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Clues of Low Competition

by scooby23
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Hey guys, I'd like to know your opinion on what makes a keyword "low competition". When I first started out I avoided anything over 100 000 results (when searching for the exact keyword). I know some believe this is too high, while others believe it's actually pretty low. What do you think?

More importantly, I've always looked out for the content of the first page. Many have told me Wikihow, Ehow, Youtube, Yahoo Answers, etc. pages are a good sign. I'm also thinking of starting to check for the date websites were last updated with content (when it comes to blogs and such). In your opinion, are these good signs? Do you have any other clues I should look out for?

Thanks!
#clues #competition #low
  • Profile picture of the author joey19333
    Generally, I would consider 100,000 results to be pretty low in competition. Some people might even consider 1,000,000 as low nowaday due to so many websites being created. But 100,000 results should be pretty easy to rank for. Maybe not at the top of the ranking, but if you put enough effort, you can get to at least page 2 or 3 of a keyword with 100,000 results.
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  • Profile picture of the author coolag
    Anything that returns less than 10,000 in wuotes is low in my book.
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  • Profile picture of the author Resale Rights Ninja
    I like it when your looking for something (product or service) and then you can't find anything that even exists, especially when other people are asking for the same thing online in forums ect. Talk about an untapped market. This happens to me enough to keep me busy on new projects all the time.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesrich1
    Look at the first page and see if there are articles, videos and press releases. If you see articles making it to the first page with no backlinks that is a sign of low competition. Page rank below 3 is low competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kal Sallam
    Well in my experience,
    I found that it's so much profitable and easier to be involved in the high competition areas.
    There is a lot of competition for a reason.
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    • Profile picture of the author Brian Tayler
      Originally Posted by Kal Sallam View Post

      Well in my experience,
      I found that it's so much profitable and easier to be involved in the high competition areas.
      There is a lot of competition for a reason.
      Agreed. Find a highly competitive area... and if you think you can't "break through" pick a long-tail keyword or a different wording related to the main keyword/niche. It's always possible to bite off from a main competitive market. And like Kal said... it's competitive for a reason
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  • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
    Originally Posted by scooby23 View Post

    Hey guys, I'd like to know your opinion on what makes a keyword "low competition". When I first started out I avoided anything over 100 000 results (when searching for the exact keyword). I know some believe this is too high, while others believe it's actually pretty low. What do you think?
    The truth is, the number of results in Google's search result/index does not PLAY any significant role in keyword competition.

    Market Samurai is only a waste of money. It doesn't reveal any REAL info about the level of competition. I would rather make use of the FREE Google Keyword tool to find some good keywords and proceed to use tools like SEO SpyGlass, Majestic SEO, Openexplorer to analyze the backlinks of the top sites. That way you will have a lot of information Samurai can't furnish you with...
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by johnben1444 View Post

      The truth is, the number of results in Google's search result/index does not PLAY any significant role in keyword competition.
      This.

      People don't want to hear it, but that doesn't stop it from being true.

      The number of sites listed for a keyword is not an indicator of how "competitive" the keyword is. It just isn't.

      I can't add to this: http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...ml#post6312291
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    • Profile picture of the author Duy Nguyen
      Originally Posted by johnben1444 View Post

      The truth is, the number of results in Google's search result/index does not PLAY any significant role in keyword competition.

      Market Samurai is only a waste of money. It doesn't reveal any REAL info about the level of competition. I would rather make use of the FREE Google Keyword tool to find some good keywords and proceed to use tools like SEO SpyGlass, Majestic SEO, Openexplorer to analyze the backlinks of the top sites. That way you will have a lot of information Samurai can't furnish you with...
      Really? Have you tried it yet? I don't know why you have to subscribe to tons of other services to get somewhat the same information that MS gives you with only a one-time payment?

      Plus, you don't have a rank tracking software yet, buddy :rolleyes:
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      • Profile picture of the author johnben1444
        Originally Posted by Duy Nguyen View Post

        Really? Have you tried it yet? I don't know why you have to subscribe to tons of other services to get somewhat the same information that MS gives you with only a one-time payment?:
        Don't get me wrong, I am only trying to say a combination of free
        version of those tools can give you what you want or betterstill get one of those instead of MS.

