Top keywords

[jwdl]

Hi,

Where can I get a reliable list of the top 1000 keywords searched for over the last few months or 2012 or whatever?

Thanks

[Branagan]

Some places you can check:

Most popular keywords on search engines

The Bing Top Searches of 2012 Report

Also check **Google's Zeitgeist **where you can filter trends by topic and countries.

[jwdl]

Hello Branagan,

Thanks for that.

They seem to give a top 10, I was looking for a longer list. (The first link is dead btw.)

Many years ago someone somewhere produced a list of the top1000 keywords. I found one for 2012 but it didn't look very accurate.

I tried searching for top 500 with more success.

Ian

[Branagan]

Yeah, those are some of the 'official' pages, but they don't seem to provide so much info.

There are lists provided by individuals or keyword research companies (i.e. wordtracker's) but they will usually be segmented for a specific search engine, it's country, language, the time it was built, etc., etc., maybe that's why you don't see congruence between them.

Here you'll find a few more resources: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066257/What-People-Search-For-Most-Popular-Keywords

Google's Keyword Tool also gives you an estimate of the searches for a term over the past 12 months, and you can segment by country, language and industry (if you leave this one blank you're supposed to get the most searched terms) although is not very reliable.

But I'd guess the best would be for you to conduct your own research based on the specific audience you're targeting.

[jwdl]

Thanks for your help