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Best Way To See Keyword Competition?

by nf2458
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The title says it all. What is the best way to see keyword competition. Whether its with software, a toolbar or manually.
#competition #keyword
  • Profile picture of the author Luke Dennison
    I usually just google the keyword and check out the pages that come up on the first page of Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jayski32
    manual is the best and quickest way imo. If you want metrics like volume and stuff then adwords kwtool or whatever they're calling it these days.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loopholemarketers
    I just made a post about it actually!

    Changed my entire business!

    http://www.warriorforum.com/search-e...-research.html
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  • Profile picture of the author Yogopa
    There are some free SEO tools which can help to some extent like SEM rush, reven seo tool and keywordspy.
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  • Profile picture of the author rob9482
    For me the best software to find keywords and measure the competition of the keyword has got to be

    Longtail pro

    It's a great piece of software and will save you a ton of time finding keywords and checking the competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author nikoldas
    Tools are good but after finding keywords from tools, I am just checking keywords manually. It's a good way to find keywords..
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Power
    As a quick check, I usually check the search volume of a keyword to determine if it's a high or low competition keyword. Most keywords that get searched more than 5,000 times per month tend to have a sizable number of sites competing for 1st page spots for them.

    Use long tail pro if you want to see a pretty accurate competition estimate of any keyword while doing keyword research. You can also do it manually (highly recommended) even after using a tool.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by nf2458 View Post

    The title says it all. What is the best way to see keyword competition. Whether its with software, a toolbar or manually.
    Open a browser & do an incognito search for your keyword, the page that's ranked #1 is your competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author tiedribbon
    you can search by google adwords tools.
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  • Profile picture of the author twilightofidols
    Scrape a list of the top 10 results for your desired keyword. Manually inspect each one's backlinks in a backlink checker, check for quality and type of backlinks,

    Export backlink profile, check the PR of each backlink URL and calculate average PR for each of top 10's backlinks.

    PR alone can't be the only deciding factor because it's so far out of date. We still have to manually inspect each site.

    For example, if you see a link profile that has primarily recently made PR NA backlinks from mega authority sites like NYTimes, or Huff Post that would warrant an estimation of what the real (higher) PR might be if actually current.

    Check the age of each domain. Calculate the average domain age for the top 10 results or just eyeball it. The lower the better, it's always a good sign if Google's ranking newly created sites high in the SERP.

    Look for affiliate or low quality sites ranking highly. This is usually a sign that you'll be able to outdo your competition by delivering a superior site to users.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chetna271
    Search using Keyword Planner, It is the best option.
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    • Profile picture of the author monaseer
      I look at keyword competitiveness from an organic SEO perspective. I want to know how hard will it be for me to get my site to rank in the non-paid SERPs.

      The main things I look at when determining keyword competitiveness are Google AdWords data (especially search volume), and the quality of the sites that rank well organically for that keyword phrase. I then do a direct comparison with the site I'm working with against the top organically ranking sites to give me an idea of how far I have to go. I also like to look at related long-tail keywords, because the competition and performance can vary greatly.


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      MoNaseer.
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  • Profile picture of the author amazonspecialcode
    For analysis SEO competition i use " Market Samurai "tool .it is really very nice.
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  • Profile picture of the author onconference
    keycompete is a great tool to use
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  • Profile picture of the author sugaonline
    pls mates stop suggesting google keywordplanner for keyword competition is for adverters not seo
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    • Profile picture of the author dburk
      Originally Posted by sugaonline View Post

      pls mates stop suggesting google keywordplanner for keyword competition is for adverters not seo
      Hi sugaonline,

      Yes, Keyword Planner is for AdWords advertisers, but it does give you a good ideal of the general level of competitiveness of a keyword as it relates to commercial intent, which can be very useful for SEO, right? Now it doesn't tell you who you competitors are, but there is another tool, designed for advertisers that can give you an indication of your top competitors, not only in the sponsored ad space, but also organic listings: Ad Preview and Diagnostics Tool
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  • Profile picture of the author suzyspring
    Keyword is the important factor in any field. So to check the competition the best tool to use is Google Adword. It will give all the information what we want with accurate result.
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  • Profile picture of the author st0nec0ld
    If you want to pursue a certain keyword for your site, the best way to do is to check its global/monthly searches and competition level (if you want to have an ad campaign). List down the keywords you want and then check it manually on who will be your top competitors for that keyword/s. After that, analyze and choose the best keywords that more likely to fit your site. And then that's it, you can start from there.
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  • Profile picture of the author maeljackson
    check in google.com/sktool there you can look at competition for various keywords.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hemanth Malli
    In my opinion checking the keywords will be very easy to find using Google search with that we can know new words and competition also.
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