Keyword
research and PPC resources
Whether you're researching keywords for your site meta tags,
titles, content etc. or looking to target relevant keywords
in a PPC(Pay Per Click) campaign, the links below should
provide a good starting point.
Keyword research
Overture is renowned for it's keyword suggestion tool. This
tool lists the number of searches for any given keyword over
the previous month, along with closely related words and
phrases. There are a number of international versions of
this tool available, handy for targeting specific countries.
Overture UK
Overture USA
Overture Japan
Overture France
Overture Germany
GoodKeywords -
little program that allows you to check Overture the US and
UK suggestion tools from your desktop, along with a couple
of other search engines.
Google
Keyword Suggestion - the Adwords keyword suggestion tool.
Google Sets -
unusual small tool may or may not be useful.
Wordtracker -
tracks the most search for keywords daily.
7
Search - Works as per Overture but has the bonus of the current
highest bid.
Your preferred keywords too expensive?
Try bidding on typo's. Use this tool to generate them -
searchspell
Product research
If you're considering promoting affiliates through a PPC campaign
then these links will give you an idea of popular searches you
could possibly tap into.
Google
Zeitgeist
Lycos 50
Yahoo Buzz
Ask
Jeeves IQ
Pay Per Click Search Engines
Here's a brief list of some of the more popular PPC
search engines.
Google
Adwords - the current king of PPC, open an account from
£5/$10.
 Overture
- Join for a $50 account deposit.
Looksmart
- open an account for $15.
FindWhat -
soon to merge with e-spotting. Start an account for $25.
GoClick -
start an account with only $10 and 1cent per bid.
Enhance -
formerly ah-ha. Open and get $10 credit.
Affiliate Programs
A few affiliate directories, sign up and begin promoting
immediately -
Affiliate
Window
Clickbank
Commission Junction
Refer
it
TradeDoubler
Useful Tools
Adword
Analyzer - Great tool for researching keywords and campaigns
running on both Google and Overture, the two most popular
PPC search engines. It will actually return the number of
campaigns running on any given word or phrase and calculate the
possible profit potential.
Googlecash -
A step by step guide to profiting from Google Adwords using
affiliate schemes.
If you're a member of this site you can get a free PDF on
using Google Adwords in the Members
Only section of the
forum.
|
