A great way to improve your site’s performance is to analyze how others in your industry are doing it. Here’s a list of modern tools you can use to analyze competitor websites. These tools offer insights into traffic, SEO, site performance, and more. While you should already be using Google Analytics and other tracking solutions for your own site, these tools can help you dig deeper into any website’s data and strategies.
Traffic and Visibility
- SimilarWeb: Provides comprehensive data on website traffic, rankings, user engagement, and more.
- SEMrush Traffic Analytics: Offers traffic analytics and insights into competitors’ online visibility.
- Ahrefs: A powerful SEO tool with traffic analysis features, keyword rankings, and backlinks.
SEO
- Ahrefs Site Explorer: Provides detailed insights into backlinks, organic search traffic, and paid traffic.
- Moz Link Explorer: A tool for exploring backlinks and analyzing the SEO power of any website.
- SEMRush SEO Toolkit: Offers a full suite of SEO tools, including keyword research, backlink analysis, and site audits.
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider: A desktop tool for auditing websites and identifying SEO issues.
Keyword Monitoring and Discovery
- SpyFu: Analyze your competitors’ keywords and AdWords history, as well as organic search performance.
- SEMrush Keyword Magic Tool: Discover new keyword opportunities and monitor your competitors.
- Ahrefs Keywords Explorer: Provides insights into keyword difficulty, search volume, and ranking potential.
Social
- BuzzSumo: Analyze what content is working best for your competitors across social platforms.
- SEMrush Social Media Toolkit: Helps track competitor social profiles and analyze engagement metrics.
Speed and Other Site Information
- GTmetrix: Analyzes your site’s speed and performance, providing recommendations to improve load times.
- BuiltWith: A web technology profiler that identifies what tools and technologies a site is using.
- Google PageSpeed Insights: Offers detailed analysis of your site’s speed and suggests improvements.
Use these tools to gather insights about your competitors, identify opportunities for growth, and refine your strategies. Each tool has its own strengths, so try a few and see which ones work best for your specific needs.
12 replies on “Competitor Website Reports and Analytics”
an alternative keyword tool can be Serpanalytics. in fact it’s kind of all-round service,not just keywords
good information,thank you
Thanks for sharing this, Jon, it’s very useful.
Is there anyway we can get a analytics reports for our competatior website without the help of google analytics
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Thanks. Nice to see my hard work collecting information for others pays off.
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