Does the anxiety/depression niche have any value?

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I've been going through some posts on this website and stumbled upon this one:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...any-value.html

There were these two guys who did a lot of work in my niche, yet made absolutely no return for it.
They raised a very good point: People with anxiety, or any mental disorder for that matter, don't want a difficult solution - they just want to take their pills and that's it.

Although mental heath seems like and evergreen topic, I was heavily discouraged by their legitimate comments.

Have I been wasting my time this entire time? Nothing they did worked for them, they couldn't connect to their market at all.

Then I've tried to find any "success stories" in either niche and found none.
Even all of the websites "on sale" are extremely low-value.

Anxiety and depression don't sell at all.

Have my efforts been all in waste? I want to help people, what's wrong with making some cash off of it? Are they really not buyers?

Should I abandon my efforts altogether?
#anxiety or depression #niche
  • Profile picture of the author Kay King
    People with anxiety, or any mental disorder for that matter, don't want a difficult solution - they just want to take their pills and that's it.
    Well, duh - no one with a medical or mental problems wants a 'difficult solution'. Some 'evergreen' topics can only be successfully monetized by experts in those fields.

    What is it you are doing now with your own site? What are you promoting? What are your qualifications that lead people to believe your writing or trust your products?

    I want to help people, what's wrong with making some cash off of it?
    What are your training and qualifications to "help" people with mental illness? Are you trained in counseling or advising those with anxiety or depression? What are you selling on your site?

    The real question for you to answer is not whether the mental health niche CAN be monetized - but whether you will be able to make money from it. Was this a passion for you - a career - or just a niche that seemed 'evergreen'?
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    • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
      Thanks for your reply.

      One reason that I wanted to start a website on that topic is that I've suffered anxiety and depression, and still do from the occasional relapse.

      I tried these very same products that I've been promoting and they helped me out, and I figure that they might help others as well.

      I am an ex-sufferer, I can sympathize with and understand these people - I am one of them.

      That's not really the problem though.
      I have only seen a few successful anxiety/depression websites, and most of them are extremely lacking in information and/or are do the "my life as a depressed person" kind of thing, which people with anxiety and depression are drawn to because it helps them sympathize and gives them hope.

      That's all it does, however.

      I research all of my content extensively, I provide a resource to each and every statement that I make (no exception) and share my personal experiences.

      My stuff is practical, but I am afraid that it isn't what people with anxiety and depression are looking for.

      In fact, I am afraid that I will not be able to ease them into any of those practical solutions, much like those other guys, making all of my efforts a waste.
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  • Profile picture of the author Katy Perry
    Hello Just,

    Yes, the anxiety/depression niche has value considering that there are dozens of millions of people that suffer with these disorders. That being said, you have to understand that the anxiety/depression market is not really a niche. Anxiety is a HUGE market. As you know, there are many different forms of anxiety. There are millions of Americans alone that suffer with social anxiety.

    I noticed that your website focuses on very broad topics related anxiety and depression. This is going to be a problem. As you've already read in other threads, you need to target a more focused (niche) market. So when you are planning on targeting the anxiety market, you will want to create content that revolves around a specific problem in the anxiety community i.e. certain forms of therapy, types of anxiety (phobias, social anxiety etc), or anything else that affects people with anxiety. So a better niche might be related to certain treatments for people with social anxiety, or a type of phobia. This is just an example. It's really up to you to do some research that will help you to target a particular community of people who have anxiety/depression.

    One of the first mainstream blogs that I created was about acrophobia. I had trouble SEO-WISE so I stuck to forums and other communities. I made a few sales, but like someone in the thread you mentioned had written, I also spent too much time interacting with my visitors. For some illogical reason, I actually felt bad trying to sell things to them. This can be another problem, but I won't go into too much detail about it. All I will say is to remember that you do not have to actually befriend your audience. Just make sure to provide them with good content that will actually help them. If you do that then you should have no problem making sales pitches to them.

    Regarding the thread you mentioned. . .Well, that thread is very vague so you cannot know why his friend was not successful in the anxiety market. Also, you should not generalize value based on one anecdote.

    Should you abandon your efforts? I don't think so. Should you perhaps re think things, and begin creating a certain type of content? Maybe.
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  • Profile picture of the author vikingmarketer
    Ofc people want a simple solution that works. I suffer from it myself. But in a way I probably wouldn't buy info on getting rid of it.

