Spy on Your Competitor’s Google Ranking with Exactfactor

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008 by Andy Beal

Spy on Your Competitor’s Google Ranking with Exactfactor

When I was first approached to take a look at Exactfactor’s Google ranking tool, I pretty much yawned. Fortunately for them, news gets quiet around Christmas time, so I decided to take a look.

While it’s pretty much what I expected–yet another tool that alerts you to a change in your Google ranking–it did have a few nice touches.

I liked that I could specifically compare my Google ranking with my biggest competitor’s. Even better, I could set up an email alert that informs me if I ever overtake my competitor for a keyword we are both targeting.

If you’re looking to break yourself from that "I must check my Google rankings constantly" habit, then check out Exactfactor’s free service.

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18 comments on “Spy on Your Competitor’s Google Ranking with Exactfactor”

Chris Says:

December 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am

Very nice tool! Thanks for sharing, Andy….
Kenney and Kim Says:

December 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm

Pretty neat. I definitely check my rankings often. Thanks for the news.
Terry Howard Says:

December 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm

Looks like it might be nice, too bad for me the field for domains to check only allows 30 characters, meaning only a 26 character domain (minus the “dot” and extension) can be used. It’s the little details that count.

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rebekah donaldson ('red') Says:

December 23rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm

I wonder which is better or worse in this niche. Would you consider having a star rating for these sorts of things? Like Exactfactor gets four stars; another tool that alerts you to a change in your Google ranking gets three, etc.

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December 23rd, 2008 at 5:02 pm

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Utah SEO Pro Says:

December 23rd, 2008 at 6:08 pm

I’ve blogged about enjoying ExactFactor too. It’s a good SEO tool.

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Web Design Beach Says:

December 24th, 2008 at 4:08 am

That’s could be a very useful tool indeed. I like the idea of emailing current stats when you overtake the competitor , because it can save a lot of time ..
Amit Nyamtabad Says:

December 25th, 2008 at 12:49 am

Looks like a really cool tool for SEO’s and I also liked the emailing feature when you outrank your competitors.

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Milo Says:

December 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am

This will be very useful, if not somewhat depressing for people who are better at SEO than me
Argentina Warez Says:

December 27th, 2008 at 11:22 am

I think this is a usefull tool, i will try it.

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Laurus Nobilis Says:

December 28th, 2008 at 7:03 am

Exactfactor is a very good tool. It really helps to understand where your site stand for specific keyword, as well as versus competition.
SEO Says:

December 28th, 2008 at 7:25 pm

The system is good.Thanks off post.

Happy 2009.
Patrick Says:

January 4th, 2009 at 9:51 am

I am going to give this a look. Seems like a very useful tool.

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thewutzupphilippines Says:

January 4th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

this is a great tool. i am very conscious about my page rank

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Shirley Says:

January 6th, 2009 at 12:27 am

Haha. I really like the idea behind this tool. I mean, no one ever wants to really admit it, but we are ALL spying on our competitors. Do they rank better? Do they get more traffic? Who’s linking to them? etc…

This tool should get popular very quickly.

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Tony Says:

January 12th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

This looks like a pretty useful tool. I often check my rankings, but this will make it easier to keep track.
Wii Says:

January 13th, 2009 at 7:04 am

very nice, will definitely be checking this tool out, thanks
DF Marketing SEO Says:

January 16th, 2009 at 10:32 am

Awesome, Thanks Andy. Looks like a great tool to utilize! I just started using PR Prowler, which is a pretty neat tool that runs in the background as well

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