Ok I want this thread to be 100% about how to find out EXACTLY what the competitor is doing!!. The methods and ways you find out how theyre getting traffic building links, high conversions. EVERYTHING possible about researching the competitor! My two cents: A fellow BH'er created a tool that researches a lot of info on any domain you put in its located at HTML: http://www.push2check.com My needs: Im looking for a way to trach traffic on a competitors domain, kinda like a public google analytics, to find out where the traffic is comming from. If they have google analytics can i find out their traffic info if i have the analytics code as its embeded on their site? Basically I want to stalk and copy!
Compete.com - accurate way to judge traffic Alexa.com - useful info about a site (assuming it is over 3 months old) Backlinkwatch.com - view competitors backlinks
SEO Spyglass - Easily the most comprehensive backlink checking tool around. I analyse all of my competitors with it before going after a keyword.
LinkDiagnosis is the best tool to check competitors links, it shows the page, anchor text, and PR of the page where your competitor link.
Is SEO Spyglass based on Yahoo Site Explorer too? Because afaik most backlink tools are based on yahoo site explorer so why use them if you can just use yahoo SE