Hi there, I just wanted to ask you experts out there if there is anyway to see how your competitors do so well.... No matter how much SEO i keep putting into my sites, my competitor keeps coming out on top, and its driving me nuts as I am putting more time and effort into building back links etc..... If it has to do with key words...should I be trying to include the key word as much as I can on the site? thanks guys@
The only way to check out your what your competitors are doing, is to analyze their websites by the same means as u analyze your own site. Like you can check their backlinks, keywords, site structure, inlinks, website structure, alexa links and similar things. This will help you to know where they are heading.
I've always found that trying to figure out how someone is doing so well is usually counterproductive nowadays, because there are just so many factors, and so much randomness. For example, a domain might be doing really well because it's 'aged', and has a single backlink from a PR 9 site. So even if you figure it out, how do you clone it? Better to spend your time creating zillions of backlinks, and populating your own site with unique content.
you just can't outrank everyone all the time maybe their site is older, has better content and generally satisfies the visitors more than your site
tools such as link assist can give you a pretty good clue of what you're competitors are doing. make sure your on page optimization is as good as theirs and try to find things you can top them.
Try using IBP. I don't promote it but i can say that it is one of the best softwares available today for SEO purposes
When I start an seo campaign I like to at least check out competitor's backlinks. This gives me a good gauge of how competitive certain keywords will be. It also gives me some good ideas for link building. A lot of the time you can copy some of their links. You can do this by search Google or Yahoo for link:www.domain.com or you can use paid software such seo elite.
First always try to stay with content niche and don't type anything else . Use your meta tags keywords in your posts and make your blog more sufficient related to your meta tags . Don't run behind competitors but create new data which is not available online . Use targeted keywords and than check the results . Seo is not like one night stand , you need to work hard and promote it as much as you can . When google boots know that you are providing them good and quality content than you can get good serp too .
Also, strive to make your site more authoritative, tackle the topic way much different from existing. When advertising, put yourself as searcher relatively on what you want to see/encourage/ensures to buy.
I find if I don't make backlinks everyday my page rankings drop, is that right? that supposed to happen?