What's the best keyword research tool you've used in 2014?

MikeFriedman

12 years ago

Google Keyword Planner is all you need.

The other tools are pretty useless.

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altesino 12 years ago

I still use micronichefinder as I've gotten used to the interface to pull google data.

In terms of understanding competition, I use Moz data and a few additional manual checks of the top 10 to basically determine if I think I can crack the top 10 profitably.
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Joshnano

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

Google Keyword Planner is all you need.

The other tools are pretty useless.

I totally agree with you: Google Keyword planner is all you really need to start making money ranking website and what not.

However, the other tools you think are useless really just have extra bells and whistles on them. Used in conjunction with other techniques and methods the could prove useful to the right marketer. Not entirely useless.

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MikeFriedman

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joshnano

However, the other tools you think are useless really just have extra bells and whistles on them. Used in conjunction with other techniques and methods the could prove useful to the right marketer. Not entirely useless.

No. Like I said. They are entirely useless. They pull useless data like PageRank, link counts, and how many pages are in Google's index for a search term.

They do a horrible job at judging competition. Sorry. They are nothing more than a waste of time and money.

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BrandishJay 11 years ago

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

Google Keyword Planner is all you need.

The other tools are pretty useless.

This. GKP and a little creativity is all you need. Keyword tools don't offer anything that you can't do on your own and it's best not to rely on them as they're definitely not perfect.
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Carsten Tiensuu

12 years ago

Jaaxy is the best tool i know for keyword research...

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Brendan Mace

12 years ago

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nik0 Banned 12 years ago

Lately I tried Longtail Pro again and it made me enthousiastic for a while but I've adjusted my opinion on it again, it's just a piece of crap caused by the creator as it's giving way too much weight to certain factors which makes it completely flawed.

Guess the tool creators first need to take a few lessons into SEO before they launch something.
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Koolsteve

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Brendan Mace

Don't want to be too self promotional. I have a tutorial on how to gather over 36 thousand niche related keywords in a matter of minutes using just the Google Keyword Planner. Other tools can't come even close to that powerful.

... So in short, Google Keyword Planner is your best bet. And it's 100% FREE.

Hi watched into video and entered email and pressed next. Nothing in email box. How long do I have to wait to receive it?

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Intrepreneur 11 years ago

I've found the SEO chat Keyword Suggest tool to be amazing at picking up new keyword ideas.

Then use Google Keyword Planner to find all the related keywords.

Check it out: Google Keyword Suggest Tool | Google, Amazon, YouTube, and Bing Search Suggestions

I think you'll be amazed.
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Simon Walker

12 years ago

I have tried many others but the results I get from Keyword planner and manual competitors keyword snatching does the job.

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SEO-Dave

12 years ago

Like others it's the free Google AdWords Keywords Planner Tool.

Been doing keyword research for almost 15 years and have used a lot of tools, but the free AdWords one is the best. Can be a pain to work with, but no arguing with the value of the keyword data you can generate from it.

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scottmacair

12 years ago

Google keyword tool is best but i'm also impressed with the keyword tool that comes with semrush

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jurojin

12 years ago

Google Keyword planner is good, but the amount of keywords provided is very limited. There's a good reason for that.. if you have all the keywords, you can bid on them on Google Adwords, and get your traffic very cheap since nobody bids for them. If anyone on this thread is interested, I will give a free copy of my product (the biggest collection of user-generated keywords on the web right now), priced at $29.90, to the first 20 people that will ask for it. This way you can compare the results Google gives you, with the complete set of keywords gathered from drop-down keyword suggestion (user-generated), and see if I am right or not. Looking forward to hear from your guys.

Cheers!

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Dukulal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by jurojin

Google Keyword planner is good, but the amount of keywords provided is very limited. There's a good reason for that.. if you have all the keywords, you can bid on them on Google Adwords, and get your traffic very cheap since nobody bids for them. If anyone on this thread is interested, I will give a free copy of my product (the biggest collection of user-generated keywords on the web right now), priced at $29.90, to the first 20 people that will ask for it. This way you can compare the results Google gives you, with the complete set of keywords gathered from drop-down keyword suggestion (user-generated), and see if I am right or not. Looking forward to hear from your guys.

Cheers!

I will take it
Thanks for the generous offer.

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Mike Anthony

12 years ago

SEO Cockpit is the only one that maybe has a few bells and whistles that Would entice me but there problem thier price is too high to pay per month for nothing but bells and whistles and really nothing concrete over the keyword tool

Only additional tool I have found useful is backlink miner because t allows you to analyze the top ten but more importantly in one shot to do backlink checks on all of the top ten in one go (takes awhile though so better on a VPS)

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yukon

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Anthony

SEO Cockpit is the only one that maybe has a few bells and whistles that Would entice me but there problem thier price is too high to pay per month for nothing but bells and whistles and really nothing concrete over the keyword tool

Only additional tool I have found useful is backlink miner because t allows you to analyze the top ten but more importantly in one shot to do backlink checks on all of the top ten in one go (takes awhile though so better on a VPS)

I looked at SEOcockpit briefly, looks like a bunch of useless data. The GUI looks nice but the data is fluff.

mozrank
PA
DA
Juice Links (wth?)
FB Likes
FB Shares
Twitter

...and that was their keyword analysis example.

Not impressed.

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nik0

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by yukon

I looked at SEOcockpit briefly, looks like a bunch of useless data. The GUI looks nice but the data is fluff.

mozrank
PA
DA
Juice Links (wth?)
FB Likes
FB Shares
Twitter

...and that was their keyword analysis example.

Not impressed.

So what would you replace it with? Sure the likes and tweets are nonsense but you think there are any better ones out there then a combo of MozRank, PA, DA or is it just your overall negative impression of Moz again?

