{"id":3614,"date":"2020-12-11T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T10:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2022-01-04T15:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:19:49","slug":"serp-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-guides\/serp-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to SERP Analysis with the SERP Checker 360\u00b0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this guide, you&#8217;ll learn how to use SEO Tester Online&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/serp-checker\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SERP Checker 360\u00b0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make<\/span> <b>a SERP Analysis,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> better study<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your competitors,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> improve<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your SEO ranking. In this way, you can<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attract<\/span><b> more traffic<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the SERP?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Search Engine Results<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Page (SERP)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that appears <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n<\/span><b> search<\/b> <b>engines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when you search for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><b>keyword.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about it, its elements, and the different types of results, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you can have a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-basics\/google-serp\/\">our dedicated blog post<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SERP Analysis: Why is it important to do it?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyzing SERP is an activity that, when combined with an effective <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-guides\/keyword-research\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyword Research activity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, allows you to learn more about your <\/span><b>competitors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and your market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keyword Research is excellent for getting ideas about the content that best positions you for a keyword and to<\/span><b> understand <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what is interesting for the users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps you write articles or create product cards because you&#8217;ll better understand what people are looking for on search engines and what they find on SERP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can<\/span><b> study the strengths and weaknesses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the ranked pages and their snippets, and what is the level of the competition for the keyword you are analyzing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SERP Analysis: Metrics and Basic Concepts\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know why you should do a SERP analysis let&#8217;s see what metrics and concepts you&#8217;ll need to study your competitors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/suite.seotesteronline.com\/signin\">Sign in to SEO Tester Online<\/a> and go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/serp-checker\/\">SERP Checker 360\u00b0<\/a>. Then, enter the query you want to position yourself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also select the aspect you want to analyze. If you\u2019re undecided just click enter, you\u2019ll be able to switch from one aspect to another with a click.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aspects you can analyze are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backlinks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copywriting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s dive into every aspect and find out why it is critical in SEO analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Links<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Link building<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increases the quantity and quality of incoming links to a website. It&#8217;s critical to understand how your competitors do it for the keywords with which you want to position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In your SERP analysis, you need to focus on <\/span><b>backlinks. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the links from other websites that point to a specific domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more quality backlinks you have, the greater is the chance for your site to be seen as <\/span><b>authoritative <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Google and to position itself among the top results of the SERP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s why, when you search, among the most ranked results, you find Amazon or Wikipedia, two of the sites with the most significant inbound link flow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-4.png\" alt=\"SERP Analysis\" width=\"1408\" height=\"1256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-4.png 1408w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-4-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-4-1024x913.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1-4-768x685.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Page Authority e Domain Authority<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Page Authority (PA) is a score that influences the ranking of a given page. It has <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">value<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between 1 and 100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, the Domain Authority (DA) is a score that predicts the extent to which a <\/span><b>domain<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will rank on the search results pages, with values between 1 and 100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DA and PA help you<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> identify the value of a site in terms<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of &#8220;quality&#8221; and the value of incoming links. Usually, <\/span><b>higher volumes of DA and PA <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make a site<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> more authoritative for<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google, and<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">influences the ranking within the SERP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s essential to monitor your competitors&#8217; Domain Authority and Page Authority <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you improve<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">site&#8217;s DA and PA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Estimated monthly visits<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the estimated traffic that a web page receives from Google for a keyword, calculated on search <\/span><b>volume <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>average CTR.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This metric is especially useful in the second phase of SERP Analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3.png\" alt=\"Social SEO Analysis\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3-1024x846.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/2-3-768x635.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the number of<\/span><b> shares, comments, and reactions on Facebook<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a given URL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although they do not affect<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the ranking, they provide the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> search engine with indirect signals<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the so-called &#8220;social signals&#8221;),<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which indicate that users appreciate the content of that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page. If you think about it, engagement and traffic for that URL on social networks are a popularity index, let alone a traffic source. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to learn more about it, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">go to our article on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-social\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO and social networks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copywriting<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3.png\" alt=\"SERP Checker 360\u00b0\" width=\"2778\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3.png 2778w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3-1536x754.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/3-3-2048x1006.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2778px) 100vw, 2778px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content is the single most crucial aspect of SEO. We dedicated <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/content-creation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an entire section of our blog to it!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we talk about content, we talk about images and, most important, copywriting. You need to write well-designed content (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/content-creation\/seo-copywriting\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we wrote a manual about it!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and to apply SEO Copywriting strategies by keeping an eye on the several elements that make up SEO-oriented content (you can learn more about them <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-guides\/seo-oriented-texts\/\">SEO Editor<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the left of the SERP Checker 360\u00b0, you can find on the left the best ranking results. On the right, you\u2019ll find the same data you could find on Copy Metrics. To learn how to read it, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-guides\/seo-writing\/\">go to the guide to Copy Metrics<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Conduct an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effective SERP Analysis<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get as much SERP information as you can, you need to follow three steps:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask yourself the right questions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do keyword research;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze your competitors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to make the most of this guide, we recommend that you use our SERP 360.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask yourself the right questions<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you start analyzing SERP and immerse yourself in a world of metrics and numbers, stop for a moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, ask yourself<\/span><b> four simple questions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to get a more precise framework about the current state of<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your market niche?