Keyword Finder

[CPP-360]

I'm looking for some direction to find better keywords for my sites. Any tips would be appreciated? This question could potentially be too broad.

[brycebertola]

Hello,

You could try using the Google keyword suggestion tool (https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer)

That would provide suggestions of keywords by;

• Analyzing a list of keywords, then suggesting relevant alternatives
• Scanning a website (yours or a competitors) and parsing relevant keywords

[RobertFisher]

If you are a pro Moz member, you can utilize tools like the keyword difficulty tool to see where certain terms rank, etc. There is also SpyFu to do comparisons with similar sites, etc. (though I personally am less enamored of this than others). 
But, if you are trying to save a few dimes and your competitors are not savvy you can use your SEOmoz toolbar to great benefit. Go to a competitive site and then click on the toolbar to display the page analysis. Then look at page elements (shows first). See what they have put in as keywords and pick and choose. (On your site, make sure your keywords are not showing when you do this). See if there are terms they are using you did not think of, etc.

Take what you gather and go to Google's keyword tool, put them in, and see what is going on with each in order to refine your choices. Hope this helps.

[blinddrop]

I'm surprised to see that SEOmoz doesn't have a keyword research tool like Trellian software or wordtracker! I would definitely recommend Trellian's "Keyword Discovery" tool - and I actually canceled my subscription with them when I started with SEOmoz, thinking that there would be a keyword research tool that digs into historical and global data for keywords and gives all related keywords that you can then export into a CSV file.

I'm impressed with SEOmoz for sure and just surprised there isn't a keyword tool like this...unless I just haven't found it yet!