{"id":244,"date":"2020-02-28T17:47:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/?p=244"},"modified":"2025-06-21T19:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T19:03:47","slug":"3-excellent-free-resources-for-topic-and-keyword-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/3-excellent-free-resources-for-topic-and-keyword-research\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Excellent Free Resources for Topic and Keyword Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Keyword and topic research can be tedious and tiresome even at the best of times. However, it\u2019s also a necessary step in the creation of high-quality, compelling content. While you\u2019re likely to be well-served through an all-in-one platform like Moz<\/a>,  don\u2019t underestimate the power of the myriad free tools available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few we\u2019d highly recommend if you\u2019re suffering from a spot of writer\u2019s block.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keyword Sheeter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although it\u2019s not quite as full-featured as Google\u2019s Keyword Planner (which is also free<\/a>), Keyword Sheeter <\/a>mines Google autocomplete data to generate a huge list of possible search terms and phrases. It also includes filters to help you either eliminate irrelevant entries or narrow your search to entries containing certain words or phrases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can take a bit of time to generate a list for niche topics, but it\u2019s nevertheless an excellent starting point. Note that the free version of the tool doesn\u2019t show search volume or any other data about the entries. You\u2019ll need to use a secondary tool in order to glean that information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, you can purchase more comprehensive results through the platform, wither with premium currency or for a nominal fee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Content Strategy Helper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It might not look like much at first glance, but the Content Strategy Helper<\/a> is downright incredible. <\/em>Developed by marketing strategist Daniel Butler, it searches across the web for content related to your keywords. The network of sites it pulls from is frankly almost overwhelming and includes Google, YouTube, Reddit, Hacker News, and How Stuff Works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s just the ideas <\/em>tab. Source & Place leverages Twitter search tool Followerwonk<\/a> to track down influencers and thought leaders related to your topic. Whether you\u2019re looking to connect with people for their social influence or trying to track down guest post opportunities, it\u2019s an invaluable addition to your repertoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, if you\u2019re interested in newsjacking, you can check out the Trending tab, which displays popular articles and news pieces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WikiBrowser<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Created by the SEO toolkit developer topicseed, WikiBrowser is a bit more sophisticated than the other software on our list. When you enter a keyword, it provides a visualization of the topic\u2019s outline on Wikipedia, while also generating a list of related topics and concepts that you can use to help spark your creativity. You can click on any of the generated topics to see topics related to them, and so on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s in Your Toolkit? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tools outlined above only represent a tiny cross-section of what\u2019s available online. We chose three that we felt really stood apart from the rest, both in terms of what they did and how they functioned. We\u2019re certain you\u2019ll find them as useful in your own research as we did in ours.
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keyword and topic research can be tedious and tiresome even at the best of times. However, it\u2019s also a necessary step in the creation of high-quality, compelling content. While you\u2019re likely to be well-served through an all-in-one platform like Moz,  don\u2019t underestimate the power of the myriad free tools available online. Here are a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seo-2","tag-seo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seohost.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}