How To Obtain The Search Volume For A Keyword Phrase & Other Keyword Phrase 🔑 Ideas

Death of the Most Popular Keyword Research Tool

Ever since about 2010 changes have gradually been made to the Adwords Keyword Tool, most likely because access and use of the tool is being restricted to people who are actually paying for advertising. It has gotten to the point that this tool is pretty much completely useless for keyword research of any kind, including search volume of keywords.

Bing Webmaster Keyword Tool

This is a seriously overlooked and rarely discussed keyword research and keyword volume tool that is 100% Free. Like the adwords keyword tool, you have to create a free account to start using this tool for keyword research. You can sign up for a Bing account and then use their free search volume keyword tool.

Bing Keyword Tool Keyword Search Volume Related Keywords.

Bing Keyword Tool Keyword Search Volume Related Keywords.

Although the keyword data provided is based upon Bings searches and not Google, you still get accurate search volume of keywords related to each other. This is actually a blessing in disguise for couple of reasons:

• Because Bing gets far fewer searches than Google, if the Bing keyword tool is showing a decent search volume for a keyword you know you are going to get a good search volume on Google.
• The accuracy of keyword search volume with the Adwords Keyword Tool has always been in question where as the Bing data is more on point.
• The Bing keyword tool has so many features that Adwords Keyword Tool has gradually done away with.

How to use Bing Keywords Tool for Search Volume

The numbered instructions below correlate to the image of the Bing search volume tool shown below.

1. Enter a starting seed keyword.
2. Press the SEARCH button.
3. The default date range for the keyword data provided is the past three months but this can be changed to any date range you choose.
4. The default country and language for keyword data is all countries but this can be edited to any country of your choosing.
5. In a few seconds you will be presented with data for your seed keyword as well as many additional related keyword phrases. This data includes:
   • Monthly search volume for each of the keyword phrases for your chosen date range.
   • A small graph showing the trend of search volume for each of the keyword phrases for your chosen date range.
   • Approximate cost per click of each of the keyword phrases if you were to purchase pay per click advertising with Bing.
6. Keyword data can be exported and saved to your computer.

Bing Chart Showing Features Functions Bing Keyword Search Volume Tool.

Bing Chart Showing Features Functions Bing Keyword Search Volume Tool.