If you want to have a chance of being found on Google, you need to carry out some form of keywords research.
Sure, you should know how you expect your audience to find you online, but there is a good chance that you have missed out on some golden keywords.
And it doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or an expert at SEO – you are not able to do that without carrying out some form of keywords research.
For those who are on a tight budget, you might feel as if you have no options, but this list will prove you wrong. The free keyword research tools listed here are all available to use today and without registration, credit cards or the need to go on a free trial before paying for it.
That’s right – there’s no catch!
And that also means that Google Keyword Planner is not mentioned on this list either.
Please note that there are a variety of tools and even though some of them might not necessarily classify themselves as a traditional keyword research tool, it can still act as a very powerful tool for you to find the right keywords.
So click on the link below or scroll down to look at the options that are in no particular order. And if you prefer a short video review and demo, I have started to put together a YouTube playlist of the keyword tools below:
| The Complete List | |
| 1. | KWFinder |
| 2. | SERPs Keyword Research Database |
| 3. | WordStream’s Free Keyword Research Tool |
| 4. | Google Trends |
| 5. | KeywordTool.io |
| 6. | AdWord & SEO Keyword Permutation Generator |
| 7. | Google Correlate |
| 8. | Bulk Keyword Generator |
| 9. | KeywordIn Keyword Generator Tool |
| 10. | Soovle |
| 11. | UberSuggest |
| 12. | Wordtracker |
| 13. | SEOChat Related Keyword Tool |
| 14. | SEOChat Keyword Suggest Tool |
| 15. | Answer The Public |
| 16. | FAQFox |
| 17. | Keyworddit |
| 18. | Keywords Everywhere |
| 19. | Keyword Spy |
| 20. | Merge Words |
| 21. | Seed Keywords |
| 22. | SERPstat |
| 23. | Keyword Stripper / Phrase Remover |
| 24. | KeywordShitter |
| 25. | LSI Graph/LSI Keyword Generator |
| 26. | Keyword.io |
| 27. | Google Auto Suggest |
| 28. | Google Related Search |
| 29. | SEOStack Keyword Tool |
| 30. | HyperSuggest |
| 31. | Amazon Keyword Research Tool |
| 32. | Wikipedia |
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1. KWFinder
Description
- Read the KWFinder review to learn about this tool and how it can unlock unique keywords and also access the discount if you want to pay for the pro version of the site
- The company Mangools also provide other tools in the package:
- SERPwatcher
- SERPtracker
- LinkMiner
Advantages
- Excellent user interface and very easy to use
- Detailed metrics alongside each keyword
- Display of the Google search result page with metrics without going to Google or other 3rd party tools
- Easy to compare different sites’ metrics for specific keywords
- Easy to target other countries and languages
- Access to other tools such as rank tracker and link miner
Disadvantages
- The free version is limited to 3 searches per day
- The basic and middle package will only present you limited number of keywords per search
- May be expensive for some people
- Support can be quite slow
Official Site
3-Minute Video Review
Related Article: Read My KWFinder Review & Why I Love it
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2. SERPs Keyword Research Database
Description
A clean and simple tool by SERPS – a SaaS company which has many other SEO tools including a rank tracker.
Advantages
- Very clean and easy-to-use interface
- Displays search volume, the estimated CPC (cost-per-click) and calculated “value” score (volume x CPC)
- Easy to re-order the results
- Easy to filter the results
- Allows you to build and save a keyword list
Disadvantages
- Not possible to focus on specific locations
- Seems to be focused on data from the US market
- CPC is set in US dollars
Official Site
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3. WordStream Free Keyword Tools
Description
- WordStream Keyword Tool works like a normal keyword research tool within a database of more than a trillion unique search queries
- Specifically created for AdWords users, but it is still relevant to everyone else
Advantages
- Updated regularly and has a huge database
- WordStream provides 4 different types of keyword tools, all in one place
- Each of the tools are powerful, quick and easy to use
- Allows you to choose keywords based on industry and country
Disadvantages
- Certain features may require you to sign up for trial or provide your email address
- Some features may be more suitable for AdWords
- Limited number of searches per day
Official Site
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4. Google Trends
Description
- Make sure you adjust the location to the one that is most suitable for you. Google Trends can also help to elevate your content creation to the next level by taking advantage of its up-to-date search data.
