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Over the years I have changed my main keywords a few times based on google keyword search and now I guess it is called keyword planner. Most of the time the keyword I changed to was a variation of what I already was using but google of course said people were typing in this now.

The problem I am having is this. I am still on page one for what my home page keywords are but google keyword planner says there are only about 10 searches for it a month. However I don't believe there stats because I get still well over 500 views to my home page a month so what are they typing it to get to my homepage since google rarely tell us what people are using as keywords.

The other thing is I really don't like google keyword planner I don't think it works right and I have played with a bit just to see what comes up and so often what I get for suggestion just don't make sense. One day while playing I typed in dog food and most of the top keywords they were showing me didn't have anything to do with dog food and I didn't understand why or why I was getting they keywords they were showing.

Then the other thing is all the other programs I use to help me find keywords all have switched over to using keyword planner for there reference point.

I want to keep up with what people are asking for as time changes and if people are going from asking how to buy a new car to how to buy an new automobile that is what I would change to if I were selling cars but what if the keywords google is showing me makes no sense, where else do I go.

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  • Profile picture of the author jross07
    you can try google trends, it's probably more up to date than the planner.

    another easy thing to do is load up Google and just start typing our search term. It'll bring up other common longtail terms people are searching for. At the bottom of the results page you'll also see a list of terms too.

    But as far as the monthly searches you are correct, it gets quite a few terms wrong like that. Use your gut instinct in these cases when you can.
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    I have my site running, but not active and I have all advertising off at the moment. The local and international directories are great to list to as still have a high PR and hence I still have good traffic coming to the site without going directly through Google.
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