Have you ever wished you were Bond? James Bond? Here are five ways to spy on your competitors’ web sites, without breaking any laws.
1. Statbrain - Using several sources, Statbrain’s algorithm computes the number of visitors to a website based on offsite factors like backlinks, Alexa Rank etc.
2. AideRSS - Find out which of your competitors’ blog posts and topics are engaging people. This should provide you with a list of topics you should be covering.
3. Xinu Returns - Xinu Runs a report from multiple sites to tell you how well a site is doing in popular search engines, social bookmarking sites and other technical details. How well are you stacking up against your 5 biggest competitors?
4. Google Trends For Websites - Enter up to five topics and see how often those topics been searched on Google over time. Google Trends also shows how frequently your topics have appeared in Google News stories, and in which geographic regions people have searched for them most.
5. Microsoft’s Search Funnels - Customers often perform searches by typing related keywords in specific sequences. This tool helps in visualizing and analyzing the customers’ search sequences.
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CoolProducts on October 15th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Have you heard much any people using SEO to negatively effect a competitors website?
cassy on October 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Thanks for the info it helps.
Desiree on October 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Awesome article, it is always good to keep an eye on your competitors. Thanks for sharing, I will defiantly start spying from now on :)