Free WordTracker Gtrends keyword tool.
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
In a previous post, Targeting Geograhic Niches with Google Trends, we highlighted one possible use for that popular webmastering tool. There is another free online keyword tool that uses data from Google trends that is even better, the WordTracker Gtrends Keyword Tool. We have used it for 4 months and it is indeed a powerful keyword research tool. Here’s how to use it to get the right keywords for our articles.
Step 1. Open the keyword tool in a browser.
Click here to open WordTracker Gtrends in a new tab. As shown in the screenshot below, the homepage has a column titled “thesaurus” (encircled in red). If the keyword we are researching has several related terms, the link will appear here. A nifty feature to spread our nets wider to catch more traffic.
We enter the keyword we want to research in the field encircled in red. For this example, we used “ways to make money online.”
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Step 2. Check out the list of keywords or key phrases.
The next page will give us a list of keywords or key phrases related to “ways to make money online.” We can drill down further by clicking any link or we can click the button on the rigth side that looks like a graph icon to see the the details for each keyword.
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Step 3. Check out the competition and visitors for a particular keyword.
The next page will provide us with the number of pages in Google that contain “ways to make money online” (competition) and the approximate number of visitors that the number one ranking site receives per day. A Google Trends graph below will give us an idea if “ways to make money online” is still worth using for future searches.
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The best combination we want is less competition and more visitors. As we can see, “ways to make money online,” isn’t exactly a keyword we should target. 
No. 1 — September 10th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Thank you very much, this will become very helpful over the next couple months for me.
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No. 2 — September 10th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Those numbers are daily searches right?
No. 3 — September 11th, 2008 at 12:29 am
very powerfull tool. i think it will help a lot
No. 4 — September 13th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
The numbers represent daily searches. But they are based on Google’s gtrends and may not be entirely accurate. Still, we can attest that we did got hits for key phrases based on that tool word for word.
No. 5 — September 22nd, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Till date I had not considered Wordtracker as my keyword search option as it’s too expensive. Your tip will certainly help me in future. So thanx a lot buddy for sharing some good info in great way
No. 6 — September 28th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
No problem. We’re glad to be of help.
No. 7 — June 18th, 2009 at 5:04 am
I appreciate knowing the approximate amount of visitors that the number one ranking site for a particular item receives per day because it puts into perspective where your goals need to be at. The Google trends graph helps you to see if you are barking up the right tree in what you are trying to market for your site.
No. 8 — June 27th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
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No. 9 — June 30th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
oh! this article has brilliant & amazing information. It will be very helpful for me. Do same type of job in future as well.
No. 10 — June 30th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
oh! this article has brilliant & amazing information. It will be very helpful for me. Do same type of job in future as well.
No. 11 — July 1st, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Looks like gtrends is down. I use Google keyword tool and I haven’t found anything that can beat it.