Top Paid Competitors
The Top Paid Competitors report provides insight into your top competitors ad ranking, exposing which keywords they are focusing their advertising budget on.
Launch the Discovery screen to view keyword, search volume, average cost-per-click and ad position in the search engine results.
Top Paid Competitors Report

Top 10 Paid Competitors Graph
View the top 10 sites competing for your keywords with paid AdWords that are displaying in Google's top ad positions. Hover over a bar to view your competitor's Total Average Cost Per Click and the Total Keyword Search Volume.

Top Paid Competitor Advertising Comparison
The comparison table details the Total Search Volume and Total Average
CPC, along with the number of Top 20 Keywords of sites successfully
competing for the best AdWords positions in the SERPs.
This report provides:
- Total (overlapping Top 20) Keywords
Number of Campaign Keywords for which the competitor ranked in the top 20 organic search engine results.
- Total Search Volume
The total amount of the broad number of Google global searches in a month for the specified, overlapping keywords.
- Total Average Cost Per Click
The total of the average cost-per-click of all campaign keywords displaying in the top AdWords positions for this competitor.
Top Paid Competitor Discovery
Click the Discovery icon to
reveal ad keywords, along with search volume, average cost-per-click and ad position.

Competitor Ads for Your Keywords
Hover over a keyword in the Competitor Ad Keywords screen and the actual AdWords ad displays, providing you with your competitor’s advertising copy in addition to the target landing page URL on their site.

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Keywords:
- Select All or individual keywords
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Keyword Tags:
- Select keyword tags to filter the report data.
Keyword tags can be added to individual keywords or in bulk in the Campaign Settings > Keywords screen. |
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Search Engines:
- Select a Google Global, Google Country-specific or Google Mobile search engine
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Keyword Metrics:
- Set a Search Volume filter (optional)
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