Find relevant keywords using Microsoft Advertising tools

Need to create, overhaul, or fine tune your keyword list? Use these tools to generate suggested keywords specifically for your campaign.

Three tools are available to help you find the most relevant keywords for your audience and select an appropriate bid to get your ads seen. The data these tools provide is based on historical performance from Microsoft Advertising. For even more help, take a look at What are keywords and how should I build my keyword list?

The data from these tools can help you select and bid on keywords, but it does not predict or guarantee your results.

Tool: Add keywords
Where is it? Within Microsoft Advertising, from the Campaigns page, click the Keywords tab > Add Keywords (or from the main menu on the left, click All campaigns > Keywords > Add Keywords). Keyword suggestions are currently available to customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.	Features Search for keywords by entering an initial keyword. Search a website for keywords. Search your destination URLs for keywords. Get bid estimates for specific positions.
Tool: Keyword Planner
Where is it? Within Microsoft Advertising, click Tools and then click Keyword Planner. Keyword Planner is now available to all customers, and more capabilities are coming soon!	Features Search for new keywords by entering a phrase, a product category, or a website URL (see note below). Multiply keyword lists to get new keywords. Get search volume data and trends. Get performance and cost estimates. Bid on the suggested keywords. Add keyword suggestions directly to specific ad groups.
Tool: Microsoft Advertising Intelligence
Where is it? Add-in for Microsoft Excel 2013, 2010, and 2007, available as a free download from this site. Microsoft Advertising Intelligence is currently available to customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.	Features Provides for more extensive keyword and bid research. Helps you build lists of suggested keywords based on a range of attributes, including relevance, historical cost, key performance indicators (KPIs), geographical location, and demographics. Provides actual historic and forecasted monthly query data. Provides pricing data for keyword-specific metrics such as clicks, impressions, position, click-through rate and cost per click. Provides access to a collection of pre-designed Keyword Research Templates.

Tool: Add keywords

Where is it?

Within Microsoft Advertising, from the Campaigns page, click the Keywords tab > Add Keywords (or from the main menu on the left, click All campaigns > Keywords > Add Keywords).

Keyword suggestions are currently available to customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

Features

Search for keywords by entering an initial keyword.
Search a website for keywords.
Search your destination URLs for keywords.
Get bid estimates for specific positions.

Tool: Keyword Planner

Where is it?

Within Microsoft Advertising, click Tools and then click Keyword Planner.

Keyword Planner is now available to all customers, and more capabilities are coming soon!

Features

Search for new keywords by entering a phrase, a product category, or a website URL (see note below).
Multiply keyword lists to get new keywords.
Get search volume data and trends.
Get performance and cost estimates.
Bid on the suggested keywords.
Add keyword suggestions directly to specific ad groups.

Tool: Microsoft Advertising Intelligence

Where is it?

Add-in for Microsoft Excel 2013, 2010, and 2007, available as a free download from this site.

Microsoft Advertising Intelligence is currently available to customers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, India, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.

Features

Provides for more extensive keyword and bid research.
Helps you build lists of suggested keywords based on a range of attributes, including relevance, historical cost, key performance indicators (KPIs), geographical location, and demographics.
Provides actual historic and forecasted monthly query data.
Provides pricing data for keyword-specific metrics such as clicks, impressions, position, click-through rate and cost per click.
Provides access to a collection of pre-designed Keyword Research Templates.

Note

Keyword Planner extracts keywords from the HTML code on your website or landing page. If your HTML code contains JavaScript, which generates content at runtime, Keyword Planner will not extract keywords rendered from the JavaScript and you'll see fewer or no keywords.

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