Google just made a change to their adwords keyword tool that makes it imperative to write about, immediately - They now show the number of searches, trends, and monthly average. So you know exactly how many people searched for ‘fried ice cream’ and whether more people searched for it in August or in December. Given that Google has more user search data than any other entity on the planet, its obvious that this put every KeyWord Research Tool company in a fix. Why buy a keyword research tool when Google is giving it away for free?
So at the Google Keyword tool you can find out how many people a month search for ’seo’ , what the trends are, how competitive each keyword is, and also related terms that might be useful.
this is really, really big - because it’s free, and it’s from Google based on their data. Now, any beginner website owners don’t need to buy any keyword tools (they still have their merits).
Basically, I’ve never bought any keyword tool, although I’ve tried the free and demo versions of a few. And now I can confidently say - go try the Google Keywords tool first, and if it doesn’t work for you, then, and only then, go elsewhere.
Major Props to Google - who once again show that they are pro-website owners.