Where do you find your ideas for a niche? Where can you go to find what people like and are searching for online?Here I hand picked the nine best websites you can search right now, today, to get yourself started:

Ebay pulse
What are people buying and searching for on ebay? This tells you about the 10 ten searches and top 5 stores.

Yahoo! Buzz
Top ten searches and you can search by categories such as entertainment, spots, video, etc
There is also a buzz log you can vote on.

Google Trends (USA)
The 100 top search trends on Google. Google Trends provides insights into broad search patterns. A good starting point.

del.icio.us
Check out the hotlist here. You can search for the topic of your choice to see what people are bookmarking. You can type in a broad topic and it will give you the top searches plus related tags.

Technorati Popular
The top everything here, movies, blogs, searches, videos, news etc. Got to find a good topic here.

digg
Find what people are digging by topic: Technology, World & Business, Science, Gaming, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Sports, Offbeat.
I’ll show you another great way to use digg in a new video.
 
Google Groups
See what groups people are joining. Which are more popular? For the idea on your topic, check to see what groups there are. Look for groups with over 1000 members.

Magazines Subscriptions
Magazines on every topic you can imagine. Don’t forgot to also check out your local shop that sell magazines.

Yahoo! Answers
What are people asking? Search for keywords in your niche and see what people want to know.
 
43 Things
Click on the tags to see what people are looking for in a niche. For example, School and Education brings up the ideas: learn Spanish, learn to play the guitar, read more books, learn to cook, learn sign language, learn to play the piano, go to college, graduate from college.

Shopping.com Consumer Demand Index
The Shopping.com Consumer Demand Index (CDI) makes it easy for you to put your finger on the pulse of consumer demand. With millions of shopping searches conducted each week, the CDI reveals emerging trends and hidden gems while highlighting the hottest products. View the top 100 searches for each of the Shopping.com categories. These searches are updated every two weeks.

amazon Bestsellers
What are the best selling books at the moment? Check out what is popular.

Squido Top 100 List
Check out what is popular and ranking well on Squidoo. The most popular lens could give your some ideas for creating websites and products.

Clusty
Type in a keyword and it will give you the top website and a list of related searches for that topic.

Serph - track buzz in real time
Serph is a search engine that you can use to find out what people are saying on the web right now. Loads of information the latest of everything.

Go to some or all, it's your choice. Each site will give you great ideas of what people want, need and search for. To get a good idea or a better picture of the niche, you should visit several of these sites to get a complete picture of the niche.

Please leave your ideas in the comments sections. Tell us about your favorite place to research ideas for your Market Research.