I'm not sure that Google Analytics will provide much competitor info - or did I miss something.
You may like to see what you can glean from quantcast.com & Alexa.com. Both free services. They will not be 100% accurate but should give you a good idea of your competitors reach. Comscore.com are another alternative to Hitwise. You can see how successfull you competitors are with respect to SEO by typing the following into the google search query box. links:www.competitor-domain.com sites:www.competitor-domain.com I can't quite remember the difference between the two though.. maybe someone can remind me. rgds, - matt. > I'm very familiar with analytics, and based on what I've seen, if analytics > is what you're looking for, Hitwise probably isn't a great idea. I'd be > looking at Google Analytics, as it is very fully featured, fairly easy to > use, and it doesn't hurt that it is free. [Disclosure: my other company, > Internetrix, is one of a handful of Google's Authorized Analytics > Consultants in Australia. In my experience, even the most sophisticated > online marketers haven't scratched the surface of what GA can do for them.] > > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of kristinrohan > Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2009 6:46 PM > To: Silicon Beach Australia > Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: Hitwise > > > Hi Daniel - If you are going to invest in Hitwise, I'd be interested > to speaking with you first. I specialise in SEO and would appreciate > the opportunity to chat. > > But to answer your question - Hitwise is a good company - they are a > great resource and known in the industry. If you can be more specific > about what you are looking for, you have a better chance getting a > more detailed feedback. > > So, back to what you need - questions: > > 1 - What is your business? Is this for the site in your profile? > 2 - What are you trying to find out about your competitors? > 3 - What are you going to do with the data? > > I find companies pay a lot of money for data - and they get tons of it > - but don't put it to work for them. I can help you do that. > > Thanks for your consideration - my email is kristin at theRohans dot > com. I look forward to hearing from you if it's appropriate. Good > luck! > > Cheers & best, > kristin > > > > On Jul 28, 6:48 pm, Daniel Purchas <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey just after a general opinion about hitwise and their services. > > Thinking about getting them to do some competitor analysis. > > > > Cheers > > > > Dan > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself: http://tr.im/ujMm To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
