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Overture Keyword Tool

12 May 2006 at 19:17 by Eric Morgan

Ever wonder what people are searching for on the internet? Here is one tool that can help you find out.

Finding the right keywords to focus your website on is one of the most important aspects of search engine optimization. One of the key points to consider when choosing keyword phrases for your seo campaign is to find phrases that people are actually searching for. It will do you no good to optimize for a keyword phrase that no one is looking for.

So how do you find out what people are searching for on the internet? There are several options out there; the two most prominent tools are overture's keyword tool and wordtracker. The good thing about overture's keyword tool is that it is free. One of the drawbacks is it is very primitive and only allows you to type in one phrase at a time. Another drawback is the tool does not display searches in the order they are typed in; i.e. someone typing for 'utah web design' may show up as 'design web utah' in the tool. It also does not differentiate between plural and singular forms.

Try out Overture's Keyword Tool; type in a phrase that you think is related to your website and it will list that phrase and other related phrases. You can get a good idea of what people are searching for. This should only be used as a guide as the results are sometimes unpredictable. It will show the searches for the previous month. For example here is what the tool outputs if you type in "search engine optimization" :

90814 engine optimization search
15220 engine optimization search service
13135 company engine optimization search
10156 engine firm optimization search
9360 engine optimization search specialist
3067 affordable engine optimization search
3017 certification engine optimization search
2822 engine optimization search training
2713 engine optimization search seo
2599 company engine links optimization search
2508 engine optimization search site web
2079 engine expert optimization search
1826 dsl engine optimization search
1799 engine marketing optimization search
1780 engine optimization search software
1677 engine india optimization search
1638 engine optimization search submission
1608 consultant engine optimization search
1596 engine optimization search toronto
1550 engine optimization search seattle
1545 engine new optimization search york
1516 dallas engine optimization search
1439 engine optimization ranking search
1395 engine ny optimization search
1349 engine engine optimization placement search search
1340 economical engine optimization search
1340 engine optimization search seo services
1300 engine marketing optimization search web
1267 engine optimization search web
1200 effective engine optimization search
1133 engine optimization placement search
1082 engine guaranteed optimization search
1042 engine optimization professional search
1030 engine optimization search strategy
1021 engine optimization search specalist
1014 engine optimization organic search
1011 engine optimization rank search
996 engine ethical optimization search
908 engine optimization position search
865 engine island long optimization search
837 engine google optimization search
824 atlanta engine optimization search
807 engine internet marketing optimization search
795 angeles engine los optimization search
761 denver engine optimization search
730 engine houston optimization search
727 article engine optimization search
725 engine high optimization ranking search
723 engine optimization search tip
720 engine nevada optimization search
699 design engine optimization search site web
693 chicago engine optimization search
685 australia engine optimization search
675 engine optimization search tool
671 engine optimization positioning search
667 engine guide optimization search
656 engine estate optimization real search
651 engine natural optimization search
645 arizona engine optimization search
644 engine optimization search uk
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628 engine optimization search technique
617 engine optimization promotion search
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602 engine free optimization search
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501 charlotte engine optimization search
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458 engine optimization resource search
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450 engine optimization search vancouver
445 county engine optimization orange search
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431 engine job optimization search
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364 company engine optimization search toronto
357 engine natural optimization search services
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