    First of all mine is more or less chronic. Secondly I don't respond very well to the message people usually use for that niche. I am not a big fan of that new age hippie like self-help crap which is usually something like that people usually present people with.

    I think it can work, but it also largely depends on message to market. Natural,non harming, talk about possible side effects of meds to show the difference. But for gods sake it should be able to be backed up somehow.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamie3000
    I can't see the amount of depressed people in the world going down anytime soon it's just going to get higher and higher as we all sit in front of our computers more and more. Check the established competition then you'll know what works long term.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marcus Wiesner
    Hello.

    The only thing I think I can really contribute to this discussion is a lesson learned by the late, great Claude Hopkins.

    He discovered that focussing on the negative rarely if ever works. Do we sometimes acknowledge the problem to agitate people into action?
    Sure, yes.

    But let's get past that to the offer. People only want to buy something that is positively appealing. Like you said, not complicated and difficult. Instead of complicated and difficult, think of its opposite, quick and easy. Now quick and easy sells.

    Let's do one better. Claude Hopkins diacovered in his research selling toothpaste that no one wanted to hear about or buy "prevention". In other words, ads that basocally said, "if you don't buy this, your teeth will fall out of your head" didn't work.

    What he discovered that did work was the "beauty" appeal. That "if you buy this, your teeth will be cleaner and more beautiful" did sell toothpaste. Actually, by his advertising, he was the major force that made brushing teeth a national habit to this day!

    It was the Pepsodent campaign, well worth researching. So my question to you about all of this is:

    How can you sell your products benefits instead of what it prevents? How about instead of selling a cure for anxiety and depression, you tried to sell happiness and social comfort? A carefree attitude of enjoyment?

    I will tell you, many people are looking for solutions which aren't pills.

    If you want my honest opinion, it sounds to me that the people in the post you researched were negative people themselves, writing off their market as ones who didn't want their solutions, instead of realizing maybe it was their own skill at promoting it which wasn't up to the task...
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    • Profile picture of the author dee4d
      That's a very good sub-niche, with lot's of grey area for support. I know this coz the Good Health and Nutrition niche tries to solve a lot of issues on anxiety/depression. You will have lots of clientbase to support since many people are suffering from anxiety due to the lifestyle of the current world.

      Go for it!
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  • Profile picture of the author Jessica Amboos
    The thing is people are ashamed to admit that they have disorders. They'll just pretend that everything is okay and will go about their business like anyone else would but when they get to the quiet space of their apartments or homes, that's where the trouble lies. Nobody wants themselves seen as vulnerable who can't handle themselves. You should hire professionals who are able to do this better then those guys that you hired. And keep people's names anonymous.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nykkie Cagle
    Yes, I would say the depression/ anxiety market has value. I write a bipolar mom blog and my blog post about mindfulness is one of my highest read posts ever and it was just written today. So if the author comes from a place of understanding and love people will read it.

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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    your kidding

    in 1500 when people had their castles raided, they were depressed

    and even in 200 years time, when you great grandkids are dating robots, they will be depressed

    Its an awesome niche, as I just mentioned as its EVERGREEEN, meaning it will never go away.

    Mental illness is at an all time high right now. SO I would concentrate on this, lots of people have money right now and willing to spend it on coming or finding a cure for them.

    just my two cents.
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  • Profile picture of the author sparrow
    did you check the search results?

    are the results dominated by health professionals, because these days most health problems the authority figures are generally hospitals, doctors, etc... who work in this field

    my testing has shown if it is a health issue generally you will not get traction

    I know of one individual who is paying doctors and high level health professionals for content and doing well in this market, but again it is health professionals who are writing his content
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    • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
      This isn't really the problem.

      Fact is, many of these experts make very thin content, and I am more than capable of making much more extensive content (I can even provide resources to cover up my lack of professional expertise)

      I've seen plenty of "my experiences as a depression sufferer" kind of websites, and they work out great in terms of generating traffic.

      But most of them aren't really making any profit, and that's the problem.

      The problem is that anxiety/depression sufferers don't really want to get *better*, they want to take their pills, read about how other people are suffering/getting better and talk a lot in forums.

      Rarely do any of them really want to *take action* and *get better*.

