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

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:

China/Chinese Keyword Research Tool

Baidu – The predominant search engine in China has it’s own keyword research tool. The link I have is going to their user manual and not really to the tool, since the tool is in Chinese which I really cannot read. But if you can, you should not find any difficulty joining their PPC network and checking out the keyword research tool they have in that section.

European Keyword Research Tools

Miva – They have a PPC network that their gets get to various popular websites including download.com / cnet.com so we can say their data is pretty significant. They have separate keyword research tools for UK, Germany, France and other European countries. Problem is often their keyword research tool is down. Although they do have an API available to members of their PPC network and advertising on their network may not be a bad idea. So if you visit the link and you go to this help page, click on the link going to the tool popup window and if it does not load, their public facing tool may be down again. The one I linked to was for UK and they have other URLs for the other European countries.

German Keyword Research Tool

Keyword Datenbank – The Germans are pretty good in SEO and they have their own SEO community that gives the good demand for coming up with German SEO Tools. One of these tools they have is the Keyword Datenbank which is for keywords in German.

Russian Keyword Research

Russia also has a large SEO community where they not only concentrate on learning SEO internationally, but they are of course experts in their own search engines like Yandex and Rambler. Their largest email platform is mail.ru and all these three including another company called Live Internet all offer keyword research tools for the Russian language. As of this current time, it seems Rambler’s keyword research too that used to be on: http://stat.go.mail.ru/ is currently down. Live Internet may require you to be a member of their site to access data.

• Yandex Keyword Statistics
• Rambler Search Query Request Stats
• Live Internet

Korean Keyword Research Tool

Naver Popular Keywords – Naver is the predominant search engine in Korea and it also has keyword-based advertising platform. The link here is the popular search queries on Naver.

Philippines Keyword Research Tool

Sulit.com.ph – The predominant search engine in the Philippines is still Google. There are other engines in the past that tried being a search engine but was easily overshadowed when Google came out. But one of the largest sites in the Philippines is a buy and sell/classified ads type of community forum where people post things they are selling and buyers search for any product under the sun that hopefully someone is selling. Many Filipinos use the site searching for online deals of any product or service in the Philippines and these top search queries are captured by their system and can help serve as a guide in keyword research also.

Other Country Keyword Research Tools

If you are targeting a country not in this list and you are from that country, most probably you know more than me. Here are a few tips in searching for a keyword research tool in your local country.

1. If Google, Yahoo and Bing are not the predominant search engines then check your local search engine if they have a keyword research tool They would usually have one if they have keyword based advertising which is how most search engines make money.
2. If Yahoo or Bing are used more than Google in your country, might as well prioritize using their keyword research tools instead of Google’s.
3. If there is a website that is used often for buying products or searching for services, something like an Amazon or eBay that is widely used in your country, check if they have a keyword research tool If they don’t, then check if they have a bestseller list, often the bestsellers are also the ones that are searched the most. And this may give you more inspiration in coming up with more keywords to target.

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1. Highlight the text you want to hide in the HTML source code of your webpage.
2. Hit Ctrl-X and this will cut the text and place it in your computer’s imaginary clipboard.
3. Open your favorite text editor like MS Word, or any kind. This is platform independent by the way. You can do this on a Mac or a Linux machine.
4. Hit Ctrl-V while in your favorite text editor. This will paste the hidden text you have in the clipboard. Getting better huh? It’s really hidden that I doubt Matt can see this.
5. Saving this file is optional, you can do File –> Save or just hit Ctrl-S but saving it leaves traces of the file. It might not be that hidden. I highly recommend do not save it. This is important! Remember this step please.
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10. Put the sealed bag with the hidden content in the hole, and cover it again with the soil you dug out. Compact the soil well by jumping over it. Then water over it, for the mud to harden. Give is a day to dry up.
11. On the next day, take a look at the covered dug area and try to check for anything unusual. If it looks fishy, someone might submit it to the Google Spam Report page. We don’t want that to happen. Use the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar and disable JavaScript, CSS, Images and see how it looks like. If the area looks too clean, make it a bit dirty to match the surroundings. No one will see it unless they do a Ctrl-A. Put some twigs on there, some fallen leaves, grass, whatever. One of my favorites is dog poop, it drives away people. If you do not have a dog, you can buy dog poop as gifts and use it to cover the dug site.

Task complete! This hidden content is so hidden that even you might forget about it. So take note of the proximity of the hidden text with other objects in it’s surroundings, remember it well with an estimated distance so when you need the text, you know where to dig. If it is over a large area that looks all the same, you can use online maps. I suggest try using Bing Maps because if you use Google Maps, that is like feeding yourself to the lions. Even if you place your hidden text on the moon or on Mars, Google Maps can find you.

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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!

Just to test all tools, I will be talking about, I tried the same query on each one. I entered: digital tv converter.

This is probably something you have already seen, but I want you to note that I have seen more branded terms here. In my particular screenshot, is DTA800 and Tivax are present. The complete result even had more.

Google Adwords Traffic Estimator

This tool was used to help Adwords advertisers in their decision making on what keywords to target based on the budget and traffics generated by the budget.

This tool gives no additional keyword suggestions. You will have to enter all the keywords you need to see the data on. Google Adwords Traffic Estimator Tool gives you:

• Search Volume Scale
• Estimated average cost per click
• Estimated Ad position
• Estimated clicks per day
• Estimated Cost per day

Since this tool gives no additional suggested keywords, after running digital tv converter, this is the results I got:

Google Search-Based Keyword Tool – New!

As the name of the tool implies, I assume this is based on actual search volumes on organic searches done by people. This sounds more of a realistic snap shot.

• Keyword suggestions based on actual searches on Google
• Monthly search volume
• Amount of competition
• Suggested bid amount
• Ad/Search Share

Using all these tools can be confusing. What is the difference between them? Looking in to the support pages, Google differentiates the Adwords Keyword Tool and the Google Search-Based Keyword Tool by stating the following:

The main difference between the Search-based Keyword Tool and the Keyword Tool currently in AdWords is that the former generates keyword ideas based on your website, and identifies those currently not being used in your AdWords account. Additionally, the Search-based Keyword Tool provides more detailed data for each keyword, such as category information, suggested bid that may place the ad in the top three spots of a search results page, and ad/search share. Both tools, however, offer the option of browsing all keywords across all categories.

Please also note that the Search-based Keyword Tool is currently in beta, so we’re continuing to develop and improve its features to offer you even more functionality.

The two earlier built tools are part of the Adwords API. After checking the Google APIs, I was not able to find this new tool yet. I guess we have to wait a bit more.

Finally I run this tool also for the keyword phrase: digital tv converter.

Notice that only a few branded words appear. RCA appeared although RCA has a very strong brand that it is like a common word used by many people.

Google keeps making new and new keyword research tools to make it easier for people in the search marketing arena. Although for some, sometimes with all the tools, it adds up to the confusion on what tool to use. But like in any learning endeavor, the more you use it, the more you practice, the more the confusion disappears.

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