WebCompAnalyst Preview Now Available
I've put up a 7 minute preview video showcasing the ease and power of my newly available tool, WebComp Analyst. This tool is simply the most powerful, simplest link analyzer on the web. It will help you get a snapshot of exactly what it will take to rank for any set of keywords in Google -- in only a few seconds.
Check it out and let me know what you think in a comment:
Click here to watch the preview video.
To answer a few commenters' questions:
What do the numbers returned by WebComp Analyst mean?
See the first question under the Frequently Asked Questions on the Help and Documentation page of webcompanalyst.com for a complete answer to that question.
How much will it cost?
It will be $67 (but only $47 for the first two days, thus the "launch discount") one time. This is not a subscription service.
Is it Mac compatible?
It is not Mac compatible, though you might be able to run it if you have Mono installed.
If one already has SEO Elite, would your software be necessary?
My understanding is that SEO Elite does not have a tool that lets you check the backlinks in the top 10/20/30 results for a set of keywords. It only lets you analyze an individual site's links — no snapshot functionality like WebComp Analyst (which is what makes WCA so much better than the competition).
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April 17th, 2009 - 06:28
This sounds like a fantastic tool Jon. I have just run across this page, but noted that no one here has actually done and end user review of it yet – a shame really.
Guess I will take the plunge and find out first hand.
Has there been any updates since the first release? That was not clear from the comments here either.
Thanks.
December 29th, 2008 - 08:15
This tool is very good, I am using it to determine the best keywords for my website, this tool can analyze the best keywords from a link, especially the links associated with the topic of our website, so it is expected to increase our website traffic. But how do I use it in ubuntu linux?please help me?
December 17th, 2008 - 04:08
I am actually having the same question as Jim, is the Gist development still going on? Miss that tool.
For webcompanalyst, it is a cool tool but I think $47 is a bit pricey for its functions. I will stick to Google Keywords tool for the time being.
December 2nd, 2008 - 23:23
Jon.
I appreciate you need to focus on the money products (new child to feed!) but I sure would like an answer regarding the future of GistSearch online tool.
It is a fabulous tool when it works. Are you going to fix it or have you abandoned it, replaced by your newest software for Articles.
Thanks
Jim
P.S. Shoot me an email if you would rather answer that way.
December 2nd, 2008 - 06:48
This sounds like such a great tool, especially because of the “snapshot” function. But I’m a cheap man, and even $47 is a lot of money for a piece of software. I’ll have to consider it, because it could be a good investment.
November 27th, 2008 - 09:17
Cell Phone:
That’s cool, but SEO Elite does not do what WCA does. However, if it works for you, stick with it!
November 27th, 2008 - 07:47
I already use SEO Elite and I love it. I don’t think there will ever be a tool to replace it.
November 25th, 2008 - 18:10
Hi Jonathan,
Great product that I probably utilize in the soon future. Do you have another email I can send to you for private business questions? Thanks
November 24th, 2008 - 08:17
I would like to add a few suggestions
First you should add count from wordtracker as well as allintitle.
So you basically would have ratio from that keyword.
And of course all other information you’re giving now. in addition you should add maybe alexa and compete rank it also gives one picture of site worth.
November 23rd, 2008 - 01:09
Jon,
It is so rare that I will buy a newly released product let alone give it more than a second thought here lately. The moment I saw your video I went straight to the checkout and got it. I can not think of any other time before that I was so quick on the purchasing trigger. What a powerful tool at a great price. Thanks Jon!
November 22nd, 2008 - 20:12
Hi, I am really interested in this software. But there are several famous software online, could you compare your software with the software I mention below?
First, is SEO Elite, this software can analyze competition, and also send email to those sites and ask for link exchange, and SEO Elite is able to create link pages easily. How do you think about this function?
Another software is niche inspector which you mention it in another post, it also able to find niche keywords, how does it com pare to your niche keywords research function?
Thanks!
November 22nd, 2008 - 18:18
This piece of software looks great, taking alot of research time away and just giving you the exact info you need.
Jason
November 21st, 2008 - 20:32
Jon-
Will you be adding an option to filter results? For example, if I’m looking for a set of keywords to use in 3WL, it would be great to filter all keywords in the top 10 – 20 results with less than 250 links.
November 21st, 2008 - 19:32
Man.. I just love your software. Competitive Intelligence is VERY consuming. WebCompAnalyst will save me at least 3 hour/day doing my research. I really recommend you get the discount offer. $47 is a steal !
