Comments on: SEO Keyword Research Step 2.5: Expand the Keyword List via the Google AdWords Keyword Tool http://www.richardgoulde.com/2009/03/seo-keyword-research-step-25-expand-the-keyword-list-via-the-google-adwords-keyword-tool/ My words mean business. Wed, 19 May 2010 05:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard http://www.richardgoulde.com/2009/03/seo-keyword-research-step-25-expand-the-keyword-list-via-the-google-adwords-keyword-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Richard Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:32:31 +0000 http://www.richardgoulde.com/?p=365#comment-59 @Nick Thanks for your comment! I agree the Google AdWords Keyword Tool has some shortcomings. Not least of which is, it's a tool designed for use with pay-per-click (PPC) ad campaigns. As a result, Google has an incentive to return keyword results that skew toward more profitable keywords for them, i.e., keywords for which Google will be able to charge more per click. Nevertheless, the tool yields good data from the predominant search engine, all for free. Other free tools tend to be more limited in the data they return. The one you mention, for example, only has data for the top 10,000 keywords. Unfortunately, that's not enough for our needs here. @Nick

Thanks for your comment!

I agree the Google AdWords Keyword Tool has some shortcomings. Not least of which is, it’s a tool designed for use with pay-per-click (PPC) ad campaigns. As a result, Google has an incentive to return keyword results that skew toward more profitable keywords for them, i.e., keywords for which Google will be able to charge more per click.

Nevertheless, the tool yields good data from the predominant search engine, all for free. Other free tools tend to be more limited in the data they return. The one you mention, for example, only has data for the top 10,000 keywords. Unfortunately, that’s not enough for our needs here.

]]> By: Nick http://www.richardgoulde.com/2009/03/seo-keyword-research-step-25-expand-the-keyword-list-via-the-google-adwords-keyword-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Nick Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:53:08 +0000 http://www.richardgoulde.com/?p=365#comment-51 I think its worst these days to go with Google keyword tools as they are showing up broad results. I have switched to the SERP analytics tool for keywords..its free-<a href="http://www.serpanalytics.com/tools/top_keywords" rel="nofollow">http://www.serpanalytics.com/tools/top_keywords</a> I do not have problem with none other products from Google but keyword one is not reacting good. Nice blog anyways.. I think its worst these days to go with Google keyword tools as they are showing up broad results. I have switched to the SERP analytics tool for keywords..its free-http://www.serpanalytics.com/tools/top_keywords

I do not have problem with none other products from Google but keyword one is not reacting good.

Nice blog anyways..

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