Keyword Research Tools & Resources

Last Updated: May 25, 2021

Congratulations! You've made it this far. At this point, your keyword research game is strong.

But the journey has only just begun.

SEO literally starts with keyword research, but keyword research never ends. As you grow your content, optimize your pages, and continually reevaluate your strategy, your keyword research process will continue to pay dividends.

So here, we've gathered some of our favorite tools, resources, and reading materials to help you succeed along your journey.

Need a quick overview of everything we've covered in this guide? We've assembled the quick basics for you to download, print, share, or even tape on your wall!

Here's a handy list of every tool mentioned in this guide.

1. Keyword Explorer - Moz's own keyword research tool extraordinaire with over 500 million keyword suggestions along with metrics like Keyword Difficulty, monthly volume, and more.

2. Answer the Public - Good tool for expanding your keyword lists and discovering question-type search queries for your seed keywords.

3. Google Keyword Planner - Google's own keyword research tool is heavily weighted towards commercial keyword placement, but it still offers some unique data.

4. Google Search Console - Search Console gives you a wealth of intelligence about the keywords sending you actual search traffic.

5. Google Trends - Another Google tool that provides interesting insights and related queries for any keyword, Google Trends will even show you historic keyword data and break interest down by geographic region.

6. Extract People Also Ask Phrases in Google - Quick little Chrome addon that helps you extract People Also Ask phrases for any Google search query.

7. MozBar - Our favorite Chrome extension provides advanced on-page keyword suggestions for any live page.

8. SEO Ngram Keyword Tool - This nifty free tool allows you to extract Ngrams from your keyword lists. See Chapter 4 for more.

If you're looking for other good resources to explore keyword research, we've got you covered. Here are a few of the industry's favorites.

• Keyword Research - The Beginner's Guide to SEO
• On-Demand Webinar - Build A Winning Keyword Strategy
• The Lazy Writer’s Guide to 30-Minute Keyword Research
• All Keyword Research Posts on the Moz Blog
• Keyword Research: The Definitive Guide
• Master Keyword Research in 7 Days
• The 2020 Keyword Research Guide for SEO
• How to Do Keyword Research for SEO

Happy researching, and best of luck with your SEO!

If you're ready to take your learnings to a new level, and try out the all the keyword research techniques mentioned in this guide, get 100% access to Keyword Explorer with a free, 30-day trial.

The trial gives you access to every report, metric, and suggestion mentioned in this guide, as well as full access to other Moz Pro tools including Link Explorer, Moz Bar Premium, and more.