Professional Keyword Research
NicheBot v2 -provides access to Wordtracker and Keyword Discovery data as well as graphical reports with 12-month trends for your keywords
Wordtracker – one of the world’s best PPC keyword research tools.
WordZe.com – Professional quality keyword research tool that uses Meta search data with Google data to help you pinpoint potential keywords. free trial
Hitwise – A leader in online competitive intelligence and Internet traffic monitoring
Keyword Discovery – Keyword Discovery compiles keyword search statistics from all the major search engines world wide, to create the most powerful Keyword Research tool.
Free Keyword Research Tools
Keyword Suggestion Tool by selfseo
Google Suggest Scraper Tool – will scrap keyword suggestions from Google Suggest.
SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool – based on the Overture Suggestion Tool, and has links to other keyword research tools
Nichebot (Classic)- the free version of the commercial tools
NicheWatch.com – will help you find exactly who your competitors are for your niche keywords.
Ontology Finder – Related Keywords Lookup Tool
Wordtracker – Free Keyword Suggestion Tool
Free Keyword Discovery – from Trellian, the maker of the commercial keyword research tool Keyword Discovery.
SEO »”>seo-tools/keyword-difficulty/” rel=”nofollow” target=”_blank”>Keyword Difficulty Tool – shows how difficult it would be to rank for specific keywords or keyword phrases in the organic search results of the major search engines.
SEODigger.com- detecting search keywords for which a site is ranked high.
Google Keyword Tool- the same tool as the Google Adwords suggestion tool which you can access from your Google AdWords account.
Google Suggest – a free and public Google keyword suggestion tool.
Google Trends – See what the world is searching for.
Google Hot Trends – the top 100 keywords for the day.
Google Insights for Search – with google insights for search, you can compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, time frames and properties.
Google Zeitgeist – provides a weekly report on Google search patterns, trends, and surprises.
Yahoo! Buzz – what is buzzing in your world? Provides statistics of most-searched terms on Yahoo! by category.
Buzzlog Index – shows the top overall searches.
Desktop Keyword Research Tools
GoodKeywords for Windows – a free keyword research tool for Windows.
Keyword Research Gadget – free desktop keyword research tool for Win32 PCs by ACME Web Webdesign.
PPC Accelerator – a keyword research tool that also helps with preparation of paid search campaigns.
Keyword Convert – FormatBlue Software offers a free trial. The full license is only US$19.95.
Social Media Tools for Keyword Research
Delicious Tag – See what’s popular, or delve into your own interests. The tools shows in a keyword cloud the most popular keywords used by Delivious users for tagging their bookmarks
Facebook Lexicon – lets you find out what people on Facebook are currently talking about
Technorati Tag – the blog search engine pionier shows the currently top 100 most popular tags used by bloggers for their posts
Twitter Tools for Keyword Research
TweetScan – is a real-time search like the official Twitter Search
Twitter Search – is the official real-time search for tweets by Twitter.com that contain the entered keyword or keyword phrase is a great tool to find out who is talking about a certain topic and also to learn what they are saying.
Twit Arcs – Enter a twitter ID with the leading ‘@’ or a word. Arcs are drawn on the left connecting people that are repeated and on the right for common repeated terms.
Twitter Spectrum – Enter two keywords (suggested are two opposing words, like “LOVE” and “HATE”, but you can also use other keywords, like Trademarks, Brand Names or Product Names).
TweetVolume – lets you enter 1 to 5 keywords or keyword phrases and shows how often each of them appear in Twitter.
