a: A place, employment, status, or activity for which a person or thing is best fitted <finally found her niche> b : a habitat supplying the factors necessary for the existence of an organism or species c : the ecological role of an organism in a community especially in regard to food consumption d : a specialized market
...to add to what powerlifer said - a niche is basically an area you would concentrate on specifically on your website.
the Ovum report said wimax will form part of established fixed and mobile operators' broader broadband access portfolios. ...thats what niche means for me...
If you are expert in CSS and your site is designed with the theme 'CSS', have related useful links & information, then ur site is 'CSS niche'.
Iv been in web-hosting for a few years now and i have only heard a few terms used regarding website hosting and design. I guess i need to crack open a book or do some googleing
A niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focusing on; Therefore the market niche defines the specific product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact. Every single product that is on sale can be defined by its niche market. As of special note, the products aimed at a wide demographics audience, with the resulting low price (due to Price elasticity of demand), are said to belong to the Mainstream niche, in practice referred only as Mainstream or of high demand. Narrowed demographics though lead to elevated price because of the same principles. In practice, product vendors and trade businesses are commonly referred as mainstream providers or narrow demographics niche market providers (colloquially shortened to just niche market providers). Small capital providers usually opt for a niche market with narrow demographics as a measure of increasing their gain margins. Nevertheless, the final product quality (low or high) is not dependant on the price elasticity of demand though, it is more associated with the specific needs that the product is aimed at satisfy and in some cases with brand recognition which the vendor wants to be associated with (i.e Prestige, Practicability, Money saving, Expensiveness, Planet environment conscience, Power, etc) -- Wikipedia
For further clarification: a niche is a sub-set of a broader set. For example, Sports is a general niche within 'Entertainment,' 'Baseball' is a niche inside Sports, and 'Baseball Trading Cards' is a niche inside Baseball. The more defined a niche the better focused you can be on specific content, keywords, etc.