I do partly agree but CF, TF from Majestic aren't any better, neither is Ahrefs rank or the very outdated PR.

Not much left right or do you want to start counting anchor texts or indexed pages of the domain lol?

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Kherk Roldan

12 years ago

you should try swissmademarketing

it works for me like a charm!

hope it helps

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Assignmentwriter

12 years ago

I am using this tool Keyword Tool: FREE Alternative to Google Keyword Planner try it now

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bfacedon

12 years ago

I use Market Samurai but I agree that all you need is Google Keyword Planner if you know what you are doing.
I also like a free tool at ubersuggest.org
It shows you a whole bunch of suggestions for certain root keywords. Doesn't show monthly searches though. Good to supplement with keyword planner.

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yukon

Banned 12 years ago

One thing I use on the Wordpress Admin (not on live webpages) is the SearchTerms Tagging 2 plugin.

I'm currently tracking the last 2,500 search phrases that traffic used to land on my webpages, sorted by both traffic volume & most recent keywords.

This way I can optimize based on what traffic is searching for including traffic outside of Google SERPs. So for instance If a I see a keyword showing 50 non-Google traffic hits & my page isn't ranked #1 on Google SERPs I optimize & get my page ranked or build new pages to get additional traffic from Google SERPs.

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Slin

12 years ago

I use Jaaxy like someone else mentioned. The competitor research is crap, but I do that all with my own homemade software anyway. Jaaxy just makes it easier for me to find long tails.

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  WordTracker is my first choice because it is very user friendly. You get what you need in minutes. I will continue to use it in 2015. On the other hand, Google keyword planer is very good too, but it is very time consuming to work with Google keyword planner.
  
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Hemanth Malli

12 years ago

Hi,

Google Adwords is the best and evergreen Keyword Planner.

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rajseo

12 years ago

My suggestion would be:
1) Go manual first and use your experience
2) Use Google Instant search for getting keywords ideas
3) Last but not the least Google Keyword Planner.

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joeho

12 years ago

SEMrush + Google keyword Planner + Market Samurai

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creat1veone

12 years ago

I use Google and Youtube, never failed me.

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IO Cape Town

11 years ago

Keyword planner, but also the advise keywords Google shows when searching in Google.

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kashanahmer

11 years ago

Google Keyword Planner is the best.

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furqanarshad

11 years ago

Google keyword planner is a best tool and if anyone using it these days and have used it one or two years ago as well then he can see how much Google keyword planner has changed and easy to use & understand.

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11 years ago

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althewriter 11 years ago

Right now I'm using Google keyword planner and Long Tail Pro, work very well for me so far. But if you have a budget you might want to try SECockpit, very good tool but the monthly fee is quite expensive
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PassiveInk

11 years ago

Use the AdWords Keyword Planner, Google helps you find keywords and keyword groups that relevant to what you are trying to accomplish. In addition to finding and generating keyword lists, the tool will also help you research information about those keywords, like the search volume, competition level and suggested bid. The Keyword Planner tool is completely free to use and it can be easily accessed from within your AdWords account under the "Tools" section at the top.

What if you already have a list of keywords in mind and you'd like to research them a little further to find out about search volume and traffic estimates? The AdWords Keyword Planner can help you with that too. Select "Get search volume for a list of keywords or group them into ad groups" from the four main options.
Then, you can provide your list of keywords one of two ways. First, you can type them in manually into the provided text box, separating keywords by line or with commas. If you have a text file, you can copy and paste your list of keywords too. Alternatively, the keyword planner Google provides also allows you to upload an existing CSV file.

Further information can be found on my blog article called "Beginners Guide Keyword Planner Tool"

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DigitalSuccessAgency

11 years ago

I prefer Google Keyword planner tool for the keyword research of any website and I think that is the best tool for keywords research.

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nizamkhan

11 years ago

Google Keyword Planner is the best free option. But, if you want to get into paid tools for more advance research and analysis, then go for Semrush.

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rajeshsah45

11 years ago

I think Market Samurai is the best one keyword researcher tool.

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Anish Khandelwal

11 years ago

Google Keyword Planner + Long tail pro

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Robinami

11 years ago

I use KW planner & sometimes MS...MS makes me laugh sometimes.

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Jeff Schuman 11 years ago

I use keyword fighter because it creates great lists of keywords and longtail keywords based on what people are searching for using Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, Bing, Ask.com, Alexa, Shopping.com, Youtube, Yahoo! Shopping, Google News, and Google Product Search.

You can build really good big lists of keywords that often do not come up searched with other tools, and if you are building content sites you can start working these words in as they sound natural. Over time you have a lot of good content with a wide variety of keywords that help you rank even when you are not trying too.
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danielmav

11 years ago

I use Google keywords planner and Google trend.

Google trend gives me an idea about the keywords popularity in a particular geographic locations.

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rjsunny90

11 years ago

Some time i use Google keywords planner for researching new and unique keywords.

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ahmansoor

11 years ago

Google keyword planner + google instant search for quick keyword ideas

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amcg

11 years ago

I use Google Keyword Planner, Wordtracker and Wordstream.

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11 years ago

Google Adwords Keyword Planner

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Siyaagarwal

11 years ago

i am using Google Keyword Planner is the best.

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Poonamsharma

11 years ago

Google Ad words and Semrush is the Best Tool for Keyword Research.

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winappleworld

11 years ago

While the power of LTP + SEMrush is awesome, I prefer using Google Keyword Planner and also spying on competition keywords and ranking on it has proved to be more money friendly to me.

LTP, to be true is overpriced and moreover, it uses Google's Keyword Planner under the hood that's it.

So, GKP is way to go and I don't think anything else can beat it. SEMrush is quite handy though.