Keyword Research

Keyword research is the first step towards a successful search engine optimization campaign. You have to be very careful when selecting keywords, as it can be very tricky to select targeted keywords for a website.

The first step in finding the best keywords is to make a list of the products, topics, and services that you offer. You can also make good use of your website logs to know which keywords have brought you the traffic in the past.

Be sure to select keywords that clearly define your business and products to drive traffic from the search engines.

There are numerous tools available which will help you identify keywords that are suitable for search engines. Here are the keyword research tools I recommend:

PPC Web Spy

KwBrowse

Wordtracker

SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool

Google Adwords Keyword Tool

Google Sets

SpyFu

Submit Express

Webmaster Toolkit