Search Analytics and Traffic Analysis Competitive Analytics Pubcon South at Austin 2011 Prashant Puri Co-Founder, AdLift.com
Jan 23, 2015
Search Analytics and Traffic AnalysisCompetitive Analytics
Pubcon South at Austin 2011
Prashant PuriCo-Founder, AdLift.com
About Me.
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I Can’t Think!
“The Twitterization of our culture has revolutionized our lives, but with an unintended consequence—our overloaded brains freeze when we have to make decisions.”
-- Newsweek, Feb 2011 (http://bit.ly/hTDbbn )
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@puriprashant
Three Important Questions You Should Ask Yourself
1. How do my competitors rank ?
2. How much SEO traffic do my competitors drive?
3. Why are they driving more traffic than I am? (Why are my competitors out ranking me?)
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Tools
RANK TRAFFIC LINKS
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How Do My Competitors Rank?
• Advanced Web Ranking– Control– Fixed Pricing
• SEOMOZ Rank Tracker– Online– Bundled
• Raven Rankings Tracker– Online– Bundled
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How much SEO traffic is my competitor driving?
Compete > Search Referrals
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How much SEO traffic is my competitor driving? (Cont..)
Compete > Search Referrals
Natural Referrals
363,066
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How much SEO traffic is my competitor driving? (Cont..)
Natural Referrals
363,066
From Hitwise
Natural Referrals
335,698
Paid Referrals
547,718
From Compete
Using Hitwise to Validate
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Other Opportunities?
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Why is my competitor out ranking me?
• Use SEOMoz to analyze anchor text distribution
These 7 columns from SEOMoz Keyword Difficulty Tool.
http://www.seomoz.org/keyword-difficulty/
These 4 columns from SEOMoz OpenSiteExplorer
http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/
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Why is my competitor out ranking me?
• Tracking Link Graphs via Majestic SEO
Macys
JCPenny
Nordstrom
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Thank You!
Prashant Puri, Co-Founder – [email protected]@puriprashant
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