Is the Alexa tool without merit entirely? Just curious I geuss. Thanks, Dave. Hey Dave, thank you. We give away free accounts so you can get as many keyword suggestions as you like for free, but getting the search volume, CPC and comp metrics are what cost money. Buy some credits, when they are used up, buy some more kind of thing. Pretty neat. Informative content Brian Dean. I appreciate the time and energy spent to make this article exist. Thanks in advance. Hey Brian, really great work, as usual.
Just the best Just google it and check out if it fits. Best regards from Germany, Udo. Hey Brian, Keywords Everywhere just became a paid chrome extension. Is there a substitute that is free. I simply want to see how many searches per month for a keyword if I check a keyword on google. Very simple. Hi Eran, I just read that. I plan on updating the post with a new tool. In the meantime, your best bet for figuring out search volume is the Google Keyword Planner.
Great Article very helpful. What are your views about Longtail Pro? Have you ever tried Marketing Miner? Or was that intentional…. Ubersuggest is great. Great list…do you think Google Keyword Planner is really that accurate? Search volume of , seems very broad. Hearing many conflicting views on accuracy of this keyword tool for SEO. Heyy Brian, Looking at your blog post has always inspired me to create quality content.
Thank you for not being a generic blog post popping up on Google. Ahref is my primary choice if we come on Keyword Research. I personally use Jaaxy and love it. It gives me everything I need, and many great ideas for future articles. All the best, Tom. Thank you Brian, you did a great job but nowadays I am finding it difficult to get to know about keyword difficulty.
I have tried many keyword difficulty tools and ahref estimation is better than other tools but still, it needs improvements. So here my question is, can you please recommend us a way to find out KD of keywords that would be exact and super accurate. I would really appreciate if you can refer us any resource. Keep rocking…. Hi Furqan, the only real way to estimate KD is to publish a page. Hi Brian, this is some great information.
What would you recommend to be the next step up from KeySearch that I should aim for as my next upgrade? Hi there! Thanks for providing such valuable and useful information! These tools seem really useful! This is a list of the 15 best keyword research tools in Brian's Bottom Line Soovle is one of the best free keyword research tools out there. Brian's Bottom Line Jaaxy is a decent freemium tool. Brian's Bottom Line Ahrefs is mostly known as for backlink analysis. Brian's Bottom Line Clunky?
Brian's Bottom Line One of the best overall keyword research tools on the market. Worth a try. It rocks. Brian's Bottom Line Not the best keyword tool ever made. Great value. Brian's Bottom Line Is Serpstat one of best tools on the market?
Thanks Alan. Have you tried SEMRush? Thanks Daniel. Thanks again! Dear Brian Thank you for this fab article! Grammarly is a must-have tool for researchers. Many of the Grammarly alternatives are also available in the market that are equally good. Start off your research with an easy-to-use interface or import your existing Word files. Quickly copy-paste or upload your paper on Typeset and follow any citation style you need.
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Create separate tags and folders for the different types of information you are saving and keep it all organized. Evernote auto-syncs across all your devices, including desktop, smartphone, and tablet, so you can switch between devices without losing your data. Its Chrome browser extension called the Evernote web clipper is a great add-on for saving articles or other content on the internet while doing your research.
Just click the browser extension to save the entire page or highlights to your Evernote notebook along with any notes you have about that page. Mendeley is a reference management software that allows researchers to create references, citations, and bibliographies in multiple journal styles with just a few clicks. But then again, there are no metrics to use filters with. To be honest, the search cloud visualizations are the only reason why AnswerThePublic makes this list.
I guarantee that over 90 percent of the suggestions can be used as blog topics, which is what the tool is really designed for. To be fair, AnswerThePublic was intended by developers to help generate web content ideas. I just think the tool will be much better in doing its job if it also tracks metrics, like monthly search volumes, keyword competitiveness, and so on. AnswerThePublic may lack reporting features that every keyword research tool should have. Of course, being a Google product helps amass a large user base.
There are two ways to use Keyword Planner: finding new keyword opportunities and viewing search volume plus other metrics for your current keywords.
Luckily, both features are well-implemented in Keyword Planner. Keyword Planner will leverage historical data to project the results of your would-be PPC campaign using your keywords. Speaking of Google keyword research tools, you can also use the Search Console to view keywords your site is already ranking for. Remember, SEO can take a painfully long time before it can produce profitable results.
Look — everybody loves the AdWords Keyword Planner. But before you can use the tool, you need to set up an AdWords account. Still, beginners should have no problem getting what they need from the tool. You can sort keywords according to competitiveness, search traffic, organic impressions share, and more.
Even though I use an assortment of keyword research tools for various projects, I still come back to Keyword Planner every time for Google suggestions, especially if I need forecasts for PPC keywords. Another well-known tool in the keyword research space is KeywordTool.
At first look, it may resemble the vast majority keyword research tools in the market — until you notice that you can also use it to find keywords for YouTube, Amazon, Play Store, and other websites by switching to a different tab. The main difference is, instead of visualizing keyword results into search clouds, KeywordTool. You can also sieve out results that are either questions or have prepositions. This is always an excellent way to diversify your keyword pool, find more ranking opportunities, and whip up some more content ideas.
Switching to any of the tabs above the search bar also creates new keyword lists for that particular site. Compared to other keyword research tools, the number of keywords you can get with KeywordTool. But what it lacks in volume, it makes up for in variety. It would be unfair to consider KeywordTool. Being able to perform keyword research for free can be tempting for new bloggers. First and foremost, SEMrush is not positioned solely for keyword research. This brings up the familiar keyword research interface where you enter a seed keyword and get things going.
