Micro Niche Finder gives you very valuable data when hunting for niches, but once you have found your hot potential niche, it doesn’t hurt to do a little bit more research…especially if you are trying to drum up traffic via articles, blogs, and other content related means.

Google has introduced Google Fast Flip, a handy way to scan the internet quickly and easily to see what your competitors are writing about your niche topic. Fast Flip is a “reading experience” – it appears much like a printed magazine, and you can browse through bundles of recently published news and articles. This type of navigation is helpful because a viewer can read the articles without actually clicking on, and committing to, the webpage on which the article is published.

Google Fast Flip is still in its experimental lab phase, so it’s not yet certain what direction Google will take this in. Could it become a source of revenue generator? It is possible but only time will tell. Google is still accepting feedback on this experiment, so if you try it out and have an idea, you can share it the Google team if you want.

In the meantime, it’s good to use for two reasons. First of all, perusing through the internet in the way Google Fast Flip is arranged is actually rather fun. But secondly, it’s a good tool to help you brainstorm about content to write about and to give you a feel for the content your competitors are producing.

To check out Google Fast Flip for yourself, you can either visit the website: http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/  or peruse around Google Labs to find this feature and others that are still being developed: http://www.googlelabs.com/

Micro Niche Finder’s Strength of Competition feature (SOC) is of tremendous help when hunting for potential niches. However, you can analyze the statistics of SOC further!

It’s incredibly easy. Pick a keyword, click on “SOC”, and a number will appear. Many people do not realize this, but by clicking on the number given for your SOC more information is at your disposal.

Strength of Competition Statistics

The first link is called “inanchor count”. By clicking on this, you will see how many times this exact phrase appeared in anchor text. For those of you unfamiliar with anchor texts, it’s the text that acts as a link (usually its either bolded, underlined, or a different color than the rest of the text). By clicking on the anchor text, the viewer is transported to another page via these backlinks.

The second link is called “intitle count”. This shows how many times this exact phrase has appeared in webpage title tags. Likewise, the “inurl count” shows how many times that exact keyword appears in urls.

Generally speaking, for all of these figures, lower is better. For example, if the SOC light is green but the inanchor count is high and if all of the niches statistics look promising, this niche should not be discarded solely because of high inanchor counts. If all of these counts are low though, it’s should be easy to dominate the niche with a little common sense, action, and work. These tidbits of information are helpful to find out more about your competitors and their websites.

As we already know, Micro Niche Finder sorts through mountains of data to help you find potential niches to make a profit. Suppose you find a niche that appeals to you – its stats are great, there are affiliate programs (should you choose to go that route), it’s easy to write about (for article submission and blog posts), and you feel that this niche is good enough to develop. Once you decide to go ahead with the niche, you may want to make a website about this niche and so you need a good search engine optimized domain name!

To see if the niche domain name is available for purchase, simply click on the keyword phrase that caught your attention. A list of options will appear – click on the one that says “DomainTools Lookup”

DomainTools Lookup on Micro Niche Finder

When you click on it, a new window will appear  on your internet browser, bringing you automatically to domaintools.com and checking your phrase to see if a domain name is available for it. In this example, the phrase we checked was “Billiard Balls” – not a good niche, competition is way too stiff and the niche is saturated, but I checked to see if the domain name was available all the same (on the off chance it is available, it’s possible to make a good resale profit from it!)

Of course, upon clicking on the DomainTools Lookup feature, it’s quickly realized that billiardballs.com is not available. If your phrase isn’t available, it will look similar to the picture below, but in greater detail. If it is available, feel free to purchase!

DomainTools Lookup

If your phrase is unavailable: to the far right corner of the screen, you should see a search bar next to a button that says “Whois”. Type a different phrase into that box to see if it’s available. In this case, we typed in “Unique Billiard Balls” (but with no spaces, like a proper domain name would be).

Whois Lookup

What a surprise, uniquebilliardballs.com is available!

