Keyword tools

Wordtracker offers you the leading keyword research tools to help you find the keywords you need to succeed online.

Wordtracker's free tool offers a quick look at the most popular 100 searches containing to any one keyword.

A Wordtracker subscription offers:

• access to a regularly updated database of millions of real searches made at search engines
• filters that remove searches by robots.
• numerous configurations of your searches and results, allowing you to create your own custom keyword tool.
• analysis of results showing you the popularity and level of competition for each keyword
• management tools that allow you to store your results for numerous different projects.

Take a free trial now or find out more with the articles below:

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   Keyword Basics Part 1: How search engines work Posted by Ken McGaffin on 08 January 2012

   One of the most frequently asked questions from website owners is, "Why can't my site be found on Google?" They know it's important to appear in search engine results but they just don't know why it doesn't happen to them. Ken McGaffin gives this introduction to search engines in Part 1 of Wordtracker's Keyword Basics series

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   Keyword Basics Part 2: Finding keywords Posted by Mal Darwen on 07 January 2012

   In the second of our Keyword Basics series, Mal Darwen gives a simple method for finding thousands of the keywords that your customers use when they search. He then shows how easy it is to use the Wordtracker Keywords tool to organize and save those keywords so you can easily manage your site's search engine optimization and pay per click advertising.

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   Introduction to Google Analytics (and how to turbo charge it) Posted by Mark Nunney on 08 April 2011

   Google Analytics (GA) has become an essential tool for many SEOs. Here Mark Nunney introduces some basics of using GA for SEO and then shows you how to turbo charge it by importing your GA data into Wordtracker Strategizer.

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   Park Seed: Sowing the seeds of success on the internet Posted by Neil Davidson on 31 August 2007

   Park Seed is a multi-million dollar gardening business that had built its incredible success on print-based catalogs. So starting business on the internet seemed like a leap into the unknown. But there was a link between these different worlds...

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   Three good reasons to target long tail keywords! Posted by Stephen Mahaney on 22 December 2006

   Seasoned professionals in the arena of online marketing know it's clever to use keywords that target potential customers who are "late" in the buying cycle. So, how do you find out what these keywords are? ...and why are they so important?

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   Demystifying the radically different keyword results provided by Overture and Wordtracker Posted by Robin Nobles on 28 October 2006

   The root of all success in search engine marketing begins with keywords. Period. Get them wrong and virtually everything about your online endeavor will fail. So do so many – professional and amateur alike – buy keywords based on highly skewed numbers?

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   An ingenious way to use Wordtracker… that’s actually easier too! Posted by Robin Nobles on 25 October 2006

   You'll find most of your 'revelations' or 'insights' by using the Comprehensive Search feature of Wordtracker. Try entering one part of a search phrase and let the tool figure out the best 'full use' of the phrase.

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   Keyword quality and the Wordtracker database Posted by Ken McGaffin on 06 October 2006

   Search engines get bombarded with automated queries from ranking monitors, popularity analyzers, bid optimizers and other tools. This deluge of non-human activity distorts keyword counts, and if it is not identified and eliminated will leave you with very poor keywords.

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   How to choose keywords before they skyrocket in popularity Posted by John Alexander on 25 November 2005

   Long before the days of researching phrases with the helpful online resources of today, keyword selection was often left to guesswork. However, guesswork is just not good enough in highly competitive standards.

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    Keyword phrases in linking text Posted by Ken McGaffin on 27 October 2005

    Often simple things really matter. And the use of keywords in linking text is one of those simple things that turn out to be hugely important. Linking text, sometimes called anchor text, is the clickable text that takes people to another page or resource. You need to choose that text carefully.