13 Best Alternative Keyword Research Tools

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Are you not fond with the latest Google Keyword Planner’s performance? In today’s post, we will share some free keyword research tools that you might find useful.

Recently, Google AdWords Keyword Tool has gone through a big revamp. The tool, which is known as Google AdWords Keyword Planner, has some new features, makes it a little bit overwhelming for beginners. Most of new users agree that this renovation was not the best of all ideas. If you are belong of this group who hesitate with the performance of the new Google keyword tool, here are some good alternatives for you:

1. Moz Keyword Analysis

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Moz’s Keyword Analysis Tool allows you to enter up to 20 keywords to see their difficulty, average monthly search volume, and the top 10 websites ranking for them. This tool is a part of Moz’s premium membership that starts at $99 per month. You can also try a free 30 days trial to see its performance.

2. Raven Tools Research Central

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Research Centreal allows you to complete in-depth SEO keyword and domain research with data from SEOMoz, Majestic SEO and OpenCalais in one place. Research Central is a part of Raven Tool’s Premium Membership that – similar to Moz – starts at $99 per month with a free 30 days trial.

3. Advanced Web Ranking

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Advanced Web Ranking’s keyword research tool collects data from Google AdWords, Google Webmaster API, Google Trends, Google Suggest, 7Search, SEMRush, Wordtracker and Yahoo API Related Keyword Search together in one place. Basic keyword research functionality is available at $99 for a lifetime license, while full service is available with plans starting at $399 for a lifetime license.

4. Keyword Spy

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Keyword Spy is a keyword research tool that helps you research your competitors’ organic, paid search and affiliate keywords. The fee for the service starts at $89.95 per month.

5. Wordpot

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Wordpot is a free keyword research tool that will give you keyword ideas along with daily search volume. However, there is a disadvantage: Wordpot’s current index of keywords was last compiled in 2011, making it a little bit outdated.

6. Keyword Discovery

This is a tool that will give a lot of keyword ideas based on the search term you enter. You can use it for free up to 50 searches to get keyword ideas or sign up for the premium plans starting at $69.95 per month for additional keyword analysis features.

7. SEO Book Keyword Tool

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This tool offers suggested daily search volumes, price estimates from Google AdWords, links to other keyword tools (Google Trends, Suggest Synonyms, etc.), links to vertical databases, and is powered by Wordtracker’s keyword tool. The best of all, the tool itself is free of charge.

8. Wordtracker

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Wordtracker helps you find the keywords that your customers are searching when they are ready to buy. Pricing starts at $69 per month.

9. Bing Keyword Research

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With this tool, you can discover keywords people are searching for on Bing with up to six months of historical search data instead of averages. It is a part of Bing Webmaster Tools.

10. WordStream

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This free tool has over a trillion keywords in their database and helps you identify the most profitable long-tail keywords for your business.

11. SEMRush

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With SEMRush, you can figure out your competitor’s organic and paid keywords in search. You can search by your competitor’s domain or search for competitors using specific keywords. Pricing starts at $69.95 per month, or you can access it for one month for $79.95.

12. Keyword Eye

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Keyword Eye is a tool that lets you visualize your competitor’s organic and paid search terms. It also includes the ability to connect to Google Analytics to discover additional keyword opportunities as well as monitor incoming anchor link text. Pricing is £9.99 per month.

13. Long Tail Pro

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Long Tail Pro helps you research keywords to find profitable niches. It includes the ability to discover domains based on keyword search results. Pricing is $97 for a lifetime license with the option to add an additional $17 per month for extended features.

Bonus Idea

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You can also use the auto-suggestion feature offered by various search-based service websites, like Google Search, Bing, Yahoo, Gmail or Topsy. By typing one or two keywords on the search bar, the sites usually will suggest the phrase or sentence related to the typed keywords, making your keyword generation process less stressful.