I found quite a few different niches using the free keyword tracker and Google trends tool provided in the 30 day challenge.
Surprisingly sudoku had quite a few keyword phrases that fit the required number of searches and competitive search phrases. I tried registering “sudoku tips” at tumblr and found someone had already taken it! I know that there are other sites, I could have used, but I decided on targeting the phrase “free online sudoku“. There is another reason why I am targeting sudoku, which I will be revealing later.
Search phrase Competing sites Number of searches
free sudoku games 869 110
free online sudoku 30000 260
sudoku tips 21,700 365
If you are wondering why I am writing about my niche, well if you have discovered a fantastic niche using the keyword tools I would suggest not going through with it now. Everyone is following Ed’s teachings, so it is fairly easy to see what other niches people are working on. The less popular social networking sites have all of these tumblr blogs being submitted, obviously people from the 30DC. “How to grow tomatos”, “Ballroom dancing shoes” etc.
So if you do find a great niche, wait until the 30DC challenge is over before you start working on it.
Update: Amazing but I am now ranked 13th for “free online sudoku”. If you had any doubts about the 30DC, everything I have done so far has worked as they have taught.
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Very good tip. I’ve picked up on a few other people’s niches this way as well, which have given me a few more ideas to target.
I am also going to wait until this whole 30 day challenge thing cools down. There is just way too much info being put out, plus they’re flooding/spamming Digg/Reddit/Netscape, better to let it all cool off first.
In light of the tumblr fiasco, you definitely called that one right!
What was the tumblr fiasco? I am a little out of the loop at the momement.