How do I find what keywords competitors are ranking for?

[lisarein]

I am just starting out doing come SEO research.  I seem to remember a tool that would tell me which words my competitors are ranking for and what kind of traffic they are getting.

Thanks,

Lisa

[Travis-W]

You may be thinking of semrush.com.

[mememax]

Travis is right, semrush will give you that kind of information (and a bit of it for free) with that tool you can also see if that is paid traffic or organic one.

[CraigBradford]

Semrush is a good option, another is Searchmetrics which will give you that information and more. Remember though that these are only trends, there is no way to get exact data. Obviously you can just rank check as well if you really want to know. Be wary of going down a rabbit hole though, realistically what are you going to do that improves your business by knowing what your competitors rank for? There are probably better ways to spend your time.

I hope this helps,

Craig