Finding competitors best keywords?
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How do I learn my competitor's best keywords? I realize I can add more keywords to my campaign but the problem is - I am not sure I am thinking of the right keywords. I don't want to compare with the keywords I am targeting - I want to know what THEY are targeting.
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Great info, thanks!
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There are several ways to increase your keywords.
1. keyword spy will show cometitors keywords.
2. AdWords keyword generator can scrape your competitors website.
3. You can also look at your Search Query reports to see what actucal searches triggered your keywords. I recommend doing this every month, so you can grow your campaigns.
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VERY helpful! I had no idea about using the Google keyword tool. Thanks!
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Thanks Moosa! I am going to try Keyword Spy.
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You can use Google adwords keyword tool; just enter a competitor's url in the "website" field and choose the "keyword" tab. This will give you a list of keywords that Google suggests for the site which should give you an idea of what they are targeting.
SEMRush (a paid tool) makes it easy. It will give you the words your competitor is ranking for as well as the words they are using for paid search.
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It will be difficult to say exactly what keywords are converting for your clients but if you need to know what keywords are ranking well for your clients then take the URL and put it in to keywordspy.com or SEMRush (paid version) and you will get the list of keywords that are working good for your client!
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