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when choosing a niche...

by Amazin
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how many local/global monthly searches should there be for a key word before I even consider if its worth doing or not?

I also read it somewhere that only between 5-8% of the searches will actually end up as traffics to your site. Is that true?
#choosing #niche
  • Profile picture of the author Confined To Life
    Are you talking keywords or niches here?
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    • Profile picture of the author Amazin
      Hi, thank you for the reply. I'm new into all of this so still have lot to learn. I thought that the difference between key words and niche is not that much? e.g. I want to start a blog about Chinese cooking but if no one is searching for it then surey thats not a good niche?
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      • Profile picture of the author Confined To Life
        Originally Posted by Amazin View Post

        Hi, thank you for the reply. I'm new into all of this so still have lot to learn. I thought that the difference between key words and niche is not that much? e.g. I want to start a blog about Chinese cooking but if no one is searching for it then surey thats not a good niche?
        You can be successful in any niche. Making profit, however, is exclusive to a smaller number niches. Cooking can be highly lucrative if you know what you're doing. "Chinese cooking" is your niche. Now you need to hit up GKT and find your keywords that you're going to base the site around.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dontrell Lyons
    When doing keyword research I tend to look for keywords that are getting at least 500 searches per day (15,000 searches per month)...

    Statistics say if you're #1 for that keyword you will receive about 50% of that traffic.

    So if your focus is SEO you need a solid strategy to get slots 1-5 ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenneth L
    I generally recommend going for big markets if you want to make serious money.

    Small niche markets are maybe okay for getting started, however, you'll realize as you go on that most of the money is actually made in the obvious markets.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheRookie
      Havent looked it up but chinese cooking has to have some sort of need. Just like most other types of cooking.

      Depeding on what your going for as far as niche sites. a thousand exact match searches per month can make you money. It totally depends on the market. If you found a keyword that had 100 searches per month but 0 competition and you got 60 percent of the searches to your site. That traffic could replace your income. Hard to believe but it really depends on how it can be monetized. Probably would take more with chinese cooking though.
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  • Profile picture of the author johndetlefs
    If you're just starting out, then personally I wouldn't try to win the SEO game. Regardless of what every second WSO preaches, SEO is not an easy game to win, and Google reserves the right to turn everything on it's head without notice.

    Cooking and recipes are a huge niche, and there are plenty of people out there who appear to be making money there.

    Not being funny, but have you figured out how you're going to make money from the traffic that you do get?

    If not, then don't worry about the Google Keyword Tool, you should be figuring out your business plan!
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  • Profile picture of the author John Romaine
    Heres a tip

    something interesting you enjoy > content > people > algorithm

    NOT

    algorithm > something you know nothing about > crappy content
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    • Profile picture of the author Amazin
      Heres a tip

      something interesting you enjoy > content > people > algorithm

      NOT

      algorithm > something you know nothing about > crappy content
      Correct me if I'm wrong but is it a bad idea to pick niche that has very little searches? So even if its something you're very passionate about it is still a bad idea?

      Not being funny, but have you figured out how you're going to make money from the traffic that you do get?
      Nope, is it really that important to know that at this stage? Many successful online companies were born out of passion. I think it is important to get both right.
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