The Keyword Search Tool Directory

A keyword search tool is an essential aspect of web site building.

The term people type into their browser is a keyword. A keyword search tool enables builders to find the most used words. This is the basis of the searches on the web. Create a website based on the right keyword and you have the ability to get in front of the web audience.

One benefit of this directory is that you will find applications that will work as a keyword research tool.

Try it out. See which works best for you. Some are very basic. Some may be of little value. Explore, try, enjoy.

http://50.lycos.com/ The 50 most popular search terms as they come and go are right here. Using these as your main topic may be mission impossible. However, tie your theme to one of the Top 50 and you may get some associated traffic.

For instance on http://www.Speechmastery.com an important tie in could be Bill Clinton. Rather than the same old news, an obscure article on his public speaking fee of $100,000 per lecture. Add an eye grabbing headline and it could mean lots of traffic while he is in the top 50. Let everyone else sling the mud. Share the other information.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/ Yahoo gives the results for what is hot right now. Her is the best part. If you are out of sync with the world because of masterminding the next great web site, this will keep you up to date with out a lot of reading. Better yet, it gives fodder for tie in topics if you want to target market segments.

http://adlab.microsoft.com/searchfunnel/ Search Funnels gives you the number of searches on the keyword starting or ending with the term you enter. It also provides some related keywords.

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal Search for keywords based on what advertisers are most interested in. Beyond that, it will provide fodder for keywords that may produce traffic even if they do not provide a very high ROI.

http://www.build-reciprocal-links.com/keyword-suggestion/ Get monthly search results along with other integrated tools. Get volumes based on search engines, by country and with Google Trend History you can see the seasonality of a keyword. Public Speaking for instance has a three year traditional low around December. The high is is January. This keyword search tool helps me know when to focus on development (Early fall and winter a few months before the trend) and when to go on vacation (March April as the mid year slump enters the picture) from site development.

http://www.checkrankings.com/keywordsuggestion/ Get the search volume, competition, and ad results for keywords. Basic is free, upgrade is $9 per month.

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion This tool uses two other search tools, the free part of Wordtracker and Overture. It provides daily searches. It can provide variable results due to an instability. It is a great tool for a quick sample. It allows searches by country.

http://www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ Shows the search results for Yahoo, MSN, Google, and includes the Yahoo Overture tool. This is by far the best keyword search tool and is the one I have used on all of my sites.

http://geoland.org/tools/searchqueries/

http://www.google.com/trends Find the trends on the search terms you enter. If there are not enough searches there may not be a definable trend.

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends I am not sure of the value of this tool.

http://www.gorank.com/seotools/ontology/ With a free sign up you can use the tools to accomplish comparative research.

http://www.hittail.com/ This is a great tool for explaining the long tail marketing concept. Check out the HitTail Demo video to learn more. This could be a great tool for bloggers to help with daily blog posts.

http://www.iboogie.com In addition to sites results it does a directory search, images, and news. It is in Beta but it looks like it could be promising.

http://www.kartoo.com/en_index.htm This gives the results in a visual format.

http://www.similicio.us/

http://www.submitexpress.com/keytracker.php

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http://www.synonymlab.com/

A Google tool that provides synonyms and antonyms for search terms.

http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword-information/ This tool looks at Google Suggest, Wordtracker and Overture.

http://www.topix.net/Get results of search terms from blogs and news stories. This fodder is great for blog posts, locating blogs to post to and journals to pitch ideas to. When you find a great article, write the author, compliment, introduce and follow their writing. This has a graph that shows the traffic highs and lows.

http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.htmlGraphically map out the interconnectivity of related keywords to the search term entered into the search.

http://www.webbrain.com/html/default_win.html Expand the search term into other related topics. The related topics provide the seeds for further search topics.

http://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/keyword-research-tool.shtml Search based on search engines for specific words. It will come up with a lot of unrelated terms and words in their related topics list.

http://www.whonu.com/ Using Google results and their bar at the top of the page, find additional searches like blogs, news, pictures, and more. This is a great way to expand searches beyond just search terms for key words.

http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ This is a flicker keyword search tool that gets pictures.

This keyword search tool directory will be expanded in time. Come back for updates.

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