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Niche research let’s you know what’s HOT

Google Zeitgeist-
http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
To begin with, I check out the hottest search trends at Google
Zeitgeist. If I am targeting the US market, I’ll click on “U.S.
Zeitgeist,” otherwise I’ll look at “Zeitgeist Around the World.” At
this point I am just looking for ideas.
If I see that a particular topic is hot, I’ll make a note of it and look
at more targeted sub-niches later on at more specialized sites

Lycos Top 50 - http://50.lycos.com
The Lycos Top 50 is another site, like Google Zeitgeist, where I will
review the latest trends and look for hot topics to explore further. I
will also look at Yahoo! Buzz for ideas as well (see below).
Yahoo! Buzz - http://buzz.yahoo.com
eBay Pulse – http://pulse.ebay.com
The eBay Pulse site is a great place to start looking at sub-niches.
What I will do is select the category first (using the topics I’ve
gathered from looking at the previous sites), then look for
profitable sub-niches by then selecting a sub-category.