{"id":1487,"date":"2024-03-04T21:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T21:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2024-03-04T21:05:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T21:05:27","slug":"why-we-need-to-know-our-competition-in-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/2024\/03\/04\/why-we-need-to-know-our-competition-in-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need to know our Competition in SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing our competition in business is very important in optimizing SEO. SEO can not be accomplished properly without knowing our competition because we do not know how to market ourselves differently than other businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Competition is different in every field of business from &#8220;The Best Dog Groomers&#8221; in my area to &#8220;Cheapest Place to Get a Smoothie&#8221; in my area. Both have different markets and clients. This is why no matter what you may go into there is always a way to obtain more clients. Some business practices work for totally different companies like giveaways. We as business owners need to realize that our competition is also trying to do the same thing, and it comes down to where our morals are. We can either steal each other&#8217;s business out of malice or we can be respectful and correctly advertise to show that we are not leading customers on. However, the business world is cutthroat and whatever company is at the top in their category will be the only one that will stick around. This is not entirely true. Companies like HOKA, NIKE, and Under Armor all are in the activewear\/ tennis shoe sphere. But these have a few differences like NIKE and Under Armor have a much bigger market for more activewear products. HOKA&#8217;s main market is luxury tennis shoes that are typically more expensive than NIKE or Under Armor. Each of these companies knows their competition and their strategies and uses them to each of their strengths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Knowing our competition in business is very important in optimizing SEO. SEO can not be accomplished properly without knowing our competition because we do not know how to market ourselves differently than other businesses. 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