Google Adds Keyword Searches
Until now you could only get relative numbers of searches from Google’s keyword selector tool. It was somewhat useful, but it’s much better now because you can get actual numbers of searches.
For example, Google reports that on average 100 people type the words, “learn affiliate marketing” into the search box. This is for the exact phrase, not a combination of the words or the words in any order. You can look at the various match types to see what the volume is for each. The numbers are rounded up.
The average search volume for the term “newspapergrl” - a highly competitive term 
is 28. At least their is search volume though! Try it out - type in words that relate to your business and get an idea of how many people are searching for various terms. Then look at the competition (here’s one way - by typing allintitle:”keyword phrase” into Google and noting the number of results). Another way to look at competition is to use a free tool (this is the SEO tool I use that is an extension of Firefox) that tells you how many links to the site there are, how long the site has been around, etc.
If you want to dig further, SEO Book’s Aaron Wall has a great article on keyword research and SEO.
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2 Responses to “Google Adds Keyword Searches”
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July 11th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Very cool… super helpfully!
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:38 am
This is the post that I meant to comment on. It has some things that I plan to share with my affiliates. I will be back in the future, and plan to let those affiliates in on your blog.
A friend, Dave