Using Keyword Research Tools for SEO

February 17, 2009 // Author: Jacob Stoops // 137 views // View Comments

Keyword research tools can help you find your target keyword set.

In my last article, I spoke about Expanding Your Keyword List. In this article, I will detail some really great Keyword Research Tools that will help you understand more about your bucket list of SEO keywords.

How Are Keyword Research Tools Useful?

Keyword research Tools are great ways to get useful information about your keywords. These tools can help you:

Find which keywords are being used by searchers.
Find average search volume statistics.
Find statistics detailing keyword competition levels.
Find information on competitor’s keywords.
Find additional keywords for your list.

Most professional SEO’s utilize one (if not all) of these tools to do keyword research for clients. From my own experience, I use these tools frequently and often use the data that I gather to make SEO recommendations to my clients.

Which Keyword Research Tools Should I Use?

Using Keyword Research Tools for SEO

There are many tools out there that will help you with you keyword research, and I want to warn you that there is also a lot of propaganda out there that will not help you at all.

To help you sift through the crap, I’ve created a short-list of keyword tools that you can rely on to do your research for your SEO campaign (they are in no particular order).

Each of these keyword tools has its own advantages and dis-advantages, but I can assure you that they are all really great tools that will be of great value to your SEO efforts.

Keyword Research Tools for SEO Keyword Research

If you have any suggestions, please feel free to make them…

In my next article we will discuss how to Gather Data of Your Keywords. Have a great day!

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Ian

A little late in the game, but Webhost might want to look into SeoMoz.org tools, Good Keywords tool and limited yet free access to online tools like Keyword Spy, Spyfu, and a few others.
Look out for keyword engine limitations to avoid skewing your results.. some pitfalls are GeoIp and keyword tool setup (singulars and plurals).. Cheers!
Ian
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Jacob Stoops

Thanks for the comment...

The Google Adwords Keyword Tool is free. It provides really informative data and would go a long way in helping you with your keyword research.
webhost

i need a site that can offer the service for free? can you recommend one??
keywords sometimes take my entire day!!!