Advantages
- Easy to find trending search behaviour to create content around it
- Easy to filter to specific locations
- Easy to filter to specific industries
- Side-by-side comparisons of keywords can be a powerful way to decide which keywords to use
Disadvantages
- You may still need to use other tools to find more keyword ideas and especially related keywords
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume
Official Site
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5. KeywordTool.io
Description
- A popular keyword research tool that allows you to create a long list of long-tail keywords across Google, YouTube, Bing, Amazon, eBay and the App Store, which you can also define further by focusing on a particular region and language.
Advantages
- Find keyword ideas based on Google, YouTube, Bing, Amazon, eBay and the App Store all in one place
- Great tools to use to find long-tail keywords (keywords which are 2 or more words)
- Filter by location and languages
- Easy to find question-based search queries based around the keyword of your choice
- You add “negative keywords” to exclude keywords from your search result
Disadvantages
- You need to pay to access more data like search volume, CPC (cost-per-click) and level of competition
- Certain keywords, particularly the long-tail keywords, may not present you with any result
- There is a limit of 5 negative keywords, after that you have to pay
Official Site
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6. AdWord & SEO Keyword Permutation Generator
Description
- A simple and easy-to-use tool that allows you to merge words together to create a list of keywords without typing them out one-by-one
Advantages
- Clean, easy and simple to use
- Very useful for those looking to conduct PPC (pay-per-click) campaigns and target a list of keywords at once
- Provide a quick and simple way to create long-tail keywords instead of typing them out one-by-one
- Also provides a quick way of creating broad match, phrase match and exact match keywords for those who are looking to use it for PPC
Disadvantages
- You still need to use other tools to search for keyword ideas and related keywords
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume
- Slightly focused towards to PPC
Official Site
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7. Google Correlate
Description
- As Google says, it allows up to you to “find searches that correlate with real-world data”. Google Correlate tool can help with that, much like Google Trends.
Advantages
- It allows you to compare time series, be it weekly or monthly
- Very useful for those focusing on the US market if you want to compare the numbers state-by-state
- Data straight from Google’s resources
Disadvantages
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume, CPC and competition
- The main features (state comparisons) are US-focussed
- Not useful to find new keyword ideas
- Slightly cumbersome and overwhelming to use
- Dated design and the data is not up-to-date
Official Site
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8. Bulk Keyword Generator
Description
- A basic tool that focuses explicitly on the following industries: electrician, removalist, flooring, landscaping, cleaning, interior designers, locksmiths, painters, plumbers.
