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SEO Competitor Analysis: Guide to a Winning Strategy
SEO

SEO Competitor Analysis: Guide to a Winning Strategy

Uncover SEO competitor strategies, identify opportunities, and improve your rankings. Learn keyword analysis, on-page SEO, content gaps, backlinks, and more.

  • Dan Silber
    Dan Silber
8 min read
Increase Your Page Rankings: 4 Things to Change to Rank for More Keywords
SEO

Increase Your Page Rankings: 4 Things to Change to Rank for More Keywords

The internet has no shortage of opinions, especially when it comes to SEO. And they can be exhausting. This comes from a mix of once-good advice now being outdated, and unconfirmed theories making

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
11 min read
Ahrefs vs SpyFu: An Unbiased SEO Tool Comparison
SEO

Ahrefs vs SpyFu: An Unbiased SEO Tool Comparison

A comprehensive comparison of Ahrefs and SpyFu: : Which SEO tool actually fits how you work and what you want to find?

  • Dan Silber
    Dan Silber
  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
10 min read
Run a Content Gap Analysis to Create Content People Crave
SEO

Run a Content Gap Analysis to Create Content People Crave

Content gaps are exactly that—gaps in content where desired information doesn’t exist (or isn't easily found). For users, these gaps are annoying. But for content creators, they represent a

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
12 min read
An SEO Keyword Tool to Spy On Your Competitor's Rankings
SEO

An SEO Keyword Tool to Spy On Your Competitor's Rankings

When you search a competitor's SEO Keywords, you can use that information to improve your own rankings. The best SEO keyword tool will reveal a website's organic keywords that

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
17 min read
A 14-Step SEO Audit Checklist to Boost Your Rankings
SEO

A 14-Step SEO Audit Checklist to Boost Your Rankings

Follow this 14-step SEO Audit checklist to find SEO errors and boost your Google rankings. Google’s algorithm now has over 200 ranking factors, and it all works under an umbrella of meeting

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
  • Zac Harris
    Zac Harris
31 min read
Make the Most of a Link Sharing Offer
Backlinks

Make the Most of a Link Sharing Offer

Since link prospecting is a normal part of content marketing, you might get a cold email from someone you've never met, asking for a link. And that link might be for

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
12 min read
The 9 Best SEO Audit Tools to Keep Your Page Fresh
SEO

The 9 Best SEO Audit Tools to Keep Your Page Fresh

SEO audits are essential for maintaining your website's health and ensuring high search rankings. But with so many tools on the market, how do you choose the right one for your

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
7 min read
What "Good SEO Performance" Looks Like in a Zero-Click World
SEO

What "Good SEO Performance" Looks Like in a Zero-Click World

When organic traffic drops, AI Overviews get blamed first. It's an easy target. But the full picture is messier, and if you only fix half the problem, you'll keep chasing your tail.

  • Irina Maltseva
    Irina Maltseva
9 min read
Check any Website's Backlinks
Backlinks

Check any Website's Backlinks

You can check a website's backlinks to learn which websites could potentially link to your site too. SpyFu lets you see which specific pages are pointing to your competitors to help

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
3 min read
SEO Strategies That Hold Up as Search Keeps Changing
SEO Best Practices

SEO Strategies That Hold Up as Search Keeps Changing

Last month, I watched a SaaS founder's face go pale during a strategy call. His company's blog, which had been driving 40% of demo requests, suddenly lost half its

  • Irina Maltseva
    Irina Maltseva
10 min read
9 Crucial SEO Metrics To Consistently Monitor
Metrics

9 Crucial SEO Metrics To Consistently Monitor

In SEO, everything is measurable. From impressions to clicks and sessions, there are dozens of SEO metrics you can track and monitor.  But here’s the catch: not all metrics deserve your attention.

