Keyword Research

Keyword suggestion tools can be used for a few tasks on the internet. The most common use is for finding out what keywords to use to optimize your website in order to get good search engine placement, or what keywords to bid on in a pay-per-click search engine. But they can also be used to find out what type of website you want to have, or what type of items you want to sell, by telling you what keywords people are searching for online.

It's important to do your keyword research right. You can lose a lot of money by bidding on or optimizing for the wrong keywords. Below we've listed the best keyword suggestion tools on the internet.

1. Wordtracker
Wordtracker is considered by many to be the gold standard for keyword research. They have recently added a free keyword suggestion tool for anyone who is just starting out. It will give you the top 100 results, but not the full results list. Later on, you can use their paid subscription service when you want to start making a more in depth search, and get some help setting up your business. Wordtracker's full service can give you a list of what keywords are getting searches and match them against the number of websites already providing services in that area. It's an excellent program, and the best keyword tool on the internet.

2. NicheBOT
NicheBOT is actually more of a niche finder than just a keyword suggestion tool. It does find keywords for you, but it also helps you find the market you want to get into by combining the results from other keywords tools like Wordtracker and Overture and digging through and analyzing them to come up with the best solutions for you specifically. You should end up with a good idea of what type of website you want to have and a targeted list of keywords to optimize your site for.

3. Overture (Yahoo!)
For years, internet marketers started with Overture's search term suggestion tool because it's free and gives you a good idea of what people are searching for. They partnered with Yahoo! and they pool search results from a number of different search engines. For a while it didn't seem to be working as well as it should, but it looks like it's back in business now. It's free to use.

4. Keyword Discovery
Keyword Discovery has also recently added a free keyword suggestion tool that will provide you with the top 100 results for any keyword query. They also have a paid service for more extensive keyword research, as well as a number of other great research tools to help get your business going. You can check out their free trial first to see if you like their service.

5. Keyword Elite
Keyword Elite is a downloadable program that can handle a lot of keyword projects for you. It can give you a simple keyword suggestion list. It can analyze your pay-per-click campaigns. It can analyze your keyword competition for you, and spy on your competitors. All tasks that will save you a lot of money on bad campaigns, and help you earn more with the right campaigns. Click play to hear my audio review.


6. Google Adwords
Google Adwords has a keyword suggestion tool as part of their pay-per-click service. If you have a Google Adwords account, or if you're looking to start one, then you can do your keyword research right there. I don't consider it to be quite as extensive as the tools listed above, but it's still good and free with your adwords account.