People have asked me what’s the best keyword research tool to use. Most beginners ask me this simply because they know that everything starts with the keyword(s).

The best keyword research tool I can recommend? It actually depends on you.

I would highly recommend both Keyword Elite 2.0 and a close second is Market Samurai. There are some more like Traffic Travis and Micro Niche Finder, ETC. but those two are really my top choices for the best keyword research tool award.

If you are just starting out though and need to save money, then I suggest the actual Google Keyword Research Tool. Just a little warning though, aside from taking longer, you might find it harder and more confusing with all the data thrown at you. So when you do get enough spare cash, I highly suggest you get a keyword tool as soon as possible.

I started with the earliest version of Market Samurai and stuck with it for the first part of my online life. It’s buggy which was expected but it was already better than the THEN Keyword Elite 1.0.

When Keyword Elite 2.0 launched recently, I was kinda hesitant to try it, but I just went along and bought it, since I just thought about the end result, which was, I could save more time so I can make more money.

In the end, I was more than happy I did. It just worked smoothly and had a cuter interface.

It gets the data from both Google and Brad Callen’s database so it gives the data a great estimate, which is all you can really ask for!

If you do CPA, or Adwords, then KE 2.0 is really a great choice.

For those that are new here, I lean on SEO for my sites, except this one because this is a personal blog used for experiments. I prefer SEO rather than Adwords but I still do both. What I do in KE 2.0 is use “Keyword Surge” and get data from it initially. Below is the main screen of the software, I just click the Keyword Surge icon.

I then use “Search Engine Dominator” to weed out my keywords and competition. I typically look for anything with below 50,000 competing pages, and around 2000 and above monthly searches. I know, it’s small, but if the keyword can be monetized, I just go do it. On an SEO standpoint, you just eat the small keywords and get bigger and harder keywords or just stick with lots of mini sites.

From here, you just need to find a product like those from Clickbank, or monetize the site with Google Adsense, Chitika or some other way.

It would take a whole entire series of posts to explain the process of what to do next. I’ll save that for future posts so subscribe to the RSS feed and keep checking back!

So in conclusion, what I showed to you is just a small sample of what KE 2.0 can do. I started with the Google Keyword Tool, went on and bought Market Samurai, and then switched to Keyword Elite 2.0, which is now my best keyword research tool. It just worked out for me. I hope it works out for you too.

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