To use G-Metrics another bloggn' tool go the the web site http://g-metrics.com. On the left hand side register with a valid e-mail address. Submit the registration, then g-metrics will send you an email with your "personal key", which is a bit long. Login to g-metrics using this personal key. Within g-metrics you can add query using one of your Google addwords (trackback to post). This will give you a trend time line, the number of hits, and provide you with the top 10 current results. The free service also provides an RSS feed. All of this data is another method for you to analyize your sites.
For my watch list I entered such items as stop smoking, how to blog, quinnipiac, pest control, and as an extra item feral cats. I was surprised to see that how to blog (975,000,000) beat quit smoking (14,800,000). Quinnipiac did well with 2,060,000. Feral cats had 1,260,000 and I narrowed my search to connecticut which returned 36,900.
The neatest feature of g-metrics is the top 10 sites they provide you with relating to your search term. It's interesting to see what the "competition" is doing.
When reviewing the top 10 for quit smoking, I saw some of the typical stop smoking organizations that I expected and a few product selling sites; however, I was a bit surprised with one site. I do not understand how this site beat other sites not listed, such as TLC (The Last Cigarette) or the American Lung Society. And quite honesty, I felt my site had just as much to offer, if not more.
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