Just give the Keyword Magic Tool a couple of seconds to bring in long-tail suggestions. As expected from a premium tool, the Keyword Magic Tool features advanced filter options that allow you to zero in on the keywords you need. You can also comb through the results to find broad matches, exact matches, phrase matches, and related keywords in a snap. Despite being housed in a comprehensive SEO and marketing analytics platform, the keyword research features of SEMrush are easy to learn and use.
For me, the Keyword Magic Tool has consistently raked in tons of keyword suggestions whenever I use it. There may be times when other tools offered more suggestions, but SEMrush is never far behind. SEMrush lives up to its title as a marketing analytics platform with the sheer amount of keyword data you can get. The Keyword Difficulty tool also gives conclusive insights on which long-tail keyword variations should be targeted.
Apart from the standard options like search volume, keyword difficulty, and CPC, both tools also let you filter results based on match types. The Keyword Difficulty tool lets you pit potential target keywords against each other so you can decide which is more profitable — enough said. But at the end of the day, SEMrush is built as an all-in-one solution for website owners with big needs. If you can afford SEMrush and have a use for the rest of its analytics features, go for it.
The only reason to hold off on your purchase is if you only need a simple keyword research tool — not a fully-equipped SEO or marketing analytics platform. You can learn more about SEMrush by reading my full review here. These platforms are often compared in software reviews — thanks to their identical set of features.
It can now scrape keyword suggestions for YouTube, Amazon, Yandex, and a handful of foreign search engines. As for the results, Keywords Explorer implements a card-based approach. This makes every bit of information more presentable, readable, and easy to find. You can refer to the position history chart to determine how pages rank over time or look at the SERP overview to have an idea of what it takes to compete.
You may also select keywords one by one to update, export, copy, or add them to a list. It simply has a more organized layout, which, in turn, makes keyword data more readable. Three words: Keyword Difficulty tool. Maybe you run a multilingual website or target users who prefer a different, non-English search engine.
In any case, Ahrefs can help you find keywords for those services, unlike most keyword research tools that are locked to Google. Ahrefs is closer to SEMrush than any other tool — not just for keyword research, but for everything else as well. KWFinder may resemble the Ubersuggest start page. The main difference is that, with KWFinder, you can also search for question-based phrases as well as Google Autocomplete suggestions.
Not only are there more keyword data loaded on one page, the metrics themselves are also more accurate. KWFinder is as to-the-point as you can get with keyword research tools. All the information you need — from keyword suggestions to your lists — are always within two clicks away. It may not give you the most keyword suggestion, but its ability to find questions and Autocomplete suggestions have earned it extra points. You can see more of KWFinder in action by reading this post.
For some reason, the KWFinder developers decided to limit the number of related keyword suggestions their entry-level users can get to only I know my readers — a lot of you already make money and would like to continue growing your blog.
From the homepage, you only need a keyword, domain, or page URL to fire up the tool. Aside from filtering keywords based using search volume, CPC, word count, and so on, you can also combine multiple filters for a more refined set of keywords.
For example, Serpstat can give you a list of your competitors for your seed keyword in PPC advertising. Not a lot of keyword research tools can utilize compound filters like Serpstat. And for that, it deserves a perfect score. Unlike most tools that work by expanding seed keywords, SpyFu focuses on helping you grab the target keywords of your competitors.
You can also use their brand name and let SpyFu automatically determine their address. Also, you can create a filter that only includes keywords with a specific term. Whenever you want to go to another page, you have to scroll all the way up, making the overall experience slightly slower. If you try to check out the keywords of a big-name brand, I guarantee that SpyFu can step up to the plate and give you tens of thousands of keywords if needed.
You could even find keywords that multiple competitors are targeting or generate white label reports — just in case your blog is run by a team.
While SpyFu is incredible in terms of usability, keyword suggestions, and reports, I really hope their filters were better. Instead, it encourages you to spy on your competitors and leverage the keywords that already work for them.
Although the SpyFu team tracks millions of keywords, the tool sometimes yields zero paid search keywords in some sites. Finally, let me wrap up this post with another lightweight tool called Keyword Revealer. Average monthly searches, CPC, competitiveness — all the metrics you care about regarding keywords are there. Keyword Revealer even chips in an estimate of your monthly profits for each keyword should you use them in your PPC campaign. Well, that perfectly sums up what the brainstorming tool does.
Keyword Revealer does an excellent job of keeping keyword research simple. You launch the tool, put in a seed keyword, extract long-tail variations, and export the results. It does, however, allow for unlimited keyword results even with the cheapest plan. Nevertheless, the developers have earned a high score for implementing something unique.
They get the job done, but functionality-wise, they equal the filter options of free tools like Ubersuggest. As a paid tool, I expected Keyword Revealer to be capable of some domain analysis, which is a feature that even free tools like Ubersuggest have. Keyword Revealer is a reliable tool that veered away from any advanced feature that could only overcomplicate keyword research.
For more details, consider reading this detailed review. I know each blogger has their own preferences and needs. Ankit Singla is a full-time blogger, digital entrepreneur, author, and public speaker. He is the founder, writer, and content strategist behind Master Blogging.
With over 11 years of blogging experience, he helped countless aspiring bloggers achieve their dream of building a profitable blog. Get to know him better on his about page or tune into the official Master Blogging Community on Facebook. Free Download. Overcome these challenges and master the art of creating rock-solid content for your blog! Your email address will not be published. Hi Ankit. Nice list of keyword research tools. Actually I am confused about which one is best?
SEMrush or Google keyword planner? Anjali, I think you should start with the Keyword Planner from Google. As a free option it is one of the best.
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