Feature Request:
1. Add keywords from google tool
2. More result in Niche Keyword Generator (Up to 100 would be great)
November 21st, 2008 - 11:11
I thought that Keyword Dig, the free tool which can be downloaded at the “We Help Newbies”site of Craig Desorcy was very helpful for determining a niche, but this one surpasses that by showing the real time stats of what people are actually searching for and the linkages. I will be using both together in the future to help me find that lucrative niche in the market.
November 21st, 2008 - 11:05
Looks interesting, would like to get my hands on that one…!
Ton
November 21st, 2008 - 06:24
Hi Jon,
The video was very informative and I am looking forward to
the release of this product.
November 21st, 2008 - 05:51
Personally I think it looks great and is priced really reasonably. I’m definitely getting a piece of that
November 21st, 2008 - 05:30
Hi Jonathan
Great preview of yet another awesome tool that will save hours of work.
I am looking forward to the release of WebCompAnalyst on Monday.
November 21st, 2008 - 04:39
Hi Jon,
For the keywords suggestion tool, are there options where we can choose to generate the keywords from google adwords keyword tool?
Thanks.
Welly Mulia
November 21st, 2008 - 03:43
Hi Jon:
Looks like a cool tool. Questions, though.
1) Someone mentioned getting slapped for pinging. Maybe a coincidence, but I got slapped for SOME reason almost immediately after I started using the 3w lynx rank finding tool. SERP rankings for my sites plummeted from previously modest to non-existent overnight, over a month ago. Coincidence?
2) Will your new WCA enable entering a kw and a URL and see what the ranking of the URL is for that kw? Would that trigger getting Google slapped, as I suspect in Q1 above?
3) The Go ogle Ads tool shows rough level of competition. Granted you can find out how hard to get ranked for a kw, but how do you know it is worthwhile to try for that kw? Does your new WCA tool look at public interest in a kw you may think of trying to rank for?
DaveB
November 21st, 2008 - 03:41
Hi Jon,
WCA looks cool and is lighting fast in sizing the competition from the perspective of backlink analysis.
I have SEO Elite and it doesn’t have the batch processing capability as WCA.
1. Wonder if WCA has (or will it eventually be able to have) the capability to do localized analysis. I’m based outside of the US and many projects are only of local SEO interest.
2. I’m not sure if WCA can go beyond 1k links for anchor text analysis (probably not if the data’s taken from Yahoo Site Explorer?), would be awesome if it could.
Andy
November 21st, 2008 - 03:37
Looks fab.
It definitely looks like a tool that I would recommend to my readers. It really should help them research undersaturated niches to develop their Affiliate stores and target the right keywords.
November 21st, 2008 - 03:21
Hi Jonathan
Watched the Video its a nice tool
Greetings from Germany
Martin
November 21st, 2008 - 01:39
Jonathan,
I have a slightly more powerful piece of online software, Keyword Excavator, that cost me $200 … yours costs significantly less, and works on a PC which most people will love …. key is making sure the software is supported with ongoing updates …. Micro Niche Finder is very good about this, as the search engines, etc are constantly changing. Please update it!! The speed at which your tool provides a “can I beat this website” decision is phenomenal …. great tool, great price … superior time saver. Enter the KW, click, make your decision. Awesome.
Mark
November 21st, 2008 - 01:39
someone mentioned optilink. is there anything this software can do that optilink cant besides compare multiple sites at once?
November 21st, 2008 - 00:37
I’ll try again
Less than one thousand to page.
and
Less than ten thousand to hompage
Obviosly there are many factors but just a general idea.
Thanks heaps.
November 21st, 2008 - 00:35
the previous post lost my figures :
Links to page
November 21st, 2008 - 00:29
Thanks for making this tool available Jon, it will be extremely useful.
I was wondering, can you give us a bit of an idea what are the highest figures we should target, eg.
Links to page
November 21st, 2008 - 00:21
Michael @ Find Do Follow Blogs and the other MAC users,
There are a number of ways you can run PC applications. Base Camp, Parallels and VMware will allow you to do this.
November 21st, 2008 - 00:17
I’ve worked with a number of keyword tools. Most of them don’t do competition analysis. Site Build It’s brainstorm tool has many features including competition analysis and is very good. Plain wordtracker and Google Adwords require a lot of work to get the answers.