Advantages
- Useful if you want to focus on the industries above
- Easy to merge essential keywords with other keywords of your choice
- Saves you the hassle of typing out possible combinations of keywords
Disadvantages
- Only suitable for those in the industries mentioned above
- You still need to use other tools to learn more about search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
- The design and user-interface is very old-fashioned and dated
- The makers do not seem to update the tool much
Official Site
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9. KeywordIn Keyword Generator Tool
Description
- Another tool which allows you to merge keywords and create one big list instead of typing them out one-by-one, especially for those who are looking to create a list of keywords for PPC campaigns
Advantages
- Clean, easy and simple to use
- Very useful for those looking to conduct PPC (pay-per-click) campaigns and target a list of keywords at once
- Provides a quick and simple way to create long-tail keywords instead of typing them out out one-by-one
- Also provides a quick way of creating broad match, phrase match and exact match keywords for those who are looking to use it for PPC
Disadvantages
- You still need to use other tools to search for keyword ideas and related keywords
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
- Slightly focussed towards to PPC
Official Site
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10. Soovle
Description
- A quirky tool which allows you to look at keyword ideas across multiple platforms such as Google, Amazon.com, Yahoo, Bing, YouTube, Overstock.com and Wikipedia
Advantages
- Very easy and quick to use
- Allows you to display a list of keywords with no loading
- You can share a link of the search results
- Useful to find long-tail keywords across multiple sources
- The demo is useful to look at how you can use it
- You can customise which search engines to focus on by adding and removing them via the ‘Engines’ link
- Easy to limit the number of results on the screen
- It also acts as “auto-suggest”, so the search results update as you type
- You can export the list via CSV and import it elsewhere for more metrics
Disadvantages
- Not possible to focus on specific locations as it seems to be focussed on the US market
- Certain keywords might not present results on certain platforms
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
Official Site
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11. UberSuggest
Description
- A powerful tool that allows you to look at a list of auto-suggested long-tail keywords based around the keywords of your choice
Advantages
- Clean and easy-to-use interface
- Provides metrics such as search volume, CPC and competition
- Easy to filter it to a specific location and language
- Easy to filter and focus on other search platforms such as images, shopping, YouTube and news
- It allows you to give metrics for your chosen keyword and then provide further keyword ideas related to it
- Very cleanly presents a list of keyword suggestions with useful metrics
- Very easy to integrate keyword suggestions from Google Keyword Planner and Google Suggest
- Very easy to filter search results to focus on a specific word or to remove it
Disadvantages
- Adverts will appear on top of it before you use it
- Takes slightly longer to load the search results compared to other keyword tools
Official Site
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12. Wordtracker
Descriptions
- A powerful freemium-based keyword tool that collates data from multiple sources to give you data on how you can improve your ranking and attract targeted audiences.
Advantages
- Provides data and keyword ideas from sources such as Google, YouTube and Amazon in one place
- Allows you to save your list of keywords
- Extensive filter options to search for specific keywords
- You can view search trends in the same place and without going to Google Trends
- You can view the ranking on the first page of Google in the same interface
- You can test the tool thoroughly without paying for it
Disadvantages
- Free version is limited to US market only
- Free version limit the search result to only 20 keyword ideas
- You can’t use the ‘time period’ filter in the free version
- You are limited to 5 searches per day in the free version of the tool
Official Site
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13. SEOChat Related Keyword Tool
Description
- Provides a unique way of giving you keyword ideas by listing them in different “levels”
Advantages
- Different type of keyword research tool due to its level-based results, but it is still useful to help you find keywords that nobody is using
- On the same website, you have access to many other useful free SEO tools
- You can download and save your results
Disadvantages
- Uncertain how up-to-date the keyword data is
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
- Not possible to filter the results via location, languages, etc.
- Seems to be focused on the US market
- Doesn’t provide the most detailed list of keywords
Official Site
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14. SEOChat Google Keyword Suggest Tool
Description
- Provided within the same tool mentioned above is the Google Keyword Suggest Tool, which allows you to view the Auto Suggest that you see when typing on Google and the suggestions appear at the bottom as you type. But this tool will enable you to look at more “suggestions” from different platforms even though it’s called “Google Keyword Suggest Tool”.
Advantages
- Provides you with a list of suggestions on Google, Bing, Amazon and YouTube
- Handy tool to find long-tail keywords on one page
- Most keywords give you an extensive list of suggestions in alphabetical order within Google, Bing, Amazon and YouTube search results
- You can also the view the top suggestions or the “originals” instead of going through the alphabets
- Easy to export the search results
Disadvantages
- Unable to look at results based on geography as it seems to be US-focused
- You will need to use 3rd party tools to learn more about search volume, competition and CPC
Official Site
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15. Answer The Public
Description
- A popular and incredibly powerful tool (with a unique video introduction too) which will give you keyword and content ideas in seconds
Advantages
- Hugely useful way to find long-tail keywords and content ideas
- Provides keywords in various formats such as question-based, comparisons, related and a list of auto-suggested keywords in alphabetical order
- You can download it all into CSV format
- Searching for generic one-word keywords can present you with hundreds of results all for free (e.g. if you search for “trainers”)
- Quirky and unique video introduction by the man in the woolly jumper
- Very quick and easy-to-use
- Easy to change the visualisation structure into list format instead of circular displays
- You can click on any of the keywords which will take you to Google to view the search results for that keyphrase yourself
Disadvantages
- Not easy to see the languages from the drop-down list
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
Official Site
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16. FAQFox
Description
- An unknown yet a powerful keyword tool, which helps you to find questions based around a keyword of your choice and scrape for results from websites and forums of your choice, such as Quora and Reddit.
