Best way to find what key phrases to optimize my site for.

[Ron10]

What is the best tool to find out what key phrases to optimize my site for? I have been using Google's Adwords keyword suggestion tool for a long time but thought there might be something better out there.

Thanks mozzers!

Ron

[danatanseo]

By far the best tool I have found to harvest "high possibility" keyword phrases is custom reports in Google Analytics that show you search volume and conversion data on long-tail keywords. Here's an absolutely brilliant post from Avinash Kaushik that not only walk you through the set up, he actually gives you the custom report links, so all you have to do is be logged in to your Google Analytics and click the link and KAPOW! You will be a longtail keyword ninja!

http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/best-downloadable-custom-web-analytics-reports/

Hope that inspires you and is helpful too!

Dana

[BlueprintMarketing]

I agree with Dana Google analytics if set up correctly is an extremely powerful tool. You will get to see what is out there and so you know everything that Google ad words is showing you is wonderful information however it is most likely very hard to rank for if you do an exact match. Dana's idea of doing on tail keywords adding a word or two will not only allow you to make it more fitting to what you offer in addition it will give you a much better chance of ranking for that keyword. I also love using http://scribecontent.com/ I think it makes me a better writer.

I hope I've been of some help,

Thomas