        Well just my opinion but I doubt If you use MS that much.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex The Lion
    You will also want to be looking at the amount and type/quality of backlinks the top 10 have.
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  • Profile picture of the author Glitzy3
    I also agree with the other two. Take your top 5 ranking sites and analyze their backlink portfolios. Also take note of the domain age. It doesn't matter if there's 1 million results for your keyword to 3000. If you have a few aged sites with an impressive backlink portfolio it's going to take a little time to work at getting ranked.

    In the mean time you can interact with many people on your niche forums, facebook and twitter. Remember to set alerts as well to get alerted to fresh content you could try and get your links on as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author eplanellas
    Use Traffic Travis to analyze competition. All you have to do is enter the keyword and you can see the SEO of the sites ranking high for it. TT will tell you what they are missing and how to beat them. It even rates the keyword for difficulty.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Originally Posted by equanto View Post

    I don't know how you do it until now but I'll give you a current example that I quickly researched just now:

    Type in the Google search engine the keyword phrase - how to build a glass house
    Directly below your typed in phrase (how to build a glass house) you will see the results 56,700,000 searches without quotes.
    And now type in the keyword phrase in the Google search engine with quotes like this "how to build a glass house" you should see figures of around 1,080 just below the keyword phrase you typed in. This exact term shows you are only competing with 1,080 pages - not 56,700,000.
    I would advise you not to go for any thing higher than 50,000 competing pages - the lower the better.
    In fact for complete newbie's I would highly recommend up to 10,000 competing pages. You will achieve faster results and it will keep you motivated. This will build your confidents up and once your experience enough start going for higher competing pages.
    I'll give you an example of why this method is not a good one to use.

    If you search for

    "residential floor plans"

    in quotes (ie: phrase search)

    Google reports 32,000 results. Based on the above method, that puts it in an easy/medium to rank for range.

    I can tell you that certainly isn't the case for that keyword phrase.
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    When I research products to promote on my Amazon sites, I look for products that turn up results on the first page of Google that consist of mainly PR0 and PRNA. I am able to rank for these products within 48 hours in most cases.

    As mentioned, the total number of search results is absolutely no indication of competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author Duy Nguyen
    Originally Posted by scooby23 View Post

    Hey guys, I'd like to know your opinion on what makes a keyword "low competition". When I first started out I avoided anything over 100 000 results (when searching for the exact keyword). I know some believe this is too high, while others believe it's actually pretty low. What do you think?

    More importantly, I've always looked out for the content of the first page. Many have told me Wikihow, Ehow, Youtube, Yahoo Answers, etc. pages are a good sign. I'm also thinking of starting to check for the date websites were last updated with content (when it comes to blogs and such). In your opinion, are these good signs? Do you have any other clues I should look out for?

    Thanks!
    I agree with other people that the numbers you mentioned mean nothing in terms of real competition. What you want to look at is the page one with 10 existed results on it.

    How many links do those pages have and what type of links (are they high PR, in context links or just some blogroll spammy links)?

    Are their onpage SEO good (that means they intentionally optimized for that keyword) or they just happened to mention the keyword you're targeting somewhere in the body text?

    How are the PR (however, you shouldn't worry to much if you see many high PR pages, if their onpage is poor and the link number is pathetic, go for it)?

    Do you see any affiliate sites, or article, or press release, or forum posts, or some facebook fanpages on page 1? If yes, I will consider the keyword is weak in competition.

    That's just my own experience of doing keyword research. And I don't claim to be any kind of guru here Hope it helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author ajajahmedshaikh
      Traffic Travis is nice Software for checking the competition of the software
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      • Profile picture of the author ajajahmedshaikh
        U can also used

        allinanchor:" Keyword"

        any thing below 1000 is very less compettive

        above 50000 is very competive
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  • Profile picture of the author marcp
    If you're using Market Samurai the most important elements are PR, BLP, KW in Title, URL, description and header. Not just Market Samurai but any tool or manual analyzing.
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