DomainTools Lookup

That’s intriguing. We could now go back to my Micro Niche Finder and search the term “unique billiard balls” (or whatever phrase you want to use) and see what sorts of stats or other keywords and niches arise. Spoiler alert: “unique billiard balls” has no competition, very high OCI (91%) but not many people are searching for that exact phrase – if you like a challenge, go for it. We’re too busy with other Micro Niche Finder related developments right now, so we’re going to take a pass on this niche…although now that we posted it, we can’t promise it will stay available for long.

This DomainTools Lookup is a very convenient feature if you are looking for domain names. Sometimes it’s easy to find a domain name, other times it takes a bit of ingenuity and wordplay to find a workable domain name. Remember, no matter what niche and keyword you are working on, it’s a creative developing process, so take action and have fun with your discoveries!

There is a very simple, one click method to check if your Micro Niche Finder is updated.

On your software’s main page, look for the title “Additional Tasks”. The third option is titled “Check for Program Updates”. Click on that and a new window will appear – after scanning your Micro Niche Finder, it will either tell you that you have the most recent version of Micro Niche Finder or it will tell you what version you are missing and allow you to download it. You can check this at any time just to make sure you have the latest and greatest of what Micro Niche Finder can offer!

Micro Niche Finder Program Updates

On Micro Niche Finder’s version 4.5.1 release, a new feature called search options can be utilized. If you haven’t already done so, please update your software now in order to use this feature.

The search bar now looks like this:

Search Bar on Micro Niche Finder

As you can see, there is text under the search bar that says, “Click Here to Show Search Options”.

Click on that and our new expandable search bar appears. This contains options that allow you to tailor your searches to your needs.

Expandable Search Bar on Micro Niche Finder

For instance, the Google Server selections are now featured here. Micro Niche Finder uses the default Google (American) settings, but you can change these settings to whatever country you wish by clicking on the drop bar and finding the country of your choice.

You can also choose to use or disable synonyms in your search, include relevant results only, include adult content in results, not to return results of ‘not enough data’, and not to show new ideas for keywords. What features you want to use is completely up to you and you can change them easily anytime you want!

A new version of Micro Niche Finder has literally just been released, so be sure to update your software!

Here is a link to a video briefly explaining some new features found in the new release:

http://www.micronichefinder.com/demo/451/

Enjoy!

Our Micro Niche Finder is immediately available once it has been purchased – simply follow the prompts and download the software. This ease is part of the reason why Micro Niche Finder appeals to so many internet marketers, but the Micro Niche Finder To Go USB makes using Micro Niche Finder even more convenient.

When purchasing Micro Niche Finder, not only will you download the software, but give us your correct mailing address and we will send you a Micro Niche Finder To Go USB drive in the mail.

Micro Niche Finder To Go USB

The USB drive is very useful when trying to investigate niches on computers other than the one your software is installed on. For instance, if your home computer has Micro Niche Finder installed on it but your work computer doesn’t there is no need to panic. Simply plug this USB drive in and the same Micro Niche Finder software will be instantly accessible no matter where you are. All you need to enter is your Micro Niche Finder receipt and your USB will be ready to work. In addition to the Micro Niche Finder software, the bonus materials, installation guide, and the link to switch license utility are included on the USB. The USB itself is a 64 meg USB drive, and the Micro Niche Finder software only use about 10 meg – so there is 54 meg (give or take) for you to use for your own personal purposes! The Micro Niche Finder Software you have downloaded will be still useable (you may have to enter your receipt number there again to switch the licenses); now you can have the power of Micro Niche Finder at your fingertips and utilize whenever and wherever there is a computer!

To make the USB even more portable, there is a little metal clip on one side – lace this clip around your keychain and you can literally carry it with you. Furthermore, the USB is a swivel – there are no caps to worry about falling off or losing. Just swivel your USB into the metal protector and your USB won’t get damaged.

Sometimes inspiration hits you when you least expect it, and sometimes these events happen when you are not right in front of a computer screen. With the Micro Niche Finder To Go USB, it’s easier than ever to find those great potential niches.

For most bloggers, website developers, and internet marketers, Google Analytics is a basic necessity for ranking highly. Yet many people (especially those that are new to making profits on the internet) overlook this simple yet crucial step. 

