Keyword Research Tools
Keyword research serves two purposes.
The first is to develop a list of keywords and phrases relevant to your topic. These keywords are used to compose the meta tags and text within your pages, and will therefore act as 'magnets' to attract the search engines.
Another benefit of thorough keyword research, is the ability to assess demand for products and services on the Net. Certain tools allow us to see exactly how many times surfers enter a particular phrase or keyword over a period of time. Using those numbers we may judge them sufficient to build a site around that topic.
Below are the tools I use to do keyword research for my affiliate sites. WordTracker
Wordtracker.com is perhaps the best tool available to search for keywords and phrases relevant to your topic, as well as related keywords and phrases.
Wordtracker's free weekly Keyword Reports are also a great way to keep an eye on keyword search trends that indicate new and emerging topics of public interest.
Wordtracker is an online keyword generator that builds lists of similar search terms from keywords entered by Internet users. The database is updated on a continuous basis for new search expressions and it contains more than 340 million search queries. As such, Wordtracker can be a valuable tool to gain insight into the public's most commonly used search phrases.
With permission from the nice folks at Wordtracker, I've included two samples of Wordtracker keyword reports below - the Top 300 Surge Report and the Top 200 Long Term Keyword Report, 500 keywords in all.
The Top 300 includes the top 300 queries from the 24 hours prior to the report's issuance, and the Top 200 includes the top 200 complete queries from the largest Metacrawlers on the web (Metacrawler/Dogpile etc...) for the last 60 days (2 months).
You can scan through both lists to discover what's on surfers' minds.
Do any of the words and phrases strike a chord with you? Are any of the search terms also on your list of potential site topics?
List those phrases and terms that you are particularly interested in. You will later compare this new list against the list of potential topics that you made earlier.
Top 300 Searches Over 24 Hours
WordTracker's Top 300 Surge Report - These are the top 300 queries from the 24 hours prior to the report's issuance, and taken from 5,587,112 queries, which represents the complete queries from the largest Metacrawlers on the web (Metacrawler /Dogpile etc.) for the last 24 hours.
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Nos.: Position according to popularity | |||
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Count: Number of sightings of keyword in database. | |||
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Keyword : The keyword itself | |||
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Nos. |
Count |
Keyword | |
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1 |
4838 |
travel | |
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2 |
4448 |
autos | |
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3 |
2397 |
hotels | |
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4 |
1764 |
ebay | |
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5 |
1738 |
health | |
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6 |
1727 |
| |
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7 |
1691 |
jokes | |
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8 |
1474 |
yahoo | |
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9 |
1442 |
mortgages | |
|
10 |
1221 |
lyrics | |
|
11 |
1170 |
joe millionaire | |
|
12 |
1161 |
insurance quotes | |
|
13 |
1156 |
dictionary | |
|
14 |
1150 |
books | |
|
15 |
1068 |
cars | |
|
16 |
1055 |
hotmail | |
|
17 |
1002 |
news | |
|
18 |
938 |
jobs | |
|
19 |
927 |
yahoo.com | |
|
20 |
895 |
song lyrics | |
|
21 |
884 |
People Finder | |
|
22 |
852 |
hotmail.com | |
|
23 |
843 |
maps | |
|
24 |
841 |
mapquest | |
|
25 |
840 |
prom dresses | |
|
26 |
837 |
Used Cars | |
|
27 |
818 |
search engines | |
|
28 |
755 |
games | |
|
29 |
752 |
palm | |
|
30 |
734 |
