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Quick’n'Dirty Link Spying
What's the fastest way to get 1K competitor's links? Yahoo site explorer export to TSV functionality. A different approach to "What's Spamming II".
<?php $domain = 'competitor.com'; $result = @file_get_contents("http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/export?p=$domain&bwm=i&bwmf=s&bwmo=d"); ?>
August 29th, 2010 - 10:39
Yeah I’ve always used Yahoo Explorer to get the competitors links, whenever I bring it to excel, I always make sure to order the websites in alphabetical order, that way, I can easily spot duplicate URLS, and just get one url to take a look at.
Till then,
Jean
September 3rd, 2010 - 00:20
That sounds like a good trick. Personally I like to use SEO Elite as it gets links from many sources. So it usually picks up some links that Yahoo is not reporting.
September 6th, 2010 - 04:49
SEO Elite? Interesting. How do you think it compared to Market Samurai?
Till then,
Jean
September 11th, 2010 - 01:27
Well I haven’t used Market Samurai, but I suspect it has similar features. I am quite happy with my purchase of SEO Elite though. I’ve had it for several years and it is still a very useful tool.
September 5th, 2010 - 15:32
That is a really nifty code. Can’t wait to try it out myself.
October 1st, 2010 - 15:11
Even I am going to try this for sure.
September 6th, 2010 - 04:31
zerotoseo, is there anyway to contact you not via comment? I would love to pick your brain on some basic stuff covered on your blog. Let me know, thanks.
September 6th, 2010 - 12:25
see About page
September 6th, 2010 - 20:43
Thanks, sending a email.
September 11th, 2010 - 01:28
Wouldn’t we all? I am quite jealous of how you are able to combine programming skills and seo to come up with some very powerful techniques.
September 10th, 2010 - 08:08
I will surely use this code. Thanks for it.
September 18th, 2010 - 07:19
@Aluminum, that’s great to know that SEO Elite has stayed relevant for you then threw all these years, I tried a product from Brad before in the past, but didn’t like it too much and have never purchased a Brad product since
-Jean
October 5th, 2010 - 01:46
Yes I can’t say much for his other products. His keyword elite wasn’t very good. The thing is that he releases software and then continues to develop it for years. So some of his software might get a lot better in time.
October 6th, 2010 - 00:28
I wouldn’t say it’s the greatest way, but it is quite effective. You can just do the same thing by using the site explorer interface.
October 9th, 2010 - 12:42
dude,
tracer = lamer..
October 18th, 2010 - 15:19
Wow that is really cool. I can’t wait to check it out.
November 4th, 2010 - 01:21
Definitely…what better way to find backlinks than to see where all of your competitors are getting their links from. You can almost always copy a good portion of those links. It also gives you a good idea of what kind of link profile you need to beat them.
November 9th, 2010 - 13:42
This is really helpful. Thanks for this.
November 13th, 2010 - 01:21
Simple but awesome idea. I used it in a SEO app I’m building. Sometimes one idea is all it takes to get over programmer’s block. Let’s hope Yahoo keeps this available; some of their APIs are being retired now.
December 25th, 2010 - 15:43
Great article. Very well-written. I am always interested in learning something new with SEO. Seems like you know the ins and outs of link building.
January 8th, 2011 - 17:34
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February 4th, 2011 - 09:57
Yahoo site explore is fantastic for narrowing down which links a competitor has. In addition it usually shows the most powerful links at the top.
- Robert
March 3rd, 2011 - 19:13
That is a great way to check up on your competition thanks.
March 11th, 2011 - 00:45
Yahoo is easier to rank on so it only makes sense it would be easier to link spy there.
June 1st, 2011 - 22:20
Nice I will to try this out. Thanks for sharing. This is a bit evil.