How To Spy On Your Local Business Competition Part 1 : Using Google Trends
Google Trends A secret way to improve your local business competitive advantage on the web is to spy on your competition and then simply outdo them. In this article we will look at how to do that using Google Trends . You can even use Google Trends for SEO. Google Trends is often used to get trend information on hot topics and searches, but you can also use it to investigate the performance of your competitor’s website over a period of time. You can find out more about Google Trends here . Follow these three steps to get data on your competition: Go to Google.com/ trends or follow this link . In the search term box, type in the website address of your competition. You can compare two or more competitors by adding their website addresses. In the new window that appears, click on the Websites link Google Trends shows you the following data: Daily Unique Visitors The daily number of unique visitors that visits the site over a period of time is shown using a graph. You can chang...