Comments on: Know Your Enemy – The Secrets to Online Marketing Competitive Research http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/2007/08/29/know-your-enemy-%e2%80%93-the-secrets-to-online-marketing-competitive-research/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=know-your-enemy-%25e2%2580%2593-the-secrets-to-online-marketing-competitive-research Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Geoff http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/2007/08/29/know-your-enemy-%e2%80%93-the-secrets-to-online-marketing-competitive-research/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Geoff Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:45:34 +0000 http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/?p=69#comment-106 This is always a tricky one. Don't get me wrong, I agree with just about everything here. I think it is also worth mentioning, however, that in some cases (such as with fledgling industries), knowing you your competition is doing and <i>supporting</i> it can be a good thing. Some industries really traction at the beginning. If competitors can first work to establish an industry as a whole, then there will be time to compete for it later. The trick can be in knowing where that line is sometimes. SEO seems be a great example of an industry that works together for the benefit of everyone, while each helps clients to bury their competitions. Great tips, guys. This is always a tricky one. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with just about everything here. I think it is also worth mentioning, however, that in some cases (such as with fledgling industries), knowing you your competition is doing and supporting it can be a good thing. Some industries really traction at the beginning. If competitors can first work to establish an industry as a whole, then there will be time to compete for it later. The trick can be in knowing where that line is sometimes. SEO seems be a great example of an industry that works together for the benefit of everyone, while each helps clients to bury their competitions.

Great tips, guys.

]]> By: Geoff http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/2007/08/29/know-your-enemy-%e2%80%93-the-secrets-to-online-marketing-competitive-research/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Geoff Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:45:34 +0000 http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/?p=69#comment-757 This is always a tricky one. Don't get me wrong, I agree with just about everything here. I think it is also worth mentioning, however, that in some cases (such as with fledgling industries), knowing you your competition is doing and <i>supporting</i> it can be a good thing. Some industries really traction at the beginning. If competitors can first work to establish an industry as a whole, then there will be time to compete for it later. The trick can be in knowing where that line is sometimes. SEO seems be a great example of an industry that works together for the benefit of everyone, while each helps clients to bury their competitions. Great tips, guys. This is always a tricky one. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with just about everything here. I think it is also worth mentioning, however, that in some cases (such as with fledgling industries), knowing you your competition is doing and supporting it can be a good thing. Some industries really traction at the beginning. If competitors can first work to establish an industry as a whole, then there will be time to compete for it later. The trick can be in knowing where that line is sometimes. SEO seems be a great example of an industry that works together for the benefit of everyone, while each helps clients to bury their competitions.

Great tips, guys.

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