| Can you imagine seeing how many searches have | | | | relationships between keywords.Here are a few |
| been performed on Google for important | | | | tips for getting the most of Google Trends:1) |
| keywords?Google Trends is a new tool | | | | This is Google data. While it is still beta |
| developed by Google Labs to help webmasters | | | | and they have disclosed that it may not be |
| see keyword search volume. Users can enter | | | | 100% accurate, it is still based on Google |
| up to five keyword phrases and Google will | | | | data. The point? Its Google data!! Get the |
| return a line chart showing the comparative | | | | most out of Google Trends even given the |
| volume trend over the last two years.For | | | | potential flaws.2) Always search for multiple |
| example, when "dog food" and "cat food" are | | | | keyword phrases. The tool is based on |
| entered, the results show that "dog food" is | | | | showing comparisons. Searching for only one |
| searched for nearly twice as much as "cat | | | | term will yield a trend line, but there will |
| food". This is definitely handy information | | | | be nothing to compare it too.3) Develop other |
| when comparing keywords.Google Trends | | | | keyword analysis skills such as finding |
| provides other information such as City, | | | | synonyms and other similar terms. Maybe |
| Regional and Language comparisons. It is | | | | people actually search for "hound food".4) |
| easy to see that people in the United States | | | | Create benchmarks. Do some keyword analysis |
| search for "dog food" about twice as much as | | | | on a few keywords with tools that do provide |
| people in Australia. Information like this | | | | concrete numbers. Then use those keywords as |
| can help webmasters focus marketing efforts | | | | a standard against which to compare other |
| regionally.Google Trends does not show users | | | | keywords within Google Trends.Paul Flyer |
| the actual quantifiable numbers on any of the | | | | writes and maintains Recommended Web Tools, |
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| or 10,000. A user can only glean basic | | | | Benchmarking with Google Trends. |