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    • singhmahendra
      singhmahendra last edited by

      Can anyone suggest best way to find all PPC keywords of a competitor. Any tool recommendation ?

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      • Alick300
        Alick300 last edited by

        I'm using semrush so I would also suggest you to go for semrush.

        thanks

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        • Tymen
          Tymen last edited by

          Hi Mahendra,

          Semrush is good and has a very easily useable interface. My only critics would be that it focusses maily obn competition and my believe is that you should focus on your self and in distinguishing from the others. What would you do with the information if you know exactly on which keywords somebody has PPC on? Use them aswell?

          Good luck!

          Tymen

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            singhmahendra @Alick300 last edited by

            Which one is the best and why?

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            • Alick300
              Alick300 last edited by

              Hi Mahendra,

              When it comes to seeing which keywords and ads your competitors are using, you can use tools like SpyFu, SEMrush, or iSpionage.

              hope this helps.

              Thanks

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