The Pursuit of Making Money OnlineDo You SpyFu?
Ecommerce, Pay Per Click December 13th, 2007
Most Ecommerce niches are becoming increasingly packed with game competition. I recommend this web tool to everyone who wants a leg up, especially when it comes to PPC. If you really don’t want to pony up the cash, I still recommend their free version. It allows you to see what a competitor is potentially spending on Google Adwords, their top keywords, what other domains they own (think nasty 3-way link structures), and much more.
How Does SpyFu Work?
SpyFu lets you see which keywords your competitors are buying and which ones they optimize their site for. Once you understand the competition, you can beat them at their own game or your can exploit their weaknesses.
We get our data directly from the source; there are no middlemen. Every month, we extract 125 million ads and search results directly…
This is not a paid ad. I genuinely love the application, and use it weekly to scout what I’m up against. KNOW your competition.
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December 13th, 2007 at 10:39 am
I recommend you use seodigger.com for keyword tracking, just trace your best competitors keywords and positions in SERP, they’ve done all the work allready :-).
December 13th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Good stuff, Paul — thanks for the heads up on this one.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Thanks for the information. I am sure there are many tools like this available but it’s good to hear which ones work.
December 18th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
I don’t. I didn’t know about SpyFu… that is a good stuff i guess.
December 19th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
For your keyword research try using KeywordSpy as well - a keyword research technology that will help you know what keywords your competitors are using and how it generates money for them, you can use those keywords to drive traffic to your site and give your business the exposure it needs. It offers Free trials.
It goes with a ClickBank Affiliates Search Engine where you can see the actual market landscape at ClickBank.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
I didn’t know about SpyFu either. I’ve been using Glyphius (www.glyphius.com) with a lot of luck. Have had a lot better placement and results since I switched over.
December 28th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
This is a great resource - I just bookmarked it and your site. Looking forward to reading more this upcoming year :-).
December 31st, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Hey Dave,
Glyphius is awesome, isn’t it? I insisted on doing everything old school for so long and now I feel like such an idiot. I ran all my old ads through Glyphius and realized what a disaster all of it was. Glyphius totally cleaned it all up and now I’m getting way better response rates to everything!
dana
January 6th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I have use Spyfu and keywordspy both are good
February 27th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Spyfu and keywordspy are great SEO tools - thanks for this post.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Does any one knows how do they get the competitors data ? ? ? i am breaking my head on this.
they can always pick up keywprds for the competitors but how do they manage bids and budgets ? ? ? any ideas, ,, or is it from Google traffic estimator ?
March 26th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Good tips. Thanks for the advice.