learn why competitors rank well

[peterjhale]

Here's a neat piece of software which will show you why your competitors ranks so well in google

You know the importance of links ? Well this shows you all the links that point to any site and the anchor text within them. So you can then go off to those places and find the links. More here

Click here for more info

[james595832]

Does that actually work Peter?

Looks like a very dodgy spam advert!

[Pete Wailes]

Personally, if I want to know why a competitor ranks well (which isn't often, as I don't bother with SEO much - most of my business is generated through networking) then I just dive into the HTML of the site, and pick it apart. Now, i recognise that this isn't possible for people who aren't fluent in HTML, but it seems to me to be the best way.

Plus, if you want to check out their links, you can do that with google. It's not that hard...
Pete

[peterjhale]

to answer......

yes, the page does look v spammy, but it's an excellent product

Pete - your way is perfect, but additionally:

- google only shows a small selection - Y! and MSN the full set
- to be able to order by PR, title of page, text in the link etc, s/ware will be the fastest

mind you, you can do this in a spreadsheet - just hard if you want to keep updating it each week...

[peterjhale]

to answer......

yes, the page does look v spammy, but it's an excellent product

Pete - your way is perfect, but additionally:

- google only shows a small selection - Y! and MSN the full set
- to be able to order by PR, title of page, text in the link etc, s/ware will be the fastest

mind you, you can do this in a spreadsheet - just hard if you want to keep updating it each week...

[Pete Wailes]

I like my way. Yes, it takes longer and it's more work, but I don't trust software. Anything that claims to help get better search rankings is generally a bit of a con. I'm an "elbow grease" person.

Oh, and you may be interested in my project, which goes live in 10 days...
The Music Challenge
Pete

[peterjhale]

best of luck with your music challenge - that really is a challenge - 90 days and 5000 sales....good luck.

[Intakt Creative Design]

Does it really work? do you use it?

[djnuttal]

I use it and it works great!
It is up to date on what your competitors are using and what links they are getting. It will also e-mail to those links for you.
Just a tool not all there is.

Denise

[www.infoebookstore.co.uk]

this link comparison is handy for checking your status against competitors

http://tools.marketleap.com/publinkpop/