Overture - The Free Alternatives

With the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool either overworked or retired (and either way it's inaccessible), the question for keyword researchers is... What will replace Overture?

In this article, we will look at several contenders... currently available alternatives to Overture that you can use without logging in or paying anything. Just like it was with the old Overture.

There are some fine commercial resources, but today we're talking about free sites only.

1) Google AdWords Keyword Tool

This keyword generator from Google provides a list of potential keywords for AdWords ad campaigns but of course, you can use it for any purpose you like. You don't need to login or pay anything. Because results come from the massive Google resources, your results are as up to date as Google is.

You can select in the drop down box from several alternatives including search volume for your keywords or keyphrases and trends in search volume. Search volume is nothing more than a graphic that depicts a score out of 5. You can opt for synonyms to also be displayed.

Overall: The lack of specific numbers means this tool will be less useful to many keyword hounds. Let's keep looking...

2) NicheBot Classic

This is the original nichebot service. It offers fewer options than the new nichebot, but it's easier to use and doesn't require logging in.

Good points:

-- Fast and easy to use.

-- It produces numbers (counts of search volume).

Bad points:

-- Has a captcha device so you have to type in the random letters before it will do any work for you.

3) WordTracker Free Keyword Suggestion Tool

Enter a starting keyword or keyphrase to generate up to 100 related keywords and an estimate of their daily search volume.

Yes, you get numbers here too. Their results are drawn from Dogpile and Metacrawler, two meta search engines.

Good points:

-- Has a clean user-friendly interface and is easy to use.

-- It produces numbers.

-- It lists up to 100 results which is more than either AdWords or NicheBot.

-- No captcha.

Bad points:

-- (Sorry, I cant find any.)

THE LINKS

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

http://nichebotclassic.com

http://www.freekeywords.wordtracker.com

AND THE WINNER IS...

#3, the new WordTracker Free Keywords Tool.