There are a handful of web sites that I visit before I start a new project. They show me what people want and what’s hot and exciting right now. Just quickly scan through one or two of the web sites below to see what people are looking for. The ideas are endless.
- 43 Things – List of things people want to accomplish
- eBay Pulse – Trends and popular searches on eBay
- eHow – How To articles on wide range of topics
- Google Groups – People discussing common interests
- Google Trends – Top Google searches updated many times a day
- How To Do Things – Bunch of How To articles
- Technorati – Blog search engine
- wikiHow – Editable How To articles
- Yahoo! Answers – People asking questions, other people answering
- Yahoo! Buzz – Top Yahoo searches
- Yahoo! Groups – People discussing common interests
June 21, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Keith,
Pretty good list here. eBay pulse has been a little secret of mine for a while.
Something else I would suggest when exploring a niche, is do keyword comparisons on G Trends. Say Widgets A vs Widgets B, check the top cities, top regions and the like. I find for affiliate marketing setting up dynamic sites, or sites targeted directly to a city (with a large search volume), these work especially well for dating and a few other very competitive niches. I like SEO affiliate marketing better than ppc so these are ideal.
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June 21, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Yeah I like GTrends for finding things to promote. The keyword comparison is a great idea..thanks for mentioning it.
June 21, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I’d say its most valuable for finding which cities to build niche sites in. I can’t tell you how many new searchers do “city” “product” even it is Houston Green Tea Extract. I’m serious (havent checked the volume on that), but think of products in that niche (weightloss) and you’ll be surprised.
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June 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Wow…look at you dropping gems throughout my blog. Feel like writing a guest post? :)
BTW…I have a script I will be giving away shortly that will be pair keywords by combining from 2-4 lists. That would be handy for what you just mentioned. I have to add one more feature to it (clearing duplicates) before giving it away.
Also, I will be including city lists, province lists, etc. Woot Woot
June 21, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Sounds good, yea I have a webbased version of speedppc, like half way in the making. Was setting up subid encyption with it and all that jazz but then my SEO affiliate stuff started working well, haven’t really played too much in the PPC game so that project is on the back burner.
We’ll see about the guest post, as you can see my blog is up, but I never post. College, work, AM, and life are an interesting mix. Feel free to drop my a line on aim or at my email. My aim is the same as my email without @gmail.com after it.
Feel free to hit me up.
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