Niche Inspector Review

From time to time I like to splurge!

So, recently, I purchased Niche Inspector. I really like the tool, though I suspect I don't currently have the resources to justify the cost. However, that could potentially change if I find myself one or two juicy niches to conquer.

Before you go out and spend this type of money I would suggest you figure out how to do the same work manually:

• Use a keyword tool to get suggested keywords and the quantity of queries performed on those keywords.
• For each keyword returned, visit a search engine and see how many responses are returned for a user search.
• Also, for each keyword, use Google's keyword tools to determine a suggested price range for clicks using Adwords.

This can be quite a lot of work, and take a lot of time, but the results will be similar to that produced by Niche Inspector.

On a different note, I haven't found Niche Inspector a good way to discover new niches, but instead a way to see if my own niche ideas may be good. Quite simply, you can't just push the buttons and expect all kinds of valueable niches to be dropped in your lap!

Creating An Adsense Network?

G asked... "I am not sure what the advantages and disadvantages of blogs vs websites are and I am trying to make sure I start whichever, or a combination, is more appropriate."

Here are some things to consider with respect to setting up a collection of web sites:

• Blogs are able to generate traffic due to achieving higher rankings in search engines if they are updated in a timely manner. The level of traffic is not huge, but if your blog is interesting and contains quality content, it will develop a readership and gather blogroll links over time.
  
  
• Web sites may require more SEO (search engine optmization) effort, but if you an get a page to rank well, you can get a lot of free traffic.
  
  
• You cannot manage very many quality blogs. It takes a lot of time to write quality unique content. You may want to limit the number of blogs you have, but make them general in some way so that they can help promote your web sites.
  
  
• Web sites, once built, require almost no work to maintain on a short term basis. This is assuming that they generate search engine visits and then provide useful information and content to a visitor. You may or may not get many links - though you can work to trade or buy links as needed. In the long term you must of course keep improving your site in order to keep it up to date and competitive with other sites.
  
  
• Blogs can be quite popular and quite versatile without having to spend money on a domain or on web hosting. They are a good place to start experimenting. Web sites require the purchase of a domain name and additional technical knowledge in order to publish them.

In short, there are pro's and con's for each type of site. I'd suggest, if you don't already have a blog, that you start a free one and attempt to keep it up to date for some period of time. At the same time, you may also want to create a web site, if you don't already have one, in order to get acquainted with the technical issues involved.

I don't know if that fully answers your question, but please feel free to ask follow up questions.

Blog Promotion for Beginners

If you have just started a blog you may want to check out this article about blog promotion:

7 Easy Ways to Get Your Blog Noticed
Starting your first blog? Here are a few very simple things you can easily do to start getting visitors:

Leave Blog Comments
Issue Trackbacks
Utilize Social Bookmarking tools
Participate in Blog Carnivals
Add Your Blog to Directories
Consider Traffic Trading Sites
Participate in Related Forums
Get Organized

Something not mentioned is the concept of keeping your blog active. It takes a lot of time and effort to develop good content on a regular basis. Shoot for a schedule of at least once a week and try to be consistent. When your blog is more established it won't matter quite so much though.

Building An Empire

I've been at this for a while now. For example, I have some web sites that have PR 4, PR 5 and right now one single PR 6 blog.

I also have a fair number of newer sites that aren't as established as these. However, once a site does become more established, it is a lot easier to monetize it. It also becomes easier to help your own new sites become more established.

Something I haven't done, but that I'm going to do, is see about using chat again. I used to chat, in the past, before it was so widespread. So, I'm not sure if it will be the same place it once was...