What tools do you use for competitive link analysis?
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I have been using SEO Spyglass lately but it can be very slow at times. Wondering if there are any other accurate/robust tools out there.
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OSE is good but its not really as robust as SpyGlass, I am after SpyGlass on steriods.
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I think the spyglass is very good and i have the same problem because its slow, for analysis of links that your competitors i use majesticSEO. But you should probably know : |
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SEOmoz has Open Site Explorer, but since you're here you probably already know about that, right? Here's the link: http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/ Better safe than sorry.
Typically if you're research multiple competitors from a few different sides of your business you'll come up with more than enough link data to get you where you want to be, or give you the ideas on how to get there.
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