Hi, I have done quite a bit research on niche website and here are my findings: 1>For a niche website the keywords chosen should be of low competition and high cpc (This can be checked from google keyword tool) 2>Keeping website on Low competition keywords would help in reaching the 1st page of google ==> more traffic. 3>High cpc keywords will get more $ per click, obviously there is a trade off low competition keywords are generally of low cpc but there has to be a balance. So my question is to have low competition keywords what should be ideal global monthly search? it is normally said to be 2000-3000 per month is it right? can the global search count of keywords be ~500/month is it too low? Any other tips for building a niche website?
Taking into account for trends this is correct. No, because if it is low then you will max out at low traffic. You should use a fairly medium to high competition keyword and try to rank for longer tail ends of that keyword instead. Well, it all depends on how lazy or aggressive you are into seo because if you are lazy then 2000 or less is for you. If your nuts and do seo for hours and hrs then set the bar higher like 10,000 to 50,000 For one of my main sites it is 900,000 actually and I'm doing very well but I was not lazy and patent enough to wait to rank well for it.
You didn't say, but I'm going to assume you had the Google Keyword Tool set to "Exact Match". With Exact Match, if you have 500 or so GS per month it is going to be much easier to rank high for that keyword. The problem is even though you rank high there is NO Traffic and without traffic it doesn't matter how high the CPC is that keyword won't make enough money. I don't like to look at a longtail keyword phrase that has less than 1000 GS. I perfer 2400 up to about 7000. It takes a little longer to find them, but when you do they will be much more profitable. Don't worry to much about the CPC as long as it is over $1.00. I would rather have 100 low dollar clicks EVERYDAY than to have only a few high dollar click once in a while. Low traffic equals more volitility in your income. I perfer my income to be steady. Just My 2 Cents...... Ira
Thanks for your replies ... is there any better way to find long tail keywords other than hit and try on google keyword tool?
I think low competition keywords not only limited on how much pages indexed by search engine, but also consider the competitors on top 3, they're beatable or not. When you decide to play niche or microniche site, I think you must target to top 3, not only 1st page.
I have found that to make good money from it they keyword most have 6600 global searches per month. More searches will mean more competition and more hard to achieve top google positions