1) Domaintools.com: Collects a bunch of information about a Web site, like is it listed in Yahoo directory, registration details, etc. It also tells you other sites that are on the same IP. Some SEO companies put their clients on the same IP.
2) ranks.nl/tools/spider.html: Check out keyword densities for your competitors. Breaks it up into 2 word, 3 word and 4 word combinations
sitexplorer.search.yahoo.com: Check backlinks for your competition. Yahoo puts the most important backlinks first.
3) seomoz.org/tools: Page Strength Tool – You can see how many times they’ve been put on Digg/Delicious/etc
4) soloseo.com/tools/indexrank.html: Allows you to see how many pages are being indexed by Google over the past year, 6 months, or 2 weeks for a site. You can see how strong the site is.
5) copernic.com: Track site changes.
6) Technorati.com: Find out who’s talking about your competition.
7) google.com/alerts: Use Google News to monitor references.
8) searchanalytics.compete.com: You type in the domain name and Compete will give you an approximation as to what key phrases are bringing traffic to your competitors Web site.
9) touchgraph.com: Helps you find your competitors’ hubs. Visually shows you where their links are coming from.
10) google.brand.edgar-online.com: Keep tracking of public companies’ FCC filings.
11) seekingalpha.com/transcripts: Scan through transcripts.
12) google.com/patents: Keep track of patents of your competitors.
13)oodl.com: Keep an eye out on whether or not your competitors are hiring and where.
Keep an eye on your competitors employees. Watch their blogs. They may reveal a lot of information about what’s going on internally.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
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