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SEO basics :Choosing your Blog niche or topic

February 18, 2009 By: admin Category: SEO basics

If you are new to websites and if you don’t have a previously developed blog , then the first step is to find a niche or topic . Finding the correct niche or topic is the most important factor in the SEO process. The topic or niche can be divided in to three according to the competition

  1. Highly competative : Highly competitive niche includes credit cards, mortages etc. As the name suggest it takes some takes a lot of time and effort to rank some where in the competitive area.
  2. Moderate competition : Moderate competitive areas are where we can get a place in the search engine listing much easily .
  3. Low competition : There are areas usually local important like kerala cars,new york city bar,..etc

Finding Your niche for blogging ?

Ask the following questions to yourself ..

  • which is my area of interest ?
    • Are you a technology freak? are you a good reader of books? are you good in body building ? Try to find your area of interest .
  • If i start a site on a topic , can i provide something current sites are nor providing right now?
    • I know many new tricks for a computer user which none can’t find in the websites. Then go and build a computer tricks and tips site.
  • What is the competition for my niche ?
    • Don’t go for highly competitive niches like mortages , loans etc .You can go for such keywords , if you can emply somone for blog promotion or you have a very long time frame .
  • Who all are my target audience?
    • Find the tareget audience , age ,geographic location (good while deciding about monetisation and advertising ).

If you go through the questions above , you can easily get one niche . Best of luck . Do comment below .

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