for example lets say I just started a blog on pig fungus and I'm trying to crack the top 3 in the google search rank... how would I know how close I'm getting to the big boys (aka top 3)
type the keyword in google, and for the first 3 results you can check the following: -backlinks (check also the anchor) -indexed pages in google -how much content do they have -how old is the domain -seo score i think this is enough to tell you how powerfull your competitors are