Finally, Google’s keyword search tool has changed – for the better! It now supplies the actual search volume of keywords you are researching.

In the past, the WordTracker service outperformed Google’s service because it supplied the search volume information while Google’s did not (and even hinted that it never would).

But now it appears that Google has changed its mind, and this could be a threat to WordTracker’s business.

WordTracker has long been criticized for their search volume data not being accurate. According to some sources, only 2 to 3% of actual search activities are used to estimate the actual search volume information. Now, comparing with the service with the actual data source of Google, I am quite sure that Google’s information should be much more accurate than WordTracker’s.

And what’s more important to non-English keywords research is that Google’s keyword search supports multiple languages. I have my doubts as to whether WordTracker can provide equally accurate information.

You can access Google’s service here:

http://hopurl.com/46444

Please note that there is actually still one drawback to using Google’s service. Google does not provide the actual number of competing websites for the keywords being researched, so there is no way to know the KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index) of a keyword. (KEI is provided by WordTracker as one of the research results. For information about KEI, refer to my post here). However, since the Google service allows you to directly download the data to MS Excel (or another compatible spreadsheet program), you can estimate the KEI by using the AdWords information about Advertiser Competition. Divide the search volume by this figure to yield an estimate similar to the KEI.

Here is an Excel file (Keywords-Examples.xls) to demonstrate this. I used the keyword “shoes” in this example. Please note that I added the last two columns to calculate the KEI-similar metrics using my unique formula.

Look for keywords with Advertiser Competition less than one, but with a KEI metric in relatively greater values. This Excel file is not as sophisticated as what you can get from WordTracker. This is partly because of the limited information about the advertisers’ competition from Google’s AdWords tool.

But please note the following: The Advertisers’ competition column refers to the Google AdWords’ competition from its advertisers. This is NOT the actual webmasters’ websites that have been using those keywords in their web contents as provided by WordTracker.

So in a strict sense, the KEI metric in my Excel file cannot be considered a true KEI-like metric because the original KEI was not defined using AdWords’ competition.

I am still looking for ways to improve this. If you have any suggestions, leave me message in this post.

I hope this helps you better understand how to use the free keyword research service from Google.

Tags: WordTrackers, Keyword Research Tool, Google AdWords Research Tool

Aside from my previous posts about two indispensable toolbars:
http://www.imarketings.net/internetmarketing/56/
http://www.imarketings.net/internetmarketing/20/

I have just installed a new toolbar that provides a lot of turbo-charged features to aid in my website analysis work.

This toolbar can return the following useful information for any particular website you browse: Google page rank, Alexa ranking, inbound links, instant keywords analysis, domain registration information . . . all at your fingertips. It’s really impressive!

The only drawback is that you need to register before you can gain access to these advanced features. This is a typical opt-in tactic to attract subscribers, but you can unsubscribe anytime you want. They use aweber.com for the newsletter subscription so you can easily remove yourself from the list.

Ready? Get the toolbar here: http://tinyurl.com/5cnywr

Note: Currently, only an IE version is available, but a Firefox version is coming soon.

Tags: Google Toolbar Keyword Analysis

I run quite a number of blogs of different topics. One of my headaches was that I used to spend a lot of time researching to come up with an article with adequately interesting information.

But recently I found a cool tool that helps me do research instantly. It works by crawling different websites (using information from search engines) with the targeted keywords you have chosen, and returning a series of collected sentences for the keywords. It even organizes the sentences into different sub-topics for you.

You can then choose pieces from the information presented that you would like to retain for your article writing. The tool then works according to your instructions to combine your chosen information into a raw text file.

Then you can use this file to build your article. It is as simple as that!
In my experience using the tool, it sometimes shortens my research time from one hour to less than five minutes. This is a huge savings.

Get this tool now before it goes up in price.

Note: You should never directly copy others’ information without the original authors’ authorization. This tool is intended to help you do the research only, and you have to write the article yourself. Under no circumstances should you plagiarize. Write your own opinions and observations into your articles. This is, after all, the reason we write! There is a great way to determine whether or not you’ve made your articles uniquely your own: run them through CopyScape.com before posting them on your site or submitting them to free article sites.

Tags: article writing skills, article writing research skills, article writing with targeted keywords, copyscape.com

I have noticed that Google has just released its Toolbar 5 BETA . In case you don’t know what a Google Toolbar is, it’s a function bar added to your browser (IE or Firefox) to make browsing the web more efficient and easier. In particular, I appreciate the Page Rank feature that helps me to determine a particular web page’s ranking in Google Search Engine.

You can get Toolbar 5 BETA here:

http://toolbar.google.com/T5/intl/en/

Read my post here about the two indispensable toolbars available to incorporate in your web browsing.

Currently, the Google Toolbar 5 BETA can only be installed with Internet Explorer. It offers the following additional features that may help you browse even smarter:

• A login feature allows you to use your customized toolbar setup at other computers.
• The new Google Notebook allows you to clip contents as you browse, working much like a scrapbook.
• A more customizable toolbar button feature allows you to add your favorite services like Google Map, Wikipedia, Google Finance, etc., so they are always at your fingertips for easier access.

So download the beta version now and enjoy web browsing!

I was always dreaming of a new tool that can automatically covert your content site’s keywords into hyperlinks that point to your selected affiliate sites’ product. In this way, you can easily build a new source of affiliate income on your content sites, Adsense sites, blogs or discussion forums, etc.

Now there is a solution. The beauty of this solution is you do not even need to know HTML, FTP or any other web hosting related knowledge. All you need to do is to install the desktop program and the program will automatically install the required code into your websites.

After you login the user interface and customize it with your targeted keywords, all  you need to do is to add the single line of javascript to the webpage where you need the affiliate links to be automatically inserted and you are done.

Ready? Let’s check it out here….

Related Topics: Affiliate Links Generator , Multiple Streams of Income