Good Keywords

Good Keywords is a software application designed to handle Google keyword research. It provides several keyword managing and editing tools to aid the user in creating a database.

The application is designed to be the desktop version of the Google Keyword Planner online service. It is specifically designed to handle those CSV files exported by users. Unfortunately, it does not support CSV files that do not contain the specific columns. This drawback limits the application, which might be used for creating the index for help files.

Users might also be bothered by the fact that the application does not handle more than 20,000 keyword entries. For users with a personal blog, this might prove sufficient, but for those working at extensive web sites, it is not nearly enough.

Users can create custom lists of keywords and manage them individually. The application can import TXT files, as well as enable users to add keywords manually. Good Keywords provides a few useful tools for managing keywords: users can remove duplicate words, delete entries based on the number of words or content, sort words alphabetically and make them Google friendly (phrase, exact or broad match).

You can exclude different characters from specified positions, exclude words altogether, append various items at the beginning or the end of an entry and recombine phrases. The only downside to this extensive batch editor is that the 'Find and Replace' feature seems too basic to provide significant value to the application.

Good Keywords enables users to search URLs and view rankings from Google PR, Google Incoming Link Count and Alexa. You can compare the popularity of your site with those of your competitors. The only drawback is that users cannot add sites to perform similar surveys other than those already included.

To wrap things up, Good Keywords is an interesting software that enables you to save time when generating keywords for your website. However, the application is limited in a few areas, making it suitable for personal use rather than commercial purpose.