How to identify competitors in keywords...

[jmuller]

Hi

I am performing some keyword research, and wondering if you white hat SEO people could help me in how I go about being able to identify if certain keywords are rankable (1st page/top 10).

Currently reading, but any information that you could post would be a huge help.

Thanks

 

[Magic5]

Check there domain age and current backlinks.

 

[FBGuru]

Estimating the competition's strength is going to be pretty tough especially when you're new to SEO. There are a lot of variables that you've to look after to come up with a solid keyword.

You can use Traffic Travis/Link Assistant's Rank Tracker/Market Samurai to get a rough estimate of the competition for any given keyword. You can try this cool free online service too http://www.keywordrevealer.com/keyword_tool.php but it says under maintenance now so check it back later.

 

[myinternetempire]

Estimating the competition's strength is going to be pretty tough especially when you're new to SEO. There are a lot of variables that you've to look after to come up with a solid keyword.

You can use Traffic Travis/Link Assistant's Rank Tracker/Market Samurai to get a rough estimate of the competition for any given keyword. You can try this cool free online service too http://www.keywordrevealer.com/keyword_tool.php but it says under maintenance now so check it back later.

I was also searching for same answer. Thanks a lot for sharing such an useful post.

 

[nichexposure]

when you do keyword analysis you should consider few thing
Domain age- If your competitor domain age average bellow or equal 3 means best ,higher 3 but bellow 6 means good,higher 6 means strong competitor .
domain PR-Low PR competitor easy to rank out .
Page PR-Low PR competitor easy to rank out .
Domain backlink -low backlink base website easy to rankout .
,Page backlink -Low backlink base website easy to rankout .
Page authority-Low backlink base website easy to rankout .
Low backlink base website easy to rankout .
Domain authority
Citation folloow,
Trust flow ,
Keyword In title,Keyword in meta description ,Keyword in URL means it is tough competitor.
Check the rank website URL ( is it root domain or page) Check to 10 competitor content .Is is relevant or not .

 

[trustourseo]

Intially you without compare your competitor you must research the keyword for your website. with the help of that KW report (That includes competition and traffic)
1. Using the backlink tool you find the anchor text of competitor
2. Match the proper KW words in the Meta tags
If you need more KW,
3. Google the "Exact KW" and find the related searches (it will be useful for long tail KWs)
4. Try to replace the synonym in the KWs

 

[himanuzo]

I suggest you to consider Market Samurai to analysis competition level of the top 10 competitors.

 

[mjmj824]

I had the same question. A lot of useful information in this thread.

 

[Final Infinity]

Analysing keywords is hard these days as PR has not been updated in a long time and many people use blog networks with hidden links nowadays.

Generally look at the top 3 and evaluate their links. Look at the strength of the individual links, how many are there that target the hard anchor text? What kind of juice do they give ? Age, placement of the links (forum links / comment links are worth less than in content links). Look at the Trust Flow and DA of the Domain itself and of the page that is ranking.

E.g. A domain can have a very high TF and DA but the page that is ranking has low TF and PA and a low amount of backlinks, that would be somewhat easy to overrank but if the ranking page has high TF and PA it will be quite hard.

I would suggest using Market Samurai to get a first overview of the stats.

 

[Decatour]

You must review their listings, and see the collection of keywords they use, including ad group ideas.

 

[hedoesitwell]

Use keyword tools like market samurai and longtail pro or traffic travis.

 

[efortless029]

Google's key word research tool is very nice, you may use it.

 

[clevelandslim]

It's important when analyzing keywords that you know which keywords your competitors use and if you're in the proper league to either continue to use them or try for keywords that are still popular yet not used as often.

Some paid keyword analyzers can tell you which competitors use which keywords, but this is often limited to what's used for Google AdSense campaigns. A good way to determine what keywords your competitors are using is to use keyword research tools to extract keywords from their pages, and then copy and paste your selected keyword into a search engine such as Yahoo! or Google to see where they show up.

 

[gorankmedia]

You might use google adwords to check their search results, competition of that keyword. Then check top 10 search results of that keyword in google(Top 10 websites domain age, title, description, page rank, backlinks).

 

[FBGuru]

You might use google adwords to check their search results, competition of that keyword. Then check top 10 search results of that keyword in google(Top 10 websites domain age, title, description, page rank, backlinks).

Can you please tell how to use Google Adwords to check their search results?

I also checked top 10 search results of that keyword in google and stuck at the next step. Please tell me what should I do next. Eagerly waiting for your response/responsive tutorial.

 

[scholasticz]

SEO tools would misguide you when giving keyword competition, though they may be able to give you a rough idea. Use different ones instead of relying upon a single one so you can see what different backlinks sources reveal.