However, the way that Jon described his analysis process is very similar to what I’ve learned from Josh Spaulding and by reviewing the actual returns from Google you get a real sense of keyword value and competition.
This tool is awesome for taking the bulk of the manual labor out of the process and saving tons of time.
Please let me know as soon as it is available.
November 21st, 2008 - 00:11
Man..you always come out with the sweetest software! I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it on the video but this thing looks blazing fast!
Are there settings to prevent us from getting blocked by the search engines? I just ask because you are gathering data so quickly! SEO Elite has this option so just wondering…
The comparison of the inner page and home page is brilliant and having software to show it…I’m just too excited! Seriously would like this right now! Let us in! Haha….launch strategy 101 eh?
Thanks for offering this to all of us! See you on Monday
November 20th, 2008 - 22:39
Nice tool. Just wondering… Where are the suggested words coming from for the niche searches? Google trends?
November 20th, 2008 - 22:27
The single biggest reason to lunge at this tool – is to avoid banging your head against the wall trying to compete with sites that are on orders of magnitudes more established.
Would also be an excellent tool in the ‘niche locator’ category too, Jonathan.
I’ll be waiting for 11/24.
November 20th, 2008 - 22:13
That is a very cool tool, how you keep thinking of this stuff amazes me!
November 20th, 2008 - 21:45
Hey Jon,
Another awesome software created by you again.. I think its worthwhile a try, so that it can save us a lot of time….if we are going to do it manually
November 20th, 2008 - 21:09
Jon, this is great, exactly what I knew you would create!
Just wondering – where do the back link figures come from? Yahoo Site Explorer? If so, it’s basically automating what will take me many hours to do each time – and I’ll be the first in line to buy it.
If it’s not – where do the figures come from? Is this other source “better” than Yahoo Site Explorer?
This is important to know because it goes to the credibility of the data.
November 20th, 2008 - 21:06
Wow….amazing..
I think its the great tools for us to build the new compete site. Will be waiting for it..
November 20th, 2008 - 20:31
It looks great John.
thanks for always making high quality products that always make my life easier ; )
cant wait to buy it, I believe I’ll finally get back to a few niches I have put on the back burner!
November 20th, 2008 - 20:16
1. The proxy question is a good point, other services like this have gotten me shut down from the SEs for a while due to so much pinging. How is this addressed?
2. Steve, VMware isn’t perfect, but it’s better than having to choose a PC over a mac. This way I get the luxury awesomeness of the mac and I don’t have to run a 2nd computer for all my marketing software. I backup to a separate windows based drive for that huge virtual file it creates. Until they abandon windows alltogether it’s the best of both worlds. Although, I will never run vista on it, I would dare not poison this beautiful mac with such demons.
November 20th, 2008 - 20:10
opps .. that was why *aren’t* you using GKT …
November 20th, 2008 - 20:10
Why are you using Google’s Keyword tool for the suggestions? The KT and ask data is suspect at best.
November 20th, 2008 - 19:56
You have to know that the products you come up with are amazing.
I don’t want to say that you out done yourself because in a month or two you’ll come up with another one. I know one thing , you ae the man. Can’t wait thanks again matthew faulkner
November 20th, 2008 - 19:46
Hi Jonathan
Watched the Video and thought that was an incredible tool you have come up with.
You’re absolutely right in SEO Elite – Pwerfull but does not have the saem functionality as WebComp in terms of what we want to achieve.
This tool seems to go right to the main point of doing keyword research in the first place and seems to make it so easy to actually have the results that we can put to immediate use for our projects.
Look forward to another excellent software
Take care and many thanks
November 20th, 2008 - 19:45
Hi Jon,
Wow an amazing software. This software is really going cut down my keyword research timing.
Thanks will surely get it.
November 20th, 2008 - 19:41
5 Stars for an excellent research tool, I can immediately see how it will help me to plan KW focussed campaigns….
Bring on the launch!
November 20th, 2008 - 19:35
I’m really looking forward to taking this software for a spin. I currently use 2 other programs and some manual searching to find this kind of information.
Good job Jonathan!
November 20th, 2008 - 19:34
I almost forgot.. is this going to be a clickbank sold product?
November 20th, 2008 - 19:19
CAN YOU ADD A FEATURE THAT WILL SEARCH AVAILABLE DOMAIN NAMES THAT HIT THE GOOD KEYWORDS????
November 20th, 2008 - 19:13
Fantastic tool Jon.. well done!
