While creating a high-quality content with real people in mind is essential, it will be foolish to ignore keyword research and SEO. Doing keyword research is like a seasoned fish monger casting his net at the right time and at the right place. If you are not using the right keywords: short-tail or long-tail, you can be selling yourself short on your potential success.
The good news is that there are a bunch of useful keyword research tools for handling your daily workflow in content marketing. In this article we will look at my 10 favorite keyword research tools for making the process less time-consuming and more efficient.
#1. SE Ranking Keyword Suggestion Tool
SE Ranking is by far my favorite keywords suggestion tool as it’s not only giving me the new keyword ideas and variations, but also groups thousands of keywords within minutes to distribute the keywords efficiently throughout the pages.
Also, with SE Ranking you will get a list of short tail and long tail keywords filtered by popularity with a single-click.
The tool has more than 2 billion unique search queries and an internal database is getting updated on the monthly basis. I also like their user-friendly interface.
Just enter a keyword or a list of keywords (one per line), choose the language, the source and get search results based on the detailed statistics: monthly search volume, KEI, competition, the number of search results, etc. Fast and effective!
#2. Keyword IO
Keyword IO allows you to get hundreds of keyword suggestions free. Just enter a target search query, choose a specific country for search, click the button “search” and get an overview of possible keyword suggestions, keyword trends and top 10 search results from Google.
What I really like is that keywords are listed clustered in long-tail and alphabetic order. You can easily pick relevant keywords and export the list of keywords, but only after free signup.
A simple and intuitive interface helps you show all relevant URLs for entered keywords and visualize the relevance of terms based on TextRank and TF•IDF.
#3. Google Trends
Google Trends helps you compare the popularity of keywords, shows which keywords are growing in popularity on the market and find out the top keywords in the niche.
For example, let’s compare two keyword phrases: “sewing machines USA” and “sewing machines”. It turned out that no one searches for the phrase “sewing machines USA”, just because it sounds unnatural.
Google Trends is a free indispensable tool. But I really like to combine it with Google Keyword Planner what helps me get the most accurate estimate of search volumes.
#4. Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an awesome source of getting contextual keywords. Wikipedia is a gold mine of LSI keywords. It is simple to use: just enter a keyword and view the results on the page.
For example, for “keyword research” I discovered a bunch of contextual keywords. Moreover, you will discover a lot of useful information in your niche.
Wikipedia is also a good way to search for industry terms, jargon and slang in your niche. Just make a good list, save it and use in your content marketing activities.
#5. Soovle
Soovle is a free keyword research tool that provides autocomplete suggestions from different sources: Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo, Amazon, Bing, YouTube, Answers.com. Just enter a keyword and choose your source.
Make sure that Google is the default, you can easily change it by clicking one of the suggested sources.
Soovle doesn’t offer the most advanced keyword suggestions that can make sense for your blog. If you want to get unique keywords, you need to choose paid keyword suggestion tools like SE Ranking, KWFinder, etc.
#6. KWFinder
KWFinder is an easy-to-use long tail keyword research tool that brings perfect keyword ideas with a great interface. The tool helps you dig into local keyword research, so you can target your keywords by country, state or city.
It shows not only long tail keyword suggestions, but also trends, search volume, CPC and level of difficulty in search results.
#7. Ubersuggest
Ubersuggest is a free keyword tool that provides you with keywords that are not available from the Google Keyword Tool. It is really simple to use: just enter a keyword, a language, a source and click “Suggest”.
The tool helps you generate a list of keywords that can be a saving grace for the busy SEO specialists.
The best thing that I like about Ubersuggest is the way that it filters results for letters or numbers. You can also search shopping, YouTube, images and news.
#8. Google Correlate
Google Correlate is a great keyword tool, but often overlooked. Google Correlate doesn’t work well for key phrases, but if you enter a single keyword, you will get pure dynamite LSI keywords.
You just enter a keyword and the tool does all the work for you.
Keyword Discovery is a free search term suggestion tool that gives a list of general and long-tail keywords for SEP and PPC marketing goals.
The keyword data is gathered from different toolbar browsers and over 200 search engines.
You won’t detect the same keyword data anywhere else unless someone is using your API. To use the tool, just enter a keyword and click “Search”. The tool generates the top 100 search terms for your core keyword.
Google Keyword Planner is a primary tool when starting a new website. It is my best friend to grow and produce more and better content.
This is the best place for keyword research that provides a comprehensive and targeted list of keywords. In addition to the keyword list, you will get average monthly searches, competition, suggested bid, etc.
Just simply enter a keyword or keywords into the search box and you will get everything in a clear and concise manner. Together with search terms, you will get many other ideas. Some of them will work, some won’t. You will never know when you will find a gem.
Have you ever used any of these keyword research and suggestion tools? Which tool has been the most useful in your content strategy? Please leave your comments below.
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