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Google AdWords-Google AdWords gives relevant keywords for a given phrase. While not as comprehensive as Overture, one advantage is that Google Adwords also gives other suggestions that don't contain the word or phrase you entered.

Google Sets-This little known tool is a real asset. Its best use is for coming up with a list of relevant words. For example, if you want a list of all NFL football teams, type in: broncos, giants and it will list NFL teams. Or maybe you want a list of rock stars. Just type in "rolling stones" and "the doors" and Google Sets will give you a list of rock artists and bands it finds relevant to your choices.

Overture Inventory-This is the "biggie". Type in a word or phrase and Overture will return the most popular phrases for the previous month, including number of searches. One drawback is that Overture treats singular and plural versions of words as the same thing and in most cases, only lists the singular version. For best results, you better double-check your results, adding plurals when necessary.

Good Keywords-Also uses the Overture database for its results. The difference is, Good Keywords EXCLUDES the number of times keywords are searched for. Simply put, we have removed all the numbers for you. This allows for easy copy/paste of the lists of keywords. This is FREE software that runs on your Windows PC.

Webmaster Tool Kit-This nifty little tool will find tons and tons of keywords using these search engines: Altavista Excite Google HotBot MSN Wisenut All the Web Teoma.

Keyword Sleuth - From Markus Allen. Another "mega keyword collector". A nuclear-powered version of the Overture Inventory.

Word Tracker Top 500 - Free weekly email report. Has their "The Top 300 Surge Report". These are the top 300 queries from the last 24 hours."

Lycos Top 50 - Here's a very good resource to anticipate trends. Notice that the Lycos Top 50, it seems at least 40 of the top 50 searches relate to kids. Despite what the gurus say, it's kids that drive the search engine markets.)

Google Zeitgeist - Search patterns, trends, and surprises according to Google. On a monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily basis, this Google Zeitgeist page will be updated to reflect lists, graphs, and other tidbits of information related to Google user search behavior.

Yahoo Buzz -Has a section on their "movers". Another exellent way to predict what searches will be in demand.

Keyword Extractor - "Extracts all of the keywords off of a webpage, and then sorts and indexes them based off of their usage and position. Once indexed, you can adjust search-engine specific weighting factors and keyword criteria to get the best possible view of how a search engine sees your site. KeyEx can load up both local files as well as files off other websites, and even can work through a proxy, and can have separate configurations for as many search engines as you'd like to enter!"

AnalogX Keyword Live - "Shows you the top 100 keywords and phrases being used on several popular search engines on the web - in real time!".

Alexa Top 10 - Alexa has a top 10 list of movers and shakers..It gives a little insight into trends that are gaining and losing ground. They also list the top 500 most trafficed sites, according to Alexa data.

Most Valuable Keywords - According to 7Search - Discover the most valuable keywords other webmasters are spending real money on in order to get traffic.


Business news/marketing trends: Press releases are another way to anticipate future trends.

InternetWire -

PRN Press Releases -



Best Selling Books: Not only can books and authors become very "hot", spotting trends in best sellers can often mean websites about similar topics can become very popular. Do you see three or four books about the same subject in the top 10? If so, this is probably a hot concept for a website.

Amazon Best Sellers -

Barnes and Noble -



Demographic Trends - Should your site be targeted to men or women? English or spanish speaking? Understanding and knowing demographic numbers and trends can be a vital role in the potential of your site's popularity.

CyberAtlas -

Nua Internet Surveys -

MarketResearch.com -


 Notes:

On weekends, Overture often shuts down their Overture Inventory. This affects a number of resources above. This is beyond anyone's control (Other than Overture).

Also, Google Sets often returns a "500" error. Just hit refresh a time or two, and it seems to fix the problem.