Keyword Research - Frequently Asked Questions

[Matt Poc]

Hi warriors,

I am searching good free keyword research tool. Curently I am using this keyword research tool: Seo Book Keyword Suggestion Tool

It is not very bad tool, but this tool doesn't show competing pages and shows only a limited number of keywords.

Are there any tools which show competing pages and unlimited keyword number?

[Sheryl Polomka]

I use Market Samurai for my keyword research, it is one of the best!

[x3xsolxdierx3x]

I use Market Samurai, as well. The price tag may 'appear' high, however, IMHO, it is the best....and that price tag has paid for itself very easily.

[Rsberg]

Yep...MKT SAM is where it's at. No, its not free but as mentioned already...it will pay for itself time and time again.

[Richard Van]

I'm putting one down for Market Samurai to. Best bit of kit I ever bought.

[DireStraits]

+1 for Market Samurai here, too.

It does show the number of competing pages - for whatever that's worth to you - and allows you to analyse the backlink PR and anchor-text of the top 10 competition, plus any custom sites/pages you enter into it.

The revamped Keyword Research module also generates up to 800 keywords "per pass" now, I believe - so long as you enter into it your Google Account login details.

[Paul Gordelo]

Market samurai rocks for me. though previously I was using MNF but now I think that Market samurai is good

[leiden]

Market Samurai is cool, even the free version has the keyword research tool.

[angyclick]

Market Samurai is probably the best for what u want to do.
The free version is very good.

[glacey]

I bought both Market Samurai and MNF back in May this year. Got to say MS has been the quicker with updates when google decides to alter something and is always adding new functions.

[x3xsolxdierx3x]

In all fairness, though, Market Samurai is the ONLY keyword research tool I've ever purchased...so, I really don't have much experience with other tools....

[theemperor]

I use Market Samurai. I think it is the best. Not only does it do a good job but it is regularly updated and maintained. And a fixed price too no monthly fee. The best way to describe it is that it takes the research you could do manually in your browser for free, and spend hours on and presents the essential results to you in seconds. If you value your time it is worth buying.

WebCEO I used and got a refund - it's a bit slow and dated. It has a lot of feature but not convinced on the usefulness. MS is better in that you get results that matter much more quickly.

I tried Wordtracker on a trial. Wasn't convinced when it came up with very long tail keywords and said 100+ visits per day. I think their data is slightly wrong and as soon as I distrusted the data I couldn't use it anymore.

Only downside to MS is it Google-only data. No Yahoo/Bing is taken account of. But I do get some keywords where the traffic comes from Y and B and not G. So do some manual Y/B research as well or perhaps find a different tool for that if you need.

Bear in mind there is no perfect keyword research solution, and there never will be because the search engines never release totally accurate data.

[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by theemperor

I tried Wordtracker on a trial. Wasn't convinced when it came up with very long tail keywords and said 100+ visits per day. I think their data is slightly wrong and as soon as I distrusted the data I couldn't use it anymore

Indeed. Wordtracker, as I understand it, takes (or used to take) their search volume data from small meta search engines, which almost nobody really uses.

They may or may not have then extrapolated that data, somehow, in an attempt to estimate the number of searches you're likely to receive from the three big search engines - Google, Yahoo and Bing.

Seems a kind of arcane, hit-and-miss approach, and based a little too much on guesswork, for my liking. And what's the point in that, when you can just get the data straight from Google (and ok, I know it's not completely accurate all of the time - but it's much better), nicely retrieved and presented into tables, ready to analyse, in a tool like Market Samurai?

[Matt Poc]

Wow, there so many incredible feedback posts about Market Samurai!

I will try free version and will see if it really worths investing money.

[2ndopkate]

Market Samurai. Great training and support. You can promote it too after you purchase. Free PLR on Market Samurai to use. See my sig.

[HorseStall]

Not sure if this will help but there is a huge list of Keyword Tools - Keyword Tools

[brad91]

Well, you sold me and I wasn't really even looking...

How does it compare to Keyword Competitor?

[Matt Poc]

I have just downloaded and istalled free version of Market Samurai.

I did "affiliate" keyword research. I can say that this software is so powerful, that my computer even isn't that good to run this software without lag...

I think that in the future I will buy MS.

[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by Matt Poc

I did "affiliate" keyword research. I can say that this software is so powerful, that my computer even isn't that good to run this software without lag...

No kiddin', lol. Market Samurai had my desktop PC slow to a grinding halt whenever I ran it. Frustration to the max! Though this beast of a little laptop I now have sees it running almost as fluidly as beer passes my lips on a night out - just without all the ill after-effects.

Seriously though ... it's a great piece of software. Although use of the Keyword Research module is free, it's worth buying if only for the addition of the SEO Competition and Rank Tracker modules. (Which, collectively, happen to be the only 3 modules I really use, anyway.)

[erange]

Originally Posted by DireStraits

...Though this beast of a little laptop I now have sees it running almost as fluidly as beer passes my lips on a night out - just without all the ill after-effects...

...mind sharing those those laptop configuration stats?

[THK]

Originally Posted by theemperor

I tried Wordtracker on a trial. Wasn't convinced when it came up with very long tail keywords and said 100+ visits per day. I think their data is slightly wrong and as soon as I distrusted the data I couldn't use it anymore.

So that was a hunch or did you run some tests to check the accuracy? I am asking because I always wonder if there is no merit to those paid keyword tools, why do people still pay for those!

Also, any thoughts on "Keyword Spy" from anyone ?