ricin | |
|
31 |
682 |
parent | |
|
32 |
673 |
Addresses | |
|
33 |
662 |
baby names | |
|
34 |
659 |
milf | |
|
35 |
656 |
atkins diet | |
|
36 |
652 |
white pages | |
|
37 |
648 |
science fair projects | |
|
38 |
638 |
detroit auto show | |
|
39 |
634 |
kazaa | |
|
40 |
623 |
weather | |
|
41 |
620 |
ask jeeves | |
|
42 |
617 |
dogs | |
|
43 |
610 |
recipes | |
|
44 |
595 |
southwest airlines | |
|
45 |
579 | ||
|
46 |
568 |
lord of the rings | |
|
47 |
565 |
yellow pages | |
|
48 |
548 |
april fools | |
|
49 |
546 |
music | |
|
50 |
542 |
airline tickets | |
|
51 |
525 |
amazon.com | |
|
52 |
514 |
free clip art | |
|
53 |
507 |
author | |
|
54 |
504 |
wallpaper | |
|
55 |
499 |
ebay.com | |
|
56 |
498 |
kelly blue book | |
|
57 |
492 |
quotes | |
|
58 |
485 |
google.com | |
|
59 |
473 | ||
|
60 |
472 |
Used Car Prices | |
|
61 |
468 |
clip art | |
|
62 |
460 |
job search | |
|
63 |
459 |
hairstyles | |
|
64 |
459 |
orlando bloom | |
|
65 |
453 |
poems | |
|
66 |
452 |
zip codes | |
|
67 |
451 |
ps2 cheats | |
|
68 |
448 |
free clipart | |
|
69 |
421 |
People Locator | |
|
70 |
419 |
winzip | |
|
71 |
418 |
home depot | |
|
72 |
418 |
pregnancy | |
|
73 |
414 |
Free Download Music | |
|
74 |
414 |
literotica.com | |
|
75 |
413 |
furniture | |
|
76 |
411 |
mortgage calculator | |
|
77 |
408 |
used cars | |
|
78 |
407 |
cnn | |
|
79 |
404 |
american airlines | |
|
80 |
403 |
Free People Finder | |
|
81 |
400 |
poetry | |
|
82 |
393 |
area codes | |
|
83 |
393 |
movies | |
|
84 |
391 |
free music downloads | |
|
85 |
391 |
house plans |
|
86 |
387 |
clipart | |
|
87 |
385 |
united airlines | |
|
88 |
384 |
online dictionary | |
|
89 |
379 |
free ringtones | |
|
90 |
376 |
msn | |
|
91 |
373 |
Yahoo Mail | |
|
92 |
368 |
amazon | |
|
93 |
365 |
aol.com | |
|
94 |
364 |
las vegas | |
|
95 |
358 |
Yahoo. Com | |
|
96 |
352 |
Telephone Directory | |
|
97 |
352 |
free games | |
|
98 |
351 |
hair styles | |
|
99 |
349 |
pictures | |
|
100 |
348 |
New Car | |
|
101 |
348 |
warez | |
|
102 |
346 |
dodge tomahawk | |
|
103 |
341 |
Peoplesearch | |
|
104 |
340 |
mp3 | |
|
105 |
337 | ||
|
106 |
332 |
cloning | |
|
107 |
327 |
freeones | |
|
108 |
326 |
harry potter | |
|
109 |
323 |
marijuana | |
|
110 |
323 |
sears | |
|
111 |
322 |
Free Clip Art | |
|
112 |
322 |
White | |
|
113 |
322 |
eminem | |
|
114 |
322 |
kazaa lite | |
|
115 |
320 |
msn.com | |
|
116 |
318 |
holiday inn | |
|
117 |
317 |
tattoos | |
|
118 |
316 |
buddy icons | |
|
119 |
315 |
airlines | |
|
120 |
314 |
Free Clipart | |
|
121 |
314 |
People Search | |
|
122 |
313 |
consumer reports | |
|
123 |
312 |
driving directions | |
|
124 |
312 |
online games | |
|
125 |
311 |
birthdays | |
|
126 |
310 |
sublime directory | |
|
127 |
307 |
People | |
|
128 |
307 |
guitar tabs | |
|
129 |
307 |
horoscopes | |
|
130 |
303 |
monster.com | |
|
131 |
302 |
aol | |
|
132 |
302 |
free screensavers | |
|
133 |
296 |
Joe Millionaire | |
|
134 |
296 |
free greeting cards | |
|
135 |
296 |
richards realm | |
|
136 |
296 |
textbooks | |
|
137 |
294 |
Person Finder |
|
138 |
294 |
sublimedirectory.com | |
|
139 |
291 |
Locating People | |
|
140 |
291 |
walmart | |
|
141 |
289 |
Online Dictionary | |
|
142 |
288 |
currency converter | |
|
143 |
285 |
cheat codes | |
|
144 |
285 | ||
|
145 |
281 |
Free Mp3 Downloads | |
|
146 |
281 |
free fonts | |
|
147 |
280 |
Song Lyrics | |
|
148 |
279 |
Free Greeting Cards | |
|
149 |
279 |
irs | |
|
150 |
278 |
Free Diet Plans | |
|
151 |
278 |
auto | |
|
152 |
278 |
science projects | |
|
153 |
275 |
diabetes | |
|
154 |
274 |
avril lavigne | |
|
155 |
272 |
free wallpaper | |
|
156 |
272 |
snes roms | |
|
157 |
268 |
Finding People | |
|
158 |
267 |
flowers | |
|
159 |
267 |
yahoo mail | |
|
160 |
264 |
Orlando Bloom | |
|
161 |
263 |
anna nicole smith | |
|
162 |
262 |
best buy | |
|
163 |
258 |
kids | |
|
164 |
258 |
weight watchers | |
|
165 |
256 |
Plane Ticket | |
|
166 |
256 |
employment | |
|
167 |
256 |
free screen savers | |
|
168 |
255 |
refinancing equity loans | |
|
169 |
254 |
Free Desktop Wallpaper | |
|
170 |
254 |
