Search Trends - Search Engine Marketing

I've tried just about every keyword tool out there from Yahoo's keyword inventory tool, Wordtracker, Keyword Discovery, and several others. One I tried lately was Keyword Domination, which I wasn't too impressed with. It worked ok, but the database is the same as Keyword Discovery, just more expensive.

Keyword Elite is the newest keyword tool on the market. This one was created by Brad Callen, of SEO Elite fame. I just bought the software, so I don't have much to say about Keyword Elite yet, but I'll be trying it out and give a full review later on. From the demo videos, it looks like a pretty comprehensive tool. Unlike most of the tools out there, it doesn't include an actual database of keywords. Keyword Elite is more of a keyword analysis and aggregation tool that uses these other tools to create huge, useful keyword lists. So, the bad news is that you still have to pay for your Wordtracker and KeywordDiscovery subscriptions. But the good news is that Keyword Elite is a software download, so you just buy it once and you own it.

I like the idea of having all the keyword list tools in one piece of software. I also like the ability to research and analyze the competition for certain keywords much more quickly than other methods. The competition analysis tools look much more comprehensive than anything else I've seen out there, too.

One final comment (for now) about Keyword Elite, or really any keyword research tool, you can't rely on the research tool to do all the work. You still have to use that little thing between the ears to understand the keyword data and logically think through the entire keyword research process. Software tools like Keyword Elite are great, but they're really just there to speed up and streamline the process. You've still gotta know what the heck you're doing.

For more info about Keyword Elite:
Check it out at KeywordElite.com