I tried out IMeye over the weekend. It’s a good product. Grossly expensive at $147 which will inevitably go up. In order for it to make financial sense you have to look at the cost as an annual due. I’m not certain that each month the average user will be able to find some keywords and build enough websites/webpages to make back the cost of the product. You will have to sling a bunch of sites and aggressively drive traffic. It can find you some groovy domain that will help in getting traffic but that is even more money you’ll be spending. If you are an average web toady you’ll build 5-10 websites, all the while trying to get traffic to the damn thing. Before you know it the next month comes around and you’re out another $147. And you still haven’t finished writing all those articles and submitting articles to the directories and building Squidoo lens and Hubbpages, etc. for the previous month.
At $1,750 a year you could make the argument that you should be able to find enough keywords to make back the charge to your credit card. Maybe the first batch you found in the first few months finally start cranking out $30/day then you’re golden.
Like most products 90% of the folks who buy it will do zippo with it. But the problem is with a product this expensive you will have serious people using it. And most are going to “discover” the same keywords out of the database. Will we all use the same keywords to build webpages? Doubtful. Will you have competition? Probably not any more than any other keyword search you do.
For those that do not know this tool goes at keyword search from a different angle than what you are used to. We are used to analyzing a seed keyword and figuring out if it pays and gets traffic and what the competition is. This tool finds keywords that gets traffic, pays high for Adsense, is low cost for PPC, etc. It backs into keywords. This tool is like the ultimate in keyword brainstorming. Very cool actually.
My opinion with the product is that it is made for full-time folks or those that dedicate a lot of time to their Internet marketing. If you aren’t willing to use the data by slinging webpages aggressively then you could be wasting your money.
I suppose you could get a subscription to IMeye and use the crap out of it for a couple of days then cancel. They are really in a jam with this product as they can’t allow tons of people access to it hence the high cost. The data would find a saturation point. Even with a million plus keywords they churn thorough the database there are still only finite amount of keyword that people will be able to use for Adsense or PPC or whatever. The less it costs the more that play. But the more it costs the harder it is to make it worthwhile unless you are a power player.
I will be canceling my subscription. This tool requires a serious mindset for its utilization. I prefer to dabble in this business. I like Micro Niche Finder which is far cheaper and not a subscription service. $147 is a lot of money. You can all imagine the worthwhile things that can be bought to advance your business for that kind of money.
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Hi Splork,
$147 is a lot of money if there is a subscription going. But what’s stopping you from using this tool for 30 days and extract as much keywords as you can?
Maybe I am missing something here, but I think a lot of good keywords can be found in a matter of days. Once you write them all down, you don’t have to be subscribed anymore. Of course, this is IF the IMeye really delivers valuable keywords from the start.
Sure you can do that. I decided to get a refund after using it over the weekend instead of hanging on to it for thirty days then canceling. They gave a seven-day money back thing.
I grabbed a few keywords and built sites with the phrases. In a day I was indexed in Google. In a day I was sent to the sandpit. That is typical and unfortunately will take a couple of months to dig out of and not making any money. That is why I think you have to look at it like a yearly due. Because unless you spend for expired domains you will get sandboxed and potentially not making money for a couple of months from the keyword effort. That’s tough to swallow when you’re dropping $147 every 30 days.
I think it does deliver keywords for those that can really maximize the effort. Those that are 12 hours a day IM motivated will love this tool.
They must have a huge staff based to add keywords to their database.I think they offer a 1 week trial
I tried IMeye last night, because they offer a 3 day trial for $5. It IS a good tool, offering a lot of options for everyone who needs keywords.
I had a tough time finding some decent keywords for me though, it seems that all ORGs and NETs of this world are already bought by people who do the same thing we do. I will invest some more time into it today, since I’m canceling my subscription this evening. You really need a lot of time to use this tool to its maximum and without fanatic dedication to searching for keywords, its best to steer clear of it. I know I will.
I’m out. Despite all my bloviation about the product I found that I can do just as well finding stuff with MNF and using MS to analyze the keywords. All without paying an exorbitant monthly fee. Those are great products.
Hehe. These are the same thoughts I had last night when I used IMeye for the last time. More than half of the keywords there I already know of because I stumbled on them before. Also, I haven’t found enough Super Easy To Rank For Keywords to make this tool worthwhile. So, it’s byebye IMeye.
Yea, when you first use it you go though this gee whiz moment like you’ve found a pot of gold. But then you start going through the results and you start thinking stuff like “do I really want to create a webpage on atlanta car insurance rate quotes”. And even if you do you stick the result in Market Samurai and realize you couldn’t compete for this 5 word phrase anyway. I came across some good keywords but after you search a few days the same words pop up. Yea, I’m being too simplistic as the tool can be useful, maybe more so for PPC. But for me trying to find topics/keywords to build webpages I’d just assume use MNF.
Wow- really nice honest review! And you answered all the questions I had. The biggest being the saturation issue of everyone is using the tool. And also, how quickly new opportunities present themselves.
thx so much for taking the time to share your experiences.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Imeye-Review-Top-Five-Facts-Im-Eye-Site
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