What Do You Use For Keyword Research?

If you have a Web site or blog, you know how important it is to select well-searched and low-competition keywords.

Without selecting and using good keyword phrases, search engine optimization will always elude you. But what's the best tools for selecting keywords?

I know that many of you settle for the free keyword tools, but have you thought about how many people use the free tools and, thus, are likely to also be optimizing for the same keywords as you?

I prefer to pay a bit and discover keywords that most people don't know about. And it's paid off for me. I get close to 10,000 visitors a month to my blog from search engines. And that traffic just keeps coming month after month.

I've been using keyword services since I started my Internet business. I've used some good services like Wordtracker and Nichebot, but when my latest subscription expired, I decided to investigate a keyword tool to replace my service. A tool is less expensive because you buy it once, download it to your computer, and then use it for years without ever paying another penny.

But I wanted to get the best one I could find. So I did a Google search for "keyword tools" and gathered information on the ones that interested me from page 1. Then I put that information into a table to help me decide the one that I believe will best serve my needs.

If you are also considering a keyword tool, you may want to follow my example or just check out my table on my blog.