The number one question I hear, both from in-person interactions and online is “what do I make a website on?”

If you are really struggling check out Yahoo’s Buzz Log. A daily post highlights some of the hot search terms and their buzz index ranks things in a big list. Not everything is a viable niche, but you can branch out ideas from each and every term. Right now “Deal or No Deal” is #1. As an example, you could make a blog about the show. (Admitedly, I’ve seen the show so I’m not quite sure what there would be to talk about.. but thats for another discussion.)

There are hundreds of thousands of niches out there, and nearly every one of them contains the potential to fully employee a single individual. I’m not saying they will make you rich, but they can pay the bills. I believe that the future of news and information is in the hands of individual experts rather than big corporations. I believe that the recent sale and division of Knight Ridder is only a sign of things to come.