There has been some useful posts of late that discuss the pracitical methods to get started at developing a new site or blog specifically for affiliate marketing. In particular Aaron Wall discusses practical tips for starting a new site and Dosh Dosh looks at choosing the right blog niche.
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So along with the new Google hot trends report and analysing the top peformers within the affiliate programs, what other tools are available? I have put together a list of tools below that can help inspire & provide ideas to help identify trends, potential niches or opportunities that could provide decent traffic and monetisation opportunities for a dedicated blog or site.
Search Engines –
- Google Trends
- Google Hot Trends – US only. Replaces the old Google Zeitgeist.
- Yahoo Buzz – The days top 20 overall searches.
- MSN Hotlist – The days top 20 overall searches.
- AOL Hot Searches – Latest top searches with categories.
- Ask Top Searches – Top overall searches and movers.
- Lycos Top 50 – Just that.
- Dogpile – Not great.
- Search.com – Top 1000 searches.
- Metacrawler – Most popular search queries with categories.
Blog Sites –
- Technorati Most Popular – Top searches, blogs and videos.
- Ice Rocket Blog Trends – Top movies & news too.
Shopping Sites / Products –
- Ebay – List of top searches on Ebay.
- Kelkoo – Kelkoos most popular, not great.
- ShopZilla – As above, not great.
- Amazon Bestsellers – Bestsellers by category.
- Amazon Movers N Shakers – Whats hot or not anymore.
- Amazon Hot Future Releases – What should be hot.
News Sites –
- NY Times – Most popular search phrases.
- BBC – Top searches & fastest movers.
- BBC Celebdaq – Highlights hot celebs.
- Wall Street Journal – Most viewed / E-mailed.
Others –
- Alexa Top Sites
- Alexa Movers N Shakers
- Jupiter Research Most Popular – Inc most popular searches.
- Touch Local Popular Searches
Can you add to the list?
Hat tip to the Search Anyway blog, it was about time I spoke a little more about affiliate marketing.
