Comments on: Steal This Niche – For the Shortys

By: Elle

Elle — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:01:32 +0000

Hi Michelle,

I’ve read your blog several times, but this was the first time I have actually watched a video- it was fantastic. I love that you are so down to earth and real.. and provide a true service.

I ‘ve used nichebot in the past (Market Samouri looks awesome). Its very cool to see how you get all your data and exactly how much is provided. Great tips- thanks so much.

By: Vanessa Pagan

Vanessa Pagan — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:35:10 +0000

Great run down, kinda spooky I did this exact market research with that offer and MS 2 weeks ago and came away with a handful of prime keywords. I haven’t done anything with that data, but now that I’ve watched you do what I’ve filed away as a good affiliate offer and keywords, I feel a fire under me to get moving!

By: oscar

oscar — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:12:16 +0000

well i am doing organic for now havent quite got in to adwords mainly budget reasons…

By: Michelle MacPhearson

Michelle MacPhearson — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:57:04 +0000

@Rob – Domain age is a factor – an older domain tends to be more trusts. I don’t know of an algorithm that takes into account old domain/no links kind of thing. It’s VERY possible to rank against an old domain – just build more links. If they have none, and you have 10, you’re doing 10x better than them.

Just like the presence of title tags, domain age is just one of many factors that are considered in rank. It’s not the end all be all, and can easily be overcome.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:48:14 +0000

Dear Michelle,

Wow! Thanks for answering my question. That’s what I call responsive!

I do have another quite important question … if you feel it’s irrelevant then feel free to delete it and I won’t be offended I promise …

The question is: when search engines rank a site, how does the age of the domain relate to the number of backlinks? eg if a site has been there for four years but has no backlinks, how strong is that domain compared with a four-month-old site with 500 backlinks? Is there any “rule of thumb” calculation of the relative value of backlinks versus (say) a year’s maturity on a website?

More bluntly … can one use backlinks on a new site to send it up the search results to displace a mature site that lacks backlinks? And if so, how would you know roughly how many backlinks equals one year of the mature site (and of what PR)?

By: Michelle MacPhearson

Michelle MacPhearson — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:47:05 +0000

@Jason – SEO – if I were using Adwords, the KW research process would be quite a bit different.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:34:28 +0000

Michelle,

Out of curiosity, when you market your clickbank offer, are you using adwords, or organic search to rank in Google?

By: oscar

oscar — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:25:16 +0000

hello michelle,
let me start off saying that i am a noob but i have a couple of sites up but they are producing min. traffic so that equals min.gain… i am so happy to see someone that takes out all the fluff in this affiliate marketing game it is definately refreshing to see… i will be implementing your social media daily blueprint immediately, but let me ask you how much of it do you outsource nd how much of it do you actually do yourself…

By: Michelle MacPhearson

Michelle MacPhearson — Sun, 10 May 2009 03:31:07 +0000

@Rob – Checking competition in quotes gives you an idea of how many sites out there are actually optimized for the term you’re looking at – rather than just how many sites out there have the words: how to get taller on them, somewhere, not necessarily in that order.

By: rob

rob — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:12:27 +0000

hi Michelle nice video
but I am totally confused when I enter the search term “how to get taller” into google it shows 17,300,000 competition.Now when i enter the same search term in “quotes” I get 57,300 But what percentage of people seach using quotes