One of the crucial first steps in developing or revamping a site is researching keywords you want to rank highly on in Google and other search engines. Generally, you want your site to rank well for the specific niche you’re in, so the goal is to find any keyword in your niche that is not overly used in other sites, but still has a large number of visitors searching for them every day. Once you determine what keywords you want they affect every other aspect of your site including investing in a domain for the site and coming up with a design that highlights your terms. Important for SEO Webmaster.

Here is a list of 10 powerful search tools you can use to help you find the best keywords for your site. Some of them are free while others :

1. WordTracker
1. Free Trial, $271.88 / year to subscribe
2. Keyword Discovery
1. Free Trial, $599.40 / year to subscribe
3. Overture Keyword Selector Tool
1. Free
4. Nichebot
1. $1.00 Trial, $0.33 / day to subscribe
5. Google Adwords External Keyword Tool
1. Free
6. Digital Point Keyword Suggestion Tool
1. Free, Donations Accepted
7. Good Keywords
1. Free, Downloadable Software Application
8. Google Trends
1. Free, Analyzes keyword Trends
9. SpyFu
1. Free
10. SeoBook Keyword Tool
1. Free
11. WordZe
1. $7.95 for trial, $35 per month


Of the three pay services, I have only paid for and continue to use WordTracker. WordTracker combines different results, such as those from Google, MSN, and Yahoo, to give you an overall score for your keywords compared to existing sites. I have read some good things about WordZe as well, but I have not yet tried their service myself. If anyone has an comments, good or bad, about any of these, please drop us a line…

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