I have just been looking at a prospective market and think I have found a good one… However in the google keyword tool for some of the products, when doing a US search it tells me ‘not enough data’ and the global search is 16,000. The product is a US product however and sold primarily on US sites.

Does the keyword tool get it wrong?! It doesnt seem to fit!

Dave

I think we all have a N1WAY Sites but we know we can depend on you for real relevant information on the n1way.

Its all about the planning.

I guess a lot of the time, as it says in the n1way, you end up tageting the longtails inadvertantly with quality content etc.. then as your site matures the funnel takes effect.

Thanks again Mark!

Dave

Just to be sure – you are correct in fulfilling the whole niche – but you want to fill it from the bottom up, or likewise, like a reverse funnel.

The longer the tail – the easier it will rank – in the shortest amount of time… eventually, spitting your short phrase rankings right out the bottom!

Ex: You will rank sooner for the phrases at the TOP of this list – which over time – leads to ranking at the bottom of the list – a Keyword Funnel! It takes TIME, Quality content and effort.

1 – This Website Has Canon D500 Digital SLR Camera Reviews
1 – It Also Has Minolta M400 Digital SLR Camera Reviews
1 – It Also Has Nikon N200 Digital SLR Camera Reviews

which over more time and with enough reviews, leads to..

2 – Canon Digital SLR Camera Reviews
2 – Minolta Digital SLR Camera Reviews
2 – Nikon Digital SLR Camera Reviews

which over more time and reviews, leads to..

3 – Canon Camera Reviews
3 – Minolta Camera Reviews
3 – Nikon Camera Reviews

which over more time and reviews, leads to..

4 – SLR Camera Reviews
4 – Digital Camera Reviews
4 – SLR Digital Cameras

And hopefully, ultimately…

5 – Digital Cameras
5 – SLR Cameras

etc…etc

NOW – ALL SAID – if you find the right “Niche” you can skip past many of these steps and start out ranking right away… with little competition, consumer demand, and a steady supply of products to fill that demand.

Mark

Thanks again for a timely reponse! Its very good of you to take the time.

Maybe its just me but I read the N1Way to say to pay most attention to fulfulling a whole niche section. Making that perfect parcel for google that ticks all the boxes.

It however makes more sense, to look at the induvidual products and evaluate whether they are viable for use in the site and to go forward using the ones with least competition and good ebay supply.

Thanks again Mark, if your ever in the UK il buy you a beer! hahah cheers

Dave

I don’t see Amazon in my own search results, don’t forget search results are very specific to the USER. I use hidemyass.com to do anonymous searches.

Let me see if I can help digest this a bit… Remember – we want to work from the BOTTOM – UP.

Is there a Market – Yes.
Is there Competition – Yes – Moderate-High when looking at [DIG CAM BRANDS]
Are there PRODUCTS to Fill the Niche – Yes.

So – we know there’s a market, we know the competition is moderate, NOW you just need to identify the products that qualify as “Big Cameras”, and review the competition and market for the PRODUCTS, not just the OVERALL NICHE.

Ex:

- Digital Cameras Niche is WAY Over Saturated. BUT…
- Nikon D5000 Digital SLR Camera Review – is NOT!

[keywords and text like d5000 review, nikon d5000 review, d5000 reviews, etc, has little competition!]

Pay the MOST attention to your PRODUCTS – not your overall niche!

Mark

1 more point I dont quite get in the N1Way…

My niche brings up Amazon as one of the top ten in Google. Say my niche is ‘big cameras’, Amazon brings up the Pentax 4244 big camera. As amazon becomes one of my access points, do I then fully research Amazon for big cameras?? Or leave it to the first pages only in the 10 Google results?

Thanks for your time,

Dave

Thanks for getting back to me, that all makes sense!

I will follow what you said.

I have read your 5 reasons to avoid a niche and have done an estimate of sales using Terapeak, not ideal im sure, but I cannot afford to put in much money at the mo and have already got quite far with my content. My niche isnt bin bags and, whilst isnt, from what i see now the best i could have gone with, it doesnt look to dire!

Still leaning!

Thanks again

Dave

When I am planning – I list ALL of the products, then I narrow the list of the FIRST REVIEWS I am going to write, to those actively listed and selling.

I DO leave the others in place and will decide in the future whether to include them or not, based on past selling history (90 day history trend).

Just because there is no item today – it may very well be there in the next week… AND if search demand is high, it will bring in traffic, that can be moved to the other items, with the “Related Items” below the review.

Also – if “Bin Bags” (It have just been your example) are the niche you are going after… you may want to read the latest post on 5 reasons to avoid a niche, and do some extra research on sales before you get too far into it.

I have commented before about the planning section, but at the mo its one im having trouble getting my head around.

The N1way, to me, says include every product in your choosen niche that comes up in their ‘11 access points’ for the product reviews ie ebay and googles 1st 10 pages.

The issue im having is, not everyone seems to agree on this! One of the top pages in my niche is the top manufacturors site. It includes all their products some of which are quite old and never seem to be on ebay.

Should I fully satisfy the niche and include all the products in the top 10 google sites i can find or would you use some nouce and include only the most recent/ones still in production?

Also when it is said to use googles top ten pages, should I only look at them as they come up, or would you dig around to find as many products in the niche as possible? ie i google ‘bin bags’, amazon is in the tip ten with a green bin bag, but i research more and find the yellow and pink bin bags….

:s confused!

Thanks for your time

Dave