How to find search volume for keywords you'd like to target

Want to know the search volume for a particular keyword? These helpful resources will show you how to find out and what the data means.

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How to find search volume for keywords you'd like to target

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Key quotes:

  • "So let’s discover what exactly long tail keywords are, how to find them and why they can help you increase targeted website traffic."
  • "Low competition Most people researching keywords for their pages try to catch the big (volume) fish, in general this is the best way to get more impressions from search results."
  • "Let’s say that your website attracts 100 people per day from search results by typing in a broad keyword."
  • "Adopting long tail keywords in your SEO strategy will help you tackle those trendy voice queries."
  • "🤷‍ Now that we’ve understood why we need long tail keywords in our lives, let’s look at some ways to find those gems: Google ‘searches related to’ It’s a fact: Google has all the answers."
  • "Essentially, when you start typing in a word, Google will automatically give you some long tail suggestions based on your search."
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Key quotes:

  • "Creating a list of the search terms that people could use is very helpful."
  • "Especially since Google Analytics removed the function that allowed you to see which terms people used to find your website."
  • "Google AdWords Keyword Planner also provides search volume data, but it’s only useful for keywords that you’re paying to advertise for."
  • "Even though it doesn’t help in finding the keywords that your potential audience uses more often, Google Adwords Keyword Planner is a great tool for finding keyword ideas."
  • "Using Google Trends is a must if some of the keywords you use are seasonal, it will allow you to track how popular certain keywords at given time and plan your strategy accordingly."
  • "This keyword research tool allows you to have a look at what your competitors are up to and see what keywords related to your website are used the most."
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Key quotes:

  • "Optimizing your articles for keywords is one way of doing that."
  • "The keyword research is an important part of the so-called On-Site Optimization process."
  • "Several keyword research tools help you find the words you should optimize your article for, such as SEMrush, Moz or the SEO profiler."
  • "When running a keyword research, make sure your focus word reflects on the customer’s intent."
  • "It’s important to pick the keywords that have a high search volume but low keyword difficulty."
  • "Don’t overstuff your blog posts with keywords but include related keywords that help you build topic authority."
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Key quotes:

  • "Let me explain: Keyword research tells you what topics people care about and, assuming you use the right SEO tool, how popular those topics actually are among your audience."
  • "The operative term here is topics — by researching keywords that are getting a high volume of searches per month, you can identify and sort your content into topics that you want to create content on."
  • "By researching keywords for their popularity, search volume, and general intent, you can tackle the questions that the most people in your audience want answers to."
  • "If you’re struggling to think of more keywords people might be searching about a specific topic, go to Google.com and take a look at the related search terms that appear when you plug in a keyword."
  • "While head terms generally boast the most search volume (meaning greater potential to send you traffic), frankly, the traffic you’ll get from the term “how to write a great blog post” is usually more desirable."
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Key quotes:

  • "Some of those keyword planners will also show you search volume, competition, and even more metrics to help you choose the right keywords for your website and content."
  • "It combines the results from Google Suggest and the Google Keyword Planner and shows you search volume, CPC, competition, seasonality and the number of results."
  • "Freemium means that these keyword planners offer a (very) limited free version that you can use to test their service, but you need to upgrade and pay to get access to all the features."
  • "This is what your results will look like on the free version: Keyword Tool search results As you can see, you get the keyword suggestions but can’t see the search volume, trend, CPC or competition."
  • "But when I’m looking for a new keyword planner, then I’d like to test different tools."
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