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Low Competition Niche

by Ibklutzy
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What are the parameters for a niche to be considered "Low Competition?"
#competition #low #niche
  • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
    It is probably a question of someone's opinion if a niche is low competition or not. Sometimes too, if its low competition, it might mean there is no money to be made there.

    It is possible that people each have their own set of parameters.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Douglas
    Hi,
    As long as my keyword is getting enough searches per month I would consider less than 30,000 in quotes to be low competition.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by Brian Douglas View Post

      I would consider less than 30,000 in quotes to be low competition.
      The number of "competing sites" (and any other parameter derived from measuring that) has in itself absolutely no relevance to how competitive a niche is for the purpose of deciding whether or not to compete.

      Simple question: what would you rather compete with - a keyword which has 10,000,000 sites listed but the front page includes directory articles, nothing above PR-1 and nothing special at all, or a keyword which has 10,000 sites listed of which the first 10 sites (first page SERP's) are all age-old high-PR authority sites with 100,000 backlinks each from other age-old high-PR authority sites?

      It's a real no-brainer, isn't it?

      Realisitically, you are competing with the top 5 sites in the SERP's in either case.

      Who cares whether those 5 are followed by 9,995 others or 9,999,995 others? :confused:

      "Competition", like so many other parameters involved in internet marketing, has almost nothing to do with quantity at all: it's all about quality (in this case SEO quality).
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      • Profile picture of the author Mission0ps
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        The number of "competing sites" (and any other parameter derived from measuring that) has in itself absolutely no relevance to how competitive a niche is.

        Simple question: what would you rather compete with - a keyword which has 10,000,000 sites listed but the front page include directory articles, nothing above PR-1 and nothing special at all, or a keyword which has 10,000 sites listed of which the first 10 sites (first page SERP's) are all age-old high-PR authority sites with 100,000 backlinks each from other age-old high-PR authority sites?

        It's a real no-brainer, isn't it?

        Realisitically, you are competing with the top 5 sites in the SERP's in either case.

        Who cares whether those 5 are followed by 9,995 others or 9,999,995 others? :confused:

        "Competition", like so many other parameters involved in internet marketing, has almost nothing to do with quantity at all: it's all about quality (in this case SEO quality).
        Just quality could not think of a better way to put it - Nice one Alexa
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        • Profile picture of the author Michael Shook
          I am thinking now that I misunderstood the OP. I was thinking that they meant niche, and it seems that maybe keyword was intended instead.
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  • Profile picture of the author Danny Gardner
    Assuming the OP does indeed mean keyword, then as long as the top 5 sites have an average PR of 1 or less and fewer than 20 good backlinks apiece, I would consider it to be very low competition.

    Oh and by good backlinks I mean diverse, high PR backlinks. Particularly .edu or .gov. You can use Yahoo Site Explorer to learn more about a particular site's backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author afam4eva
    I think when the monthly keyword search is in thousands then it can be considered to be low niche competition.
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