Tools to Predict and Monitor Competitor Traffic

Today in SEOmoz, Sam Crocker tackled a number of different tools and resources for getting insights into competitors traffic data.  He broke them down one by one as to their strengths and weaknesses as well as the validity and usefulness of the data provided.  Crocker wanted to share some other information sources that you can add to SEOmoz's list of tools that are great for competitor analysis - his favorite being the Linkscape Visualization and Comparison tool as well as the Competitive Link Research tool.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/monitor-competitor-traffic

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