Advantages
- Allows you to find in-demand questions that people are asking for and you can create content around it
- Scrape results from almost any websites that are forum-based or community-based
- If you can’t think of websites to scrape results from, you can use the pre-selected categories and it will display specific forums and sub-reddits that are relevant to your industry
- It’s a also a very useful tool for market research
Disadvantages
- It won’t always present correct results that you are expecting
- You may have to go through a list of irrelevant or low quality results to find the best ideas
- You can only select one category at a time
- Going for the “irrelevant” category won’t always work, even if it makes sense e.g. pizza in the business category (to search for content ideas for a pizza business)
- When clicking on certain results, it may take you to the homepage of a forum instead of the relevant thread/post
Official Site
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17. Keyworddit
Description
- A free keyword tool that that scrapes Reddit for the most common keywords that people are using in a specific subreddit
Advantages
- Reddit is amongst the most popular and most powerful platforms for the internet, meaning that you will have opportunities to spot key phrases
- It is easy to find long-tail keywords
- You start typing and pick a subreddit, and the tool will list the most popular keywords
- You will spot keywords and phrases that are commonly used in specific industries and sectors that you are not familiar with
- You can target specific subreddit that you are a fan of or know it is a popular place
- You can click on ‘Context’ to learn more about the context of the keywords to make sure that you understand how the keyword is used
Disadvantages
- You don’t get to choose a keyword, rather you choose a subreddit
- You will need to do some research about subreddits if you are not familiar with any of them
- Less popular subreddits will naturally not give you many keywords to choose from
- You will need to export to other keyword tools to find search volume and competitiveness
Official Site
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18. Keywords Everywhere
Description
- A handy SEO browser extension/add-on that adds keyword data on various platforms that you visit. If you have noticed multiple times on this particular blog post, it has been mentioned that you can’t view the relevant metrics on specific tools. But with Keywords Everywhere, you can do just that.
- I should point out that you need to give them your email address so that you receive the free licence key, but it’s not a traditional registration per se.
Advantages
- Provides important metrics such as search volume, CPC and competition on various websites, including directly on Google itself.
- Sits on your browser, which means that the data is displayed right before your eyes with no effort at all
- One of the easiest tools to use
- Extremely lightweight and lists results quickly
- You can set country, currency and your choice of metrics that you want to be displayed
- You can ask the tool to highlight those high-value keywords on your browser based on search volume, CPC and competition
- It even has an internal keyword research tool, where you can bulk upload keywords and look at the relevant data
- Easy to save and store your favourite keywords
- Easy to export in various formats such as CSV, Excel, PDF and even printing it out straight away
Disadvantages
- Wow…I can’t think of any!
Official Site
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19. Keyword Spy
Description
- Although quite dated and not a tool that I would recommend or pay for, there are some aspects of this tool which may be useful for some people.
