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This guide explores various tools and techniques for reverse engineering competitor traffic and monetization strategies. Discover essential platforms like SEMRush, SpyFu, and Ahrefs for analyzing traffic and backlinks. Learn how to identify affiliate offers, demographics, and monetization methods using resources such as Alexa and SimilarWeb. Uncover sponsored content and lead generation tactics, while gaining insights into technology stacks with BuiltWith. Enhance your competitive intelligence effectively by leveraging the right tools and methodologies.
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Traffic • SEM • SEMRush.com • Spyfu.com • Ispionage.com • Keywordspy.com
Display • Whatrunswhere.com • Mixrank.com • Adclarity.com • Boxofads.com
Referrals/Backlinks • OpenSiteExplorer.org • Ahrefs.com • Majestic SEO
Social • SocialMention.com • Follow all their social media accounts
Affiliate Offers • Follow.net • Sign up for their affiliate account, find out where it’s run • Google their affiliate link structure
Demographics • Alexa • SimilarWeb • Siterail
Technology • Built With
Monetization • Display advertising • https://www.ghostery.com/en/ • Tells you which networks they run on • Search google for [site:domain.com advertise] • Find out if they sell ads directly
Monetization • Ecommerce Drop shipping • Buy a small item, google the return address, package slip info etc on the package to find the suppliers
Affiliate Links • Use a link crawler like Xenu to find all outbound links on a site. Look for links with extra stuff “?a=3243434” to find pages with affiliate links
Misc Monetization • Use a crawler technique and/or view source in browser to find external javascript that might indicate a monetization method like adsense, viglink, infolinks, etc. Google the script url to figure out what it is
Sponsored Content • Google ‘site:domain.comsponsored’ to find out who is sponsoring their content
Lead Gen • Fill out the form to see who emails/calls and that’s likely who they are selling leads to
Freelancers • Google “brand name/domain project” or search brand name/domain name in elance, odesk, freelancer, etc.