Competitive Keyword Search Tool

Everybody knows this already. The "Keywords" or "key terms" is the first thing that you should know when promoting your site. It should always be relevant to your site because you don't want users to just leave your page because they got to the wrong site.

Selecting keywords shouldn't be really hard. More often than not, keywords are terms or words about our sites or just words that we want our site to be ranked for. I call them obvious (broad) keywords.

Nevertheless, we need to optimize those obvious keywords so we can come down to the most relevant, specific term that may rank our site. Remember that it's always about relevancy but it should also include strategy.

I listed my top 3 favorite keyword search tool (FREE) that I usually consult in finding the right and most competitive keywords to promote some of my client's site. =)

1. http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/

- I really love this tool as it includes cross reference results from Wordtracker and Google. It also suggests competitive keywords and search volumes and is always updated. =)

2. https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

- I also love using this because I'm optimizing for Google. This is one of the best tools even if you're not doing any PPC.

3. http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/

- This is actually a more limited tool but great for FREE. If you have budget, I suggest that you subscribe to Wordtracker's service. It's easy to use and understand and provides a more comprehensive result.

There are hundreds of keyword tools that you can use. You can explore each of them and try to narrow your list.