Micro Niche Finder will help you find a suitable niche for your needs, but once you set up a website or blog, Google Analytics will tell you where the traffic coming to your website originates from. It’s one way to check the success of your site and it’s a great way to tweak your campaign where necessary.

When you add the Google Analytics JavaScript code to your site, Google anonymously collects information about how people are directed to your site, how long they remain on the site, what pages on your site are viewed most, what countries your visitors are coming from, and whether any conversion goals have been achieved.

The data collected by this code is updated many times throughout the day, giving you a very accurate idea of the traffic coming to your website. Types of traffic that Analytics uses are direct traffic, organic referrals, tagged campaign links, and un-tagged referral links.  Google Analytics is a thorough tool, and even links embedded in a .pdf file can be traced (which is great if you distribute or sell ebooks).

 The sites that brought your viewers/customers to your site is very important  - for instance, you may only have a 20% direct traffic rate, but 40% of your traffic could be coming from a website such as ezinearticles.com. Once you realize that ezinearticles is responsible for a large portion of your traffic, you may want to add more articles to ezinearticles. If you see that another website isn’t providing you the traffic you expected, you can either choose to not spend so much effort on deriving traffic from that site OR you can resolve to get more traffic from that site by changing your advertising strategy.

There are some limitations for using Google Analytics however – it is only available for websites that receive less than 5 million page views per month. Websites with more than 5 million page views can only use Google Analytics if the site is linked to an AdWords campaign. Some programs, such as Firefox’s NoScript, can accidentally block the Google Analytics tracking code. Analytics is not easily accessed or put into place on most telephones, except for the newest models (including smart phones and PDAs). In time all phone will be able to run and read the tracking code, but since it is JavaScript, most phone support for this technology isn’t quite there yet.

If you have a Google/Gmail account, you are already able to access Google Analytics. If you don’t have an account with Google, you will need to create one – it’s as easy as making a new gmail account. Once you are logged in, go to Google’s homepage and click on the text beneath the search box titled “Business Solutions”. This will take you to a new page with lots of features – click on the one that says “Analytics” under the “Enhance Your Website” category. Click through to “access analytics” and you should come to a screen that has your websites with all of their demographic and marketing information collected for you to investigate.

If you have never set up a website on Google’s Analytics before, it’s very simple. To start, look in the top right part of your screen – there should be a drop-down box preceded by “My Analytics Accounts”. Click on the box and choose the “Create New Account” option. Google walks you through it from there, and it’s not difficult at all. You can create up to 50 Analytics accounts per Google account, so feel free to repeat this process for other websites of yours you want to track!

Supplying valuable, useable, pertinent content is critical to ranking high on search engines. Namely, Google puts a lot of stock into articles and blogs that are relevant, accurate, and unique. However, your followers, customers, or client base also want content that is useful to them and it is not easy or expedient to create an entire e-book (or report, article, etc.) completely on your own.

One solution to this quandary is to use Private Label Rights – these are books, reports, articles and the like that allow you to change and modify the content at will. You can take a PLR (short for Private Label Rights) ebook and change is so that it speaks and pertains uniquely to your target audience.

Private Label Rights are generally inexpensive to buy – people who sell them realize if they oversell the PLRs their value will go down, so usually only a certain number of books are sold and once that target is achieved that particular PLR is no longer for sale. Buying PLRs in bulk is definitely the cheapest way to purchase them, but even if you buy individual books very selectively the price shouldn’t be very high at all.

PLRs come with varied stipulations (and sometimes with no stipulations) so it’s important to read the terms completely. For example, some PLRs allow you to claim authorship of the material, while others don’t let you take the credit that far. All allow you to make changes, but some PLR distributors require that you don’t remove their links they added to the PLR. Some allow you to use the PLR as website content, while others only allow it to be used as an ebook or software. The restrictions are in place to keep the value of the PLR up because if it becomes too prevalent, too accessible, the value plummets and you, who have purchased the PLR with your hard earned money, DON’T want that to happen.