I am curious, where does it mine the keywords for search ideas?
Second question is.. does this work on a mac? Yeah my problem is I use a mac and I have a lot of SEO tools that are now useless since they only run on windows.
November 20th, 2008 - 18:55
Man-o- man Jon, You did it again. Another piece of software
that has so much benefit for the Internet Marketer, how
can we pass on this.
A 5 star product for the research junkie!
Thanks Jon
November 20th, 2008 - 18:33
Jon,
This is going to save me a tone of time. I am glad you did it because I was actually going to pay someone to write something similar to this,
Looking forward to Monday!
Buddy
November 20th, 2008 - 18:26
This is one I’ve been waiting for…
Though, will we need a proxy service set up to avoid being banned for all the pinging going on?
November 20th, 2008 - 18:26
Looks like the answer to keyword research.
November 20th, 2008 - 18:24
I bought Leslie Rohde’s Optilink programs a while ago, and also have Keyword Elite. As far as I can see, these cover the same ground plus other areas, but at considerably (!) greater price. Am I right in this? At any rate, your price is definitely competitive and has to be good value for anyone not possessing these other tools.
Tony
November 20th, 2008 - 18:22
Cool.
Looks like a great tool for researching and finding an under-developed market to develop a niche store and make it count.
Like others, I don’t generally invest in so called tools, but from the video I may change my mind.
November 20th, 2008 - 18:02
Jonathan -
Your tools are always amazing and provide a ton of value (AND save me a ton of TIME).
I look forward to getting my hands on this and putting it to great use.
Jennifer
~PotPieGirl
November 20th, 2008 - 17:59
Hi Jon,
I think I recognized the user interface — it was an old, irritating, buggy operating system called ‘window’ or something. When will you do the real version, for the Mac?
Heather, yes virtualization is a helpful back-to-the-wall option but it is resource hungry and annoying on many levels (but I agree, the drag and drop and cut and paste are welcome). Also, try doing incremental backups of the huge, monolithic virtual machine file to your Mac drives — you can’t.
Best regards,
Steve
November 20th, 2008 - 17:50
Hey Jon,
Looks like an awesome tool but like Jon and Roy what are the practical applications for this software. Will there be training videos to go along with it. Always enjoy your innovations.
November 20th, 2008 - 17:49
It looks like a really cool tool and it would be nice to have. I know that you have to make some money off your software to cover the cost of having it made, it would really be nice if some of you guys would take into consideration the marketers that are on disability and maybe have a different price for them. We have a fixed income and the government does not allow us to have a life or living. I realize that it takes money to make money but if someone gave us a break we might just be up there with you guys some day. Just blowing off steam because it sucks to watch all these cool things that are being developed and I just have to watch them go by knowing that I will not be able to afford them to help me and to save me time. Sorry, just had to get it off my chest.
Have a Happy Holiday Season!
November 20th, 2008 - 17:43
another killer tool that is going to save alot of us ALOT of time. I’ve been doing this recently by hand and its getting old real fast. This thing will not only save time, it looks like its alot of fun to use. I can’t wait to try this one out!
November 20th, 2008 - 17:39
Hi Jonathan,
I love it and want it now. I’ve seen and bought alot of softwares before but never anything as powerful as this one. I’m looking forward to being the an owner.
Thanks,
Rusty K.
November 20th, 2008 - 17:37
Holly crap! This is going to save me a ton of time. Can I have my copy now! Seriously, I had time blocked away this weekend to do a lot of keyword research. I can change my plans if I have that tool now!
Also, someone asked about SEO Elite, it does not perform the same research as this will. You can get some of the same info but you need to put a lot more effort into it to get the same info you will get from John’s tool.
Please John, if you are reading this, let me in!
Thanks,
~SG
November 20th, 2008 - 17:37
Hi Jon. Awesome looking product, and I love the fact that it’s not a subscription service. I think the subscription stuff is becoming a little overused these days. Looks like something I’ll definitely pick up for the $47.
Hmm, not much else to say, looks great.
-Shaun Cartwright
November 20th, 2008 - 17:36
Great product and price point. This would have helped my weight loss website in the begining.
November 20th, 2008 - 17:32
Jon,
Sounds great, looks cool. But what do we “do” with the info it provides?
For instance, I have a colleague in the online document management space. If I were to use this, in order to analyze her competition’s backlinks…well, what could I do with that info to help her to outrank them???
