[METHOD] Make Google Show You EXACT Keyword Search Volume WITHOUT Spending A Dime!

tiiberius · Sep 3, 2018

Don't you just LOVE that Google hid the exact search volumes of keywords in Keyword Planner?

...and gave us beautiful "ranges" instead. I'm talking about these guys:

You can just FEEL the Love they have for SEOs, can't you?

And only way to get rid of it is to PAY....... or is it?!

Here's how to...

Make Keyword Planner show you exact search volumes

It is very quick and straight forward.

The whole trick is that instead of using Finding Ideas tool (which 99% of SEO are using), we're going to use Forecasts tool with max CPC.

Now, Finding New ideas is cool tool when searching for, well, new ideas but not so good for search volumes because of the above.

1. Go here:

https://ads.google.com/aw/keywordplanner/home

...and and select Get Search Volume and forecasts

2. Insert your keyword and click Get Started

3. Enter maximum allowed CPC.

This will allow you to see performance of the ad that is (almost) always shown

4. Select date range

I suggest you got for the next 30 days. Actually, the next calendar month from 1st to 30th.

5. Take note of the Impressions

Impressions = how many times the Ad is displayed to the users.

Since our CPC is so high (the highest) our potential ad would be displayed almost always when users search for the keyword. The whole month!

In other words, showing us exact number of searches users perform!

TIP: Use exact match search type

Default match type is Broad and that can be inaccurate as it included synonyms, typos, words in front and back and who knows what else.

Exact Match type reduces these to a minimum and pretty much shows you only volume of the phrase you enter.

To use it put your keyword into brackets [ ]

Example:

Broad:

Code:

search engine optimization

Exact:

Code:

[search engine optimization]

Hope this helps,

tiiberius

tg01 · Sep 3, 2018

Neat little trick, got to say you’ve put up some decent shares

patadeperro · Sep 3, 2018

Interesting technique, this is a new addition to the new look and feel, before Google had on a separate page the keyword tool and now you have to have an adwords account to use this features.

godknowseverything · Sep 4, 2018

This shows different data compared to Ahrefs, Most of the keywords I searched has 0 impression. Does that mean it has no searches at all?

Dndukwu · Sep 4, 2018

Nice one.

I long ago abandoned the keyword planner in favor of tools like Ahrefs.

Would you say third party tools like Ahrefs and Semrush are effective when it comes to getting accurate search volume?

PHP-Rockstars · Sep 4, 2018

Nice share. The exact match tip is good, Will help to create some ad campaigns.

Visual Eagle · Sep 4, 2018

godknowseverything said:
This shows different data compared to Ahrefs, Most of the keywords I searched has 0 impression. Does that mean it has no searches at all?

Just remove the KW and add it again with + button. Should show then (obviously set CPC beforehand).

TheVigilante · Sep 4, 2018

Absolutely genius now I hope this is the last keyword research guide I have to come across on this forum

tiiberius · Sep 4, 2018

I'm glad you like the Tip guys

patadeperro said:
Interesting technique, this is a new addition to the new look and feel, before Google had on a separate page the keyword tool and now you have to have an adwords account to use this features.

Yes, but with this you don't have to have any ads running.

LeanLow said:
Good job, now they'll fix it...

Indeed lol

godknowseverything said:
This shows different data compared to Ahrefs, Most of the keywords I searched has 0 impression. Does that mean it has no searches at all?

I suggest you refresh and start your campaign anew.

Also, some very low search volume keywords show 0 impression. Ones below 100.

Dndukwu said:
Nice one.

I long ago abandoned the keyword planner in favor of tools like Ahrefs.

Would you say third party tools like Ahrefs and Semrush are effective when it comes to getting accurate search volume?

I would say:

Keyword Planner > Ahrefs > SEMrush

I use Ahrefs for traffic estimates myself. SEMruush can be waay off sometimes (many times)

Dndukwu · Sep 4, 2018

tiiberius said:
I'm glad you like the Tip guys

Yes, but with this you don't have to have any ads running.

Indeed lol

I suggest you refresh and start your campaign anew.

Also, some very low search volume keywords show 0 impression. Ones below 100.

I would say:

Keyword Planner > Ahrefs > SEMrush

I use Ahrefs for traffic estimates myself. SEMruush can be waay off sometimes (many times)

Yea, I’ve had the same experience with Semrush. I tend to use it to unearth paid keywords.

shafi432 · Sep 4, 2018

Great share. Have you ever tried Keywords Everywhere chrome extension? How accurate is it when compared with Ahref or GKP?

