WordTracker, one of the web's leading keyword research tools, has released a free version of their keyword tool. It's available online and doesn't have any ads on it, or any limitations to the tool. (Other than a very reasonable 100 keyword per search limit).

Here's the URL: http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/

I've been testing this little gem out today and I'll add it to my list of free keyword research tools by the time you read this. Make sure you add a bookmark to this tool.

If you've looked at pretty much any of the keyword products out there, you'll no doubt have been blasted with the hype strewn around their homepages. One of the big 'selling points' you will be hit with is usually the sheer number of keywords you'll be able to generate with a given tool. Bigger. Better. More!

But hold up a second here. The number of keywords a keyword tool pumps out shouldn't determine how good it is, or whether or not you lay down your hard-earned for it. If you think the way to be successful in any market is to build up a VAST keyword list and get as much traffic as possible - you're mistaken.

What's the problem with lots of keyphrases?

Well, nothing. As long as all of the keywords are relevant. The really important thing here is relevance. If you can build up a keyword list of 10,000 keywords that are 100% relevant and focused to your niche, then great.