A help on keyword research on niches?

[Jake]

Exact match domain names still can have a significant ranking advantage, a few test searches can conform this, though Google has received enough complaints about lower quality sites getting unfair ranking to warrant their "looking into it" the value if them will probably be discounted soon, that being a name that makes sense as a business title may be important, some junk keyword domain might only be suitable as a satellite link source. Do use the [Exact match] and local options in the Google keyword Tool to get more accurate traffic estimates for a keyword, while the top search results is said to get about 34% of all search clicks, the clicks are about 1/2 as much for each 2 position drop in SRP. So the 9th result on page 1 might be projected to get about 2% of the estimated [exact match] traffic.

One useful research tool is Market Samuri, it has a full function trial period and some affiliates offer purchase lick backs to lower the moderate price, it combines mostly public keyword data in handy competitiveness indicators. All of the best exact match .com names are gone, a previously suggested incorporating a keyword in a longer domain name still provides some benefit with out looking so SEO spammy. The bulk search link under the Godaddy Find Your Name tab helps you check the availability of a list of name ideas. My favorite domain name checker tool that tried a dictionary of ad on words has gone away, but there are probably other similar time savers out here.

The name alone is just one small aspect, you still need lots of quality original content and regular updates to keep the search engines interested, some sites get more traffic from single occurrences of long tail keywords than from targeted keywords (probably less so in a niche site) you certain want to avail yourself of all the tracking you can handle to see what keywords are actually bring the traffic as well as which ones result in clicks.