Trying to get my first niche site going, but this thing seems too good to be true.

Found a niche keyword with:

low competition (29% in TrafficThomas)
65k local views
PPC of 1.88
with a .net address available.


I'm pretty ground floor when it comes to niche research, but from a by the book look, this thing should be pretty sweet, right?

What else should I be looking for that would make this a stupid idea to pursue?

look at the top 10 for the keyword, analyse their stregth, PR, backlinks, authority websites and so on...

Download something like Traffic Travis to analyze your top 10 competition.

BL's, authority BL's, age of domain, etc.

TT will even tell you how easy/hard it will be to rank (not completely accurate, but it can give you an idea.)

you didn't forget to check the exact match box did you?

Incoming links and the strenth of that links!

Originally Posted by nabyar

Download something like Traffic Travis to analyze your top 10 competition.

BL's, authority BL's, age of domain, etc.

TT will even tell you how easy/hard it will be to rank (not completely accurate, but it can give you an idea.)

Does TT provide the best analysis?

Originally Posted by poweronics

Does TT provide the best analysis?

Traffic Travis and Market Samurai both are good for keyword research.
I personally use Market Samurai and it works just good.

Originally Posted by bk071

Traffic Travis and Market Samurai both are good for keyword research.
I personally use Market Samurai and it works just good.

Yes, You are absolutely right and i agree with you and i also use market Sumurai for keyword research...
Thanks buddy...

Sorry for the delayed update! I've been keeping a journal (to be posted tonight hopefully) of stuff I've been trying to help out other new folks like myself.

That first keyword, after doing some analysis turned out to be much more difficult than I'd like my first foray to be.

That said, I've been digging around and think I've found something else a little more up my alley. I can't post a link to the data due to forum restrictions, but PM me and I can send over the competition information.

The gist of the KWA is:
Local Exact Matches (Monthly): 18100. PPC 2.83.


The competition has a few FB, YT, and Wiki links and then some scattered gaming sites. None of the sites have Title, Description, or H1 set up either, and a [keyword][relevantword] domain is available.

Whats the opinion of beating YT, FB and Wiki? Feasible with traditional methods or a waste of time?

Originally Posted by Desyth150

Sorry for the delayed update! I've been keeping a journal (to be posted tonight hopefully) of stuff I've been trying to help out other new folks like myself.

That first keyword, after doing some analysis turned out to be much more difficult than I'd like my first foray to be.

That said, I've been digging around and think I've found something else a little more up my alley. I can't post a link to the data due to forum restrictions, but PM me and I can send over the competition information.

The gist of the KWA is:
Local Exact Matches (Monthly): 18100. PPC 2.83.


The competition has a few FB, YT, and Wiki links and then some scattered gaming sites. None of the sites have Title, Description, or H1 set up either, and a [keyword][relevantword] domain is available.

Whats the opinion of beating YT, FB and Wiki? Feasible with traditional methods or a waste of time?

FB and YT should be easy to beat whereas for the Wiki page it depends on the backlinks of that page.. Apart from competition, you should see if the keyword converts well with Adsense because if it doesn't then you would simply be wasting your time

Originally Posted by Dj Co2

FB and YT should be easy to beat whereas for the Wiki page it depends on the backlinks of that page.. Apart from competition, you should see if the keyword converts well with Adsense because if it doesn't then you would simply be wasting your time

From the Traffic Estimator:

Average Estimated CPC
$0.34 - $0.42

Total Estimated Clicks
0.47 - 0.57

Total Estimated Cost
$0.18 - $0.21



Not super swell. The Keyword tool kept giving me a result of CPC= 2.10 as well, odd.

Back to the drawing board I guess.

Originally Posted by Desyth150

Trying to get my first niche site going, but this thing seems too good to be true.

Found a niche keyword with:

low competition (29% in TrafficThomas)
65k local views
PPC of 1.88
with a .net address available.


I'm pretty ground floor when it comes to niche research, but from a by the book look, this thing should be pretty sweet, right?

What else should I be looking for that would make this a stupid idea to pursue?

No, that's pretty sweet... at least grab the domain before making sure whether this is true or not... You can sell it for more $$ in case this wasn't true or liquidize the domain

I suppose this is a related question as well. Are most of the keywords you nich'ers out there find related to a product? This KW is related to a game, so I'm not sure how many conversions she'd get.

I was planning on doing pure ad cents with this thing initially, then building it into an Authority site in time.