Keyword Research/Suggestion Tools

The following tools are great resources for keyword research.

What is keyword research, you may ask? It's an indispensable step in both search engine optimization (SEO) and keyword advertising that both expands the search domain and helps you allocate resources toward those that people actually search upon. Keyword research identifies phrases that you hadn't thought of. It also can tell you how popular those terms among searchers as well as how competitive they are with regard to SEO and PPC bids.

WordTracker

WordTracker uses real user search statistics from several meta search engines like MetaCrawler and DogPile to infer search engine user behavior on other sites.

Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool

Overture's search term suggestion tool provides related terms and numbers reflecting the number of queries made on that term.

Google AdWords Keyword Suggestions

While the adwords keyword suggestions tool provides related search terms including those in which the specified terms appear as well as "expanded broad matches": search terms that Google thinks are similar.

Google Traffic Estimator

Google's Traffic Estimator provides traffic estimates based upon keyword and bid.

Keyword Generator

While intimidating at first, the keyword generator is a great resource for identifying variations on phrases you've already thought of.

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