Need help on competition analysis

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Hey guys, I'm not good at analyzing competition and always feel unsure about it. I need a quick opinion from you on this particular keyword that I'm analyzing.

Please look at the Traffic Travis SEO Analysis screenshot here:


I found a .net emd for this keyword and considering that the emd is available, would you go for this keyword?

In terms of difficulty level, how would you rate the difficulty of this keyword between 1-10? 1 being the easiest and 10 most difficult.

Thanks guys, I greatly appreciate all your opinions.
#search engine optimization #analysis #competition
  • I say 5, if you theme well, use original content, and good quality links, you could get page one. Might take a while. EMD still have excessive priority to Google it seems.
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  • Without doing my own research, I am hesitant to hazard a guess, but it does seem promising.

    Glad to see you recognize the importance of this research...and you are doing it before even purchasing a domain!!

    That said, be careful to look at the exact number of searches, look at local in addition to global.

    I'm sure you have already searched your potential keywords in Google to get a feel for the competition. Intuition plays a part in keyword selection, and it is really difficult to avoid going against a bad gut feeling once you get hyped up about a product or service.

    Ask yourself if the keywords you plan to use are something you will be excited to promote through articles, authority posts, etc. When your heart is into it the work just pours out, and you know about the work required.

    Good luck!
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  • Thanks for the valuable advice guys. From what I see, I certainly can do well in on-page seo and emd (if emd has an effect that is), but the backlinks part looks tough for me. The backlinks column in the screenshot is the only factor that I'm not quite sure about. Then again, will an emd make all these easier?
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    • Easier...maybe, just don't look at it a deal breaker, or a deal maker.

      What I am saying is don't bank on it. It's not priority number one, it's just one more bullet in a 100 round clip so to speak.

      Place your efforts in ranking for your keywords and work the crap out of it.
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  • I see a lot of sites that don't even have the keyword in title or description. If you build a site with your keyword in everything and then build keyword backlinks, I wouldnt see why you couldn't rank well with this.

    I am still confused on how to determine whether you should go after a keyword or not. It seems as if a lot of the links that sites get are not even keyword links and don't have very good seo such as title and other stuff.
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    • You'll get over this in time. I believe keyword research is both a science and an art. Science because we deal with statistics in it; art because we just have to play on our hunches most of the time after all amount of statistical analysis have been done. With keyword research, the way we use our intuition is crucial. And that's something we get to sharpen over time. Experience, indeed, is the best teacher in this regard.

      Maybe they're just doing their due diligence in diversifying their link sources and anchor text? That way, they make their inbound links look quite natural.

      Just my two cents, though...
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    Need help on competition analysis

    Hey guys, I'm not good at analyzing competition and always feel unsure about it. I need a quick opinion from you on this particular keyword that I'm analyzing. Please look at the Traffic Travis SEO Analysis screenshot here: