Just can't get the hang of finding micro niche keywords

[jeffdonk]

I'm really stumped here. Trying to find good keywords, but can't figure out keywords. the biggest problem is simple: I just MNF, GAKT and keyword elite 2.0 - and they all have major differences in exact search each month.

Every keyword I find has extreme differences in traffic when searching in KE2 and GAKT. For one keyword GAKT say 92k exact/month - KE2 says 500.. and vice versa for other keywords.. anyone know which is the most exact?

Seems I always end up buying domains that I later find out has 5% of the searches I believed it had..

[Clyde]

Make sure it is EXACT and local to United States and double check with PPC services out there, keywordspy, spyfu etc.

[jeffdonk]

I just started using keywordspy today (spyfu is to slow today). And, as an example:

I bought a domain based on GAKT/MNF results last week. Shows 8100 exact searches (only US and english). KE2 todays shows 720 monthly searches for the keyword, keywordspy shows 14,800 searches (that number sounds like a GAKT result number, is it?).
So.. which one is it?

[Negotiator74]

Jeff, I have used all the tools that you are referencing and at first was very frustrated by the different results. What is even more frustrating is finding a keyword with X number of searches, build the site, get it ranked in the top 3.......and end up with 3 visitors to my site a day. What a letdown! I have instead focused my attention to finding the keywords, building the sites, and moving on. I let the rest take care of itself. I spent many an hour obsessing over these differences and have found it best just to control what I have control over. Good luck!

[inter123]

Forget any of these paid tools for the time being. Just use the one provided by Google:

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Look for a keywords that receives at least 3,000 'exact' searches a month, the more the better. Make sure its not 'broad' search or anything else.

Hop over to Google type in keyword in speech marks (i.e. "keyword"), if the results returned is less then 50,000 go for it.

Buy the domain name with the exact keyword. If not possible then you can buy it and add a word at the end of it.

Ideally you want to check out the number of backlinks the sites on the first page have. If they are a handful its really good. Even if they are a few hundred no matter you can work towards building backlinks in time. But the keyword in domain will help anyway.

Build a few pages for the keyword and getting running. Even if you don't end up on the first page in a few weeks, no matter, you'll still receive some traffic for the broad seach of users.

That is if someone types in something like "whats' the best way to exercise if you are a pensioner", your keyword was something along the lines of "exercise" and the search query matches the content on your page.

[DrGUID]

I'm not sure keyword long tail targetting is that great. My greatest monetising hubpages have come from targetting popular keywords - big numbers of searches more than make up for the competitiveness of the niche.

Also I've found subjects which monetise a lot better than I thought.

Finally, targetting people in buy mode is lucrative.

[animal44]

Originally Posted by DrGUID

Finally, targetting people in buy mode is lucrative.

Is there any other way?

All keyword tools are inaccurate to some degree. Most use the same data from google and google distorts the figures. Best use for comparison - if keyword1 get twice the searches of keyword2, then that's likely reasonably accurate, but don't expect the exact number of searches claimed.

On way to test is to run a short PPC campaign and see how many impressions you get.