Keyword Research
The process of finding, analyzing and prioritizing the search queries a target audience uses, to guide content, SEO and paid search plans.
Keyword research ties content and ad budgets to real demand, showing which topics buyers search for, how competitive they are and which pages are worth building first.
A cloud backup provider starts with 15 seed terms, expands them to 2,400 keywords in Google Keyword Planner and Ahrefs, groups them into 60 topics by intent, and prioritizes 12 commercial topics with traffic potential above 500 visits a month.
Search volumes are rounded estimates that differ between tools, and low-volume B2B terms can still bring valuable leads. Choosing keywords without checking the live results risks targeting the wrong intent or creating Keyword Cannibalization.
The process moves from seed terms to expanded lists using tools such as Google Keyword Planner, which gives monthly search estimates and cost data, plus Search Console queries and competitor rankings. Each keyword is scored for volume, difficulty, Search Intent and traffic potential, then clustered by topic and mapped to a single target page, which builds Topical Authority and prevents Keyword Cannibalization between pages.
Performance Advertising
Google Ads Help — Use Keyword Planner — https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7337243; Ahrefs — Keyword Research: The Beginner's Guide — https://ahrefs.com/blog/keyword-research/
