Analyze Keywords Use Google Adwords Keyword Tool and Microsoft Excel to Find Web Site Keywords
When I first started building web sites, trying to find and analyze keywords was very tedious and I dreaded the whole process.
To me, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack. It wasn't long before I started searching for an easier way to find web site keywords.
I convinced myself (or maybe an affiliate did) that I needed to use Wordtracker, a well known research keyword tool, and wasted a couple of months worth of subscription money trying to figure it out.
I probably didn't give it enough time or energy because I kept lamenting the fact that I was paying a lot of money to use it each month. It seemed like nothing more than a glorified database to me.
I ended up cancelling the Wordtracker subscription and decided to go back to using Google Adwords free keyword tool. I already knew my way around Excel so I figured I could come up with a way to use the free selector tool and then sort through the data in Excel.
I started out just dumping data into Excel and then manually sorting through hundreds of keywords with the help of filters, but that quickly became a burden so I improved the process by learning how to use Excel macros.
Now I am able to quickly find and analyze keywords in about an hour from start to finish. The process is extremely easy to use so if you have Excel and are looking for a better way to sort through hundreds of keywords and get down to those golden nuggets more quickly, watch these two videos.
Video One
How to Use Free Keyword Tool and Microsoft Excel Filters
I begin in Google Adwords Free Keyword Tool with a general word, run a query and then dump the data into Excel. Next I demonstrate how to quickly process through hundreds of keywords using custom filters.
Video Two
How to Use Excel Macros to Analyze Keywords More Quickly
This video picks up where the first one leaves off. Watch how I streamlined the process using macros in Excel to analyze the data in a matter of minutes.