20 Free Keyword Research Tools For Your Marijuana Business

We have compiled the ultimate guide to free keyword research tools for your marijuana business in 2020. The best thing about these free SEO tools is that we have tried every one of them and as much as they are free, they work.

In 2020, your cannabis content strategy needs to go a notch higher. It’s not just about generating content, but making sure that the content you generate ranks on Google.

Why do canna businesses need SEO in 2020?

A lot of content is being generated in this space. With 100+ cannabis blogs that are aggressively publishing content it takes effort to stand out from the crowd. Regardless of how good your content is, you will need some SEO expertise to help your content show up in the face of your target audience.

Most paid SEO tools charge $20-$100 per month, depending on the features that they have to offer. Is it worth the investment? Most times it is, if you get the right tool and use it correctly you may see your website rankings improving significantly. But before you even get there, you can start with these absolutely free SEO tools to onboard you on the SEO process.

Let's get started.

20 Free Keyword Research Tools For Your Marijuana Business

  1. QuestionDB

This is a free SEO tool that generates content ideas based on questions frequently asked via Reddit.

You input a broad keyword and the tool gives you content ideas. For example, when you type in protein powder, this is what you get:

• Healthy protein shake without expensive protein powder
• Creative uses for protein powder
• What’s a good protein powder
• Protein powder that doesn't taste like protein powder
• Can we talk protein powder
• Recommendations on vanilla protein powder
• Protein shake w o protein powder
• Is protein powder keto friendly
• Differences in consuming protein powder vs real protein
• Clean plant based protein powder
• Chocolate protein powder boiling water

  2. Answer the Public

This is a very interesting tool, one that you should try.

The free version allows you to type in a keyword and it gives you multiple questions that have been asked about the keyword.

  3. Keywords Everywhere

Keywords everywhere is a free browser add-on that lets you analyze keywords while on Google, Bing, YouTube and more!

  4. “People Also Ask” on Google

Simple SEO tool that’s frequently overlooked. It’s simple and easy to use. When you enter a query on Google, a section called “People also ask” will pop up. Click on it and it will give you related questions.

  5. Also Asked

This is another simple and free tool that generates related questions to your keyword. These suggestions can be used as H2s and H3s in the content.

  6. Soovle

Soovle scans Wikipedia Yahoo Answers.com, YouTube and Bing, and Amazon to find the most searched terms related to a particular keyword.

  7. YouTube Autocomplete

This is an SEO tool for YouTube, that's absolutely free. When you type in a search on YouTube it automatically gives you related keywords or queries. For our search term protein powder, Youtube will give you the following suggestions:

• Protein shake for weight loss
• How to use weight loss
• Protein shake recipes weight loss
• Protein powder side effects
• Whey protein isolate
• How to use protein powder in tamil
• Whey protein benefits
• Protein powder for weight gain

  8. Side-by-Side SEO Comparison Tool

This is a free SEO tool by Ninjas internet marketing. It's a very comprehensive tool that gives you comparisons on keyword strategies used on competitors’ sites.

Still sticking to protein powder as the keyword that we want to rank for. Type in urls for websites that are ranking for that keyword. This tool will give you metrics on how these sites have optimized their content for SEO.

  9. Amazon Autocomplete

This is similar to how YouTube autocomplete works. Just key in your keyword and the drop-down menu will show you related terms that are being searched.

  10. SEMrush Free Option

SEMrush has a free version that allows users to make up to 10 free searches per day. SEMrush, agreeably, is one of the best SEO tools and it provides results for domain and keyword analytics. It gives you different versions of the keywords such as broad match keywords, phrase match, exact match, and related queries.

   11. Keyword Tool Dominator

This tool searches for keywords on Amazon, Etsy, Walmart, Google Shopping, and ebay and it gives you a keyword idea list. The free version allows you to make a maximum of three trials each day.

This tool generates long-tail keywords that customers are searching for on these sites.

For example, searching protein powder on the Amazon tool generates 316 keywords:

  12. Google Trends

Google Trends is a free SEO tool that shows you how a particular keyword is trending. This can be used to plan out a content calendar. For example, if interest in protein powder spikes at a certain time of the year, it may be best to create or refresh content at that particular time of the year when the interest is at its peak.

  13. Keyword Sheeter

Keyword Sheeter does exactly that; sheet 1,000 plus keywords for you. It's basic but can be used to generate volumes of keyword ideas.

  14. Keyword Surfer

This is a free Chrome extension that offers a quick way to find search volume, similar keywords, and ranking domain details inside Google Search. So far, it shows data from 19 countries that are in their database. This includes Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden.

You just need to download Chrome as your browser and add Keyword surfer. Any time you search for a keyword, Surfer will give you similar keywords.

 15. Keyworddit

This is an SEO tool that specifically searches Reddit/ subreddits. This tool is recommended for keywords that are common on Reddit, in this case, the tool generates numerous top searches related to that keyword and even gives the search volumes.

You will notice that the keyword searched below is keto recipes. We had to switch from protein powder because there was no protein powder subreddit; this is one disadvantage of this tool.

If your target audience is likely to be found on Reddit, this tool can help you generate blog ideas and customize your content to answer Reddit questions.

 16. Keywordtool.io

This is an autocomplete SEO tool that generates over 700 long-tail keyword suggestions for every keyword. It takes a short time to pull out keywords making it efficient. It scrapes results from Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing, eBay, and other top sites.

 17. Bulk Keyword Generator

This is a SEO keyword tool for small businesses. It allows you to select a business and the city, and the tool generates local keywords for that business and city based on what customers are asking.

For example, if you are looking to start a fitness business in Oklahoma City, this tool will give you the following suggestions for keywords to target:

 18. Google AdWords Keyword Planner

This SEO tool comes in handy when you are starting a new site. It can help you plan out your content calendar knowing which keywords to target. It pulls out information directly from Google which is the search engine that you should be targeting to optimize your page.

 19. Ubersuggest

This SEO tool is a notch higher than the Google Keyword Planner. It gives a detailed breakdown of the keyword metrics, it's amazing how much this tool can do. Best of all, it's free!

 20. WordStream Free Keyword Tool

This SEO tool uses Google search data to suggest related keywords. It's simple to use and generates lots of ideas. Once you enter a keyword, you have the option of choosing an industry and location.

Here is what it looks like:

These free SEO tools are absolutely free and amazing. For a start, they will give you the results that you are looking for. Whether you are starting or looking to take your content marketing strategy a notch higher, these tools will be of immense help to you.

To get started on this, you can select between 3-5 tools that compliment each other and start using them. You are looking for tools that will give you a new angle or perspective to your content strategy:

• What are customers searching for?
• When are customers doing the most searches?
• What are potential customers asking?
• What are my business competitors capitalizing on?
• Which are the undiscovered keywords?

When you have all these factors (backed with data) in mind it will be easy to generate content that is meaningful and impactful.

There are the 20 free keyword research tools for your marijuana business.

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