How to Find the Best Keywords for a Niche Site ?

It'll be better to use local monthly search at 500 - 1k range so the competition doesn't really hard. If you use that keyword that has 5k global monthly searches then you need to put a lot of work.

Regarding advertiser...the more advertiser competition means that keyword has high value to work on.

Hope this helps

"Advertiser competition" should be referring to the amount of Adwords competition. This can be pretty decent indicator of that a keyword should earn a pretty decent amount per click. (More competition = higher costs to the advertiser, and higher earnings on your end.)

To get a look at the competition, you NEED to analyze the top 10 results. And, to a greater extent, the top 3. I wouldn't even worry about the overall competition. Just page 1.

To second GoBlog in using local search count, try not to go for keywords which have less than 350.

Compare with different sources when analyzing your competition.

Try not to go for keywords which have 1 or 2 authority sites in the first page of Big G.

Remember, competition isn't defined by how many people are competing for something or how hard they're competing.

Its defined by you and you only.

How resourceful you are.
How well you can compete.
How smart you are.
How well you can pick your battles.
How experienced.
How much $ you have to invest upfront (if any).

Its almost never about the actual competition. The better you can compete and pick your battles, the less competition you will always have.

Like the keyword you're targeting right now, would probably be a joke for certain people to rank for.

For others, they might waste the next 3 years and still not rank for it.

Thats why this question is technically impossible to answer.
One person will tell you its competitive, another person won't even see competition.

The best advice I can give you, if you're new, keep 2 projects. One where you aim low, to feel a sense of control & see results.

Another where you aim high, to challenge yourself and keep your ego in check.

Basically like a plan A and plan B.
Never just have 1 plan.

Good luck! - Red

Have you use the tools within Google Analytics? I have found that simply using Google analytics and the keyword tool(s) offered there provide more that enough insight into this for me. Take this from me, If you want to earn a living online my recommendation is to pick a single niche you love and throw all your focus, time and energy into it. If you pursue the path you are on, I predict a fiery burnout in a short amount of time.

You actually WANT a high advertiser competition. That generally means that you can monetize the site well.

But if you're new to the insurance niche, prepare for some tough competition. 5000 search keywords like "best dog food for my poodle" may be easy to rank for....

...but ANYTHING >1000 in the insurance niche is tough. Doable, but tough.

You can start also with keywords that have only 20 search per month why not

The blog(nichepursuits.com) run by the developer of the long tail pro has some good guide on researching keywords for building niche site . Reading that will help you in finding good keywords

Look at the keyword competition if it is below 35 then it may be easy

Hello Guys,
Just like Arbaz, I too have few queeries.
If we somehow manage to rank on #1 with keywords having 5k monthly search and 12k Globally .Whats the guarantee that we will get Clicks?
Also, how much does high DA matters , if some has low PA and Low Links number. will that prevent me to beat it?

I always start with exact match only and very targeted phrase match. Once I see a potential in a one kwd I start go broader and and new kwds around this.
This formula was in the beginning of my online success.
Any questions just let me know.