Target competitors

A domain's target competitors attribute is a list of competitor domains with which it has a backlinks referral relationship (that points to the competitor). Only shared referrer, competitor referrer, and competitor shared referrer domain types will have entries in this list.

Identifying target competitors

In the illustration below, domains A, B, C, D, and E have backlinks referral relationships that point to one or both competitor domains X and Y:

The target competitor attributes for domains A, B, C, D, and E are:

Domain Target competitors
A X
B X
C X, Y
D Y
E Y

Viewing target competitors lists

All worksheets in the data tables (MS Excel file) for a report that list domains contain a Target competitors column for this attribute.