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First Nugget of 2009:
News Nugget
Set up a Google alert for: “site:www.competitorswebsite.com” With this alert you will get an email every time a new post or page is indexed for one of your competitors and find out what they are saying.
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I went one step further my google alert is for “better than T” I am getting a tin of alerts. Need to figure out how to beat the competition.
Dave – it’d be easier to just subscribe to my feed…
happy new year!
That is very interesting-a good way to see what topics are getting traffic as well!
Kelley,
Wow you would let me do that? You are too nice.
happy new year
I tried and I think that site is down. Other good sites to check out site competition are semruch dot com and marketleap dot com . I use both.
Philosophically, I think it’s better to focus your energy on improving what you are doing and not focus too much on the “competition.” I think that can lead to losing your focus.
But I could be wrong. Tell me if you pick up some useful information.
John,
Since setting up an alert takes one a minute one time and then it just sends me emails It really doesn’t expend any energy.
Here is what it does do: I get instant notification of any new content (blog posts) and the link to that post. Several times it kept me from writing the exact same post and looking like I was trying to steal thunder and audience.
That is the main reason I like those alerts. I don’t have to go around and see if anyone has written a new post. I get notice sent right to me. Save a lot of energy and lets me focus on my content.
Thanks for the input. I should have included this in my reasoning for the alert in the post. This is why I love comments that expand the discussion.
Thanks John, appreciate you dropping by the lab.
Dave