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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Calamaroo

Broad Searches = 5,400 daily
Competition = 18,400
OCI = 94%
SEOTCR = 35%

Same niche as above: 730 daily exact searches

Why so much discrepancy between the broad and the exact?

Statistically, is this a gold mine? The estimate for what one needs to pay adwords to make it to number one in the niche is 79 cents.

Went to amazon and the product goes for $300 to $800 retail.

Gold mine or fool's gold?

Not bad, depends on how you're going to market a single Amazon product...

Are you talking about opening a full blown shop or trying to sell ONLY that product with a blog style setup?

730 searches isn't bad at all for Exact match.

Broad is how many people type in "keyword blah blah blah" and exact is how many people type in that keyword EXACTLY.

Make sure you always look at exact before making a decision, I've had "fake" keywords before

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travlinguy

14 years ago

Too hard to tell without more info. Maybe there's a product that goes for $300+ and maybe there's a BOATLOAD of free info available within those search numbers you posted. No way to tell without more data...

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Calamaroo

14 years ago

Originally Posted by travlinguy

Too hard to tell without more info. Maybe there's a product that goes for $300+ and maybe there's a BOATLOAD of free info available within those search numbers you posted. No way to tell without more data...

According to Market Samurai:

"OCI - OCI (Online Commercial Intent) - An indicator of the chances that someone searching for a keyword is looking to buy as opposed to browsing for information. The higher the figure, the more likely they are wanting to buy."

The OCI for this keyword niche is 94%.

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joetheseo

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Calamaroo

According to Market Samurai:

"OCI - OCI (Online Commercial Intent) - An indicator of the chances that someone searching for a keyword is looking to buy as opposed to browsing for information. The higher the figure, the more likely they are wanting to buy."

The OCI for this keyword niche is 94%.

Eh, I trust my instinct more than anything made by Microsoft..

Sure, it might SELL.. but can YOU SELL it? That's the question, can you get visitors to buy the product through your site or will it be a waste of time

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ErnieB

14 years ago

Give it a try, all you would be out is $10 for a domain and your time to build/promote the site. ( assuming you already have hosting )

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steve995 14 years ago

Hey,

I agree with Ernie.

A dozen or a hundred of us can post on here with our theories, ideas and suggestions and yet the only way you will ever know whether it works or not is to try it out.

Test different ads, different ways of monetizing your site and keep track of everything that is going on with your site with StatCounter.

After running with it for a few weeks, you'll know whether is goldmine or a cesspit!

Steve
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Kay King

14 years ago

Went to amazon and the product goes for $300 to $800 retail.

Gold mine or fool's gold?

Depends. If it is a branded product name you can't trust those numbers.

For physical products, the manufacturer may strictly enforce trademark restrictions. If so, the competition may look "low" when researching but that means nothing.

Such a manufacturer may only allow accepted retail sites to use that name. I've found several products like that.

One good example:

mattress - no problem with KW research

Spring Air mattress - competition will look great - but that's because if you use the trademarked term you WILL hear from the company quickly as they protect their brand name and do not allow its use. Thus the number of sites using that term will be low.

kay

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Calamaroo

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Depends. If it is a branded product name you can't trust those numbers.

For physical products, the manufacturer may strictly enforce trademark restrictions. If so, the competition may look "low" when researching but that means nothing.

Such a manufacturer may only allow accepted retail sites to use that name. I've found several products like that.

One good example:

mattress - no problem with KW research

Spring Air mattress - competition will look great - but that's because if you use the trademarked term you WILL hear from the company quickly as they protect their brand name and do not allow its use. Thus the number of sites using that term will be low.

kay

Yes, the entire keyword is a brand name of a physical product. Is this bad news for me?

I've locked in the blogspot with "-" in between the three keywords. The one without the "-" is not available yet it does not exist either. The squidoo is locked up by someone else and the .com is already owned put parked. .info, .org, .us, .net all gone.

Now you've gotten me concerned about the trademark issue. I may just do the blogspot and see what happens. At least I could just zap it out if things don't go well.

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Charles Washington

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Calamaroo

Yes, the entire keyword is a brand name of a physical product. Is this bad news for me?

I've locked in the blogspot with "-" in between the three keywords. The one without the "-" is not available yet it does not exist either. The squidoo is locked up by someone else and the .com is already owned put parked. .info, .org, .us, .net all gone.

Now you've gotten me concerned about the trademark issue. I may just do the blogspot and see what happens. At least I could just zap it out if things don't go well.

Listen to what Kay says and be careful. I have registered product domains in the past, but I let them all expire. I decided it wasnt worth a lawsuit.

If you register a brand from the wrong company; companies like Disney, Harley, Sony - Once they find out you are using their trademarks, you could be in some trouble.

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Toby.T

14 years ago

I think my current site is a blackhole. I will be moving on soon, I would say this is a perfect target! Go for it, you will realistically only lose ten greenbacks and a short amount of time.

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pianochris

14 years ago

Providing it is something that people want and will purchase, go for it. Make sure there is a good market

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Calamaroo 14 years ago

Thanks for the responses. I'm working on the squidoo lens right now. I'm putting the word "my" in front of the keywords.

Then the blogspot with dashes in between the keywords tomorrow.

The .com with the word "my" preceding the keywords is available. I'll probably get it in the next week if I get the trademark courage then.
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