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Would you try to rank for this Keyword?I have Exact Domain Name & Market Samurai competition data

by Davee
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Hi All

Really need your advice on this. I have managed to acquire the exact keyword match .com domain name. However this niche has 600,000 competitors!

I have tackled niches with around 100,000 before and enjoyed some success, however I'm not so sure about this one.

Here is the Competition Matrix from Market Samurai:



My analysis is that I could possibly beat No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 7, No. 10.
I'm basing this on lower PR, and lower Backlinks to the page.

Most of the above have massive links back to the domain in total, however not all the pages are related to the keyword phrase in most cases.

The website in position 3 has a domain like this:
my-exact-keyword-match.com

Like I say I have acquired this, which has a Domain Age of 10 years:
myexactkeywordmatch.com

What are your thoughts on this?
Has anybody else here ever taken on competition above 500,000?
What do you think my chances are against the competition above?
How long do you think it would take me to break into the top 10?

I would really appreciate your advice on what I've asked and your thoughts in general.

Many Thanks
Dave

p.s. Key for Market Samurai headings above:
DA = Domain Age
PR = Page Rank
IC = Number of Pages Indexed in Google
BLP = Page Backlinks
BLD = Domain Backlins
BLEG = .edu/.gov Backlinks
DMZ = Listed in DMOZ Directory
YAH = Listed in Yahoo Directory
Title = Keyword in Title
URL = Keyword in URL
Desc = Keyword in Description
Head = Keyword in Header Tag
CA = Google Cache Age
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  • Profile picture of the author Seekness
    This question is very subjective. As to whether it's worth buying the domain and building out a site or not, it depends on so many things, like:

    1. How many monthly searches the term gets
    2. How big a site you'd be willing to build out (it'd likely take a fair bit of content given the number of links that the first page results have attracted)
    3. How patient you are - it'll take time
    4. How lucrative the niche is
    5. The nature of the term and how likely they'd be to click on your result over others if you did ultimately land on the first page

    These days, EMDs don't carry as much weight as they used to so I'd consider these factors before jumping straight into a domain just because its name was available. The trend will likely continue in this direction over the future, for whatever that's worth too.
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    • Profile picture of the author Davee
      Originally Posted by Seekness View Post

      This question is very subjective. As to whether it's worth buying the domain and building out a site or not, it depends on so many things, like:

      1. How many monthly searches the term gets
      2. How big a site you'd be willing to build out (it'd likely take a fair bit of content given the number of links that the first page results have attracted)
      3. How patient you are - it'll take time
      4. How lucrative the niche is
      5. The nature of the term and how likely they'd be to click on your result over others if you did ultimately land on the first page

      These days, EMDs don't carry as much weight as they used to so I'd consider these factors before jumping straight into a domain just because its name was available. The trend will likely continue in this direction over the future, for whatever that's worth too.
      Thanks for your response.

      1. 3500 monthly searches
      2. I'm very interested in this niche and am prepared to write lots of content for it (over time of course).
      3. Patience... yes... but how long do you think roughly it might take???
      4. Very lucrative, AdWords Value $15,000 (SEOV $25000) per month
      5. I guess this will all depend on my site title and description, looking at the current results, all look fairly equal in this respect.

      Any further thoughts? Anybody else care to comment please?
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      • Profile picture of the author Seekness
        3,500 doesn't happen to be a ton compared to other keywords out there that get the same volume, with much less search competition. Unless this niche pays huge money, even a ranking like #3 would likely only pull in about 15 direct searches per day relating to that keyword.

        Even if the niche did pay big money, if you were looking at Adsense ads, that might result in a dollar or two per day (from searches related to that exact keyword), assuming you had a good template that commanded a great CTR. If it was an affiliate sale or lead gen offer you were pushing, you might convert one every few days at best based on those search numbers.

        Of course, if you were to build the site out a bunch, you'd also get a lot of long tail traffic --- probably much more of it than the exact keyword search traffic you were trying to rank for. And if that's the case, then the EMD's value shouldn't be the determining factor in choosing whether to pursue this site/niche.


        Originally Posted by dsepshun View Post

        Thanks for your response.

        1. 3500 monthly searches
        2. I'm very interested in this niche and am prepared to write lots of content for it (over time of course).
        3. Patience... yes... but how long do you think roughly it might take???
        4. Very lucrative, AdWords Value $15,000 (SEOV $25000) per month
        5. I guess this will all depend on my site title and description, looking at the current results, all look fairly equal in this respect.

        Any further thoughts? Anybody else care to comment please?
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        The number of "competing sites" as you put it is absolute nonsense. If anyone told you that how many sites show up when you put your keyword in quotes in Google's search bar is an important factor in selecting a niche, they are an idiot and you should stop listening to them immediately. If you paid for their product, ask for a refund.

        There could be a billion competing sites. All that matters for you is the top 10. The other 999,999,990 mean nothing. If you can beat the sites listed 1-10, that is all that matters.

        Having said that, there are some old domains in your competition there, but if you bought a domain that is 10 years old, that will even that out. There are some solid sites there, but yeah you can rank in the top 10. Not overnight, but it is not impossible competition you are looking at.
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        • Profile picture of the author JSProjects
          Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

          There could be a billion competing sites. All that matters for you is the top 10. The other 999,999,990 mean nothing. If you can beat the sites listed 1-10, that is all that matters.
          This. Though, by habit, I still do "intitle" and "inurl" searches. But lately I've been programming myself to be more concerned about the top 10 results over anything else.
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  • Profile picture of the author Davee
    Thanks Seekness and Mike, I think I will go for it. I don't particularly like AdSense, so I will be pushing affiliate offers and building a list, I aim to engage with my readers and keep them coming back.
    I think I could make a nice amount over time?
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