Tanvir

@OP
Hope you don't mind me asking questions about paid tools on your thread. They are so relevant, I thought we can fit them in one thread rather than starting a new one

[Daniel_James_Warburton]

Seriously.... just stick with market samurai.

Once you've used it, you'll love it as much as we do!

[mach12324]

you can also use ad word keyword tools .these are also best option.

[Bruce99]

cat amongst the pigeons ... I know if your living is creating sites and posting them and getting high rankings immediately before the next project is important that the comparing ten site back link is very good.

Can I just ask, except for the rounding and latency of the free google keywords tool, what is wrong with it as far as finding keyword volumes go? I am annoyed that in general research that Google has killed off the previous month data columns, but for a rough idea of Exact search volumes ... what is wrong with this orginal free tool?

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[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by hellingent

...mind sharing those those laptop configuration stats?

From the top of my head, it's an Intel Core i5 M520 processor @ 2.4Ghz (dual core, I think?) with 4GB RAM.

You can probably see the rest of the specs by looking up the "Lenovo Thinkpad X201 Elite" base configuration at Lenovo's UK site. I made some small custom configurations, but only by way of adding a touchpad in addition to the trackpoint and self-encrypting hard disk, etc. In other words, nothing that'd really affect the overall performance of the machine.

Not Lenovo's meatiest laptop by any means, but I wanted a balance between good portability and speed, and I think the X201 is (or was when I bought it last June/July) about the best out there for that.

It does really glide through most tasks, though. Photoshop works a treat even though it only has integrated Intel HD graphics which shares RAM, and Market Samurai absolutely flies with the system set to "Maximum Performance" in the Power Manager.

Great little laptop.

[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by THK

So that was a hunch or did you run some tests to check the accuracy? I am asking because I always wonder if there is no merit to those paid keyword tools, why do people still pay for those!

There is probably some information on their site pertaining to their data-sources and what not.

I do know for sure that they took it and extrapolated it from meta search-engines, at one point, however. I feel sure that it's still the same now, and hasn't changed.

I still believe that it's far too vague, hit-and-miss an approach to be too useful and accurate (and that was my experience, too, for the short time that I used it), but a lot of people seem to like Wordtracker despite this, so "fair enough".

[mithil]

I use Google Adwords keywords tool and that works for me....
I guess all other tools are fetching the stats from Google only so why not to go directly to the parent company....

[suzane]

I always use Google Adword and wordtracker to determine the best keyword.

[thomaskiel01]

Try Market Samurai and traffic travis.

[faceblogger]

My suggestion is MarketSamurai

[kumar125]

Hi
I think keyword research is the most important work in the SEO. So I am also use adword tool research good keyword

[danlew]

I recommend Keyword Winner if you have a blog, it makes keyword research a breeze, it has keyword research and rank checker all within your dashboard!

[masterjani]

Google adwords and seo spy glass is good

[erange]

Thanks DireStraits...

I was just checking. Market Samurai has been running pretty sluggish lately and just wanted to see if a faster processor and/or internet connection might be the issue. I'm sure others are having some issues...but I research a LOT of keywords and it's just painfully slow right now.

Anyone have any new updates to report regarding MS?

To Your Success,

[Rough Outline]

Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka

I use Market Samurai for my keyword research, it is one of the best!

100% agree but it's been jittery recently, a lot of google updates have meant it's been unusable for 2-3 day stretches.

[kiranraj19]

You can use Google adword keyword tool for checking keywords. It's good...

[Phasm]

+1 for MS from me, an indispensable part of my IM battlechest.

[FabianSmith]

is there any manual way to research authentic keywords for your website ?

[krish21]

Market Samurai is the best!

[Zeb]

Originally Posted by natashalister

i used a google keyword tool...
i only used it google keyword tool..and found it best

I find your post hilarious. You've got to consider experimenting with more tools.

[majay]

google keyword tool is also good

[zuluranger]

Originally Posted by hellingent

Thanks DireStraits...

I was just checking. Market Samurai has been running pretty sluggish lately and just wanted to see if a faster processor and/or internet connection might be the issue. I'm sure others are having some issues...but I research a LOT of keywords and it's just painfully slow right now.

Anyone have any new updates to report regarding MS?

To Your Success,

Hi hellingent

A couple of days ago, I sent the debugging log to MS support team. You are right. It is getting slower especially when you have a large list of keyword to analyze. My problem is with Rank Tracker. This module hangs several times when I use a large list of keywords. Even with a smaller list, it is very slow when clicking to other modules or changing any parameter.

I am still waiting for their recommendation because I did ask them if I need a faster processor or probably 8GB RAM to overcome the sluggish performance of MS.

Cheers!

Andy

[Steven Dybka]

Micro Niche Finder is what I use,I also have Market Samurai,they are both excellent tools to have.


Steve

[summerbuzz]

i suggest market samurai for keyword research tools

[LastBeatleBug]

I use Market Samurai but have just downloaded Niche Finder by Brad Fallon (?). WIll see how it works

[Josh MacDonald]

Have you looked into Keyword Scout?

[patrich]

Niche finder is good, market samurai is far too slow for my liking and the best of the best is SeCockpit which is what I am using now. Talk about a powerful kwd research tool, secockpit does it all, I love it.

[Moneyerr]

You can find many in search engines i have also one to suggest, it is: www.wordstream.com/keyword-research-tool

[rosesmark]

I am using Google Keywords Tool with Market Samurai..Both are marvelous tools for keywords.

[Razarulz]

i using market samurai too i think it's great..