Are we talking about making a bunch of blog posts as to why her service is best? Building backlinks that way? Enlighten me, please. Thanks a ton.
jon
November 20th, 2008 - 17:29
Terrific tool, fast, versatile and easy to use. Waiting expectantly for the 24th
November 20th, 2008 - 17:29
To those asking about Macs, I run OSX on an IMAC and have VMWare Fusion going so I can run a fully functioning version of windows XP at the same time, I run all the windows based programs on it, including xsitepro, and every one of Jon’s tools that doesn’t happen to be web based. Check it out, very stable (release 2.0), I love it. You can even drag and drop between operating systems. Super cool.
November 20th, 2008 - 17:28
Great Tool!
I am all for automation and using time wisely, and this tool does both. Another fantastic tool to add to my web arsenal and beat the competition.
Looking forward to test driving this one and promoting it on my site
Much Success!
November 20th, 2008 - 17:14
Hi Jon,
You have done it again. I shall be waiting on Monday.
All my research during the last few months is beginning to bring a clear focus for my main niche and its variety of offshoots.
Exciting stuff this!
John S
November 20th, 2008 - 17:13
Hi Jonathan
Is it possible to choose county prefixes for google results, i.e google.co.uk ?
Thanks
Mally
November 20th, 2008 - 17:00
Two questions: how much? Is it Mac compatible?
1) It will be $67 (but only $47 for the first two days, thus the “launch discount”) one time. This is not a subscription service.
2) It is not Mac compatible, though you might be able to run it if you have Mono installed.
If one already has SEO Elite, would your software be necessary?
My understanding is that SEO Elite does not have a tool that lets you check the backlinks in the top 10/20/30 results for a set of keywords. It only lets you analyze an individual site’s links — no snapshot functionality like WebComp Analyst (which is what makes WCA so much better than the competition).
November 20th, 2008 - 16:57
Looks awesome! If one already has SEO Elite, would your software be necessary?
November 20th, 2008 - 16:52
Looks like another exciting tool from Jonathan, and if price is right, will be a buy. Timing is everything, argggg, just put 6 sites up over the last two weeks and “wasted” a lot of hours without this promising time saver. waiting………
November 20th, 2008 - 16:43
I’m in. Is this going to be a one time fee or a monthly sub.? Is there going to be an affiliate program?
Gil
November 20th, 2008 - 16:40
Jonathan,
Another home run!
Simple to use and incredibly powerful.
I’m currently using Market Samurai (30 Day Challenge)which has more features but is not as straightforward for competition analysis.
Jeff
November 20th, 2008 - 16:39
Looks great!
Two questions: how much? Is it Mac compatible
November 20th, 2008 - 16:35
This tool rocks!
I was currently speaking with a programmer about making a script that could do this very thing. Currently I have been performing this same process manually (by copying and pasting), and like Jon says in the video, it takes hours and is very tedious.
Since it’s so important, I never skip this step. I am glad that this will be available soon, and I personally can’t wait to get it as it will save me hundreds of hours!
Thanks for making such a useful creation, Jon.
November 20th, 2008 - 16:33
Looks preatty cool.
I’m amazed about the speed of the extraction of the results and how easy it seams to use it.
Can’t wait to test it on road.
ciao
alex
November 20th, 2008 - 16:31
I like the features, too. But like Michael, wouldn’t it be nice to see some of these SEO apps on the Mac. Sure, we can run dual operating systems, but that extra step…
Thanks. I like it.
Chesa
November 20th, 2008 - 16:31
Hey Jon,
This tool looks so promising and the video was just so much pure and touching the mind. I am surely gonna grab this one. I never invest in internet marketing tools too much, but this one is too hard to resist !
However, I have a small question as to how should I build up backlinks quickly and effectively ?
November 20th, 2008 - 16:31
Now that was cool. I like the search for the links. I think seo elite can do some of the anchor texting and finding what people are using for anchor text. But that is really a good tool.
Great tool, Steve
November 20th, 2008 - 16:27
Hi Jon
Very nice tool – It does everything that I do, too, only that it takes me hours and your tool does in the blink of an eye. Cool!
A pity that it is a windows application and not an website based service – Mac users are out again…
Mike
November 20th, 2008 - 16:21
Jonathan
That looks like a great tool to have to research on your keyword. I was really inpressed how it finds everything relavent to to your niches keyword.
Be really awesome to test this out,.