An Interesting if Accidental Discovery Using Google Adwords Tool
I only started regular use of the Google Adwords Tool fairly recently, in direct response to excellent advice given right here on Hub Pages. A couple of weeks ago, I started thinking about how many people search for things that I remember from my childhood, that are not nearly so often referred to today. I have been playing around with the site over the past few days, searching for things I and many others will remember and have found some incredible results.
I am obviously not disclosing my precise searches but an excellent example (I hope to publish the Hub in the next couple of weeks!
) is something I remember loving from childhood, which has around 150,000 global searches and shows no level of competition whatsoever. There are obviously no guarantees of success but thinking of things which were popular many years ago, pre-Internet, can produce staggering findings. Just because they are no longer fashionable doesn't mean people are no longer searching for them. I already have a list of ideas for future Hubs through this experiment.
You can apply this to virtually any topic. If you are perhaps only in your twenties and struggling to come up with ideas, think about things your parents talk about or talked about. Set aside a couple of hours to try this out on your subject of choice, firstly brainstorming with an old-fashioned notepad and pen and secondly using the tool and you may find some amazing ideas for ultimately very successful Hubs.
Good luck!No, it's NOT a nice tip! He should have just posted them. Or at least emailed them to me.
Seriously, that is a good idea; I'm going to have to put some thought into my childhood.
Generally Yes, BUT
It depends what you mean by competition
=> In the Google tool it means the number of advertisers competing to advertise for that word
=> In a Google Search it means the number of pages Google can find that use that keyword
=> For keyword competition, in the sense of the quality of websites competing for the keyword, it depends on which tool you ask. Generally it is a formula based on page rank, number of backlinks and whether or not the keyword is included in the Title, Description etc.
For A1 Niches it is a percentage score based on all these things - Low percentage for low competition
|| Price per click CPC || Keyword || Competition Strength (%) || Visits ||
/ / / /
1.08, chartered accountant salary, 28, 5400
=> low competition, moderate CPC, high hits
0.23, simple electronic circuits, 29, 1000
=> low competition, low CPC, moderate hits
3.63, quorn business travel, 29, 110
=> low competition, high CPC, low hits
The last one has low competition, but high CPC with low traffic
Nice tip, although I must tell you that I have been doing something similar for well over 7 months but my topics are dealing with photography. Using Google key words I search for terms, ideas, topics, subjects, projects and so on that were hot or at least discussed back in my college years and all dealing with my interest. Another good suggestion if I may is to signup for Google alerts in whatever topic you choose. The service is free and you will be emailed regular updates regarding anything that deals with your chosen topic.
This is a really good tip - but doesn't it mean you just get OLD visitors
Yeah! And they have trouble finding and clicking on the little ad links!
recommend1 and shogan: All right, you people. Knock it off with the "old" remarks!!!!!
You'd be surprised what we first-generation Hula Hoop users and Chatty Cathy friends are capable of. 
Ah. Well, I feel much younger now. My parents never would have allowed me to do more than watch the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show (and later, of course, wear Beatles sunglasses and collect Beatles trading cards). (I hope I don't get thrown off HubPages for being too young to be on here.
)
Great advice! I am checking Google Adwords now.
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