20 Free Keyword Tools & Resources
When you love online marketing you have to learn the in’s and out’s of this industry and one of the most important aspects of this business is how to improve your visibility on the web.
Using proper search engine optimizing techniques you can catapult your self to an increased ranking in the results pages of the search engines, however, you cant play the guessing game when trying to accomplish this goal, and this is why I have compiled a list of several and most importantly free Search Engine Optimization tools and resources to help you in your quest at improving your search engine rank.
Keyword Research
I always talk about the importance of performing research prior to rushing off and launching a site just because you’re excited about it - it’s important to determine which are the keywords that you will be targeting and these free resources below will help you achieve the task. It’s your choice if you want to prepare a tasty meal or if you want to forget some condiments and have it taste like cardboard.
1. Keyword Research Tool - Webmaster toolkit
2. Keyword External Tool - Google Adwords
3. Keyword Selector Tool - Inventory Overture
4. Keyword Suggestions Overture - SEO Chat
5. Website Keyword Suggestions - Webconfs
6. Keyword Suggestion Tool - Self SEO
7. Keyword Research Tool - GoodKeywords
Keyword density
Keyword density is another aspect of proper search engine optimizing, you don’t want to overdo the use of your keywords and you don’t want to under-do it either. Search Engines use a meter to determine your keyword density and these tools below will help you achieve a desirable and close to perfect keyword density.
8. Keyword Density - SEO Chat
9. Keyword Density & Proeminence - Ranks
10. Keyword Density Analyzer - Keyword density
11. Analyze Keywords Density - Google rankings
12. Keyword Density Checker - Webconfs
13. Keyword Density Analyzer Tools - SEO Book
Keyword Competition
As I’ve said before if you would’ve started the online thing several years ago, things would have been much easier but now you are faced with thousands of competitors so it’s great to have some free resources that will help you determine who your competition is and how saturated a particular keyword or niche may be.
14. Free Competition Tool - SEO Digger
15. Competition Analysis Tool - Seoscorecard
16. Top Competitor Tool - Webuildpages
Free Search Engine Keyword Position Tools
Once you’ve done your keyword research and your competition analysis it’s a good idea to see if your ranking anywhere in the search engines for your chosen keywords - and the following tools help you to achieve this goal.
17. Search Engine Keyword Position - SEO Chat
18. Keyword Analysis Tool - Mcdar
19. SERPS Position Checker - LinkVendor
20. Website Position Tool - Rnk1
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Those are some cool sites for keyword search but Google offers that to you too free of cost.
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Hi Carl, that’s certainly true but it’s always good to have more than one source for your research…
Hmmm… I like the article. It is direct and simple and you can learn a lot from it. Keep it up
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