{"id":49962,"date":"2014-09-22T07:16:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.searchenginepeople.com\/?page_id=49962"},"modified":"2017-01-27T18:33:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T01:33:04","slug":"sep-research-seo-statistics-insights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.searchenginepeople.com\/en-us\/sep-research-seo-statistics-insights","title":{"rendered":"SEP Research: SEO Statistics and Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to better understand the markets and performing well in SEO, Search Engine People (SEP) tracks and monitors keywords in various cities across North America.  <\/p>\n<p>The study monitors dozens of keywords specific to each city, to understand their competitiveness in each city, where opportunities lie, and even what is required for a site to hope to rank well in that city. Individual keywords studied represent industries, and industries in turn are grouped into 10 main baskets (shown below).  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automotive\/Vehicle\n<li>B2B\n<li>Entertainment\/Recreation\n<li>Finance\n<li>Health\/Beauty\/Fitness\n<li>Home &amp; Garden\n<li>Legal\n<li>Real Estate\n<li>Shopping\n<li>Travel\n<li>Special Events <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gathering the data in this way, allows for each city to be ranked on SEO Competitiveness, by province\/state, by region, and ultimately by country.  <\/p>\n<p>SEP will continue to add keywords, industries, and baskets over time, so if your industry is not here yet, please check back periodically.  <\/p>\n<p>Find SEO Stats for top cities in:  <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SEP Research: SEO Statistics and Insights In USA\" class=\"city-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginepeople.com\/sep-research-seo-statistics-insights\/usa\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">USA<\/a><a title=\"SEP Research: SEO Statistics and Insights In Canada\" class=\"city-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginepeople.com\/sep-research-seo-statistics-insights\/canada\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Canada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to better understand the markets and performing well in SEO, Search Engine People (SEP) tracks and monitors keywords in various cities across North America. 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