[TheIronStar]

Originally Posted by Christian

Try this page - How to Start a Blog - WikiHow

No offense, but this is absolutely nothing I didn't already know.

I am asking how to find out whether there is a "target market" for a weblog about issues facing a specific ethnic group in America, and if there is, what sort of competition is out there, and what the group seeks in a website.

Originally Posted by Joel Chue

conduct surverys

What sorts of surveys have you conducted for your weblog(s), and where did you do the surveying?

Originally Posted by Christian

And if you want to check out what keywords are popular for your blog name, this tool is good - Keyword services for professional search engine optimization

Originally Posted by Joel Chue

do a keyword research by using inventory.overture.com

Thanks, I'll look into them. But I suspect that at the moment, talk of how to game the search engines is a bit like putting the cart before the horse.