      Imgaine trying to get someone to exercise and selling him your program, only he has chronic laziness or whatever.

      That's my biggest problem right now.
      And it makes my website practically pointless at this point, and after all of the effort that I put into it - it's killing me.
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      • Profile picture of the author sparrow
        I am in total agreement with you

        I feel your frustration

        but fact is when people are looking for medial related solutions on Google the verified medical professionals are getting the page one results last time I checked regardless of how thin the content is

        I had multiple health related websites out there which I ranked all over the place on page one of Google now those same keywords only the medical professionals are getting there because of the authority models Google chooses

        it is a sad fact the masses are looking for pill solution when better solutions are available for their health

        I suspect you have targeted a different demographics for people who are looking for natural and alternative solutions to traditional methods?

        If so there comes a time to know when to hang it up

        I've done this so many times in recent years, now I focus on the low hanging fruit to sustain my business

        best of luck if I can help let me know
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        No, your biggest problem is how you think about it.

        You're thinking about what you have to offer, think it's a great thing, but they don't want it.

        And you say, the problem is 'they.'

        I say, the problem is you.

        In marketing/sales/making money online, etc., it goes like this:

        find a hungry crowd
        figure what it wants
        feed it what it wants.

        In your case, if they don't want to get better; if they only want to buy pills, you sell them pills if you want to sell them something.

        PS The fact that the doctors create thin content and you can create better content is not relevant, until you have the credibility of those doctors.

        Also, you're calling anxiety/depression a niche. I think a niche would be
        teenage girls with anxiety
        post partum anxiety
        depression due to loss of family member

        If you have a general anxiety website and I'm online because my 15 year old daughter can't go to school she's so stressed, I don't care about anything but how to get her to go back to school and not feel stressed out of her mind. No matter how great your article about what old men who're lonely and depressed can do, I ain't interested. And, therefore, I'm buying nothing promoted to those people.

        By the way, do you have a list?

        Did you segment it?

        Originally Posted by Justsomeguy41 View Post

        This isn't really the problem.

        Fact is, many of these experts make very thin content, and I am more than capable of making much more extensive content (I can even provide resources to cover up my lack of professional expertise)

        I've seen plenty of "my experiences as a depression sufferer" kind of websites, and they work out great in terms of generating traffic.

        But most of them aren't really making any profit, and that's the problem.

        The problem is that anxiety/depression sufferers don't really want to get *better*, they want to take their pills, read about how other people are suffering/getting better and talk a lot in forums.

        Rarely do any of them really want to *take action* and *get better*.

        Imgaine trying to get someone to exercise and selling him your program, only he has chronic laziness or whatever.

        That's my biggest problem right now.
        And it makes my website practically pointless at this point, and after all of the effort that I put into it - it's killing me.
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        • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
          It's not that man.

          My website generally deals with the modern lifestyle - people anywhere between 30-40 who suddenly find their lives to be far too overwhelming for them to face.

          They suffer from both anxiety and depression because of that.

          To be more specific, my niche is people between 30-40 who suffer from stress anxiety and depression (about half the people who suffer from anxiety also suffer from depression).

          My inspiration was Sean Cooper from the Social anxiety and shyness system.

          He was an ex-sufferer of very severe social anxiety.
          He got better and decided to help others, it worked out great from him - he made a great info product that proved to be successful.

          He got the approval of many experts and therapists over his style of self-help.

          I used his product and wanted to make something just like that.

          To share with people what helped me.

          So I made a website, made tons of mistakes with my SSL certificate etc and my stuff got deindexed a bunch of times because of that.

          I made it better a few days ago and already noticed some improvements.

          My biggest fear is that I won't be able to convert visitors to buyers.

          Some systems have been able to do that - The shyness and social anxiety system, as well as the "destroy depression" system, both written by ex-sufferers who learned everything that they could about their condition.

          But I am not sure if I would be able to.
          I am not ready to give up my effort, I need this website to succeed more than anything else - I want to help others, and I want to take internet marketing as a full-time gig.

          I can't really do either if I am not fully committed to this.
          It has to work - I have to make it better somehow
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          • Profile picture of the author DABK
            So, they're buying, just not from you?

            Then, there's a disconnect between what you sell and your content or how (and why) they get to your site. The disconnect could be product, price of product, your credibility, and many other things.

            Originally Posted by Justsomeguy41 View Post

            It's not that man.

