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Keyword Discovery also allows free access to the top terms by category in their
keyword directory, which shows some of the terms that drive traffic from some
smaller engines to sites listed in the various DMOZ categories. Keyword Discovery
also offers a more limited version of their keyword research data at
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html.
Keyword Intelligence
Keyword Intelligence is HitWise?s keyword research product. It is a bit more
expensive than the other tools with a subscription fee starting at $89 a month.
HitWise partners with Internet service providers and search engines that allow
them to track user behavior of 25 million users. In tracking the behavior and clicks
from various sources, this data is likely to be cleaner than most of the other tools.
Additionally, they track the actual click-through rate of the completed searches to
know what percent of searchers were happy with the results of their search queries.
Having tried Keyword Intelligence, I can say it seems a bit top-heavy (only listing
most of the more generic type terms
. The only keyword research tools I usually
use are Google Suggest, Google?s Keyword Tool, my keyword suggestion tool, and
WordTracker. Some of the other tools may be useful, but I get the most value
using all the free tools from the engines and WordTracker. What makes
WordTracker well worth its price is the lateral search and thesaurus features, which
help you think a bit broader about keyword terms.
Another great option for figuring out keywords is to use a broad match Google
campaign and use negative words to filter out obvious bad traffic. As you collect
the various search referrals you can mine that data for deeper keyword sets.
Google Traffic Estimator
https://adwords.google.com/select/TrafficEstimatorSandbox

The Google Traffic Estimator helps estimate how much traffic you might get from
Google AdWords at a given bid price. If you do not enter a bid price, they will
suggest a price that will make an ad rank #1 85% of the time.
These numbers are exceptionally rough, but it should help you determine if there is
much value in a market. If you are creating a site monetized by contextual ads, it is