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Newbie Niche help re: competition

by coffeeandyoga
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Hello,

I'm new to WF but have been reading up on the past threads and comments, but am getting confused around niche competition. I would like to create a niche website and monetize it through Adsense. When I research keywords in google, what am I exactly looking for?

I've read almost every range on this, where some say look for low competition, but searches from 500-1000. Some say, low competition means low earning potential.

I've read others that say look for keywords that are 10,000+ searches, you want more traffic to make money money.

So I'm really confused. I have some topics in mind, where I can create articles, but I don't want to waste my time earning $1.00/day if I can potentially earn $50-100/day. I would love some further clarification on what others have used when searching that has yielded them results.

Any help much appreciated
#competition #newbie #niche
  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    The competition you get in google keyword planner is for paid ads, has nothing to do with SEO.

    If you're going to monetize with adsense, you'll have more success with how to and what is type of keyword. That is to say, with keywords people use in the beginning of the buying process and keywords that are not for buying. People at the beginning of the process are more likely to click on adsense ads (my experience) than people who've decided what they're going to buy and that they will buy.

    You need low competition because you want to make it to the top of page 1.

    But you need them to have some traffic too... Not much point on being #1 for a keyword with 4 searches a year.

    But you can get nice traffic if you have a bunch of low competition keywords with 100 monthly searches each. You just have to rank for more keywords... Which is easier than ranking for 1 high-volume, high-competition keyword.

    Yes, I'm saying 1 dollar from 1000 people equals the same $1000 that $1000 from 1 person does, but the first is easier to get.

    Originally Posted by coffeeandyoga View Post

    Hello,

    I'm new to WF but have been reading up on the past threads and comments, but am getting confused around niche competition. I would like to create a niche website and monetize it through Adsense. When I research keywords in google, what am I exactly looking for?

    I've read almost every range on this, where some say look for low competition, but searches from 500-1000. Some say, low competition means low earning potential.

    I've read others that say look for keywords that are 10,000+ searches, you want more traffic to make money money.

    So I'm really confused. I have some topics in mind, where I can create articles, but I don't want to waste my time earning $1.00/day if I can potentially earn $50-100/day. I would love some further clarification on what others have used when searching that has yielded them results.

    Any help much appreciated
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  • Profile picture of the author onSubie
    Low Competition means in the SERPs so you need to examine the Top 10 pages that rank for your targeted keywords to see if you can beat any in the Top 10. You want Low Competition in the SERPS because that indicates it will be easier to rank for those keywords.

    For AdSense you want High Competition in the Google Keyword Planner because that indicates many advertisers are targeting the keyword. That is what you want for AdSense because it shows that there will be targeted ads displayed on your pages.

    This was more important in the past and less important now because of retargeting.

    It is more likely that most visitors these days will see custom retargeted ads aimed based on their browsing history rather than ads based on the keywords of the current web page.
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    • Profile picture of the author rritz
      Using the MOZ bar for Google Chrome has helped me a lot, finding out what pages rank in the top ten for each long tail keyword I am targeting, see what kind of backlins they have and so on.

      But basically, I never really cared all that much about keyword research and competition. I always wrote content that was intended for people to want to read and want to share. Useful content, interesting, informative or entertaining.
      I think in the end, giving more time and care to creating content got me better results than doing keyword research.
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  • Profile picture of the author EPoltrack77
    Search volume. Once you know your phrase has a demand you then need to go to google and log out from any of your google accounts and enter your keyword phrase in the search engine and then go though the first page listings and see what you are competing against as far a rank or authority.

    You don't so mush have to pay attention to the number of backlinks today but rather the quality of them and where they are coming from.
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  • Profile picture of the author coffeeandyoga
    Ok! And checking the low competition in google, you mean seeing pinterest, youtube links on page 1 of a google search. Not wikipedia links, or webmd/gov/edu links correct?
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  • Profile picture of the author danieldesai
    Here's my take on competition:

    As a beginner, it's far easier to generate traffic for less competitive terms or niches.

    However, as you get more experienced you may want to "graduate" to higher competition markets as there is often more earning potential there.

    Anyway, there are people making a killing in low competition markets, and there are people making a killing in high competition markets.

    The only way to know what works best for you is to try it yourself.

    Regards,
    Daniel
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  • Profile picture of the author coffeeandyoga
    I have an interest and a topic on which I can write several articles. But before I invest money/time into making a website, etc I just want to ensure I do my research and it is a profitable niche.

    I was looking for more clarification on how to use Google Keyword Tool to research if my niche choice is profitable.
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    • Profile picture of the author elmo033057
      Originally Posted by coffeeandyoga View Post

      I have an interest and a topic on which I can write several articles. But before I invest money/time into making a website, etc I just want to ensure I do my research and it is a profitable niche.

      I was looking for more clarification on how to use Google Keyword Tool to research if my niche choice is profitable.
      Gotcha!

      Ok, well here's another easy way to check it out. Go on Google and start typing in phrases related to your niche or business. Instead of doing a search under the "all" tab like usual, click on the "shopping" tab.

      Once you've done that, type in your keywords. I did a search for "raising penguins" and there was absolutely nothing to do with that subject. However "metal detecting" yielded about a thousand pages of results.

      People will invest time and money in advertising like that if there is no interest. The more competition, the more roust the market.

      You should also check out Amazon books and Ebay and a few other market sites to see what the market is like there too.

      God Bless,
      Elmo
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