Alex Hedley

“At least 1000 searches per month for your keyword on Google: (3 Points): If you are not getting at least 1000 searches per month on Google (you can check using the Google Adwords Keyword Tool here), you need to find a different keyword that your buyers will use, not you, or simply choose another niche if there is not enough interest. Less than 50 backlinks to the top 5 pages as an average: (2 points) This is because it is fine to have one web page over you, but you don’t want to be below the top three, or you’re basically invisible to anyone searching for the term (just look at this graph of the click through rates [percentage of searchers who click] based on position in search results.) Just the falloff from number one to number two goes from 37% down to 12.5%, and anything below the top three is basically irrelevant. Let’s be honest, how many times have you clicked to the second page of Google or beyond? It’s less than 1% of searches, and that’s why it’s so important to have your site on the first page (and on the top three if you want to make serious money!). No more than half of the webpages on the search results page (first one) with over PR3: This is important because it is very difficult to beat PR4 or higher pages on Google (especially when you’re a new site that is almost guaranteed to be ”
― Alex Hedley, How to Create $1600 per Month Niche Websites for Passive Income