BrightEdge

Score6.8 out of 10

152 Reviews and Ratings

What is BrightEdge?

BrightEdge is an enterprise-level SEO (Search Engine Optimization) platform from the company of the same name in San Mateo, California. It includes customizable dashboards, reporting, forecasting, SEO recommendations, backlink management and competitive analysis. It covers local, global, mobile, social and content centric SEO. Presently BrightEdge's platform supports the marketing efforts of many well-brands, like Nike, Microsoft, and Netflix.

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Competitive analysis
The tool analyzes your website’s position in comparison to competitive websites in areas such as backlinks, SERP position, etc.
Category average: 8.2
Local SEO
The tool helps optimize your website for local searches.
Category average: 7.8
Social SEO
The tool tracks social mentions and backlinks and their impact on SEO.
Category average: 7.2

Site audit / diagnostics
The tool crawls your website’s pages to discover potential issues search engine crawlers might have with your website.
Category average: 8.5
Page grader
The tool scores each page of your website for SEO.
Category average: 7.8
Site recommendations
The tool recommends site structure improvements and other tasks to help with SEO.
Category average: 7.2

Verified User

Consultant in Marketing (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Control SEO traffic and possible gaps in content strategy and understanding competitive positioning in search results, as well as trying to optimize content for search engine algorithms. Additionally, we utilize it to increase visibility through SEO.

Pros

Providing info on specific technical issues like missing meta descriptions, broken links, or page speed problems that directly impact rankings.
Keywords ranking and trends.
Identify content opportunities and competitive gaps.

Cons

Clarity on the insights.
Report customization.
Tracking on Google updates.

Return on Investment

SEO as best source of deals in Q1 2024.
An increase of organic traffic of 30% after using Brightedge to identify keywords to build articles for a blog.
20% increase in visits to listings of or marketplaces after refining descriptions with the right keywords.

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Other Software Used

Demandbase One, Power Apps, geoblink

Verified User

Manager in Marketing (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use BrightEdge for keyword research, competitive analysis, and position tracking. Keyword research is used to optimize our on-site copy; competitive analysis is used to see where we may have room for improvement and position tracking is used to monitor algorithm updates and other general changes, especially during the holidays.

Pros

Stays up to date on trends like AI.
Is very user-friendly and easy to manage.
Provides good data (extensive keyword research, daily rank tracking, etc.)

Cons

Some keywords tend to be missing from conversational keyword ideas.
Position tracking doesn't always reflect fluctuations very well.
The tool is pricey overall.

Return on Investment

We're able to find content opportunities to rank for additional keywords.
We're able to optimize existing content to rank better/for more keywords.
We're able to track algorithm updates to see if us or our competitors were affected.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Semrush

Other Software Used

Botify, Adobe Analytics, Google Search Console

Alissa Steingraber View profile

Search Marketing Manager - SEO in Marketing at Kohl's (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have fully integrated other analytics platforms into BrightEdge to create the most robust centralized platforms. The platform is the base for all the work we do to optimize an enterprise website.

Pros

Instant - Keyword research tool is by far our team's favorite item on the platform
DataCube - We are able to uncover competitive gaps and hone in on specific sets of pages using filters containing our business product assortment attribute.
Professional services have been attentive when asking for changes

Cons

If BrightEdge had an integration that allowed for on-page optimizations (outside out internal CMS) using javascript after page load that would be amazing.
If google search volume and clickstream search volume we always presented next to each other and not in a separate section our processes would be quicker.
There could be a better way to track the pages we have optimized and share data over time on the performance of those optimizations. This. is one of the hardest things for us to manually keep track of today

Return on Investment

Allows us to quickly present channel data to CMO
Allows us to track our success and pivot into the most successful tactics

Alternatives Considered

Conductor, seoClarity and Searchmetrics Suite

Other Software Used

Ahrefs, Google Search Console, Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Jon Bowers View profile

Senior Account Executive in Sales at Forthea Interactive Marketing (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Forthea uses BrightEdge as the backbone of everything that we do for SEO, including both client services and sales. The tool itself is flawless. BrightEdge allows us to gain insights and efficiencies that benefit both the agency and our clients. I initially implemented BrightEdge at another agency, where we went through a rigorous review of a handful of SEO platforms. There really was no comparison, and the decision was an easy one. It provided so much value that convincing the decision-makers at Forthea to implement was a no-brainer, and our entire staff sings its praises daily. Past the platform, I consider our peers at BrightEdge to be an important part of our team. They are skilled, responsive, and provide thought leadership on all things SEO. I don't believe it's possible to be happier with the investment in the platform and the partnership with the BrightEdge team.

Pros

SERP ranking tracking
Keyword analysis

Cons

Report customization

Return on Investment

Improved results for and retention of clients.
Insights and analysis for all sales efforts.
Thought leadership on recent SEO changes and/or issues.

Alternatives Considered

Conductor, Semrush, Moz Local, BrightLocal, SpyFu and Rio SEO

Other Software Used

Screaming Frog SEO Spider, Ahrefs, Moz Local

Giovanni Paola

Senior Manager, Search Engine Optimization at Rogers Communications (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have nothing but good things to say about BrightEdge. The platform itself is solid. We use it for keyword tracking and reporting across all our lines of business, keyword research, and competitor analyses (content gaps, etc.). BrightEdge Instant is also an amazing tool: it gives you real-time data on keywords, volume, etc., by region - all very hard data to come by otherwise. Also as impressive are its people - they care about what you're trying to accomplish and go out of their way to create customized solutions. Attention to detail is top-notch, offering a white-glove service in many ways. In short, I highly recommend BrightEdge. Great platform, amazing people.

Pros

Attention to detail
Customized solutions
The platform roadmap (always new things coming)
Friendly, great service

Cons

More integration opportunities with other platforms

Return on Investment

Awareness of SEO across the organization
Time savings: simplified reporting solutions
Proactive planning: volume trend analysis allows us to pivot

Alternatives Considered

Ahrefs and Screaming Frog SEO Spider

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Competitive analysis

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Page grader

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