Identify new keywords that your competitors are using to get website visitors

How to Find Competitor Keywords and Increase Your Traffic

Find out what keywords your Competitors are using to drive traffic to their website.

You’ll be able to establish a list of missing keywords so you can fill gaps in your own site’s content strategy.

Make a List of Key Competitors

  • Add the competitors you know
  • Google search your main services + your location – check who is coming up.
  • Check what competitors are listed in domain overview.

Do Organic Research for Each Competitor

  • Domain Analytics > Organic Research
  • Pull out their top keywords by % of total traffic
  • Manually browse your competitors website – check their individual Services pages or individual products or category pages to see what they have but you are missing.

Check the Keyword Gap tool on SEM Rush

  • Enter your own site domain and up to four of your competitors
  • The tool offers a side by side comparison between keyword profiles

Check Google Ads Search Queries

  • Go to your Search Queries report and check to see there are any search terms resulting in conversions that you are missing.
  • These may come from dynamic search ads or phrase match keywords which present new keyword

Once you’ve established a list, ask yourself; Do any of these keywords apply to my business objectives ? If yes, do you currently have page set up on your site for this keyword? Often times your site might mention this keyword briefly in a broad service page but there’s not a dedicated page set up that ranks well and brings in organic traffic.

Following the process will give you a roadmap for future website content and ensure that whatever you are adding to your website has search demand.