Where to do your niche trend research
Key places to look for trends
Let’s say you’re branching out and want to find a potentially profitable new niche to spend your time developing. How do you know what people are interested in? More importantly, how do you find out what people are looking to buy online?
It is very important to do a trend search. Need to find out if a certain topic or product is past its peak or trending? What topics or products are people interested in? The last thing you want to do is invest in a project that may not be going anywhere.
If you know where to look, all your questions can be answered. There are a number of websites that allow you to see weekly, monthly, and yearly niche trends. You can discover the number of searches for keywords and phrases during the last year.
Places to Do Your Niche Trend Research
1. Google Trends – Google Insights – Google AdWords Tool
Since Google is currently the biggest and best search engine in the world, it makes sense to start here first.
With Google Trends – Google.com/trends – you can literally search the world to see what the interest is in your niche. You can easily limit your research to specific geographic locations and find out how often related topics and stories appear on Google.
With Google Insights For Search – Google.com/insights/search/# – you can really dig into niche information. Be sure to check out the examples they offer on their home page.
Google AdWords tool. AdWords.Google.com. This is a free keyword tool that gives you insight into the keyword phrases that people use for search purposes. Pay close attention to this. How you work with keywords will make or break your project.
Another good place for keyword research is Wordtracker.com. They offer a limited free service, a free trial, as well as various subscription plans. Even try it out for a week and you should be able to see how your keyword research has improved tremendously. Remember that Google only offers information about the results of its search engines. While Wordtracker covers many search engines.
2. eBay Pulse –
pulse.eBay.com/ It’s a fact that eBay is the largest marketplace in the world. If you want to find attractive products and do niche trend research for products, eBay is the place. However, you should use the filters and dropdowns to refine your searches. But it’s worth spending time learning how to use the information eBay provides.
3. Yahoo Buzz Index
/buzzlog.buzz.yahoo.com/overall/ Yahoo focuses on the hottest trending items (searches) of the day related to the entertainment industry.
4. Revistas.com
Here you can find many topics related to ‘top 10’. Just look at the featured topics and you’ll get plenty of ideas for niche topics. Magazines generally understand their audience and know what their readers are looking for.
5. Amazon.com
Another great place for a trend search. They provide links for their bestsellers, new releases, most wanted items, and most gifted items (given away). Just search any of their departments and you’ll find lots of great ideas.
Additional Trending Research Resources
Adlab.msn.com – They offer several tools, including a keyword forecasting tool
Buzzdash.com – live polls on everything
Shopping.com and about.com: In these places you can easily find what is hot and what is not.
Good date:
Turn on the installed Google search engine, search for Jupiter and its theme. The subject is what interests you and see what comes up. Example: Jupiter research cars
So whatever topic you need information on, start your niche trend research by checking out the sites listed. This way you can find out what kind of potential exists before launching your project.
Do not be afraid
billy ojai
