Article Syndication - Picking niche - What is the competition?
Hi Warriors,
In relation to the article syndication business model how do you go about picking a niche when considering size of the niche and the competition level?
Let me ask the question in two parts:
1. The size of the niche - The bigger niches will likely have larger ezine subscriber lists and more traffic at blogs and so on, so I figure why not go after the biggest ones.
I think doing a "broad match" search using Google KW tool will allow a comparison of different niches in terms of overall traffic. I figure that looking not only at the search volume for the main niche KW's, but also how many variations are there and what traffic do they have. I think the numbers of one niche on their own will not help much but compering different niches in this way can be useful.
Feedback on the validity of this approach to get a "rough" idea of relative traffic to a niche is what I am after here.
2. In SEO assessing competition might involve looking at the first page results and doing backlink analysis and KW usage. However how do you asses the competition when doing article syndication. Also what is the competition?
Is it other active article marketers?
Of course you have to consider what products you can market and your ability to write good quality articles in that niche, but putting that aside for a moment what are the drawbacks to entering well known niches, which in SEO terms are extremely competitive?
I was thinking of entering the fitness or dieting markets. What problems can I come up against in terms of competition in what I think are typically thought of as very competitive markets.
Thanks
Martin
In relation to the article syndication business model how do you go about picking a niche when considering size of the niche and the competition level?
Let me ask the question in two parts:
1. The size of the niche - The bigger niches will likely have larger ezine subscriber lists and more traffic at blogs and so on, so I figure why not go after the biggest ones.
I think doing a "broad match" search using Google KW tool will allow a comparison of different niches in terms of overall traffic. I figure that looking not only at the search volume for the main niche KW's, but also how many variations are there and what traffic do they have. I think the numbers of one niche on their own will not help much but compering different niches in this way can be useful.
Feedback on the validity of this approach to get a "rough" idea of relative traffic to a niche is what I am after here.
2. In SEO assessing competition might involve looking at the first page results and doing backlink analysis and KW usage. However how do you asses the competition when doing article syndication. Also what is the competition?
Is it other active article marketers?
Of course you have to consider what products you can market and your ability to write good quality articles in that niche, but putting that aside for a moment what are the drawbacks to entering well known niches, which in SEO terms are extremely competitive?
I was thinking of entering the fitness or dieting markets. What problems can I come up against in terms of competition in what I think are typically thought of as very competitive markets.
Thanks
Martin
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