This niche site idea would make me money...but there's already one great competitor
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I have a great niche site idea that I believe can make me a decent amount of money. The key phrase I want to target gets many thousands of hits per month and has low competition according to Long Tail Platinum.
But the problem is, there is already a very good competitor to deal with if I were to target this main keyphrase. His site is very well done, his monthly traffic is rising sharply every month due to mostly organic searches, and the site is very informative. This is where it gets tricky:
1. He's using the exact Wordpress theme I want to use for my site. It's literally the one I would use for my site if I were to build it without ever looking at his site.
2. He has a domain name very similar to the one I want to use. The name I have seems like the most logical choice to go for regarding this product but it has one word in it that is also in his domain name.
3. He's using tablepress on his main page almost exactly like I would use it.
4. I can tell this guy is very passionate about this product. Plus, he's used this product more than I have.
However, he seems to have the following weaknesses:
1. There are several long tail key phrases similar to the main key phrase he's targeting that he is neglecting to target in posts and webpages under his website. This phrases get about 1,000 - 6,000 local hits per month.
2. He is not marketing or sharing links on social networking sites at all. I could probably dominate him in this area. There are also other techniques I can use to get quality backlinks relatively fast.
3. His posts and webpages aren't as attention-grabbing or interesting as I would aim for. I would try to make posts that are linkbaits so that they'll be easier to spread on social networking sites. I would do this along with making other posts specifically to target certain long tail keyphrases.
Should I go ahead and build this niche site even though it may be too similar to his? What are some ways I can differentiate so that it won't look like I'm copying him?
But the problem is, there is already a very good competitor to deal with if I were to target this main keyphrase. His site is very well done, his monthly traffic is rising sharply every month due to mostly organic searches, and the site is very informative. This is where it gets tricky:
1. He's using the exact Wordpress theme I want to use for my site. It's literally the one I would use for my site if I were to build it without ever looking at his site.
2. He has a domain name very similar to the one I want to use. The name I have seems like the most logical choice to go for regarding this product but it has one word in it that is also in his domain name.
3. He's using tablepress on his main page almost exactly like I would use it.
4. I can tell this guy is very passionate about this product. Plus, he's used this product more than I have.
However, he seems to have the following weaknesses:
1. There are several long tail key phrases similar to the main key phrase he's targeting that he is neglecting to target in posts and webpages under his website. This phrases get about 1,000 - 6,000 local hits per month.
2. He is not marketing or sharing links on social networking sites at all. I could probably dominate him in this area. There are also other techniques I can use to get quality backlinks relatively fast.
3. His posts and webpages aren't as attention-grabbing or interesting as I would aim for. I would try to make posts that are linkbaits so that they'll be easier to spread on social networking sites. I would do this along with making other posts specifically to target certain long tail keyphrases.
Should I go ahead and build this niche site even though it may be too similar to his? What are some ways I can differentiate so that it won't look like I'm copying him?
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