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Jaana Merilepp

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February 28, 2012

Jaana Merilepp

Analytics & Competitor Research

mj248

February 28, 2012
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  1. Who  is  a  Compe&tor?   Compe&tors  are  the  pages  who

     rank  highly  in  search  engine   results  for  the  same  or  similar  products  or  services  that  you   offer   What  is  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis?   SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis  is  the  process  of     analysing  your  compe&tor’s  websites:   •  on-­‐page   •  off-­‐page  
  2. Timing   ABer  keyword  research   How  to  find  your

     Compe&tors?   Enter  one  of  the  targeted  keywords  into  one  of     the  main  search  engines  -­‐  the  leading  sites     will  show   NB!  Choose  your  geographical  region!    
  3. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   •  Domain  Age   ➥ 

    search  engines  determine  authorita&veness  and   trust   ➥  hGp://www.seologs.com/dns/domain-­‐check.html     •  Backlinks   ➥  find  how  many  of  the  links  to  your  compe&tors   contain  your  target  keywords  -­‐  try  to  have  more   inbound  links  that  contain  your  target                             keywords  than  your  compe&tors’  in                                                 order  to  beat  your  compe&tor  
  4. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   •  PageRank  spread  of  the

     linking  pages   ➥  Google,  Inc  link  analysis  algorithm   ➥  Used  to  measure  the  amount  of  links  a  page  has  to   determine  it's  rela&ve  importance   ➥  Higher  PageRank  a  URL  =  higher  Google  authority     ➥  Updated  every  3-­‐6  month  at  Google’s  discre&on   •  Top  level  domains  of  the  linking  pages   ➥  Get  more  backlinks  from  websites                                                         that  use  analogue  top  level                                                                           domains  than  compe&tor  
  5. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   •  Content  of  the  linking

     pages   ➥  Google  prefers  websites  that  get  links  from  related   websites     ➥  secure  more  inbound  links  from  related  websites   than  the  websites  of  your  compe&tors    
  6. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   •  Page  Authority  (PA)  

    ➥  Domain  Authority  (DA)     ➥  relevancy  and  quan&ty  of  high  quality  sites  and   domains  that  link  to  the  en&re  domain     •  Unique  Domains   ➥  quality  of  inbound  links  that  point  to  a  specific   URL  or  page      
  7. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   •  Unique  URLs   ➥ 

    reflects  the  true  quan&ty  of  inbound  links   •  Unique  Domains   ➥  reflects  the  true  quan&ty  of  inbound  links  that   point  to  the  en&re  domain     •  Keyword  Relevance   ➥  reflects  the  true  quan&ty  of  inbound  links     ➥  how  relevant  a  specific  URL  or  page  is                                     for  a  specific  keyword  or  phrase   ➥  KW  in  URL  reflects  how  many  of  the                               target  keywords  are  present  in  the                             ranking  URL  
  8. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   •  Keyword  Focus   ➥ 

    reflects  the  true  quan&ty  of  inbound  links   •  Meta  Data   ➥  descrip&on  and  &tles  should  be  present  and  in-­‐ line  with  best  prac&ces   •  Site  Structure   •  Addi&onal  Files   ➥  robots.txt   ➥  sitemap.xml   ➥  an  error  404  page   ➥  a  sitemap.html…    
  9. On-­‐Page  SEO  Compe&tor  Analysis   Assemble  and  Review  Search  Engine

     Result  Page  Data           Google  Trends    hGp://trends.google.com/websites   Alexa    hGp://www.alexa.com/siteinfo   Compete  hGp://www.compete.com/   Quantcast    hGp://www.quantcast.com/   Google  Ad  Planner  hGp://www.google.com/adplanner     Compe&tor  Analysis  Tools  
  10. Google  Trends   •  basic  market  research  and  compe&tor  analysis

     tool   •  allow  users  to  compare  websites  (up  to  five  at  a  &me)  to   indicate  traffic  volumes  and  search  behaviour    
  11. Your  Market  &  Audience  Overlap   •  Regions   ➥ 

    for  territory  or  interna&onal  marke&ng  research   •  Also  visited   ➥  how  many  users  also  visit  your  compe&tors  website   •  Also  searched  for