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How to Find Out Where Your Organic Search Competitors Are Beating You [Video]

23rd October 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: google, semrush, seo, seo tools

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It’s one thing to know who you are competing against on Google.

But it’s another when it comes to understanding where exactly your competitors are beating you in the search results.

That’s where the real data can help you.

Using a paid tool called SEMrush, you will be able to find out what keywords you are ranking for that your competitors are doing better against you.

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How to Find Your Competitors’ Top Content in Minutes? [Video]

26th July 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: content, google, semrush, seo, seo tools

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Have you ever wondered what your competitors’ top-performing content based on Google organic search is?

It’s all well and good that you want to focus on your content and get it to perform as high as possible in terms of traffic, engagement and conversion. But sometimes, we need to look at our competitors to see what are they doing.

Some people might think it will be useful to do that to get content ideas, which is true, but there is a lot more to it when you look at the top content of your competitors.

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DuckDuckGo Review: Why I Use “DDG” as My Default Search Engine (Even as an SEO)?

18th July 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: duckduckgo, google, privacy, seo

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There is a very good chance that you use Google, not just as your main search engine, but as part of your everyday work.

The fact that they’ve become a  major part of many people’s lives is a testament to how well they have done since they burst onto the scene back in the 90s and pushed aside everyone who came their way.

But as we learn more about privacy, combined with how much I know about Google (which is too much) when experimenting with SEO, I had always been concerned by the way Google is dominating the search engine market and what they do with that level of monopoly.

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How to Find Your Organic Search Competitors in Minutes [Video]

20th June 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: google, semrush, seo, seo tools

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To keep an eye on the market, many of us would go to Google to search for keywords related to our industry to learn more about our competitors and what we are facing.

It’s all well and good searching Google and finding hundreds of options there, but it’s not exactly a smooth process.

And if you want to know more about your competitors, like their approximate traffic, the keywords they are targeting, their ranking, etc., it’s not that straightforward on Google.

But there is a way to do it in minutes, and in this post, I will show you how using a paid tool (with a free trial option) called SEMrush.

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Free Keyword Research Tools: The Complete List of 31 Free Keyword Tools You’ve Never Heard Of

5th March 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: google, seo, seo tools

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If you want to have a chance of being found on Google, you need to carry out some form of keywords research.

Sure, you should know how you expect your audience to find you online, but there is a good chance that you have missed out on some golden keywords.

And it doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or an expert at SEO – you are not able to do that without carrying out some form of keywords research.

For those who are on a tight budget, you might feel as if you have no options, but this list will prove you wrong. The free keyword research tools listed here are all available to use today and without registration, credit cards or the need to go on a free trial before paying for it.

That’s right – there’s no catch!

And that also means that Google Keyword Planner is not mentioned on this list either.

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Brand Monitoring: How Google Can Be A Powerful Tool to Monitor Your Brand Mentions [Video]

27th February 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: brand, google

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When it comes to brand monitoring, many people assume that you need to use special software to find out who is talking about you and your brand, be it positive or negative.

But what many people don’t realise is that Google can be a very powerful tool to help you with keep track of any brand mentions.

In this post, you will be able to see some demonstrations of how you can use effective and powerful advanced Google search techniques to help you keep track of anyone who is talking about you and your brand.

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Google Search by File Type: The File Extensions You Can Find Indexed on Google [Video]

31st January 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: google, seo

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Maybe you have been to a conference or lecture where the speaker has shared a PDF or PowerPoint presentation.

Or perhaps you are looking for a Microsoft or OpenOffice document uploaded online but you can’t find it.

Or you might be a developer who is looking for examples of files such as .html and .java.

If you seriously want to raise your Google searching skills to another level, or you actually need to find a specific file type/extension online, Google has a powerful search operator which can help you do just that.

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How the Google Wildcard Search Can Unlock Endless Content Ideas? [Video]

24th January 2018 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: content, content marketing, google

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For many of us who use Google, there are obvious things you can do when it comes to finding what you’re looking for.

Just type the keyword, phrase or question into the search bar and look at the results.

But there are some very clever advanced Google search tips that can help you unlock further ideas, be it when picking what keywords to choose or thinking of content ideas.

Enter the Google Wildcard Search – a powerful way to look at other related keywords using asterisks (*).

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