Advantages
- Provides a variety of data such as similar keywords and organic competitors around your chosen keyword
Disadvantages
- Outdated design and user-interface
- Slightly buggy at times
- The free version will give you a limit of 10 results
- The database is not up-to-date
- The tab ‘misspell’ is not important and is an old SEO practice carried out in the past to cover all bases
- For those interested in PPC, the ‘Ads’ was last updated in 2014
- Not a tool I would recommend
Official Site
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20. Merge Words
Description
- Another useful tool where you can merge words (you see what I did there?) together to create a list of keywords that you can then import elsewhere
Advantages
- Very easy to use
- Unlike others, there are options to create different separators
- Provides options for those who are looking to create a list of keywords for PPC campaigns
- There is even a ‘custom’ option to add (though I can’t think why you would need to do that)
- Clicking on the links to load sample data will give you a good idea of how else you can use this tool
Disadvantages
- You still need to use other tools to search for keyword ideas and related keywords
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume
Official Site
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21. Seed Keywords
Description
- Rather than using tools and software to find the keywords, you can ask your audience directly by asking them to literally type into the search box – you view the list of results
- Create a scenario, e.g. “How would you search for vegetarian pizza recipes?” or “You have a faulty PC. You need to have it fixed. What would you search for?”
- After creating a scenario, you use a unique URL to send this to your contacts and watch your seed keyword list grow as they respond to you by accessing that URL
Advantages
- The best keywords are directly from your audience
- If you have a supportive following, you can extract unique yet powerful keyword ideas
- It is a great tool for long-tail keywords
- Quicker and a more innovative to use than e.g. creating your own Google Survey or sending out a spreadsheet
Disadvantages
- You still need to use other tools to search for keyword ideas and related keywords
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume
- For those with a smaller audience, it will be more difficult to extract enough data
- If you are looking for specific/more audiences, you can create an advertising campaign to generate leads and data, which means you have to pay for it
- Other people can see the results, which may influence their thinking and the quality of the results
Official Site
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22. SERPStat
Description
- A popular and comprehensive looking ‘All-in-One SEO platform’ which provides a host of features on top of the keyword research tool, which is useful for those who are genuinely looking for an all-in-one solution for their SEO efforts.
Advantages
- Very easy-to-use interface
- You’ll have access to a wide variety of different metrics
- The ‘Search Suggestions’ feature offers a completely unique and different set of keywords which are not necessarily directly related to your key phrase
- You can view the pages ranking on Google with metrics such as social media shares and potential traffic it is attracting based on your chosen key phrase
- You can look at your organic competitors and see how they are performing around your keyword
- Much like the other tools mentioned in this post, a useful feature is ‘Search Questions’ where you can look at question-based queries across different countries
Disadvantages
- ‘Search Questions’ is useful but not as extensive as the other tools which have a similar feature, like Answer The Public
- The free version won’t allow you to view the keyword difficulty metrics and how easy it is to rank for a particular key phrase
- You will only have access to 10 results in the free version of the tool
- The related keywords section is not available
Official Site
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23. Keyword Stripper/Phrase Remover
Description
- This tool, which has multiple names, is useful to remove those “bad keywords” and “cleansing” your keyword list. It does that by stripping off any alphanumeric (@#&%$), numbers (0–9 and the – symbol), poorly targeted words and irrelevant words (“free”, “cheap”, “discount”)
Advantages
- Easier to clean up your keyword list than by manually removing it or using an Excel spreadsheet and working out formulas
Disadvantages
- It’s unlikely going to be a very common tool to use, but it’s a “good to have” tool
- You will eventually need to use other tools to get metrics such as search and competition
- Dated design and user-interface
- Slightly buggy as it doesn’t always work
Official Site
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24. KeywordShitter
Description
- Despite its…interesting name…and basic design, Keyword Shitter can surprisingly deliver a huge list of keyword ideas around your chosen topic. All you have to do is type in the keyword of your choice and click on ‘Shit Keywords’
Advantages
- Very simple design
- You can filter by using the “positive” and “negative” filter instantly while the list is expanding
- It can create potentially hundreds of keyword ideas in seconds
- Easy to export the data
Disadvantages
- Uncertain where the data is coming from
- It seems to be focused on the US market
- You still have to use other tools to look at metrics such as search volume
- You can’t customise the result via a location or language of your choice
- You may have to wait for the keyword list to increase
Official Site
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25. LSI Graph/LSI Keyword Generator
Description
- A very efficient, quick and easy-to-use tool, which focuses more on latent semantic indexing (which is not as hard as you think it is)
- To read more about LSI, this post can explain what it is and how it can help your site’s organic performance.
