How to find a niche
Using ASK IQ as a method of how to find a niche has both pros and cons, as it’s a lagging indicator that is about 2 months behind the current date. The best way I can see of making these stats work for you is when you use them in conjuction with Google Trends to compare current niches with niches from 2 months ago. If something shows up on ASK IQ as a hot niche and it is still present in the hot Google Trends, then there is a good chance that it will continue being popular for another 2 months.
The one good thing about using this method, is that it gives you a much different view of popular trends. Ask traffic is different from Google traffic which is different from Yahoo traffic, so this will give you ideas out of the usual realm we encounter in Google Land.
When you are on a mission to find a new niche on the ASK IQ site you will see different options to the previous websites I’ve covered. On ASK IQ, you’ll see top searches along with top advancing searches…. the latter are searches which are rising in popularity quickly (gaining momentum).
You’ll also see top news searches, which is very similar to the popular news search feature listed on Google Trends. They also have top movies on ASK IQ, which would be handy if you are chasing entertainment traffic by creating movie reviews. This method is actually under rated, as there are HUGE amounts of traffic going to the latest movies and it’s not that hard to rank in the search engines… the traffic itself is quite easy to convert also as I have a friend that makes money using only this niche.
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