\nterms. Knowing these “keyword competitors” helps you determine whether your site belongs in the competition for that keyword.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nLook at the keyword competition and ask, is this really my field?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can think of a search engine results page (or SERP) as a competitive field. Each search query changes the game and the opponents entirely, depending on what the search engine perceives the searcher’s intent to be. Some keyword competitions just won’t be your game.<\/p>\n Since your keyword choices influence who can find your website, optimize your pages for the phrases and terms that buyers<\/em>, not just Fortunately, the search engines are trying to figure out the same thing \u2014 what people really want<\/em> \u2014 for every Are all <\/em>the top-ranking sites really my keyword competition?<\/strong> Well, yes and no. In the above example, one result is Still, the results reveal what kind(s) of pages search engines think are most relevant<\/em> to this keyword’s perceived user intent. Bruce Clay optimizes the company’s annual holiday party with go-karts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n For example, if your business designs go-kart tracks, should you optimize for the keyword “go-kart racing”? Looking at search results You’d better keep doing keyword research You can see how keyword research<\/a> leads to competitive research, which leads to more keyword research, and so on.<\/p>\n Now that you know who’s your SEO competition for the important keywords, keep their URLs handy. Next in our SEO tutorial, you’ll use competitive research tools to spy on those websites and do some SEO competitive analysis<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Need more SEO tips? Related blog posts and articles<\/span>: Back to Basics: Competitor Research \u2013 How to Beat Giants in the Search Results<\/a> Want more help with your SEO strategy? Now that you’ve brainstormed a long list of potential keywords, you may be wondering which keywords are most important. Good question! We’ll spend two lessons on competitive research to help provide some answers. First you’ll learn who’s your SEO competition among the top-ranked websites. Identify the Top-Ranked Websites for Your Keywords In this step of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101022,"featured_media":0,"parent":62546,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-tutorial.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62894","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"
\nIdentifying who’s competing for a particular keyword topic can tell you what type of game is being played and whether you should even step on that
\nfield.<\/p>\n
\nmasses of window shoppers, might use to find what they need. You must select keywords<\/strong><\/a> that interested
\nsite visitors would search for<\/strong> (and then make sure the content on your page answers their needs AND uses those keywords). Whatever you hope your site visitors will do (whether to make a purchase, sign up for your newsletter or
\nother), you need to figure out which keywords those<\/em> people will search for.<\/p>\n
\nsearch query. So the best way to tell whether a keyword could lead to conversion on your site is to see what kinds of results<\/strong> the
\nsearch engine delivers. If at least some of the top 10 websites offer the same types of products, services or information that yours does, then
\nthat’s probably a relevant keyword worth putting on the list. <\/p>\nKnow Your True Competitors<\/h2>\n
\nthe Parks Service, an authority .gov website. Will your campground ever be able to compete against it? Probably not for this keyword. You may not
\nconsider the government or other high-clout sites (like Wikipedia) to be competitors. Nevertheless, where these and other search result giants are competing for the same SERP space, they’re among
\nyour keyword competition.<\/p>\n
\nIf ALL the top-ranking sites serve a different kind of visitor from the person you want to attract, then maybe you don’t want to compete for that
\nkeyword.<\/p>\n![\"Bruce](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/bruce-go-kart-400px.jpg\")
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\nshows the answer: none of the top-ranked websites offer what your company offers. The search engine assumes that everyone searching for “go-kart
\nracing” wants to go for a ride, so it will probably never consider your design company a relevant match.<\/p>\n
\nlooking for more relevant keyword phrases whose top-ranking websites include some true competitors.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>See additional information on Competitive Research<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nBack to Basics: SEO Competitive Research: Identifying Competitors<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong>Our SEO consulting services<\/a> are specifically designed to guide your company’s internal staff to improve your site’s optimization, tailored to your needs. Request a free quote<\/strong><\/a> and we’ll talk about meeting your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"