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Competitive Analysis
   A different approach

     Dave Sottimano
Reactive VS Proactive
Reactive
When:
Understand the landscape (Rank
checking, site audits, link analysis)

Understand what works. (Algorithm
changes, keyword targeting, traffic data)

It becomes dangerous when:
Fuelled by emotional decisions based on
panic and fear
There’s a time and place for
reactive

Expose dev/test/staging servers
Leak information on social
media
What do I want to know about the
leaders?


       What they’re
       doing now?
Not cool, you’re too late.

You know what’s really
        cool?
Knowing the
the Future.
Being Proactive
When:

Getting insider information
Staying ahead of the curve.
Beating the competitor NOT copying.

It becomes dangerous when:

You start using illegal tactics to uncover
information
Getting insider information
Set up a couple of niche sites (satellite sites).
Optimize site for:
Hi Will,

I am writing on behalf of a large English kitchen retailer and would like
to enquire about text link advertising on your site. Please will you
provide the options and pricing you offer?

I look forward to your response

Kind regards,




Turned into “can I buy a link”
There’s an
unbeatable, unpredictable
 competitor gaining ground.
Source: Aaron Wall http://www.seobook.com/google-mmo
Staying ahead of the curve. Not
just SEO anymore.
You know what’s coming, what are
you doing about it?
Can you see yourself in this
picture?
Putting it into practice
You know Schema.org has been designed to assist
search engines, mark it up!

You know that mobile devices are taking a bigger
piece of the pie, where’s your mobile version?

You know writing quality content will always get
you through tough algo updates

You know that creating a Chrome Experiment will
get you a link from Google
Chrome Experiments 




http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/robots-are-people-too/?f=
There is no tool to beat your
competitors, it’s just a change of
            mindset
Here’s a tool anyways. http://dis.tl/a4u-
2011
What you can expect to find.


                               2




                           3
       1
Your 2 simple actions

Set up a satellite site trap
Don’t make silly mistakes and expose
yourself!


Do something really cool
The faster you fail, the better.
Just keep trying
Thank you! 
         I need friends, follow me:
               @dsottimano

Here’s the tool again: http://dis.tl/a4u-2011

         Send hate mail here:
       David.Sottimano@distilled.net

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Proactive competitor analysis a4uexpo 2011 - david sottimano

Editor's Notes

  1. Reactive is what everyone does that.
  2. Reactive is what everyone does that.
  3. Seperate onto 3-4 slides
  4. Reactive is what everyone does that.
  5. Nomorerecipes.com take screenshot
  6. Seperate onto 3-4 slides
  7. 2 minutes on proactive not reactive, current techniques 3 minutes on honey pot sites with concrete example. 3 mins on reverse engineering
  8. 2 minutes on proactive not reactive, current techniques 3 minutes on honey pot sites with concrete example. 3 mins on reverse engineering
  9. 2 minutes on proactive not reactive, current techniques 3 minutes on honey pot sites with concrete example. 3 mins on reverse engineering
  10. 2 minutes on proactive not reactive, current techniques 3 minutes on honey pot sites with concrete example. 3 mins on reverse engineering