            My website generally deals with the modern lifestyle - people anywhere between 30-40 who suddenly find their lives to be far too overwhelming for them to face.

            They suffer from both anxiety and depression because of that.

            To be more specific, my niche is people between 30-40 who suffer from stress anxiety and depression (about half the people who suffer from anxiety also suffer from depression).

            My inspiration was Sean Cooper from the Social anxiety and shyness system.

            He was an ex-sufferer of very severe social anxiety.
            He got better and decided to help others, it worked out great from him - he made a great info product that proved to be successful.

            He got the approval of many experts and therapists over his style of self-help.

            I used his product and wanted to make something just like that.

            To share with people what helped me.

            So I made a website, made tons of mistakes with my SSL certificate etc and my stuff got deindexed a bunch of times because of that.

            I made it better a few days ago and already noticed some improvements.

            My biggest fear is that I won't be able to convert visitors to buyers.

            Some systems have been able to do that - The shyness and social anxiety system, as well as the "destroy depression" system, both written by ex-sufferers who learned everything that they could about their condition.

            But I am not sure if I would be able to.
            I am not ready to give up my effort, I need this website to succeed more than anything else - I want to help others, and I want to take internet marketing as a full-time gig.

            I can't really do either if I am not fully committed to this.
            It has to work - I have to make it better somehow
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            • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
              That's the thing, for now, I don't have a product.

              For now, I am an affiliate.

              I recommend products that have worked for me in the past and stuff that I did and ended up working (With a bunch of data to back it up, too).

              The problem is getting the people to give this stuff a shot.

              That, and getting ranked ahead of big health websites that pretty much dominate the vast majority of possible keywords.
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              • Profile picture of the author DABK
                Rank for keywords that are no so competitive. 1000 visitors from low-volume, low competition keywords is the same as 1000 visitors from 1 keyword with lots of visitors and lots of competition.

                Since you're an affiliate, you have to establish credibility for yourself just as if you had been the product owner.

                You should also create a free report that they get if they sign onto your list. That gives you more than one opportunity to convince them to buy something.

                And you have to sell to them. So, you need to find how hard and how often you can sell and how much free and very useful info you have to give away.

                I don't know if you've ever ranked for good keywords or not. If you did, you know that a lot of the traffic comes not from those keywords but from low competition keywords, some of which you never uttered in your whole life.

                Which means, if you write a few articles that have keywords related to your main keywords, you'll get some traffic even if you never make it on page 1 for your main keyword.

                Obviously, it's better if you also make it to the top of page 1 for a few good keywords.

                But, if I were you, I'd start with the low hanging fruit.

                Different business, but I'd start with
                how to apply for a reverse mortgage
                best interest rates for reverse mortgages

                not with

                reverse mortgages


                (with
                how to lose belly fat for people with diabetes
                not
                lose belly fat).

                Ranking for those keywords would move you up a bit for the main ones too. Not enough that you'll make money but enough that it's significantly easier to make it to page 1, 7 or 8th spot and easier to make it to #1-3.

                You'd benefit from having pages about your history with depression / anxiety and how you got over that and how you stay away from that.

                And pages that review whatever you used that worked for you and and invitation to check them out.

                And pages that answer questions people with anxiety / depression have.

                Answer the questions you had, then head over to https://answers.yahoo.com/, plug in one of your keywords and see what other people are asking and, as importantly, what other people are answering... Sometimes, good answers can get you started and finished on a nice blog post. Sometimes, it's the bad ones that do that.

                So, not only do you end up with extra pages but pages that rank for low-competition keywords you didn't think of (because, of course, you'll set up your post around keywords that pop up in the questions and answers, no?).

                And, of course, an optin form in the sidebar.

                Originally Posted by Justsomeguy41 View Post

                That's the thing, for now, I don't have a product.

                For now, I am an affiliate.

                I recommend products that have worked for me in the past and stuff that I did and ended up working (With a bunch of data to back it up, too).

                The problem is getting the people to give this stuff a shot.

                That, and getting ranked ahead of big health websites that pretty much dominate the vast majority of possible keywords.
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                • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
                  Sorry for taking so long to reply, I've been busy with stuff.

                  I have been doing all of those long-tail keywords.

                  Here's me website: Projectconquest dot org.

