Keyword research - how do you do keyword research?

[Tom Davies]

What's your method when doing keyword research for example searching low competition keywords

 

[Nathan Hill-Haimes]

I use ahrefs, it's fairly expensive but worth it

 

[StevePoster]

Keyword research is not only by using tools in the web but also considers data from different fields like search engines, forum sites, social media sites, etc.

 

[sammyk]

Another vote for semrush great tool. Sign up for the free trial and see if you like it. For free tools google keywords planner and also ubersuggest (google it). Both semrush and google keyword planner have a metric which shows you the level of competitioon for a keyword.

 

[dan19900]

Kwfinder for search volume, any difficulty estimates will be very inaccurate though with any tool, most of them base it mainly on DA/PA which are junk metrics.

 

[Killua7]

You can try Google Keyword Planner if you don't have much money. But if you have enough money, I suggest you use Ahrefs

 

[Tom Davies]

I checked Ahrefs.. Very expensive at this moment but will try keyword planner

 

[RjMaan]

Google Keyword Planner is widely used but is have a long term site which does not need any such keyword research.

 

[fisicx]

Google Keyword Planner is widely used but is have a long term site which does not need any such keyword research.

You do know the keyword planner is and Adwords tool. It's use for SEO is limited.

 

[RyanCentralSEO]

I use Ahrefs to conduct keyword research. Like people have mentioned above, expensive, but worth it.

I'd also consider figuring out what you'd like to rank for (main term) and type that into Google or a LSI generator. You could pull together a good list of long-tail and body keywords just by using common sense for associated terms/phrases, utilising Google's search suggestions and analysing your competitors to see what they're talking about.

 

[Bella Rose]

go for... Google Keyword Planner and u can also get keywords ideas from google search.Type your relevant search like a common person and resultantly, At the bottom of the google results page, you can have plenty of keyword ideas.

 

[money road]

 

[fisicx]

I'm using Google keyword planner.

So you are relying on an adwords tool for your seo research. Well done.

 

[The Longley Sales Academy]

Google Keyword planner seems to be the obvious choice, but I find KW Finder is quite helpful (5 searches a day I believe with a free account). Ahrefs is good, but pricey.

 

[Zulfi]

Its purely based on the website content.
Keyword Planners is best...first identify the webpage content (web page theme...)
based keyword selection

 

[serverwala]

t all begins with words typed into a search box. Keyword research is one of the most important, valuable, and high return activities in the search marketing field.

 

[Anderz]

For keywords I have the basic information on my Shop pages pretty much all from my supplier and when comes to SEO then I go to keyword planner to see if can find a related one that has searched or works better. A page only needs one keyword.

 

[OliviaCaitlin]

Keyword planner is a great tool for reference but google search and by analysing your competitors website you can find the best best keyword which brings sale for your business.

 

[Devin Murphy]

i am using semrush and keyword planner for keyword research. But the problem with keyword planner is that it don't show you the exact search count.

 

[cumbriawebsolutions]

I use ahrefs, it's fairly expensive but worth it

Agreed! Quite possibly my best investment so far.

 

[freakyinnovators]

Keyword research is an important part of SEO. You should do a in-depth research to get the best keywords for your business. You can use Google Keyword Planner to get and idea of low competition keywords. Ahrefs is a great tool also. Competitor analysis will also help you in getting some best keywords.

 

[fisicx]

You can try Google Keyword Planner if you don't have much money.

Google Keyword Planner is widely used but is have a long term site which does not need any such keyword research.

go for... Google Keyword Planner and....

Google Keyword planner seems to be the obvious choice...

Its purely based on the website content.
Keyword Planners is best...

Keyword planner is a great tool for reference....

...and keyword planner for keyword research. But the problem with keyword planner is that it don't show you the exact search count.

You can use Google Keyword Planner to get and idea of low competition keywords.

Once again: the Google Keyword Tools is now and has always been an Adwords tool. The data you see is gathered from Adwords not organic searches. Use it as a rough guide if you must but it's notoriously unreliable and often misses out on the best keywords.

 

[Fameget]

The best methods is to check your competitors which are already doing good in search results. Yes, you can easily find some best keywords by checking your competitors. If you are working on a fresh website then I would suggest go for long tail keywords. Once you get good search engine ranking for long tail keywords then go for short keywords.

