Competitive Analysis Tools - Hitwise, Compete? Cheaper Alternative?

[gav240z]

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?

Cheers,
Gavin.

 

[RedCardinal]

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.

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?

Not easily.

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?

Interesting question

 

[mneylon]

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

 

[gav240z]

Thanks

Ok thanks for the replies. Looks like i'll have to do some more research.