What is keyword research in SEO?

Last Updated: Sep 7, 20261 min read

Keyword research is the process of finding the exact words and phrases your potential customers type into Google, so you can build content around what people are actually searching for instead of guessing.

Search volume alone is a weak signal. A term with 10,000 monthly searches sounds attractive until you notice it’s dominated by informational intent (people wanting a definition, not a service), while a lower-volume term like “seo agency for saas startups” might convert at ten times the rate because whoever’s typing it is closer to hiring someone. That’s the real job of keyword research: sorting terms by intent, not just volume, and matching each one to the right page on your site.

A working keyword research process covers:

  • Search volume and trend direction, to know if a term is worth building a page around
  • Keyword difficulty, so you’re not aiming a brand-new page at a term ten established competitors already dominate
  • Search intent: informational, commercial, or transactional, which determines whether the page should be a blog post, a comparison, or a service page
  • Long-tail variations, which are lower volume individually but often add up to more traffic than the head term once you rank for a cluster of them

Pro Tip

Keyword research means matching search intent to the right page, not chasing the highest search volume number you can find. Our team at Awrange builds keyword maps around buyer intent first, volume second, which is why client pages tend to convert rather than just attract traffic. Get in touch if you want your current keyword targets reviewed.

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