Niche research
Niche types and targeting
5 lessonsStart lesson 01
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- Lesson 01APK niche researchSelection criteria, budget, monetization, and legal considerations specific to running an APK download site as a niche.Read lesson
- Lesson 02Easy-to-rank niche categoriesNiche categories that are consistently easier to rank than others (informational, downloadable, and government-related) plus finding them with Ahrefs Content Explorer.Read lesson
- Lesson 03Niche keyword-combination matrixWord banks for a chosen niche (tool/app-type words, content-angle modifiers, and APK suffixes) that combine into a large set of content titles, blog topics, or app-store metadata.Read lesson
- Lesson 04Goldmine niches reference listA curated list of real niche/sub-niche examples with their DR, monthly traffic, and monetization network, grouped by DR band, for calibrating what a beatable niche actually looks like.Read lesson
- Lesson 05Country and language targeting for nichesHow to research niches for a specific country or non-English language, and the tier system that determines how much traffic from each is worth.Read lesson
Finding untapped niches: reverse engineering google.com in Ahrefs, and Google Trends
Sir Athar Bajwa's two methods for untapped niches, putting google.com into Ahrefs Site Explorer and filtering its organic keywords by KD, word count and a "download" phrase, then taking seed words into Google Trends' new Explore.
APK niche research
Selection criteria, budget, monetization, and legal considerations specific to running an APK download site as a niche.