Ugh, "great" keyword(s) found, many domains to get, feedback!

[CreationNation]

Hey there folks,

I was reading an article recently - I don't want to give away too much, but it is something to do with the medical field, and is something that is really starting to advance and show real world results. With that said...

I decided to check for the availability of the keyword, and while the .com was taken (but not used yet) the .net is available. Same for the plural of this word.

I have searched for slight off-shoots of the name, also adding _____forum(s).com to the end of all these domains and so far have around 10-12 domains that are immediately available to reserve and do something with if I choose.

So, here's another part of my hesitation. Googling these words in different variations show results such as:

274,000 - 13,500 - 7,500,00 - 11,400 - 1,310,000 - 1,220,000 - 480

I think this field is still so new, and niche, that it isn't a term the mass public knows anything about, but will come to know about in the next ten years in my opinion.

Given this scenario, would you grab all ten of these domains and variations of the keyword or ....?

I've never experienced this before where a keyword like this, one I would have thought was gobbled up by now to be honest, is readily available for reserving. Any feedback appreciated!

EDIT: I reserved 11 domains, I was too nervous someone would put it together and take them haha. I would still like to hear some feedback on this, thanks!

 

[Mike]

So when you Google the word, you get sites, but what does Wordtracker, Overture, or other Keyword tools say about it?

Lets pretend the word is "doctor", and you run doctor through Wordtracker. Wordtracker shows 1500 predicted searches. Next you query Google by putting the word in quotes, that way you only get results back for "doctor" and not "doctors", "doctorcrap", etc. Now, lets say Google returns 24,000 results, then thats a pretty good keyword.

BTW, anything over 100 on Wordtracker is pretty good. From doing a ton of keyword research at work, I've found that if the predicted results from Wordtracker and the SERPs from Google are less than 100x apart, its a fairly good keyword. In other words if you keyword shows 1500 predicted on Wordtracker, then results from Google that are under 1,500,000 would indicate you found a "winner". Or at least a better than average keyword.

 

[CreationNation]

Wordtracker result word #1: 285 keywords
Google result word #1: 495 results (!)

Wordtracker result word #2: 285 keywords
Google result word #2: 286 results

Wordtracker result word #3: 285 (is trial version limited at this?)
Google results word #3: 13,000

 

[Andrew]

This is the secret to snapping up good generic domains, get them while no ones ever heard about it. I bought a bunch of domains concerning a new drug last year, it didn't pass FDA approval so I let most of them expire.

If you have the cash, go for it. It really is speculation, don't obsess over wordtracker or overture data. Once those number go up then the domains will long be gone.

If the .com is taken, grab the .net and .org. You can also do variations like Xnews.com Xblog.com BuyX.com. The list goes on and on. You say its medical, I would look in to similar stuff, so if its prescription drugs look at viagra's top terms, it might be buy viagra, viagra pills, cheap viagra, etc.

You can go a long way with this, and it is risky. However, you buy it and then leave it, so beyond that initial $ investment there is no time risk.

 

[sixty6]

See, finding niches are REALLY REALLY REALLY hard in my opinion. But if you have even the smallest lead toward a potential niche, go ahead and register the domain name for $9 or so, you don't have a lot to lose.

If it doesn't take off, just drop it if you can't find any other use for it (or sell it on WickedForums)