How can you know when a website topic has just way too much competition out there for you to even compete with them at all?
The problem is that many newcomers who see that they can earn money from a website based on keyword search traffic immediately look to the most profitable keywords.
There are even lists that you can find using search engines that people have compiled that will tell you what the most lucrative topics are.
This creates a problem in that the most lucrative topics often have such stiff competition that it is nearly impossible to ever rank in the search engines for them.
So, the newcomer wants to strike a balance, and they want to choose a topic that has some profit potential, but at the same time, they do not want to go with something that is too competitive.
For starters, here is a list of topics that I would outright avoid:
* Make Money Online / internet marketing.
* Credit cards.
* Mesothelioma.
* Most financial niches.
Second of all, I would recommend that people start with their interests and whatever they have “near expert status” in. So if you are really knowledgeable about mobile homes, for example, and have a lifetime of experience with them, then don’t start a website about low interest credit cards just because it looks more lucrative.
Almost any niche that has people buying products can become potentially lucrative for you, especially if you are “near expert” in them.
Third of all, I would go ahead and Google “top paying Adsense keywords” or something like that and glance through the results. Avoid the niches that you see displayed there, for the most part.
Fourth, go through the topic selection process as outlined in the mini course and see if any of your expertise has enough commercial activity and volume to make it worthwhile.
Once you have a few topics selected (or even just one), go through this article again and make sure that your topic does not hit any of these red flags that I have listed here.
The fact is that no matter how many wonderful articles you write about “credit cards” you are never going to rank for the term, and probably will never rank for the long tail terms either. It is just too tough.
So start with what you know, and what you are really good at. What can you articulate, what can you teach? Those are the topics that you want to test for commercial activity.
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