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are your competitors?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does your business differ from those of your competitors?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For what content are your potential users searching?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To understand the market niche means to study your competitors and understand what<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes you different from<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">them.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can help you<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">create the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">initial brief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This document will not only help<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> analyze SERP but will also allow you to write content that meets the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">needs<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of your potential<\/span> <b>users.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t worry if you can&#8217;t answer all these questions. SERP Analysis will also help you to be more <\/span><b>aware<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of who your competitors are and what your business can offer to your market niche.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do a Keyword Research<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start your search by entering a keyword that describes your<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">business or identifies one of the topics you would like to cover on your site with the Keyword Explorer Tool. If you don\u2019t know how to use it, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-guides\/keyword-research\/\">jump on the dedicated guide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze your competitors<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The time has come for you to analyze the SERP to understand your competitors better and, therefore, for which keywords they rank and how they set their snippets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s start with <\/span><b>the steps <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that will help you to understand better how to act.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Example 1 &#8211; Web Agency<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s pretend, for example, that you run a web agency that targets early-stage startups<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the topics you can cover is <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lean<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">management<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3622\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-3.png\" alt=\"SERP Checker SEO Tester Online\" width=\"904\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-3.png 904w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-3-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/4-3-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From this screen, you can get<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a lot of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, you can notice that the KD<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medium-high:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">65 is a value with which it is not very easy to position, but not impossible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the top section, you can see the presence of &#8220;Special Results,&#8221; such as \u201cpeople also ask, featured snippets, and a <\/span><b>knowledge graph<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latter is a card linked to a specific query. It means that the intent for that search will be <\/span><b>informational.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We&#8217;ve already talked about the different types of inputs in the keyword search guide (link). What you need to know is that users who use the &#8220;lean management&#8221; query look for general information about it and <\/span><b>rarely have buying intentions.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s why, if you created content on the topic, you should aim at informing your user instead of selling them a product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>By analyzing SERP even better, you can see that the DA<\/strong>, except for Wikipedia and Kanbanize, and lean.org, <strong>is medium-low<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the difficulty<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in positioning yourself for this keyword will be less than, for example, the keyword &#8220;startup.&#8221; The latter ranks among the top 10 results with high DA and PA values.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-2.png\" alt=\"Analyze SERP\" width=\"904\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-2.png 904w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-2-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/5-2-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going back to Wikipedia, you can see that the value of the DA and PA are related to <\/span><b>the number of incoming links.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What information can you draw from this data?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The higher the quality of links is, the more a visitor from Google will see your website <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>as authoritative.<\/strong> It means you<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">need <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">apply<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Link Building strategy and write complete and useful content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Switching to <\/span><b>copywriting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you will have an overview of how the best-positioned content looks like. By looking at the left of the screen, you\u2019ll be able to see the language, the number of translations, and the word count of each ranked content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you do better? Maybe with longer, more translated articles?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-2.png\" alt=\"Analyze your competitor\" width=\"904\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-2.png 904w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-2-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/6-2-768x399.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the right, you have an in-depth analysis of each article. It is the same analysis you\u2019ll find using the Copy Metrics. So, if you want to know more, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/seo-guides\/seo-writing\/\">go check its guide<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3625 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7-2.png\" alt=\"SEO Copywriting\" width=\"462\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7-2.png 462w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/7-2-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, we <strong>switch to social<\/strong>. All our competitors have medium-to-low popularity on Facebook. Maybe we cannot match Wikipedia, but with a well-designed social media strategy, we can outperform the remaining competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8-2.png\" alt=\"Backlink analysis\" width=\"904\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8-2.png 904w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8-2-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/8-2-768x396.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Example 2 &#8211; Ecommerce<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s pretend now you have e-commerce that sells drills. If you search for the &#8220;drill&#8221; query on Keyword Explorer and filter results with a keyword difficulty of 65, you can find a valuable opportunity in the <\/span><b>keyword &#8220;radial drill.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9-2.png\" alt=\"Search Engine Result Page of Google\" width=\"904\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9-2.png 904w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9-2-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/9-2-768x398.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this SERP, you can observe the presence of <strong>ads, images, and videos.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means that <strong>this is a transactional keyword and people searching it are ready to buy<\/strong>, so good news for your e-commerce. It also means that, if you want to position yourself for that keyword, it might also make sense to focus on optimizing videos and images in your e-commerce. Also, you should consider using a PPC strategy as well.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Example 3 &#8211; Physical Store<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Whether you have a physical store<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a restaurant, a clothing store, or a shop that sells dog food, <\/span><b>this is an example for you.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s say, for example, that you are a hairdresser. Therefore, you want to position yourself for the query<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;<\/span><b>hairdressers Milan.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3628\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/10-1.png\" alt=\"SERP Analyzer\" width=\"882\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/10-1.png 882w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/10-1-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/10-1-768x277.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have the keyword, you can also observe that &#8220;<\/span><b>Local Pack&#8221; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">category appears among &#8220;special&#8221; results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It means that to be among the first results on Google&#8217;s first page, you should optimize your store&#8217;s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seotesteronline.com\/blog\/local-seo\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local SEO.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also recommend taking hints from your competitors&#8217; snippets<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and rich<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">snippets<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within the SERP, trying to figure out which elements you need to add to optimize your results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, click on the three dots to the left of the single result within the SERP and choose between &#8220;Find<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the keywords&#8221; and &#8220;Analyze the page.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There, you can learn even more about your competitors. In this way, you&#8217;ll be able<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to figure out for which keywords they rank and what their site&#8217;s SEO score is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And <strong>don&#8217;t forget to export all your work to CSV!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is so important to analyze the SERP? In this short guide, we explain it. 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