obvious. Do it "Better" of what's he's doing.
    Now, that will take work. Like most things you want and don't have.

    Meharis
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  • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
    When I think about Competitive Analysis (what I *think* you are talking about), Darryl Peddle comes to mind along with a webinar he gave for StomperNet members. He spoke for about 4 hours (non-stop) and went into detail on how to do competitive analysis and making a plan to beat your competitors.

    After it was done, my eyes were glazed over from all the information that was presented. Now when I listen to it, I listen to the recording in bite sized chunks .

    If you are serious, you could probably join StomperNet ($200/mo when I was a member) and get the webinar ... and a lot of other good information.

    Marvin

    PS - That was an advanced webinar that assumed an appropriate SEO background.
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