How to find competition for a particular keyword

[seoug_2005]

Is there any operator to find the level of competition for a particular keyword in Google ?

Is intitle:keyword a fair indicator ?

[Entrusteddev]

You could try the keyword difficult tool in SEOMoz research tools

http://pro.seomoz.org/tools/keyword-difficulty

It will give you a rough idea of the difficulty to rank and also the Page and Domain Authority of the top 10 competitors

[seoug_2005]

Thanks Aran.

Actually, the above question was asked in an SEO interview to one of my friends. Is there any operator to find the competition .

[Entrusteddev]

I suppose you would use a combination of operators; intitle:keyword+inurl:keyword+intext:keyword

It seems a bit daft when you can simple Google a keyword and see the top 10 for a phrase! or use Keyword difficulty tool to get an idea of competitions metrics.

[seoug_2005]

Yes, you are right that a simple Google search will be enough.

Don't you think that inurl is not required.

[Entrusteddev]

For some of the phrases I'm currently working on all of the top ten SERPs have the phrase in the URL. Not saying its a factor but I wouldn't like to leave it out of the equation just yet.