Alternative Keyword Research Tools for International SEO

You have probably heard of all the common keyword research tools from Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, Wordze, KeywordMax, Marketing Samurai, Spyfu, SEMRush and tons more, and of course not to exclude the official keyword research tools of Google, Yahoo and Microsft Ad Center, but for international SEO, sometimes these tools may not be the best tools out there.

Google Adwords Keyword Traffic Estimator where you can see the language and country selection before the form.

Google Adwords Keyword Traffic Estimator where you can see the language and country selection before the form.

Just in case you do not know yet, most of the search engines keyword research tool already give you the option to choose certain countries or cities of the work which will already help in International SEO.

Google Search Based Keyword Research Tool Country Selection Option

Google Search Based Keyword Research Tool Country Selection Option

However sometimes in other countries, the predominant search engine is not always Google, Yahoo or Bing and tools offered by other engines can give you more better local insights into what people are really searching for within a target country.

I do not have a list of tools for every country in the world, but I do have a few tools that can be used in some countries for your International SEO efforts. Here are the list of tools below: Continue reading

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More Google Keyword Research Tools

Google Adwords Keyword Tool

The first keyword suggestion tool that came out from Google. Was made mainly for Google Adwords advertisers. Google Adwords Keyword Tool gives you:

  • More keyword suggestions based on what other people have been bidding for.
  • Shows how much competition you have, as a green bar scale.
  • Approximate search volume for the previous month.
  • Approximate monthly average search volume.
  • Ability to filter down results as PPC match types. (Broad, Exact Phrase, Exact Term and Negative)
  • More keyword suggestions based on LSI.

This was the initial keyword research tool Google had and it didn’t end here, they came up with more! Continue reading

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