Comments on: Five Reasons Your Keyword Tool May Be Lying to You (And Ours Might Too…)

By: Ricky

Ricky — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:51:10 +0000

I agree with your points. Sometime they dont have enough resources for that keyword. There might be some new trend (consequently new keywords) which are yet not updated. Keyword analysis tools are not perfect but it really helps us to reduce our work

By: Johnny

Johnny — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:10:47 +0000

Of all the keyword tools that I tried, google’s keyword tool is by far the best. But, as you said, they’re not 100% accurate.

The only way to know for sure is by testing.

– Johnny

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:06:41 +0000

Really wonderful piece of information and I appreciate it that you share something so useful with the readers of this blog.

By: Logo Search

Logo Search — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:56:04 +0000

I use keyword tools as a starting point to get data. Nothing is 100%, not even web logs, but you have to start somewhere.

By: Clark Stevee

Clark Stevee — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:19:02 +0000

this article is very interesting and very informative, a lot of people including myself can learn from this site, great work!!! hi five for you!!!

By: Norman

Norman — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:34:45 +0000

Great article. I agree that keyword research needs to be over a broader range of tools. I also use market samurai but also compare results against Google Insights as well. To be quite honest I find Google insights to be my number one tool when looking at different search terms as it provides a trends grapg which can be used world wide or targeted to one specific country. As you well know, trends come and go, what is the highest searched term this month may not be the next month or for the rest of the year…holidays & special occasions are great examples of this.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:08:52 +0000

I use market samurai and its worked wonders for me but I see your point about keyword tool accuracy. Sometimes I doubt the numbers that these tools give me. None the less I have no other way of knowing search trends or keyword searches etc. So I rely mainly on market samurai. I’m sure those that own it, know that it’s one of the best out there. Keyword research is tough and these tools ease the pain a little 😛 but sometimes it doesn’t hurt to apply a little common sense.

By: Tom Demers

Tom Demers — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:16:02 +0000

In reply to Eden.

@Eden

I completely agree; the tricky thing isn’t seeing that there is an opportunity, but acting on it. I think how you proceed in targeting a given keyword definitely “depends”. If you have the budget I love to run an AdWords campaign to get conversion feedback for a word or phrase first. As for the content type to create for a keyword, again I think “it depends”. Definitely agree that these questions get closer to the driving forces behind success than simply getting a list of keywords. Really that’s a topic that deserves it’s own post :).

Thanks for the comment!

Tom

By: Eden

Eden — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:57:55 +0000

Okay, I’ve tried all or most of the keyword tools referenced above. The keyword results are similar but the real issue is…what to do next. Create a page on my site with a long url that mentions the keyword?? Blog about the topic?? Try to get a few links with the keyword phrase as the link text?? Set up an Adwords campaign?? IMHO, finding the keywords is the easy part – determining what to do next is where things get difficult. Especially when the goal is converting traffic and money and time are limited.