I was wondering what most people consider to be THE most profitable, well known and high traffic keyword there is? I'm not talking about secret keywords, but keywords that most everybody knows. For example 'loans' could be argued to be the best. However, its so general it may actually make less money than being #1 for 'personal loans' as its more targeted. Other keywords spring to mind like 'real estate', debt consolidation and such.
I would bet on "Acai Berry". What do you think? But experience has shown that only content's uniqueness wins. Nothing else. Whatever the keyword may be.....
Sorry but acai berry would be nowhere near the top of such a list. There are hundreds or maybe thousands of other keywords that get more searches. Other niches are much more profitable too. In my opinion the most profitable keyword would be something like gambling, casino or maybe even viagra.
Are you guys talking about adsense or adwords or getting your site on the first page of SE's? If your talking adwords, thats going to be expensive and usually not profitable if you don't know what your doing.
Adult Video on Demand Adult Pay Per View works well for www.XonDemand.com you will have keywords with HUGE volume and you will have keywords with HUGE cost per click... just find your niche, volume of lookups or number of cost per click?
Sex, Sportsbook, Gambling, Casino, Poker, Mortgage, Loans, Viagra, Hotel, Flights, Celebrities Names, Diet, etc, etc, etc as long as you offer a good service and you manage to keep most of the profits. If you manage to keep the top 3 rankings for more than 6 months even if you don't provide any service some related companies will make huge offers to buy the domain.
It's not a niche i would work in but yes, sex for sure. A large percentage of searches revolve around sex/dating type queries.
Just out of curiosity, sorry if this is a noob question. If your industry has nothing to do let's say with loans, can you still use that in your keyword?
BouncingAngels: I wouldn't loose my time trying to optimize for something that is not in your niche or site related, most likely you'll never be able to compete with sites that are actually subject related and put all their effort in ranking for their niche.
Profitability would essentially depend on two factors: traffic, and worth of each hit. Admittedly the "worth of each hit" will be highest for such things as mortgages, loans, lemon law, but because of the density of sites on these keywords, the traffic would be low. I would suggest working on something dear to your heart, so you have an extra reason to work on it, aside from the profit motive.
what key words in education do you think are top searches ? Just wondering. Maybe study tips or how to go for exams ...etc...
Essays should be it. I know how students could pay $$$ to just purchase ready-made papers. They have a problem though if they are in my class... I know this stuff If you want to really make cash, you for cash-oriented keywords.