Comments on: SEO Should Beat the Competition, Not the Algorithm https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/ SEO and Internet Marketing Sat, 16 Sep 2023 02:41:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Santhosh Muralidhar https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/#comment-397953 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 12:53:48 +0000 https://www.bruceclay.com/?p=78585#comment-397953 This is an amazing piece of content. So many people are too much bothered about understanding their algorithms. But you have proven to be different. And I agree with you. We don’t have to know some 200+ signals to just rank for a low competitive term. Good content, few authoritative links, and nice UX would take us to the top of the page usually. But if we are talking about ranking for some highly competitive commercial intent keyword then this will need a lot more effort to beat the competition. Eventually, it all depends on the competitiveness of the niche or keywords.

]]> By: Aleksey Andrusenko https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/#comment-366053 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:52:46 +0000 https://www.bruceclay.com/?p=78585#comment-366053 In our work, we use competitor analysis to create pages better than others have. And that works like a charm.

]]> By: Bruce Clay https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/#comment-364498 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:26:08 +0000 https://www.bruceclay.com/?p=78585#comment-364498 Stephen: I agree, terrible. Two wrongs do not make a right – but you still want to beat them. If best practices won’t do it then perhaps a study of emerging algorithm changes will – but if they are competent spammers (wow) then they study and deceive there as well. Simply be the best you can be.

]]> By: Dan Kobler https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/#comment-364493 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:50:26 +0000 https://www.bruceclay.com/?p=78585#comment-364493 I love this approach. I’ve always used the old Lexus tagline “The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection.” With SEO, it’s about understanding that you’ll never have a “perfect” website, but if you’re always trying to improve, you should be closer than the competition!

]]> By: Filip https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/#comment-364484 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:23:30 +0000 https://www.bruceclay.com/?p=78585#comment-364484 @stephen

True. Shady outdated techniques, exact match still works and Google is still far from perfect when you look at examples like those.

On topic I saw Surfer Seo tool have a nice feature to compare your page with the top ranking one.

]]> By: Stephen Gagnon https://www.bruceclay.com/blog/seo-should-beat-the-competition-not-the-algorithm/#comment-364448 Wed, 08 Apr 2020 08:05:59 +0000 https://www.bruceclay.com/?p=78585#comment-364448 If I try and compete with my competitors here in Calgary, my site will be penalized in 30 days. In my case, I need to keep up with algorithm changes and do my job as properly as possible. Everyone ranking number #1 here uses shady practices & Googlebots don’t know their left from their right! Terrible.

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