Once you have purchased some PLR material, you can get to work rewriting it. Of course, you can leave the material as is, but tailoring it usually helps more than it hurts your cause; to reiterate, people want unique and useable content specific to them! If your PLR is in a .pdf file, you may need a .pdf editor to make the necessary changes. Simply Googling something to the extent of “.pdf editor” or “how to change pdf” will bring up a list of software you can use. If your PLR is not in a .pdf file, use the basic tools (such as Microsoft Word or its equivalent) to make your changes.

Once your PLR material is as you want it to be, it’s time to put it to work. Strangely, many people make it up to this step and neglect to follow through to the finish! Don’t let yourself be part of that statistic. After all, none of this is hard, it just takes dedication to see it all the way through.

There are several ways to use your PLR material, and you can do all of them, none of them, research for more ideas, or make up your own course of action. It really depends on your goals and your personal working style.

One popular method is to sell your PLR as an ebook. You can make a webpage or blog posting touting its worth, or you can put it on e-publishing platforms such as Amazon Kindle. You can bundle several ebooks together and sell this collection on webpages or Kindle too.

Some marketers use ebooks as “thank-you” gifts. If they receive a new follower on twitter they may send them a link to their (free) ebook; if someone adds themselves to their mailing list a marketer may immediately send them some free ebooks in gratitude. Although you aren’t making money off the ebook per se, you are building stronger client relations and customer loyalty which will turn into profits.

In a similar vein, some marketers use ebooks as prizes or rewards. If a marketer starts a competition, the prize could be a whole collection of free ebooks to the winner. This helps get your followers to take it upon themselves to spread the word about your product or company, which will generate more sales (if that is your ultimate goal). It’s very effective, and if your PLR collection is high quality, it will be highly sought after.

No matter what route you take, remember that you can add your own affiliate links into the material! By adding these precious links you are increasing the odds of making sales from the PLRs.

Although it may seem daunting at first, the process is ultimately find your PLRs, read the terms, change what’s necessary, and sell/give them away via various channels. Remember, with a little creativity and tweaking, your cheap PLR can become a consistent moneymaker!

Besides using the LSI feature on your Micro Niche Finder, you may find it interesting to check out Google’s Wonder Wheel. Making its debut earlier this year, Google’s Wonder Wheel is a visual and graphical way to examine niches (or search terms and keywords in a broader sense) and see related topics that stem from the original term.

When entering your niche (for our example, let’s make it ‘hamster cages’) into Google, click the search button. A list of results will come up, as is usual, but if you look carefully in the blue line above your first query result you will see a link that says “show options”. Click on that and the left side of your screen will reveal a navigation board. Under the topic “standard view” click on “Wonder Wheel” .

You should see an image that looks like this:

Google Wonder Wheel

As you can see, the center of the wheel is our original niche “hamster cages”. The spokes of the wheel represent related offshoots that are relevant to our topic.

Now, if you were to click on the smaller circle titled “Teddy Bear Hamster Cage”, a new wheel is derived from the old wheel. Your image should look akin to this:

Google Wonder Wheel

Teddy Bear Hamster Cage, which is still related to your original niche Hamster Cages, now shows niche topics related to it. This chain can go on and on, and each topic you click on begets another topic with its own micro niches. While looking at this second wheel, the term “teddy bear hamster food” may just grab your attention – check its statistics using Micro Niche Finder (ex: strength of competition, OCI, etc.) and voila! You may have found another niche; perhaps you click on “teddy bear hamster food”, and see what sort of wheel develops from that term.

But even if you don’t find another niche this way, it certainly can help you find new ideas for blogs, articles, emails, tweets, etc.  Just enter your idea or topic in the search, and examine the ideas the Wonder Wheel brings. Ideally you would want to write about a topic that isn’t completely saturated, and the Wonder Wheel does not provide stats. If you see a term that you want to investigate further, it doesn’t hurt to check it on your Micro Niche Finder.

This method is called Latent Semantic Indexing. Click on the previous link to read an LSI-centric blog post to learn more about how it functions on Micro Niche Finder.  Using the LSI feature on your Micro Niche Finder is so important to producing high quality writings, and the Google Wonder Wheel uses the same concept in a visually compelling way.