Free Mp3 Music Download | |
|
171 |
254 |
travelocity | |
|
172 |
253 |
Ebay .com | |
|
173 |
253 |
Job Search | |
|
174 |
252 |
cheap airline tickets | |
|
175 |
252 |
wedding invitations | |
|
176 |
252 |
world map | |
|
177 |
251 |
e-cards | |
|
178 |
250 |
famous quotes | |
|
179 |
250 |
map quest | |
|
180 |
247 |
ecards | |
|
181 |
247 |
lowes | |
|
182 |
246 |
cheap flights | |
|
183 |
245 |
DeCSS | |
|
184 |
245 |
The Atkins Diet | |
|
185 |
245 |
dogpile | |
|
186 |
244 |
paintball | |
|
187 |
240 |
digital cameras | |
|
188 |
240 |
expedia | |
|
189 |
239 |
scholarships |
|
190 |
238 |
education | |
|
191 |
237 |
cheats | |
|
192 |
237 |
love poems | |
|
193 |
237 |
tires | |
|
194 |
234 |
abortion | |
|
195 |
234 |
amtrak | |
|
196 |
233 |
free music | |
|
197 |
233 |
music downloads | |
|
198 |
233 |
music lyrics | |
|
199 |
233 |
thongs | |
|
200 |
232 |
ups | |
|
201 |
231 |
barnes and noble | |
|
202 |
230 |
Job Listings | |
|
203 |
230 |
free ring tones | |
|
204 |
230 |
posters | |
|
205 |
230 |
quotations | |
|
206 |
230 |
xbox cheats | |
|
207 |
229 |
screensavers | |
|
208 |
228 |
Science Fair Projects | |
|
209 |
228 |
anime | |
|
210 |
227 |
Cheap Airline Tickets | |
|
211 |
227 |
mexico | |
|
212 |
226 |
calendar | |
|
213 |
226 |
fafsa | |
|
214 |
225 |
auctions | |
|
215 |
224 |
cnn.com | |
|
216 |
224 |
mortgage rates | |
|
217 |
223 |
Martin Luther King Jr. | |
|
218 |
223 |
apartments | |
|
219 |
223 |
bangbus | |
|
220 |
223 |
greeting cards | |
|
221 |
222 |
circuit city | |
|
222 |
222 |
desktop themes | |
|
223 |
222 |
resume | |
|
224 |
221 |
screen savers | |
|
225 |
220 |
Free E Cards | |
|
226 |
220 |
computers | |
|
227 |
220 |
nissan | |
|
228 |
219 |
wifelovers | |
|
229 |
218 |
Goggle Search Engine | |
|
230 |
217 |
Science Fair Ideas | |
|
231 |
217 |
Science Fair Project Ideas | |
|
232 |
217 |
mp3 midi | |
|
233 |
217 |
periodic table | |
|
234 |
217 |
playstation 2 cheats | |
|
235 |
215 |
social security | |
|
236 |
215 |
wedding dresses | |
|
237 |
214 |
blue book | |
|
238 |
214 |
free e-cards | |
|
239 |
213 |
Free Email Greeting Cards | |
|
240 |
213 |
game cheats | |
|
241 |
213 |
nanotechnology |
|
242 |
213 |
reverse lookup | |
|
243 |
211 |
funny pictures | |
|
244 |
211 |
human genetics | |
|
245 |
210 |
cheap airfare | |
|
246 |
210 |
dell | |
|
247 |
209 |
Funny Jokes | |
|
248 |
209 |
checks | |
|
249 |
208 |
airfares | |
|
250 |
207 |
cd covers | |
|
251 |
207 |
time zones | |
|
252 |
206 |
cartoons | |
|
253 |
204 |
free email | |
|
254 |
203 |
desktop wallpaper | |
|
255 |
203 |
expedia.com | |
|
256 |
203 |
solar system | |
|
257 |
202 |
the huns yellow pages | |
|
258 |
200 |
Hotels Search | |
|
259 |
200 |
health insurance | |
|
260 |
200 |
used books | |
|
261 |
199 |
Free Ecards | |
|
262 |
199 |
love quotes | |
|
263 |
198 |
sublimedirectory | |
|
264 |
198 |
verizon | |
|
265 |
197 |
depression | |
|
266 |
196 |
Southwest Airlines | |
|
267 |
196 |
calorie counter | |
|
268 |
196 |
credit report | |
|
269 |
192 |
Detroit Auto Show | |
|
270 |
192 |
auto parts | |
|
271 |
192 |
cruises | |
|
272 |
192 |
delta airlines | |
|
273 |
192 |
freeware | |
|
274 |
191 |
calendars | |
|
275 |
190 |
Tatoo Pictures | |
|
276 |
190 |
e cards | |
|
277 |
190 |
free online games | |
|
278 |
190 |
real estate | |
|
279 |
189 |
encyclopedia | |
|
280 |
189 |
used textbooks | |
|
281 |
188 |
Free Online Greeting Cards | |
|
282 |
188 |
free downloads | |
|
283 |
188 |
orbitz | |
|
284 |
187 |
body mass index | |
|
285 |
187 |
radio shack | |
|
286 |
186 |
Person Search | |
|
287 |
186 |
kazza | |
|
288 |
186 |
mapquest.com | |
|
289 |
185 |
chat | |
|
290 |
185 |
continental airlines | |
|
291 |
185 |
free credit report | |
|
292 |
185 |
jennifer lopez | |
|
293 |
185 |
ticketmaster |
|
294 |
185 |
weight loss | |
|
295 |
184 |
car rental | |
|
296 |
184 |
holocaust | |
|
297 |
184 |
thong | |
|
298 |
183 |
lesson plans | |
|
299 |
183 | ||
|
300 |
182 |
free nokia ringtones |
Continue reading here: Top 200 Searches in 60 Days
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