                  If you god any feedback I'd be happy to listen to it.
                  We're not getting anywhere like this.
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve B
        Originally Posted by Justsomeguy41 View Post

        Imgaine trying to get someone to exercise and selling him your program, only he has chronic laziness or whatever. That's my biggest problem right now. And it makes my website practically pointless at this point, and after all of the effort that I put into it - it's killing me.

        Justsomeguy,

        I don't think you really know or understand your marketplace or how to position your business in it. Just because you once suffered from the same issues you're trying to address doesn't mean that everyone else in this marketplace is just like you are. They aren't.

        Honestly, I would suggest you research the market thoroughly. You could easily do it in a day online.
        • Find out what the prospects in this marketplace are searching for
        • Focus on either anxiety or depression as your target marketplace for prospects for your business but not both - they are not the same and the solutions to issues are different
        • See what the successful sellers and web sites are doing, selling as offers, and what free content they are providing
        • Notice where the successful niche businesses are marketing and promoting for leads, products, and affiliate offers
        • Read this article: 10 Tips on How to Research Your Competition
        • Reverse engineer the top authority sites in the niche market (lots of tools available to do this - start at SimilarWeb - free version)
        • Visit ClickBank, Amazon books, Kindle, and other digital product outlets to see what topics within the marketplace are receiving most of the attention (best sellers, most popular, etc)
        • Visit the Dummies books website and search on your topics. Buy several of their books in the niche and see what they are focusing on. (The authors of these books do lots of research in the marketplace before a book is written - they know the issues well)
        • Google the very best search phrases in the niche then visit the top twenty sites returned for each search. See what these businesses are doing, what they are focusing on, join their newsletters.
        • Sign up for Google Alerts to keep abreast of the latest events and happenings (news) in the niche so you understand all the issues and the leading edge of the solutions.
        These are just a few ideas of how to do some research to better understand the topic. You are not your audience ... but you can tap into your audience and see what the conversations and selling activity is like.


        The very best to you,


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  • Profile picture of the author Jamie Iaconis
    Hi,

    TBH I tried this niche once and it did not work
    out very well for me. I have since moved on.
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    Your homepage content changes every time you post. That makes it hard for you to rank for anything...

    You have the beginnings of articles (titles) and some images... Not enough reasons for me to click on anything.

    There's nothing to tell someone what the site is about... I know, you have the word anxiety and depression in there, and hate job and why depressed people sleep so much... But that's not enough. Who are you? Why would anyone bother to read what you write?

    Sites by people who use personal experience as reason to exist should feature that prominently.

    Your home page should have content like this:

    I used to be depressed and suffered from anxiety. I found a way to overcome that. That's given me the following (list benefits). If you're where I used to be and want a way out, read my stuff. You'll get detailed info about how I got over depression and anxiety. And a link to stuff I used that helped me. I only recommend what helped me and I tell you how it helped me.

    There should be a photo of you, a video of you talking about how you used to be and how you are and what you did to get the improvement. On the home page.

    The articles need to be organized / grouped by topic.
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    • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
      I do have all of that on my "about" page.

      Do you think that I should make my "about" page my homepage?

      At the very least, how do I edit my website to, at the very least, include my introduction above my content?

      Should I just get a different theme altogether etc?
      Also, what do you mean by "your homepage changes each time you post"? Is that a bad thing? Would a static homepage be better? Should I get a widget for random articles at the bottom of my page etc?

      How do I do all of that complicated editing? Is there an easier way to do that? Via some sort of a widget or something?

      Ideally, I would like my website to be designed like this: https://shynesssocialanxiety.com/

      But I don't know how to do that.
      Like, at all.
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        They are using the Voice theme from Thermafrost: https://themeforest.net/item/voice-c...-theme/9646105

        No, don't make your About us your home page.

        Make your homepage be a static page (if you're interested in SEO, it helps).

        But provide trust elements.

        Originally Posted by Justsomeguy41 View Post

        I do have all of that on my "about" page.

        Do you think that I should make my "about" page my homepage?

        At the very least, how do I edit my website to, at the very least, include my introduction above my content?

        Should I just get a different theme altogether etc?
        Also, what do you mean by "your homepage changes each time you post"? Is that a bad thing? Would a static homepage be better? Should I get a widget for random articles at the bottom of my page etc?

