The increased irrelevance of keyword suggestion tools does not mean that they are useless. Keyword suggestion toolsare very much required.  But in the new scenario, continuously monitoring the performance of your web pages and making good use of site analytics become very important.

A large number of keyword research software tools and scripts have proliferated in the last few years.  Many of them create an impression that finding useful keywords is as simple as pressing a button. Unfortunately this is simply not the case.

Use Your Brain When Doing Keyword Research

The best way to find good keywords is to use the available search engine supplied resources like

1. Google AdWords Keyword Tool
2. Google Adwords Traffic Estimator
3. Google Search Based Tool
4. Google Trends
5. Google insights for search
6. Microsoft adCenter labs keyword tools

Spend some time analyzing the keyword phrases. Create additional keyword phrases based on what you are trying to offer your customer. Think more like the person who is doing the search and try to see if your website answers his or her questions.

You can make use of our free  Good Keywords v3 software to manage your keyword research using the Google Keyword Suggestion Tool.

Make Keyword Research an ongoing Process

Even after you have found the right keywords and setup your pages, monitor the results. See what each visitor does after hitting your site.  You could make use of services that provide click stream views of vistors to your site and study what they do.  Make changes as required so that you get the results you want.