Practical approach to competitor analysis in SEO and PPC – figures and facts (Capitalone.com case)
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Practical approach to competitor analysis in SEO and PPC – figures and facts
(Capitalone.com case)
Anna Korolekh, SEO consultant, Marketing Manager at Promodo
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Sean Malseed, SEMrush VP of Strategic
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Practical approach to competitor analysis in SEO
Keywords
Link-building methods
On-site SEO tricks
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Research? Compare!
Make sure you already have an idea of what you are going to be doing (draft keywords, link-building ideas etc.)
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What do I do next?
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Where do they all come from?
Traffic Source MonthlyOrganic Search Traffi c 3, 205, 453Paid Search Traffi c 435, 982Overall Traffi c 33, 103, 954
Daily
1, 103, 46514, 532106, 848
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Organic visitors, where do they come from?
SEMrush will only consider queries with at least 5 monthly searches
Little keyword and organic traffic data for sites with mostly low volume queries traffic
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What do I do next?
Filter out branded keywords
61%
Filter out branded traffic
85%
7 avg. ranking
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Yay! Getting to more realistic numbers!
Traffic Source Monthly DailyNon-branded Organic Search Traffi c 480, 557 16, 019
Filter out keywords with less than 500 searches per month
120 keywords
61 000 monthly
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Looking for most valuable keywords
Look through the list again, pick up the words you have not yet considered
Go back to keyword suggestion tool insert new words there and look through the ideas it offers
Cleanse the list from rubbish queries, too general, one-words, less relevant..
Your competitor has helped you to create a solid foundation of your SEO campaign!
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Moving to Link Building Strategies
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What is really useful for us?
So we are very much interested in:
Anchor texts
% of Keyword rich Anchor texts vs Branded and No-anchors
Sitewide vs Not Sitewide
Follow vs No Follow
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Penguin-friendly anchors
To be exact all in all Capitalone.com has:
Less than 12% of Keyword rich anchor texts
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What are those 12%?
http://irwan.net/auto-loan-options-for-people-with-bad-credit/
http://www.pedroneto.com.br/blog/2011/09/folder-de-ferias/
http://vdgalerias.com/index.php?album=virginia-e-valdemar
http://www.feedmashup.com/preview/1412/
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Sorting the links
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On-site SEO
What should be checked in the first place:
Site structure
Indexation rules they have created
Inner linking patterns and ruses
Title tag templates
Loading speed
History, background
Find their weak places and strike there!
Make them your benefit!
{A combination of two most relevant kws | Kw + Brand Name}
Thank you for your attention!
Questions?
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Anna Korolekh, [email protected]
Sean Malseed, SEMrush