by Dmitry Gushchin

The importance of keeping an eye on your competitors can not be overestimated. Do not doubt that they are keeping an eye on your business, and you should be doing the same.

There are dozens of free and paid competitive research tools available to determine how large competitor's traffic is, what the traffic sources are, how well a competitor's website is doing in SERPs, social network sites, etc. I have rounded up the tools to manage your competitor research easily and effectively.

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by Azriel Lider

Despite the fact that SEO techniques can heavily maximize the efficiency of your online presence, your website will never be able to reach its full potential without the use of strong PR.

Public relations, although often linked to other fields of work, is more than relevant to any online business who wishes to take SEO to the extreme. It includes the use of social media, news companies, and the opinions of the general public to cement your brands name into the financial market. When embedded into a professional SEO strategy the results can be truly mind blowing.

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