keyword competition

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cyberstar

Newbie

Aug 12, 2008

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• Nov 21, 2013

• #1

After I find a keyword I want to target using google planner, which is the best way to find out my competition for that keyword?

 

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sitestem

Registered Member

Jun 12, 2013

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• Nov 21, 2013

• #2

I tend to use Long Tail Pro these days to give me an initial idea of the competition. It'll show me the top ten results with the number of 'juice' links, DA etc - enough to give me an indication on whether it's high/low competition anyway.

 

SeanAustin

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Mar 4, 2013

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• Nov 23, 2013

• #3

Just look at the top 5 results in ahrefs. Check out the backlink profiles and determine whether you can do better. Simple as that. The hard part is determing what constitutes a good and bad linking profile.

 

john1444

Elite Member

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Mar 27, 2012

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• Nov 24, 2013

• #4

Get Traffic Travis tool and check your keyword competition.

It's always good to apply some manual checks too.

However, the top 10 site on the SERP for your term are your true competitors.

Pick each of the URL and check their:

Page rank
Amount of quality backlinks using SPYGlass
Age
On-site SEO
Among others...............

I'm sure others will respond alike..

 

Beven

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Aug 30, 2011

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• Nov 24, 2013

• #5

Long Tail Pro is always good for me.

 

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MikhaelM

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Sep 27, 2013

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• Nov 24, 2013

• #6

I use Market Samurai to check PR, DA and many other parameters. They offer free trial, and you can get limitless trials with a method available here on forums.
SeoQuake Firefox plugin is also great for manual checking your top 10 competition domains.

 

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Old Man

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Sep 15, 2013

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• Nov 25, 2013

• #7

Many tools are there, when we looking for the keyword competition. Long tail Pro is the best option for my side..

 

TheUnborn

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Feb 21, 2013

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• Nov 25, 2013

• #8

I use Long Tail Pro also,the best tool to check competition

 

Aty

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Jan 27, 2011

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• Nov 25, 2013

• #9

Traffic Travis does the job.

 

seobats

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Nov 4, 2013

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• Nov 25, 2013

• #10

I use "Long Tail Pro".

 

jollyman

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Aug 29, 2013

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• Nov 25, 2013

• #11

My choice is "Word tracker" for the keyword competition.

 

Laubster

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May 21, 2013

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• Nov 26, 2013

• #12

As almost everyone has said, LongTailPro is a good choice. BUT, you don't need it. I do most of my research using the SEO Quake toolbar and simply analyzing the first page. Do they have the keywords in their title, URL, description? If so, lots of people are gunning for that keyword. If not, not as many people are targeting it. The top 5 is where you should focus most of your attention. I analyze them using SEO Quake and a quick visual look over, then copy/paste into Market Samurai to analyze how many links they have to that page. Identifying authority sites that rank based on authority versus links is important too. They're harder to outrank.

 

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MaximumAchievement

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Aug 9, 2013

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• Jan 7, 2014

• #13

find low competition KWD.

 

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Deleted member 708208

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• Jan 10, 2014

• #14

Last time I checked Google Planner shows the competition of the keywords you are targeting so I would use that.

-RK