Using the AdWords Keyword Suggestion Tool
Filed under Search Engine Optimization
As soon as you log on to Google AdWords, you will encounter a large number of very useful tools. Adwords tools enable you to proof your ads for errors, choose their placement, optimize your content, and generate an incredible number of useful reports. These reports enable you to assess how your ads are performing against other sites, or in their chosen demographics, and a whole lot more. But probably the most powerful tool you will find is the Google Adwords keyword suggestion tool, an indispensable aid that uses ad data to generate a list of powerful keywords along with their recent search data and cost.
To begin, you should generate your own list of some basic keywords. This list of no more than 15 words will give AdWords the data to generate new words and phrases for you. You can either find these keywords directly on your web pages, and Google can do that for you automatically, or you can brainstorm you own list based what you think your most profitable visitors would search for if they wanted what your website provides.
Either way, the next step is for you to take your list to the keyword suggestion tool. Start by entering your keywords one at a time. It is possible to enter multiple keywords all at once, but if you do this, it’s highly likely you will get back a list of hundreds of keywords that don’t really related to your site. It is far more effective just to start with one keyword at a time, letting the Adwords keyword suggestion tool generate related terms that you may be able to use.
Every time you search a word or phrase, Google will suggest other words or phrases that match websites with similar content, or Adwords campaigns that bid on the same words you chose. The suggestion tool will also provide an estimate of traffic per month, how much competition there is for the word or term, and current prices at various rankings on the page.
Moreover, the Google Adwords keyword suggestion tool provides you with several dozen more options to get even more useful information about your keywords. The tool allows you to generate monthly traffic charts. These tools tell you how the average monthly popularity of your keywords rises and falls throughout the year. Adwords will generate an estimate of the position of your ad on the page at various bid prices, and you can even retrieve an estimate of the number of clicks you can buy for your budget dollars.
One thing you will learn quickly is that each of these bits of information is equally important in choosing your keywords, but it is still up to you to choose select words that you know are valuable to your service or product. Don’t choose a low competition, high volume phrase just because it is cheap, if it does not help you sell your site. That would be just throwing your money away. But if you do your research and then still stay creative, you can ensure that every keyword you use in your campaign will drive traffic to your site.
