Keyword Selector — is a tool that helps find keywords crucial for building content highly relevant to queries used in search engines. Without targeted keywords it is very unlikely for a website to rank high in search engines for popular queries. Fortunately, there are some great keyword selector tools out there, that can really make the whole process easier and even fun. They are free too. These tools allow to identify keywords and phrases that are commonly used by people in their queries to search engines, as well as find keywords that can attract well priced context ads.

I will not be writing guides on using these selector tools, since it is pretty self-explanatory. All the necessary help can be found in corresponding help files.

• Overture Keyword Selector is a great tool to estimate how many queries with selected keywords were made last month. It provides a good number of suggestions. You might want to use some of them for your website.
• Google Keyword Generator shows how popular is the particular keyword or keyphrase relatively to others. It also suggests different synonyms and phrases. Google allows you to see seasonal trends in search for suggested keywords. It might be worth while to see which keywords and phrases are becoming popular.
• Wordtracker is probably one of the best keyword selector tools out there. It is great for finding competitive keywords. Wordtracker allows you to estimate the maximum number of visits per day you can get from particular keyword. Most importantly it shows how competitive is the market for the chosen keywords and phrases. You do not want to waste your time promoting your website using highly compatitive keywords. Wordtracker allows you to find the right niche.There is a free trial with limited functionality, but it is more than enough to start with.
• goRank presents some really cool tools for keyword density analysis. You can analyze the density of keywords on a particular page of your site, compare keyword density on up to 5 different pages, and compare the keyword density of the current top 10 Google results.
• Google Traffic Estimator provides estimates on how much advertiser might pay per click for Google AdWords. Note that it shows price for clicks for AdWords, not AdSense, but still it is a good estimate of what you can earn on context advertisement.

Of course there are a lot more keyword selector tools out there, but these 5 should be sufficient for the start. Learn to use them and you will take your website or blog to the next level.

If you know of any other free online keyword selector tools that work even better, please share the links in comments.

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