Advantages
- Help you to think of keywords that you never thought of before
- An easy way to find popular synonyms and related keywords
- Provides really valuable information and a demonstration on how and why latent semantic indexing is important
- Further (paid) resources and ebooks are available to help you deep-dive into the world of semantic keyword strategy
Disadvantages
- You get a limit of 3 free searches a day, but if you verify your email address, you can get up to 20 searches per day
- You can’t export the list of keywords
- You can’t filter the list to, e.g. exclude certain keywords
- You still need to use 3rd party tools to understand the search volume, competition, CPC, etc.
Official Site
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26. Keyword.io
Description
- Similar to other tools on this list, Keyword.io provides you with a comprehensive list of keywords from various platforms such as Google, YouTube, eBay, Fiverr and more
Advantages
- Gain data from various platforms and not just Google
- It also includes a basic “common question idea generator” around your keyword
- Useful to get long-tail keyword ideas
Disadvantages
- The free version won’t allow you to download or export the list of keywords (unless you create a free account)
- The free version won’t allow you to copy and paste keywords elsewhere (unless you create a free account)
- Unless you pay, you still need to use other tools to access data such as search volume, CPC and competition
- Some of the suggestions in the “common question idea generator” are very weird and/irrelevant
- Can be quite slow and buggy at times
Official Site
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27. Google Auto Suggest
Description
- Directly from Google, you can start typing, and you will be able to find out lots of ideas about how people are searching on Google around a query of your choice, as well as finding more content ideas. To learn more about how you can use Google to find endless and relevant content ideas, you can read this guide.
Advantages
- A very powerful way to find long-tail keywords
- As mentioned in the description above, it can also help you find an unlimited number of content ideas
- Find unique keyword ideas straight from Google’s results page and data
- Easy and quick to use
Disadvantages
- Your search behaviour may influence the result (though searching incognito may prevent that)
- You still need to use other 3rd party tools to learn more about the search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
Official Site
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28. Google Related Search
Description
- After searching on Google, you can find keywords related to your search query at the bottom of the search result.
Advantages
- Find unique keyword ideas straight from Google’s results page and data
- Easy and quick to use
Disadvantages
- It might take you a few attempts to find keywords that you have never used or that are relevant to what you’re looking for
- You still need to use other 3rd party tools to learn more about the search volume, CPC, competition, etc.
Official Site
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29. SEOStack Keyword Tool
Description
- A very easy, quick and useful Chrome extension that can generate a list of keywords incredibly quickly
Advantages
- It can generate up to 800 keyword ideas from one or more chosen keywords very quickly
- Easy to find long-tail keyword ideas very quickly
- Organises results in an easy-to-use table
- Includes keyword suggestions, like many other tools here, from Google, YouTube, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon and eBay in one platform
- Easy to export the search results in CSV or plain text format
- Open up multiple tabs so that you can look at multiple search results
- Easy to modify results by including or discluding letters, numbers and ‘extras’ (presumably special characters but it’s uncertain)
- Easy to focus on a particular country and language
Disadvantages
- Only available in Chrome
- You have to use Google Keyword Planner to extract the search volume and CPC
- Lack of tutorial means that it’s not obvious what certain words mean within the tool, like ‘rank’ and ‘extras’
Official Site
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30. HyperSuggest
Description
- A relatively unknown tool that does a very good job of providing long-tail keywords in various formats and provides different ways to define your search further. It is created by a German-based SEO expert, so there may be small elements of German influence and words within the tool
Advantages
- An option to filter and focus your search in different formats:
- The “normal” format called “Suggest Suggest” >> keywords + [more keywords]
- Find out what people type and search before the actual keyword via “Reverse Suggest” >> [more words] + keywords
- A combination of the both aka “Both Suggest”
- Create question-based keywords (and automatically adds the interrogative words in different languages) called W-Questions)
- Easy to create your own list and export
- Multilingual search option is available
- Demographic option is available
- You can focus on any combination of the following: Google, YouTube, Google Shopping
- The pro version is free, which means it used to cost money
Disadvantages
- You still need to use a 3rd party tool to find out the respective keywords search volume, competition and CPC
- At the time of writing, connection is only partly secure as parts of the page are not secure i.e. image
- Annoying advert pops up asking you to submit a domain and receive a free account with an SEO software company
- It doesn’t look as if it has been updated or maintained for a while
Official Site
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31. Amazon Keyword Research Tool
Description
- Another Chrome extension which focuses on Amazon and Amazon Marketplace, thus making it perfect for ecommerce sites to gain more insight about products and how consumers search for them, whether using Amazon or not.
