Written by: Sean Hakes
Company: Denver SEO, Inc

Have you ever wondered what your competitors are up to? Sure, you can throw their domain into SEO Spy Glass and get a somewhat outdated and distorted view of their back-linking strategy but the best way to see near live action is by setting up Google Alerts for popular key-phrases like Denver SEO, Denver SEO Company, Denver SEO Expert etc…

The big SEO topic these days is how crappy content by far surpasses quality and that’s something Google’s cracking content farms hard, a SEO tactic that many search engine optimizers implement as a major part of their SEO strategy.

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the local SERPs as well as Google Alerts you might have noticed there is a lot of movement from “SEO Strategist” who are buying links, investing in link-wheels (article spinning etc…) who are seeing some pretty decent increases in Google, so the big question is – was Google’s recent ‘data refresh’ effective?

An SEO who states they have never purchased links, spun a few articles or participated in a link wheel is lying but it’s important for local SEOs in both Denver and around the world to focus on unique content and legitimate link baiting if they have plans on surviving in the world of SEO.