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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google PageSpeed Insights

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGoogle PageSpeed Insights is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.N/A

    Searchmetrics

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AThe Searchmetrics Suite automatically analyzes your website and guides you through the optimization of your keywords, topic clusters (onpage) and thus your content, as well as backlinks (off page) / social links, and finally the information architecture of your pages. Clients are provided with international ranking data regarding several search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex and Baidu etc. Integration of Web Analytics, enriches data with traffic, conversions and user signals, such as…N/A
    Pricing
    Google PageSpeed InsightsSearchmetrics
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google PageSpeed InsightsSearchmetrics
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google PageSpeed InsightsSearchmetrics
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Google PageSpeed Insights and Searchmetrics Suite
    Feature
    Google PageSpeed Insights
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Searchmetrics Suite
    7.6
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Keyword analysis6.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Page grader7.34 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Competitive analysis5.02 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics9.95 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Site recommendations9.95 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Task management6.72 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Google PageSpeed Insights and Searchmetrics Suite
    Feature
    Google PageSpeed Insights
    6.3
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Searchmetrics Suite
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Local SEO5.01 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Social SEO5.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Mobile SEO10.05 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Global SEO5.43 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Google PageSpeed Insights and Searchmetrics Suite
    Feature
    Google PageSpeed Insights
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Searchmetrics Suite
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-domain support9.12 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google PageSpeed InsightsSearchmetrics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google PageSpeed InsightsSearchmetrics
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    If you notice your site is taking a long time to load, then you should first use PageSpeed Insights to see what can quickly be optimized (also check your file sizes, hosting server, NGINX and other common sources of slow speed, too.) And, if you've notice gradually fewer Organic Search visits, PageSpeed Insights might be able to help. As Google is reducing the prevalence of slow sites, you could be losing traffic. Speed up your page load times by finding what is blocking renders, slowing down contentful paints, and other critical page speed signals.
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    Searchmetrics
    Searchmetrics does a great job when doing optimization of your content and keywords. It is less appropriate when doing off page optimization like backlinks.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Measure page loading time
    • Compared loading times against Google's benchmarks
    • Identifies opportunities for web page performance improvements
    • Identifies sub-optimal web page attributes that slow down page loading
    • Compare performance on mobile and desktop devices easily
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    Searchmetrics
    • Large database of companies and search terms to compare with our site.
    • In the research section, we are able to do research on an unlimited number of sites/keywords
    • Paid and Organic search research all in one place to make research and performance comparisons a lot easier
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    Cons
    Google
    • The suggestions for improvement can be technical for non-developers.
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    Searchmetrics
    • Research into specific languages when working with multilingual countries
    • More keyword data in smaller countries
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
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    Searchmetrics
    We are currently using an agency and do not need Searchmetrics services at this time. If we do need research metrics in the future, we will probably go with them. The only deterrent is that we got suckered into an additional year with them because we were a few days late on opting out of the auto-renew. Although I was very upset about getting stuck an extra year paying for services I do not need, that is probably the only issue I have with the company, so if you can avoid that, it's a pretty good product.
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    Usability
    Google
    It's a free, easy to use tool
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    Searchmetrics
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    There is no support from Google for the tool.
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    Searchmetrics
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    I think GTmetrix has some feedback that PageSpeed doesn't provide, but Google's tool is easier overall and has a better user experience; also offers compressed images, CSS, and javascript files if that's the case. Also, Google has extensive documentation to help you better understand what can be done to improve your grade.
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    Searchmetrics
    We originally selected Searchmetrics because we got more bang for our buck. On the research end, we could do unlimited searches without the cost of the service going up. As for the historical data, we could store more trending data and do deeper research than we could with the competitor. The monthly fee was almost half (if i remember correctly, but it's been a few years) of what what we were paying before with a competitor.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Faster loading site, give results faster to visitors
    • Buyers can get to the end of the buying cycle faster
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    Searchmetrics
    • It had a positive impact on the ROI. As the websites rank better the revenue raised.
    • Searchmetrics Suite is an expensive product, it is too expensive for small websites.
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