A comprehensive guide to legally scraping competitor content, analyzing content gaps, finding profitable keywords they're missing, and creating better content outlines—all powered by Claude.
Unlike generic AI tools, Claude excels at nuanced analysis, understanding context, and generating actionable insights. This tutorial shows you exactly how to leverage Claude's strengths for affiliate marketing competitive analysis.
Learn ethical methods to gather competitor content without violating terms of service or copyright laws.
Learn how to identify topics and angles your competitors haven't covered or covered poorly.
Find profitable keywords competitors are missing using Claude's analytical capabilities.
Generate superior content outlines that combine competitor insights with your unique value.
One affiliate marketer used these exact prompts to analyse a major competitor's platform. Here's what the system uncovered in under 2 hours.
See the proof before learning the process
Before using Claude for analysis, you need to gather competitor data ethically. Here are three legal approaches with ready-to-use Claude prompts.
Always respect copyright laws, terms of service, and robots.txt directives. The methods outlined here are for analyzing publicly available information for competitive research purposes only. Never scrape private data, bypass authentication, or violate GDPR/CCPA regulations.
Always check and respect the site's robots.txt file before any data collection.
Before scraping any competitor site, visit example.com/robots.txt to understand what's allowed. Respect 'Disallow' directives and crawl-delay rules. This protects you legally and ethically.
Use official APIs when available—many sites provide structured data access.
Systematically collect publicly visible content for analysis purposes.
Once you have competitor content collected, use these proven Claude prompts to uncover exactly where competitors fall short and how you can create superior content.
Identify what topics competitors cover and how deeply they explore each one.
Understand how competitors structure their content and where you can improve.
Find specific areas where you can create superior content that outranks competitors.
Run all three analysis types on the same competitor content for a complete picture. Claude will remember previous context, so you can reference earlier findings.
Next: Keywords →Use Claude's analytical power to discover keywords your competitors are completely missing—opportunities where you can dominate with the right content.
Keywords competitors aren't targeting but should be
›Find high-value keywords with minimal competition
›Unique angles that unlock new keyword clusters
›After Claude identifies keywords, validate them with free tools like Google Keyword Planner, Ubersuggest, or AnswerThePublic to confirm search volume before creating content.
Claude excels at understanding search intent. Ask it to categorize keywords by buyer journey stage (awareness, consideration, decision) for better content planning.
The final step: Transform your competitor analysis and keyword research into superior content outlines that are designed to outrank from the start.
Copy and customize for your niche
Once Claude generates your outline, you can either write the content yourself or use Claude to expand each section into full draft content.
See the full workflow →You now have everything you need to leverage Claude for competitive affiliate analysis. Follow this proven workflow to consistently create content that outperforms.