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HUGH INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SITES IN MY NICHE

by nest28
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I really don't know whats going on, but all of a sudden there are 10 new sites springing up every other day, all crappy made for adsense types sites to, seems no one is actually trying to make a nice site for people anymore, also the number two site has 13 thousand crap links yet is number 2 i don't get it
#hugh #increase #niche #number #sites
  • Profile picture of the author InternetMarketingIQ
    Yep. People are losing their jobs, they have computers and everyone has been told they can make money online.

    I'd expect the competition to increase. Doesn't matter if you can outrank them.

    Yesterday I noticed TARGET using Adsense on it's site... TARGET. Jeez, if Target can't sell products online and has to revert to Adsense what does that tell you?
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    • Profile picture of the author nest28
      Originally Posted by InternetMarketingIQ View Post

      Yep. People are losing their jobs, they have computers and everyone has been told they can make money online.

      I'd expect the competition to increase. Doesn't matter if you can outrank them.

      Yesterday I noticed TARGET using Adsense on it's site... TARGET. Jeez, if Target can't sell products online and has to revert to Adsense what does that tell you?
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      wow thats crazy lol... target tho and yes times are hard but i just don't understand why people wouldn't want to make good sites that people will return to again and again, one guys site is the exact copy of x-factor's authority site template, ugly plain and blue
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  • Profile picture of the author milapetersburg
    Originally Posted by nest28 View Post

    I really don't know whats going on, but all of a sudden there are 10 new sites springing up every other day, all crappy made for adsense types sites to, seems no one is actually trying to make a nice site for people anymore, also the number two site has 13 thousand crap links yet is number 2 i don't get it
    LoL. You are not living in a island, do you? Of course it is normal that what you have discovered yesterday will be someone's else discovery tomorrow, and we are talking about the world wide web where millions of curious lurkers always find ways to dig deep what T. Berners-Lee had started. Piece of advice, if it gets too crowded then move to a new discovery.
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  • Profile picture of the author J R Salem
    I agree with the post that said people are losing jobs, and they hear the can make money, etc.

    That is the nature of the beast - in any industry.

    Fortunately, you probably know more than they do, and you will probably stick with it long-term while they give up.

    Competition is good, makes it fun!!
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  • Profile picture of the author nest28
    I agree, most will quit, or just get it all wrong so nothing to worry about. I just wish they would make there crappy sites somewhere else, it's almost like having a clean neighborhood and have a bunch of people come a long and dirty it up.
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  • Profile picture of the author boxoun
    Ooh medical diagnostic sonographer . Nice niche lol jk
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    • Profile picture of the author Dellco
      It doesn't surprise me at all. All the time, I see all these crappy EMD MFAs springing up for virtually any term online as long as it has the remotest chance of making a bit of money, never mind if they don't rank.

      It's the whole reason why nobody here would want to share their sites or their niches openly.

      If you read the news (not just CNN by the way) you'd have known people are marching on Wall Street and every city around the world. Their numbers are growing. Most of them don't have jobs. Times are VERY hard, and I'd have to agree that the current system we all live under is archaic, at best.

      I would imagine the money pool that advertisers use to advertise is drying up, while the economic vultures dealing in the darkened hallways and backrooms suck up what remains in the economy. The real beast is human nature (greed/selfishness/etc) resulting in a system that is failing, and the reality is hitting home even for IMers who previously thought they were insulated from the cold hard reality outside.....
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    A few years ago, I used to browse a lot of magazines, pay attention to what was being advertised on television, and watch for trends on the news in order to find ideas for new and profitable niches.

    Now, there are two primary ways I find new niches.

    1. I grab all the keywords from the spam comments on my websites and sort through them looking for things that sound interesting to me and then I further research it from there.

    2. I check out the signature links of members in forums like this.

    Unless you are promoting something that would be useful to internet marketers (and even then you should be including the link more for direct traffic than any SEO benefits), it is absolutely moronic to include a signature link to your niche site in a forum like this.

