{"id":1796,"date":"2024-03-19T01:15:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2024-03-19T01:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:15:18","slug":"6-analyzing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/2024\/03\/19\/6-analyzing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"6 \u00a0 \u00a0 analyzing competition:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Know thine enemy and know thyself and you shall not fear the outcome of one hundred battles\u201d -Sun Tzu the art of war.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, seriously.&nbsp; Understanding your competition is half of how SEO works, because the entire point is for your site to have the best SERP position possible, you will always have to outplay some other sites. Therefore, scouting out keywords and content that competing sites would use is very useful for setting up your own optimized pages and content. 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