Keyword reasearch

[Adward]

Great tool Tom.
Helps me a lot.

[dayana]

i read that singular/plural key words don't make a difference in search results (from the "google story" book).

[Self Made]

I've been disappointed with Google's Keyword tool lately (it was the only one I was using for a while). I noticed that I was getting significant traffic on a term that Google showed no hits for (maybe Google's data wasn't current enough). I also discovered that capitalization matters: Google showed no hits on some terms that when I put in lower case suddenly showed searches (and it didn't work for words I pasted in for some reason). Also, it seems like their data is generally "sanitized" for AdWords users.

I took a look at some tools I've used in the past. WordTracker just doesn't have a big enough sample size. KeywordDiscovery has a much smaller sample size than Google, but I found it a useful addition to Google, with less sanitized data. I'll be using those two in the future, but I don't think the ideal tool is out there: large sample size and doesn't sanitize the data.

[Michael Martinez]

It never hurts to use multiple tools for keyword research and in fact often helps, but keep in mind that no search engine has any insight into what another search engine's visitors are looking for.

Wordtracker's data comes from meta search engines. I'm not sure about Keyword Discovery. Some metrics and keyword tools buy query and/or click data from big Internet Service Providers.

Using all these different keyword tools can help you see the big picture on various topics and they can help you refine your ability to identify new trends in topics.

[Strider1973]

Instaban this guy, even though he didn't mention "write unique content", as his post is duplicate content.

[melb]

Im having problems finding keywords using the Google Keyword Tool. Using the term "poker" returns just a few terms and nothing else.

It's wierd

[pokeraussie]

i read that singular/plural key words don't make a difference in search results (from the "google story" book).

You only have to do a search for a singular/plural keyword on Google to see there is a difference.

[CoolDog]

Yeah, looks like they won't give much data for that keyword anymore. Same with "casino"

Im having problems finding keywords using the Google Keyword Tool. Using the term "poker" returns just a few terms and nothing else.

It's wierd

[melb]

Yeah, looks like they won't give much data for that keyword anymore. Same with "casino"

When did ths change happen? I hope its temporary

[CoolDog]

I noticed this change about 3 weeks ago.

I guess it make sense that they would drop those keywords since they don't allow gambling ads.

When did ths change happen? I hope its temporary