Organic Competition

webman · #1 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 11:16 AM

Say you found a targeted key phrase with high demand. After Goggling it, you find the number of results at the top-right.

My question is where do you draw the line(number) between low-competition and saturation?

P.S. Do " " make a difference on results?

lisa · #2 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 12:01 PM

Good question but not sure there is a simple answer. I don't have a specific number that I use, but if I'm brainstorming, the supply (total # of results) is only one piece of my consideration. I also look at the QUALITY of the results that show up. If Google says there are 4,400,000 sites on a specific phrase but most of the results on the first page are from sites like articlecity and about.com then that tells me there may be room for me.

When I created flat-stomach-exercises there weren't a lot of sites that had more than 2-3 articles on flattening the stomach (of course that's all changed now

) so that was also a consideration when I was brainstorming.

So basically you have to look at the whole picture. Supply and demand is helpful but also consider the quality of the results, your passion for the topic (if you're doing an affiliate/info site), etc.

Although I must admit, I'm probably not the best person to give advice on brainstorming because I hardly ever spend a lot of time using keyword tools, etc. Using my gut and researching the quality of results has been my strategy over the years and it's worked out pretty well.

I did spend more time brainstorming when I bought SBI! since I paid for it but I usually just close my eyes and hope for the best. (OK, that's a lie... I do keep my eyes open most of the time).

James · #3 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 06:22 PM

This is one of the hardest handles to get ahold of. It seems less than scientific to go the route you admit to using (following your "gut feelings)." But I always encourage people to do just that, providing they have good judgment.

I am looking a an area now that has small demand by the key words I have looked at but I really find it hard to believe. There must be searches on terms I wouldn't guess.

Also there are more sites than you can count, well google finds eleven or twelve million! However, I can only find two so far that are really worthwhile. They are all so out of date as to be generally useless. Incredible.

So the numbers say forget it, but the quality of sites and my feeling is that there should be a great opportunity.

ssmorgan · #4 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 06:34 PM

I totally agree with you Lisa and James. At some point, generally when you get a feel for how this works and have developed a certain level of confidence, going with gut feelings (even when it's against the keyword tools/numbers) can be really beneficial. (although sometimes you can fall flat on your face

)

webman · #5 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 10:46 PM

Thanks Lis and James...

On reviewing free online games, I've found only three worthwhile sites.

#1 Jay Is Games(since 2002)

#2 Online Game Reviews(Since 2005)

#3 Forgot the name but think it starts with an m.

The rest seem either regurgitated(duplicate) or just for video games.

As for Free online games. It appears I'm one of the only ones!

meanne2007 · #6 (**permalink**) 09-22-2008, 09:29 PM

I think it was depend of you, if you think you can compete with high demand then go for it.

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