Competing sites on the Internet
The more the sites of competitors, the stronger the competition among sites, the more difficult site to break into the leaders.
The number of sites of competitors in different countries
differently. The level of competition among sites in different
countries varies. The more economically developed country, the higher
the level of competition among the sites.
The more the sites of competitors, the more difficult it is to
bypass them. Fooling a competitor's site in the world of Internet
search engines, all other things being equal, can be provided:
1. language website the same as that of the competitor's site;
2. domain map is the same as that of a competitor;
3. Hosting the site is located in the same city, that of a competitor's site;
4. costs to create, support, promotion, etc. site is comparable to the cost competitor;
5. the amount and quality of content the site is not inferior to the amount and quality of content a competitor's site;
6. term placement site on the Internet for a period comparable to the presence of a competitor's site;
7. the level of the site and its technical implementation does not yield the level of a competitor's site.
For reference:
According to the report, released by Netcraft, the end of January 2009 on the Internet, there were 185 497 213 Site --
second-level domain.
In mid-October 2007, the number of sites - second level domain on the Internet amounted to 142 805 398.
In December 2007, the Internet, there were over 155 million web resources.
This is about 50 million higher than at December 2006. During 2007
the number of sites on the Internet increased by 48%. The number of
regularly updated resources for 2007 had increased to nineteen million.
illustrates the increase in the number of sites since August 1995. to January 2009.
According to Netcraft the number of sites on the Internet over the past
three years has grown in 2,5 times - in April 2003 it was about 40
million.
The number of third-level domain is several times greater than the
number of second-level domain. In other words, in 2007 the global
Internet, there are several hundred million websites (domain of
second-and third-level).
Note:
One of the conditions for adding the site to foreign search
engines, directories, and ratings - the existence of versions of the
site in the language of the official in a country where there are
specific search engine, directory, or rating.
Sample
- The company wants to create a website and selling products via the Internet from Russia, America and Germany. The company wants the site occupied a leading position among the sites of competitors.
- The company is developing three versions of the same site: the site in Russian, the site in English and the site in German.
- The company should know that different versions of the site will be a different rating depending on the number of sites of competitors. For example, a version of the site in Russian competitors in the number of sites 20-30 times less than the version in English (for America).