SPQR · Sep 4, 2018

LeanLow said:
Good job, now they'll fix it...

My only question is, how would they fix this?

It's in Google's best interest (money) to show this data. If a company is the top bidder willing to bid up to $45 per click, then what reasoning would Google have to hide their impression metrics?

infinix69 · Sep 5, 2018

Interesting thing you might notice, the impression values change for the identical keywords every time you "refresh" basically.

1) An example, add keyword1 to your list, note keyword1 impressions.
2) Then add keyword2 to your list, note keyword1 impressions have changed.
3) Then remove keyword2 from the list, leaving you with only keyword1, and note keyword1 impressions are different from both Step 1) and Step 2) values.

I'm not sure what to think of this, other than perhaps the values are being polled from realtime data, or that the real values are intentionally altered before display.

I'm kind of skeptical that its realtime data because for a tool like that it would likely incur heavy processing load, so it makes more sense a static value would be cached and updated every X-minutes/hours/days.

I've also seen the CTR values fluctuate on identical keywords every time.

The "good thing" I guess is that the values generally tend to stay close to eachother for the most part, so if its 1,200 then it might go down to 979 or up to 1,387. Nothing extreme like 134 -> 10,000.

Any thoughts on this, OP?

metalslanger · Sep 5, 2018

That's for this tidbit . I'll use it next time I'm looking for keywords for my travel blog

tiiberius · Sep 5, 2018

shafi432 said:
Great share. Have you ever tried Keywords Everywhere chrome extension? How accurate is it when compared with Ahref or GKP?

Yes, I have tried it. Looks like Keywords Everywhere shows keyword historical data as if you were paying Google Ads customer

710fla said:
Nice guide, thanks! I usually just use Keywords Everywhere plugin

Yes, that works well too. But it's not as accurate. It works with Historical data while Forecasts create predictions.

infinix69 said:
Interesting thing you might notice, the impression values change for the identical keywords every time you "refresh" basically.

1) An example, add keyword1 to your list, note keyword1 impressions.
2) Then add keyword2 to your list, note keyword1 impressions have changed.
3) Then remove keyword2 from the list, leaving you with only keyword1, and note keyword1 impressions are different from both Step 1) and Step 2) values.

I'm not sure what to think of this, other than perhaps the values are being polled from realtime data, or that the real values are intentionally altered before display.

I'm kind of skeptical that its realtime data because for a tool like that it would likely incur heavy processing load, so it makes more sense a static value would be cached and updated every X-minutes/hours/days.

I've also seen the CTR values fluctuate on identical keywords every time.

The "good thing" I guess is that the values generally tend to stay close to eachother for the most part, so if its 1,200 then it might go down to 979 or up to 1,387. Nothing extreme like 134 -> 10,000.

Any thoughts on this, OP?

Yes, that is correct. Quote from Google:

Your forecasted impressions take your bid, budget, seasonality, and historical ad quality into account to estimate future performance.

This and your experiment indicate that results are indeed real-time. Or at least "mimic" real-time

As for adding multiple keywords...

They influence each other. Especially if they are closely related.

Even if you add the same keyword with different match types. Like:
search engine optimization
[search engine optimization]

... you'll notice the impressions will be divided.

subster said:
Tiberius rocks as always!

You rock too!

ChildeRoland · Sep 5, 2018

tiiberius said:
Yes, that works well too. But it's not as accurate. It works with Historical data while Forecasts create predictions.

There must be some element of historical data used to generate these forecasts though, especially looking forwards in time. Maybe pulling from Google Trends or similar?

tiiberius · Sep 6, 2018

damagesmith said:
Wow. Thank you so much.

You're welcome, glad you like it.

ChildeRoland said:
There must be some element of historical data used to generate these forecasts though, especially looking forwards in time. Maybe pulling from Google Trends or similar?

Yes there is. According to Google this is what they work this:

Your forecasted impressions take your bid, budget, seasonality, and historical ad quality into account to estimate future performance.

aBrighterTomorrow · Sep 7, 2018

Like it, was just wondering how to be able to get specific numbers rather than ranges.

Vishal Sanjay · Sep 7, 2018

Beautiful Trick! Thank You For Sharing.

Just hope that this stays long enough.

tiiberius · Sep 9, 2018

aBrighterTomorrow said:
Like it, was just wondering how to be able to get specific numbers rather than ranges.

By becoming active advertiser with Google Ads. AKA paying Google a lot.

Vishal Sanjay said:
Beautiful Trick! Thank You For Sharing.

Just hope that this stays long enough.

Me too

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