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In the above example, you can see that I have typed in the keyword “ringtones.”
Marketing for CPA ringtone offers was huge back in 2003 and 2004 and I made a
lot of money promoting ringtone offers. But using a tool like Google Insights, you
can clearly see that the search volume for ringtones has dropped considerably.
The search volume was at its peak in 2004 and has dropped to about 40% of its
peak volume in 2009.
So although it is still possible to make money with ringtone offers, don’t expect a
repeat of the glory days way back in 2004.
Google Trends
http://www.google.com/trends
Another research tool for demand is Google Trends. Google Trends allows you to
see the trend for keywords over time. In the example below, I have used the
keyword “Valentine cards” and you can clearly see in the graph that the peak
search volume for this keyword occurs every February.
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EBay
http://www.ebay.com
EBay.com is probably the single largest marketplace of buyers and sellers on the
Internet. This is a good way to gauge what is currently hot by looking at what is
selling on EBay.
If you go to http://pulse.ebay.com, you can clearly see what the most popular
search terms are.
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For the particular example above, you can see that the most popular terms are
"wii", "xbox" and "ipod." Therefore you could come to the conclusion that if you
promote a free ipod or free xbox CPA offer, you could generate a significant
amount of traffic and leads.
Lycos Top 50
http://50.lycos.com
Lycos also provides data for the most popular searched for keywords for the most
recent week.
These recent search results are important because they indicate trends and events
in the search market.
One of the most powerful strategies that I have found to generate profitable ad
campaigns is to run CPA offers that are related to current events.
For example, I found that CPA offers that were related to the p