        How do I do all of that complicated editing? Is there an easier way to do that? Via some sort of a widget or something?

        Ideally, I would like my website to be designed like this: https://shynesssocialanxiety.com/

        But I don't know how to do that.
        Like, at all.
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        • Profile picture of the author Justsomeguy41
          I want my homepage to be like his in terms of build: a header+ introduction (I will invest in a proper email list once I actually make enough money to afford one) and "featured articles" below.

          My categories at the side of my page, and a "you also may like" kind of widget at the bottom of each article, basically linking to random articles.

          I can't afford a whole lot of plugins though, I don't want my website's speed to drop all that much.

          Thank you once again for taking the time and going with me over this, it means a lot. Honestly.
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          • Profile picture of the author DABK
            Get their theme (they've modified it some) or some other theme like it. There are some free ones that kind of look like that.

            https://colorlib.com/wp/free-magazine-wordpress-themes/
            https://themegrill.com/blog/free-res...dpress-themes/
            https://justfreethemes.com/themes/magazine/

            Just make sure you're getting responsive themes.



            Originally Posted by Justsomeguy41 View Post

            I want my homepage to be like his in terms of build: a header+ introduction (I will invest in a proper email list once I actually make enough money to afford one) and "featured articles" below.

            My categories at the side of my page, and a "you also may like" kind of widget at the bottom of each article, basically linking to random articles.

            I can't afford a whole lot of plugins though, I don't want my website's speed to drop all that much.

            Thank you once again for taking the time and going with me over this, it means a lot. Honestly.
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            • Profile picture of the author Katy Perry
              Hi DABK,
              Do you have any sources regarding the negative effects that dynamic web pages have on SEO? I know, in the past, some SEOs have believed that spiders had trouble crawling dynamic URLs. However, Google's position (you can find this on their blog) states that there should not be any SEO penalities or indexing problems regardling dynamic URLs (or content). This is both MOZ's position and the position of other authorities. Are you referring to SEs in general? Can you provide any sources that we can use so that we can be better informed?

              Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author sam770
    yes, its a despair niche so it has a lot of value, just find some good services/products to promote
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    For what's it worth I'm in the process of creating a Webpage titled: "HopeAndAdvice.com" (not online yet). Essentially it's everything I have learned from dealing with Schizophrenia. My most favourite "Tip" would have to be:

    Tip 7

    You can be the Hero (or Heroin) of your own Life by realizing that you have the strength to persevere and endure until you're happy, peaceful, and successful.
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  • Profile picture of the author roel330
    Suffered Anxiety (OCD) and depression for more than half of my life; im turning 50 next year. I still want to dive into this niche/sub-niches...
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    no you will CRUSH and I mean Crush any niche if you do this.

    Its about pushing salt into their open wound, making them feel the pain and the showing them proof what you have is the best at what they will get. No doubt the niche is good, but you are missing the point, its about the proof you have and the results.

    That is what people want.
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  • Profile picture of the author Blakers1
    My thoughts are that you have to go long-tail. I think the feedback that it takes a medical authority site to rank for higher-competition phrases in this niche is 100% on point.

    I'm basing this on actual experience dealing with a family member who suffers from mental health disorders. We've personally searched for stuff like:

    best herbal supplements for borderline personality disorder
    does kava help depression
    can melatonin help with serotonin levels
    are there probiotics you can take to boost dopamine
    is there a connection between colitis and depression

    Those CAN'T POSSIBLY be difficult to rank for. I would use Google keyword planner to come up with 1-2 long-tail questions you can rank for each week. You seem to be genuinely passionate about this topic, so I say go for it.
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  • Profile picture of the author OptedIn
    This thread was dormant for 6 months before the spammer reincarnated it. I'd find a better use of your time.

    This thread was ghastly in it's original iteration.
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    "He not busy being born, is busy dying." - Bob Dylan • "I vibe with the light-dark point. Heavy." - Words that Bob Dylan wishes he had written.

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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    I have schizophrenia, and I can tell you now that I'd take my Latuda pills any day of the week instead of trying natural remedies or reading a guide on how to beat it. Once mental health sufferers find a solution that they can rely on and live with... a new life for them begins - no matter the costs. They'd gladly take helpful pills that restores their life - even if a so-called "cure" INDEED exists!
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  • Profile picture of the author teddyjames
    people with acne might be a good place to help people
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