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What are the best sources for finding competitor PPC spending by category?
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Can anyone provide sources for gathering paid search advertising spend for competitors, preferably by category?
Thank you.
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I as well had a Spyfu account. I wasn't impressed. The numbers are pretty inaccurate. The best you can do is get a very ballpark range of spend. However, I'm not sure there are bulletproof sources for this information outside the walls of the paid advertising provider anyway. I could be wrong though.
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Unfortunately none of these tools give accurate info. I know because I compared against my own campaigns. Had a SPyfu paid acct for years and it is a useful tool, but not for quantifying adspend.
This was kind of helpful:
http://searchengineland.com/tips-for-spying-on-your-ppc-competitors-89988Any other advice out there?
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Thank you for the advice, gentlemen.
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spyfu.com and keywordspy.com also gives you spend for competitors and allows you to see other competitors aswell
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SEMRush is a good source I use; it will show you the sites estimated expense for PPC spend. I don't know if it can show you how much your competition spends based on category. I have never tried to figure this out with their tool. Hope this helps.
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