  • Sean Begg Flint
    Sean Begg Flint
16 min read
Reverse Engineering an SEO Power Player through ChatGPT
AI

Reverse Engineering an SEO Power Player through ChatGPT

I’ll admit it—one of my favorite parts about SpyFu GPT is just how powerful it becomes in the right hands. When you know what you’re looking for, it can take

  • Mike Roberts
    Mike Roberts
3 min read
The Top 100 Lives! Thanks to your help.
Search Marketing Community

The Top 100 Lives! Thanks to your help.

Update 10/16/2025: we can confirm from our data partner that we will continue sharing Top 100 keyword data without interruption. Cue the celebration horns! 🎉 This article was originally titled The Top

  • Mike Roberts
    Mike Roberts
3 min read
Check any Website's Traffic
Analytics

Check any Website's Traffic

You can check a website's traffic to measure a competitor, research a potential client, or track trends in an industry. Tools like SpyFu let you see how many people are clicking

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
7 min read
Track Daily SEO Gains with SpyFu’s New “My Sites” Dashboard
Rank Tracking

Track Daily SEO Gains with SpyFu’s New “My Sites” Dashboard

With My Sites, SpyFu gives you a flexible and insightful home base for all of your search marketing research. It tracks daily data points on keywords, clicks and average position for your most important websites.

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
3 min read
E-E-A-T: Google's Quality Rubric for Better Rankings
SEO

E-E-A-T: Google's Quality Rubric for Better Rankings

Quality is often in the eyes of the beholder, so when we want to make quality content, whose eyes do we need to impress? For content marketers and SEOs, the answer is our

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
18 min read
SEO For Google: Our Guide to Google Search Engine Optimization
SEO

SEO For Google: Our Guide to Google Search Engine Optimization

SEO stands for “search engine optimization.” It’s the process of optimizing your webpages to rank higher in the search results on Google and other search engines. SEO is commonly referred to as

  • Zac Harris
    Zac Harris
  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
7 min read
How To Use Google Trends: 10 Unique Ways To Boost Your SEO
SEO

How To Use Google Trends: 10 Unique Ways To Boost Your SEO

Savvy SEOs don’t just count on Google Ads search volumes and third-party tools to get their intel. They know how to use Google Trends to get meaningful insights into search demand and their market. You can do this too if you choose to explore beyond the basic insights and trends on the front page.

  • Zac Harris
    Zac Harris
  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
21 min read
Create an XML Sitemap for Any Website
Technical SEO

Create an XML Sitemap for Any Website

A sitemap is a file that lists the pages within your website. Sitemaps live on your server and help web crawlers understand the structure of your website so search engines like Google and

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
16 min read
WWW vs Non WWW: Which is Right from SEO Perspective
SEO

WWW vs Non WWW: Which is Right from SEO Perspective

If you have ever found yourself questioning what’s the difference between www and non-www websites and which one is better, you can benefit from the following breakdown. Especially if you plan to

  • Zac Harris
    Zac Harris
8 min read
How to Write Meta Tags for SEO
SEO

How to Write Meta Tags for SEO

Meta tags are a part of the HTML code (HTML tags) for your website and describe any page's content to the search engine crawlers. Meta tags are essential to all search

  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
13 min read
SEO Title Tags: 5 Easy Rules (+Examples to Learn From)
SEO

SEO Title Tags: 5 Easy Rules (+Examples to Learn From)

The best SEO title optimization helps search engines serve up your page on the right SERPs and make readers click through once they see it. Get our best tips to do it right.

  • Zac Harris
    Zac Harris
  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
18 min read
Recon Files are Retiring: Next Steps
SEO

Recon Files are Retiring: Next Steps

We will retire the SpyFu Recon Reports on March 31, 2025.  For many of our customers, you are likely using our newer, on-page reporting instead. If that's the case, this won&

  • Mike Roberts
    Mike Roberts
3 min read
How to Get to the Top of Google Search: 18+ Tips
SEO

How to Get to the Top of Google Search: 18+ Tips

With so much competition and evolving algorithms, it can be extremely challenging to get your website to the top of Google. Still, you can optimize your pages with the right focus. With careful

  • Zac Harris
    Zac Harris
  • Sidra Condron
    Sidra Condron
27 min read
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