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Old 29-02-2008, 04:46 PM
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Hi Everyone,
I'm looking to put together a competitive analysis here at work for our primary competitors in the hope it will kick start some action around here and get everyone onto the Analytics bandwagon .

I know Hitwise can get some fantastic data, but it comes at a fairly hefty price. Compete.com seems good, but it appears to be US based data.

Is there anyway I can dig up the same kind of data for Irish Based sites?

I want to know how many hits their getting and for what keywords

Anyone have an agreement with Irish ISP's for their log data?

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I know Hitwise can get some fantastic data, but it comes at a fairly hefty price.
They also offer bespoke reports for a fraction of the sub cost. Around $500 for any given site. No Irish data however, and heavily skewed toward B2C and C2C.
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Compete.com seems good, but it appears to be US based data.

Is there anyway I can dig up the same kind of data for Irish Based sites?
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I want to know how many hits their getting and for what keywords

Anyone have an agreement with Irish ISP's for their log data?
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The privacy implications of log data are quite scary ...

Of course a lot of ISPs wouldn't even hold onto DNS logs as they are simply too big
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Ok thanks for the replies. Looks like i'll have to do some more research.

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