    Why not just start a thread entitled, "Attention internet marketers. I think 'medical diagnostic sonographer' and 'sonography transducer' might be worthwhile keywords to target."???

    You have thousands upon thousands of internet marketers browsing this forum. Some of them are pretty damn good at what they do. You really want to invite them into your niche?
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    I'd listen to Mike and boxoun and remove that sig stat. I could give you another reason but that would just make it worse
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  • Profile picture of the author Dapper Fellow
    Well, I agree that the continuing unemployment levels will force many individuals that would never think of trying their hands at Internet Marketing to give it a go. The same thing happens at post-secondary academic institutions experiencing spikes in enrollment during periods of high unemployment.

    That sig tip is excellent!
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Hart
    Your niche may have been featured in an IM product recently.

    Whenever a new shiny product comes along and inside there is a case study,you can bet thousands of me too newbie affiliates jump all over it, happens a lot, that's why (most/shady/smart?) marketers never do a real case study using niches that they actually make good coin with.

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  • Profile picture of the author nest28
    I have my own reasons for posting my site in the sig, but to be called a moron for doing so is crazy, I noticed a lot of internet market/ warrior forum members insult one another for no good reason, why? I'm not afraid of any would be scavenger larking on the forum trying to steal people's niches because their not smart enough to find their own. Besides there are many people entering my niche already but none are on page 1 including myself, making a site is one thing, building backlinks and content is another
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    • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
      I didn't call you a moron. I said what you did was moronic. There's a difference.

      Chances are, there are a number of internet marketers that visit this forum that are better at marketing than you. That goes for all of us.

      So why give them your niche? They may never have thought of it. They may never think of it.

      My point was that you are not only giving away your niche by advertising it here, but you are giving it away to people that are very good at putting that information to use.

      On other forums, hey go for it. I just would strongly recommend against it on an internet marketing forum.
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      • Profile picture of the author nest28
        Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

        I didn't call you a moron. I said what you did was moronic. There's a difference.

        Chances are, there are a number of internet marketers that visit this forum that are better at marketing than you. That goes for all of us.

        So why give them your niche? They may never have thought of it. They may never think of it.

        My point was that you are not only giving away your niche by advertising it here, but you are giving it away to people that are very good at putting that information to use.

        On other forums, hey go for it. I just would strongly recommend against it on an internet marketing forum.
        point taken, and I thank you for your advice, sometimes I'm a bit of a hot head, and I put the my site in the sig briefly to experiment with something otherwise I normally wouldn't have done that.
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        • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
          Originally Posted by nest28 View Post

          point taken, and I thank you for your advice, sometimes I'm a bit of a hot head, and I put the my site in the sig briefly to experiment with something otherwise I normally wouldn't have done that.
          I tend to be blunt about things and not beat around the bush. I wouldn't call anyone from Philly a moron, unless they are a Yankee, Mets, Cowgirls, or Foreskins fan. But then, a moron would probably be the nicest thing I would call them.

          I hope you found useful data from your experiment.
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          • Profile picture of the author nest28
            Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

            I tend to be blunt about things and not beat around the bush. I hope you found useful data from your experiment.
            Thank you I did, and your right I should take this business serious, and take better precautions to keep it safe. Good luck in your own online ventures also
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  • Profile picture of the author nest28
    giving this forum a long over due break, now I see why x-factor did the same thing, besides I got work to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author ardley216
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    • Profile picture of the author nest28
      Originally Posted by ardley216 View Post

      Easy. MAKE A GOOD website.

      Ones better than the ones springing up. It's what I did, and I convert even higher
      Just take some time to make it better
      thats exactly what I'm doing, my site is better looking, has better navigation, it focuses on what people in that niche want to know and not just what keywords get the most searches
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  • Profile picture of the author donaldkevin
    You are not living in a island, do you? Of course it is normal that what you have discovered yesterday will be someone's else discovery tomorrow, and we are talking about the world wide web where millions of curious lurkers always find ways to dig deep what T. Berners-Lee had started. Piece of advice, if it gets too crowded then move to a new discovery.
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