 

[Richard Patey]

yeah I use ahrefs too (it sure is not cheap but I have a free copy as they sponsor my podcast ha)

 

[Kaapo Jed]

I am using Keyword planner, SEMRUSH and Ahrefs tool for keyword research they show us keyword search volume and competition also but keyword planner doesn't show an exact search of the keywords.

 

[hikebranding]

I generally use Google keyword planner to get an initial idea about the keywords. One other important technique which always help me is competitor analysis. Working on a low competition keywords means you will get less traffic but if you can find some good keywords then that will help you in conversion.

 

[AlexiaMax]

You should try all together. Google Planner, ahrefs, google trends, google suggestions. Make list of highly competitive keywords and long tail keywords and start working on it. In order to get indexed for this keyword better page strategy is needed. You can search online for this on page SEO strategy.

 

[timwulf]

I am also using ahrefs and think it is really worth the money. As a free option I can recommend ubersuggest by Neil Patel. It's only limitation is that the long-tail keyword it gives you are only all the ones that begin with the phrase you enter, not all the ones that include the phrase or are somewhat similar to it.

 

[kajal35]

I am using google keyword planner for the purpose of doing keyword research. This is really important concept in seo.

 

[fisicx]

I am using google keyword planner for the purpose of doing keyword research. This is really important concept in seo.

I am using keyword planner tool for keyword suggestion. this tool give me accurate result for keyword research. Its free of cast so you can use this tool.

You are both wrong. The Google keyword planner is an adwords tool.

 

[Mirena]

The tool Keywords everywhere is a free google chrome extension, which is amazing. It shows you the volume of searches per month for every keyword you start typing in the search bar. It also does this when you search in youtube. The tool is free and can help you identify very quickly what is the search volume for the top keywords you want to start optimizing your website.

 

[Albertk2]

Hi Tom,

As we all know content is the king for SEO. Every thing depends upon the what type of content we provide the simple and the relevant content the best are the result.

There must be a relevant keyword for each website, we must focus a keyword which provide the detail about the work. The process is very simple and result proof if you follow these steps:

Built a list of a keyword
Extend your Research
Discover the High-volume keyword with less competition
Implement keyword through your website
Conduct research of low competition keyword regularly
Track your ranking to see if they are growing
Relevance of keyword is really important '

 

[kathrinalewis]

What's your method when doing keyword research for example searching low competition keywords

I use Ahrefs, SemRush and sometimes KWfinder to find the accurate search volume for keywords with their difficulty store.

 

[cmorales]

I'm using Google Keyword Planner for keyword research then Analytics or Statcounter because the user has doesn't use technical phrases.

 

[aleksandrkop]

Ahrefs and SemRush area great tools. But Google Search itself suggest a lot of related keywords on the bottom of each page.

 

[monicajenner66]

Google keyword planner is best to find new and relavent keyword for a website.

 

[onebasemedia]

The first step is website analysis if the website is developed before the SEO service.

As per your niche, you can search the keywords using the Google keyword planner tool if you have a low budget. There are Ahrefs tools also good but it is paid.

Then as per your niche, you can select keyword low & medium competition long tail keyword which rank early and gives value to your website.

 

[webgeek]

Keyword research for long tail - makes sense. Keyword research for short tail - absolutely none.

When you're trying to rank for something competitive, like 'accounting software' or 'sales targets', you're not going to load up any keyword tool and it tell you what you don't already know - that those short tail phrases are the big money phrases.

Do you figure the keyword tools will magically give you another 10 or 20 phrases that you should optimise for on the same page? No.

The fact is, that when you have the content and authority to compete well enough to achieve at or near the top of page 1 for these short tail phrases, you will automatically rank for hundreds, or thousands, of other terms that you haven't even mentioned on the page.

By the way, both of those phrases are projects I've worked on and hit/held #1. 'accounting software' I just worked on - it wasn't me doing the on-page. 'sales targets' I wrote the copy for and optimised myself.

If you want to find 1,000 other related terms to make tier 2 pages for, then great. For tier 1 - it's pretty obvious.

Oh and by the way if you want to find out what you could be tweaking, look in Search Console and see what terms are drawing high impressions on those pages, and adjust your sub-optimisation for them. Add some spit and polish to what works and is proven by Search Console, not what should happen based on Google Ads keyword tool.

Keep in mind that there's you and 100 competitors searching, rank checking and inflating search volumes. That's why the keyword tools are crap and the actual, anecdotal data from Search Console is worth so much more.