Keyword research tools

[Westech]

What are the cool kids using for keyword research nowadays? I haven't really done any serious keyword research in a few years and now everything's changed on me. Can anyone recommend some good (preferably free) sites where I can do some basic keyword search volume analysis?

[Chris]

http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com

I only do keyword research for comparative analysis, and this is the tool I use.

I don't ever bother to try to do traffic prediction, because I've never seen it possibly be accurate.

[Lolito]

I agree, the important is your chosen keywords must be related to your website.

[Westech]

Thanks!

[bermuda]

A good strategy perhaps is using different tools and then creating the top words lists and then taking a look at the top Google ranking websites to determine which additional words webmasters are using for promoting their sites over the net. It might not be a good tactic targeting the main terms all the time.

[davally]

Hi,

i just yse the google tools, keyword/trends

dave

[davally]

blimey my spelling really bad, I meant 'use' as you can guess,

dave

[Lolito]

By the for my keyword research tool for my keyword on page optimization, use this tool >>>>>> https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal.

[AndyTC]

I use the google adwords tool as well and compare with Market Samurai, but ditto, doesn't every seem to be accurate.

[TerryTurner]

Wordtracker is good. I like to contrast it with Google Adwords Keyword Tool. I utilized the Site Build It program to construct my website and find effective keywords.

[JasonCase24]

I've lots of good things about Wordtracker, but most people (including me) prefer Google adwords keyword tool.

[JasonCase24]

A good strategy perhaps is using different tools and then creating the top words lists and then taking a look at the top Google ranking websites to determine which additional words webmasters are using for promoting their sites over the net. It might not be a good tactic targeting the main terms all the time.

I think this is the best suggestion, but I this can be very time consuming process.