Advantages
- Heavily focused on Amazon – perfect for those who use the Marketplace heavily
- Can also be useful for ecommerce brands who want to understand how their audience searches for their products
- You can choose different Amazon sites across the globe, from .com to .co.uk to .fr to .com.au
- Useful for all ecommerce sites
- Easy to export to CSV
- Very user-friendly and efficient
Disadvantages
- You need to pay (from $24.99 per month) in order to access more data via the company’s paid web app
- Can be slow so you may have to wait for the search to complete
Official Site
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32. Bonus: Wikipedia
Description
- Wikipedia is not the first thing you think about when it comes to keyword research, but you’d be surprised on how much it can help you with that…for free!
Advantages
- There are pages for just about everything, which will mean that you will keyword and content ideas on almost anything
- Available for free (where possible, do consider to donate)
- Tend to be up-to-date, whether it’s within an existing page or a new page
- The community tends to make sure that the content are not abused
- Easy to use and find information that you are looking for
- It’s so popular that you can search for the topic you are looking for via search engines and they will rank highly
Disadvantages
- You need to use another tool to find data about keyword difficulty, CPC, search volume, etc.
- Not possible to export keyword ideas
Official Site
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My Favourite Keyword Research Tools
Nobody in their right mind uses all of the tools above, but we all have our favourites.
On this site and for my clients, I use the following tools frequently for my keyword research:
- Google Trends
- KWFinder
- Keywords Everywhere
- Answer the Public
- Google Auto Suggest
- Google Related Search
- SEMrush (paid)
But this has also reminded me that it is useful to check out other tools that give you unique data, and further insights into how your audience is searching. Provided that it’s useful, there is nothing wrong with expanding your horizons and using other tools.
Even though many of the negatives listed are linked to having to pay for a pro account, it is still worth mentioning the following:
- The free version is still incredibly useful and powerful
- On most occasions, they have a business to run and costs to cover. It’s only fair that we help with that, especially if you are gaining useful data for your site that can have an impact to our own revenue
Provided that the tools give you the right data, there is no such thing as the perfect keyword tool.
But you can find the right one that suits you…and for free.
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Really great comprehensive list of keyword research tools, thank you… will be sharing on my Twitter account 😉
Thank you Paula. I’m glad you liked it and thank you for sharing it ?
Hi. Nice list with pros and cons of each tool. But why haven’t you mentioned K-meta keyword tool?
Interesting tool. I’ll have a look at it in-depth and see whether it’s worth reviewing.
Thanks for sharing and commenting.
I could not get the tool at https://serps.com/tools/keyword-research/ to work..am I missing something?
You’re right Wanda. It seems that it’s not working at the moment. I hope they will fix it soon, but if not, I will remove it from the list.
Thank you for pointing it out.
I appreciate your great and thoughtful keyword tools research.
Thanks and keep continuing.
Here are some more free and interesting tools you can try:
*https://www.infinitesuggest.com/
*http://keyword.guru/
*https://k-meta.com/suggestions
*http://keywordpro.net/
Thanks for sharing Annie.
Very good keyword guide post, it helps me a lot. Thanks