Checking how competitive a niche is in Google

Discussion in 'Google' started by razaw, Aug 11, 2009.

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    Hi,
    Whats the best way to check how competitive a keyword is in Google?

    I have recently come a cross seo for firefox. It shows the number of links to a site, plus lots of other info on all the sites ranking for a certain keyword.

    Say you search for a keyword and you find that the top 5 sites have only a handfull of links pointiong to them. Is it safe to assume that this is not a very competitive niche from an seo point of view?

    Thanks
    razaw
     
    razaw, Aug 11, 2009 IP
  2. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    Search results volume give a good indication for sure.

    If you find top positioning sites have few backlinks you have a good chance to fight if you do things right on your end.
     
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  3. FREE BET

    FREE BET Peon

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    google keyword tool
     
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  4. razaw

    razaw Peon

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    Search volume is good point, I didn't think of that one
    thanks
     
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    Takuno Member

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    Lol, yeah, Google provides a pretty good tool for it already.
     
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