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Reverse-Engineer Your Competitor's Keyword Strategy in 60 Seconds

📸 Full version with screenshots: https://tomi431.github.io/Tomi/2026/08/04/competitor-keyword-reverse.html

Reverse-Engineer Your Competitor's Keyword Strategy in 60 Seconds

Your top competitor ranks for 200+ keywords. You rank for 40. The gap is not your product — it is your keyword coverage. And the data to close that gap is structured and queryable in under a minute.

Step 1: Pull Their Full Keyword Footprint

Call product_traffic_terms for a competitor ASIN. You get every keyword they rank for in the top 3 search pages — with position, organic vs ad breakdown, and search volume.

# sorftime-seller-agent:
# product_traffic_terms → keyword, position, organic/ad, monthly_search_volume
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Step 2: Filter for What Matters

Remove keywords where the competitor ranks on page 3 or lower. Remove keywords with monthly search volume under 500. Remove keywords already in your own coverage. What remains is your gap list.

Step 3: Prioritize by Impact

Sort the gap list by search volume descending. The top 10 keywords are your priority targets — add them to your title, bullets, and backend search terms. Create manual exact-match campaigns for each.

Step 4: Track and Repeat

Run this monthly for your top 3 competitors. Over 6 months, your keyword coverage converges with the category leaders — and you have a systematic understanding of how the search landscape evolves.


Try it yourself: git clone https://github.com/DannylydST/sorftime-seller-agent → python3 scripts/install.py → get your key at open-intl.sorftime.com


Originally published with screenshots at https://tomi431.github.io/Tomi/2026/08/04/competitor-keyword-reverse.html.

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