Using Keyword Generator Tool

Discover new and relevant keyword ideas ​to help outrank your competition and earn high-quality traffic with the Keyword Generator tool.

 

00:09: The Keyword Generator is a powerful tool that helps you uncover new keyword opportunities

00:13: you might not have thought of otherwise.

00:16: By simply entering a seed keyword, the tool generates a wide range of related

00:20: keywords that real people are searching for online.

00:24: This allows you to expand your keyword strategy, capture more traffic, and identify

00:28: new market opportunities.

00:31: It surfaces long-tail keywords that can be easier to rank for.

00:37: It helps you discover search intent variations around your core topics.

00:46: It also ensures you're not missing valuable demand that competitors may already be targeting.

00:53: Quickly uncover related searches like, family trip to Rome or best beaches in

00:57: Sicily, which provides new content ideas.

01:01: Look under related keywords to find alternate ways in which people are searching for the term

01:05: of interest.

01:08: Another example, would be a software company entering CRM tools.

01:12: They could find long tail opportunities such as CRM for small business or

01:17: free CRM with email integration, helping refine both CEO

01:21: and PPC campaigns.

01:27: You can easily save a list of keywords by selecting certain terms, or mass

01:31: selecting all the terms on a page, and then clicking on Keyword List up above.

01:36: (Note that you can create a Search Tracker as well.)

01:38: You can either add to an already existing List, or create a new one on the

01:42: fly.

01:51: Use phrase match to find the variations of the search term that you've input.

01:55: These variations will include the whole term that you've input.

02:00: Related keywords casts a wider net, and will include results that don't necessarily contain

02:04: the term that you've input.

02:08: Trending keywords are search terms that have seen a recent increase in search volume.

02:15: Questions queries are where the search term you've input has been included in a question.

02:21: Check out our Knowledge Center for more information. Thank you!

 

 

What is the Value?

Generating new and relevant keywords at scale is key to success in your content marketing, SEO, and PPC efforts. And, taking your keyword strategy to the next level has never been easier.

Simply enter a seed word or phrase and the Keyword Generator returns thousands of keyword suggestions, sourced from Google, Amazon, and YouTube. Then, use traffic and engagement insights to evaluate and prioritize the most relevant, effective and efficient keywords. You’ll uncover several types of keywords - including phrase-match keywords, trending keywords, question queries, and related keywords.

  • Find keywords to maximize traffic and engagement using Google data (phrase-match, questions, trending, related)
  • Find YouTube keywords/topics using YouTube on-site data (phrase-match, related)
  • Source trending topics to create content against
  • Find the right titles for your articles or blog posts
  • Discover the best keywords for your paid search campaigns

Did you know? Keyword Generator now uses our new Search 3.0 data set. This dataset has vastly expanded coverage of keywords, domains, and covered countries. It allows us to add more filters, metrics and insights to the tool, delivering a more granular and focused analysis, ensuring you always see the most recent and relevant perspective from our keyword database. 

 

How to find and qualify keywords

Working within the Search Intelligence > Keyword Research module:

  1. Go to the Keyword Generator tool, found under the Keyword Explorer menu.
  2. Enter a seed keyword (or keyword list) you would like to use to generate more keyword ideas by clicking on the 'Enter a Keyword' button.
  3. Explore the keyword results generated or switch to see keyword results from either Google or YouTube 

Keyword Generator Filters

Use the filters to reveal specific types of keywords - such as phrase-match keywords, trending keywords, question queries, and related keywords.

Keyword generator tool

 

Phrase Match Keywords

Includes all search terms that contain broad or exact match mention of your seed keyword.

For instance, the seed keyword "car insurance" will surface all user searches that match the words "car" and "insurance" such as: 'car insurance near me', 'military car insurance', and liability insurance for rental cars'
Related Keywords

Includes search terms that are semantically similar to the seed keyword -- terms that match the user's intent, rather than just exact match. These are terms which are ranking alongside the seed term on top performing pages.

For instance, the seed keyword "car insurance" will surface all the user search that are relevant to the words "car insurance" such as: 'quick online car quote', 'vehicle insurance quotes', and 'online drivers insurance'

  Note: Analyzing Amazon and YouTube provides the Phrase Match Generator and Related Keywords Generator only.
Trending Keywords

Includes all keyword suggestions that closely match the seed keyword, with a significant traffic increase since the previous month.

Finding relevant long-tail keywords is important for any SEO, PPC, and Content Marketer -- as customers are becoming far more adept at using long-tail searches to find what they are looking for.
Question Queries

Includes all keyword suggestions in the form of a question.

For example, the seed word: NBA , might generate the question keyword suggestions: “what does NBA mean” or “when are the NBA playoffs."

  Tip: Question Queries point to a clearer understanding of the potential customer's intent, and Trending Keywords give great insight into what is most popular - both providing powerful insight to help plan your keyword strategy.
 

Report Metrics & Insights:

Google Keywords 

  • Keywords: Words and phrases that people enter into search engines.
  • Volume: Average number of monthly searches for the analyzed keyword(s) in Google (over the last 12 months).
  • Yearly Trend: Search volume for these keywords (over the last 12 months).
  • Zero-click queries: The percentage of searches that ended without a user visiting a site, because the answer to their query was found on the SERP.
  • Keyword Difficulty: A score that represents how difficult it is to rank for a particular keyword. A higher score indicates greater difficulty.
  • Keyword Search Intent: An estimation of what people searching for this keyword are trying to achieve.
  • CPC: Average price that advertisers paid for a click on their ad in Google’s paid search results (over the past 12 months).
  • Organic vs Paid: Distribution of organic traffic (visits to your website as a result of unpaid "organic" search results) versus paid traffic (visits to your website after you have paid for advertising promotions).
  • Leader: Domain receiving the most search traffic from the analyzed keyword(s).
  • Relevance Score: How closely the keyword is related to the seed keyword (available within Related Keywords tab only).


 Note: For Google, you can filter by Any Volume or by Any CPC.
 


Youtube Keywords

  • Volume trend for seed keyword: The number of desktop searches on YouTube for the analyzed keyword over the last 12 months.
  • Keywords: Words and phrases that people search for on YouTube.
  • Volume: The average number of monthly searches on YouTube for this keyword over the last 12 months.
  • Volume trend: The trend of desktop searches on YouTube for the keyword over the last 12 months.
  • Clicks: The average number of monthly clicks on YouTube for the keyword.
  • Top Country: The country with the highest total search volume for the keyword.
  • Relevance Score: How closely the keyword is related to the seed keyword (available within Related Keywords tab only).

 

 

FAQs

How is the Keyword Generator different from Google Keyword Planner?

The Google Ads Keyword Planner relies on search volumes and Google's related keyword data. Similarweb's Keyword Generator mines actual searches and is based on a representative data set of keyword relationships, similar to broad-matched search terms.

In many ways, Keyword Generator provides a complementary service to Google’s Keyword Planner. While the Keyword Planner offers keyword suggestions for a Google Ads campaign, Similarweb’s Keyword Generator provides comprehensive coverage of the keywords, including the leading domain for each and a breakdown of paid and organic search terms. We also calculate search volume with our hybrid keyword methodology that improves coverage and accuracy in certain scenarios.

Where do the keywords presented in the Keywords Generator come from?

The keywords you see in the Keywords Generator tool are sourced from anonymous behavioral data collected through our contributory network on Google, YouTube, and Amazon searched. Visit Similarweb Data Methodology for more information.

 

Feature Location

Try it now! Keyword Generator > Enter a seed keyword and see the keyword results roll in. 

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