Tools Used To Spy On Your Competitors

Hi Avis,

Thanks for the comment on my blog. Cool blog post and good information.

I’d like to suggest a couple of other resources as well for scoping out the competition and getting details on their SEO and backlinks.

http://alexa.com
http://dnscoop.com
http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/ (awesome backlink checker)

And as a final tip, if you use firefox, add the seoquake plugin/add-on to get a great breakdown of some of the seo efforts of any website you are on.

Thanks Alex,

I have heard about Seoquake, but have not got around using it yet. It looks like a another great tool to have in my arsenal. I will also check out the other sites you mentioned.

Avis

Hi Avis,

I found your blog from Mybloglog. Great looking website!

I have also noticed you are training with similar teachers. I have been learning from John Thornhill.

Great info on spying. I am still new to learning all of this stuff as well. Getting there slowly!

See you back here soon!

Cheers

Jacinta

Hi Jacinta,

John Thornhill products are great, he is a great teacher. SEO and web analysis stuff is fairly easy to learn, like everything takes practice.

Avis

Have you ever used joost de valk’s tool for checking PR and links? I was told about it, and how useful it was but when i went to download it my version of firefox was too new.

anybody using it?

I have never used joost de valk’s tool for checking PR and links. I just use SEO For FireFox or SEO Quake which is very good. Generally the plugin should be compatible with new browser versions.

Avis

KeywordSpy can help you build your profitable list of keywords using your competitors’ keywords, Google AdWords strategies. I am using it.

Awesome blog! I have never gone through these tools.I just use to check SEO for firefox and website grader for knowing the conditions of inbound links and y links.This KeywordSpy – Free SEO & PPC Keyword Research software tool, Really sounds good with its amazing features.I will give a try.Many many thanks for sharing informational thoughts.Your site contain a many useful information. I look for a lot of this experience.

Hi Albuquerque

You are welcome, I hope you find the tool useful

Avis

Thanks for your post and useful info, really good indeed.
Regards.
David

Hi Avis

Another great post and so informative. I always learn something when I visit here.

I also like SEO quake. I have just started using Google Synonyms which helps you find similar keywords.

Cheers
Kerie

Hi Kerie

Thanks for the share, I will check out Google Synonyms.

Kind regards

Avis… good to see you again!!! I use market samurai which has turned out to be great. They just came out with Domain samurai which should be another great tool. I am going to download it and see how it works.

Hi Darren

I have used market samurai before, its a very in-depth tool..Domain samurai will be another good addition to compliment it.

Avis

Another great aspect of his application is you can see the complete graphical over view of you as well as your competitor’s campaigns so that you can track down the exact strategies they are using for successful campaigns.

Hi Reputation Management

Sometimes its not good to just use exact strategies they are using for successful campaigns. even if they are successful, its better to do your own research as well you may come up with better strategies.

Avis

I’ve tried Keywords spy before , I liked it but if you’re using a free version then they won’t give enough info just like everyone else.

Is Google Adplanner as good as Keywordspy?

I’ve always like using google tools. Maybe I should have a try.

Hi SEO Australia

I use most research tools from Google and Aaron Wall’s – SEO Tools and SEOmoz Tools.

Google Ad Planner is good, very simple to use! It uses data from both Google AdWords, adSense and DoubleClick. It also define audiences by demographics and interests search for websites relevant to your target audience, access unique users, page views, and other data.

Avis

Aaron Wall recently posted on the new stuff on Alexa which looks useful as well. I use SEO Quake often and have also found Quirk Searchstatus useful.

Hi Dharne Website Design

I have Quirk Searchstatus installed as well, very good. I like reading stuff on Aaron Wall, check out this interview – http://mixergy.com/seobook-aaron-wall Aaron shares alot of valuable information.

Matt Cutts also has some great infomation on SEO and Google – http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/

These sorts of Tools are used for the best possible combination or set of truly targeted keywords for the best possible optimization of the website over main search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing.com.

Tks. Didnt know keywordspy. We must keep an eye on the screen and the other on our competitors steps.

Thank you for sharing good information. I am still looking for
design for my own social blogsite .Good Luck from Germany .

Awesome list. I’m always spending 4 hours each day for finding good keywords. It’s a very tedious process but Keyword Spy has definitely cut my time in half and it is a fantastic tool!

Some of these other tools on here I didn’t even know about. I’ll check them out.. Thanks

If you like you can visit my blog too at Traffic Submission SEO

Hi Adrianne

Finding good keywords can take some time, but using the right tools to automate the process is a time saver. I will check out your blog

Avis

Hi,

Nice info…I should try those trick… Thanks 4 share…

I like Quantcast.com myself although I want to look into some other suggestions you have made.
I sometimes wonder if looking to deep into some of the competition is losing time on the 2.0 platform (which is fast!)

Hello Avis.
You may not believe but this is the first time I hear about Google Ad planner in 2 years of online marketing. Tks for the info.

This is the service which Google really don’t like but for the website holder’s its a great thing.This is very much helpful for developing your website ranks.Thanks for sharing this beautiful tips with us.Keep blogging.

This post is very great and useful for me.
I have just joined this SEO area and this is all new to me.
Thanks for sharing.

Hi Avis.
I’ve used market samurai and Google Synonyms, both great, now I think I will check out SEO Quake. Thanks for the post.

I’m new to Internet Marketing so posts like this really help.

Gert.

Thanks Gert,

Am glad you like the post and its helpful to you. You will like SEO Quake, it has so many useful features for SEO and internet promotion of web sites.

I’ve tried using SEO Quake and it works best. It really helps a lot especially to internet marketers.
Developing website rankings using SEO Quake than anything else I think.

Great blog! Big leaerning experience. I will be back for more of this blog. Its great to have a new variety of tools for spying and keyword research. Two things I look for when I am assessing how to approach my client’s keyword selection and overall business strategy. Thank you to everyone who threw in as well