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The Ultimate List of Keyword Research Tools

By Sean Begg Flint
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  • November 4, 2021
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If you want to gain more organic traffic from search engines, keyword research is essential.

By completing thorough keyword research, you’ll be able to find the best keywords to rank for, who your competitors are, and what your target customer or client is searching for.

The first step of any type of SEO campaign tends to be keyword research and the use of a tool will help you to generate the best keywords to rank for. Here, we share our ultimate list of keyword research tools.

Semrush

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Enhance your traffic with Semrush SEO keyword tools. With these tools, you can find out the value of any keyword based on difficulty, search volume, number of results, competition, cost per click, and much more.

Analyse your competitors’ keywords to find their rankings. Additionally, you can research over 20 billion keywords and generate hundreds of combinations. Discover new SEO opportunities by comparing the keyword profile of any website to yours. You can also find ‘hidden’ keywords by leveraging the integration with Google Analytics.

KWFinder

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KWFinder is one of the best tools for performing keyword research. You can discover exact search volumes, keyword difficulty, competitor keywords, and much more. By using these functions you can determine the best keywords to rank for.

If you need assistance with content, you can discover hot topics to write about and plan your content strategy based on keyword search volumes.

Ahrefs Keyword Explorer

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Find thousands of keyword ideas and determine their traffic potential with Keywords Explorer. With a massive database of over 7 billion keywords, this tool is updated every month.

By using the functions within the tool, you can generate thousands of keyword ideas, discover how challenging it will be to rank in the top 10 search results for a specific keyword and discover the top-ranking results. In the “SERP overview”, you can view all SEO metrics for a website, such as backlinks and organic keywords.

Google Keyword Planner

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Google Ads Keyword Planner enables you to search for keywords or phrases relevant to your business. Discover how often keywords are searched for, learn suggested bids for advertising, as well as adding these to your advertising plan.

You can easily save your plan to use in the future or share them with your team. When you’re ready to launch a campaign, finalise your keywords and put your campaign into action.

Long Tail Pro

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Long Tail Pro allows users to generate thousands of long-tail keywords in just minutes. Instead of spending hours researching low competition keywords, you can use Long Tail Pro to pick the best keywords for your site. Whether you’re just starting a website, marketing your business or launching a WordPress blog, you can use this tool as the foundation for your SEO strategy. Plus, you can establish over 800 keywords using data from the Google keyword tool.

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Sean Begg Flint

Sean Begg is the Founder & CEO of Position Digital. He loves writing about SEO, link building and digital PR.

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Sean Begg Flint

Sean Begg is the Founder & CEO of Position Digital. He loves writing about SEO, link building and digital PR.
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