Have you heard of Ubersuggest?
December 2021 Update: Neil Patel, the owner, uses YouTube to give more information about the tool and to plug it. Therefore, when you are done reading this guide, if you still need more information, check out Patel’s YouTube channel
November 2020 Update: Neil Patel released a new version of his popular tool, Ubersuggest 8.0. One of the perks allows you to learn the profitable keywords your competitors rank for that you don’t.
Here you find a recent Ubersuggest review.
Now there is an Ubersuggest.com and an Ubersuggest Chrome Extension (October 2020).
This post reviews Ubersuggest which is now a paid tool. If you are operating on a bootstrap budget, there are many free Ubersuggest alternatives:
- MozBar Here is a MozBar for Chrome tutorial.
- Soovle
- SEOQuake
- Google Keyword Planner
Let’s get started by discovering how to use Ubersuggest.
Update November 2020
The founder of Ubersuggest.com, Neil Patel, spent 2020 giving away free information.
At the beginning of 2020, he held a free webinar. He gave out a free SEO course and a free ecommerce course just to name two of his free marketing courses.
Since he recommends using Ubersuggest.com in his free courses, I speculate he gives away free courses to market Ubersuggest.com which is now a paid tool.
UPDATE February 2021: Neil Patel announced in his Marketing School podcast he has a trial offer of $1.00 to try his Marketing School for two weeks.
Update: October 2020
I was shocked to read in the Reddit SEO SubReddit people questioning the merit of Ubersuggest founder Neil Patel’s tips.
Based on the comments in this thread, I couldn’t tell if people were critical of Patel’s knowledge of SEO or salesmanship in pushing his products.
Update: June 2020
Ubersuggest now has a Google Chrome extension!
Save time. Instead of going to Ubersuggest.com, you can find metrics for any website by using the extension.
The Ubersuggest Chrome Extension includes:
- Keyword overview
- Link overview
- More keyword data
- URL metrics
Update: February 2020
Neil Patel started charging to use all the features. The price is $10.
February 2019 Update: Neil Patel releases Ubersuggest 3.0.
Ubersuggest io, the latest Ubersuggest update of this easy, free, SEO tool, includes a traffic analyzer as well as a keyword tool.
Update: September 2018
After taking over the tool (see the previous update), Neil Patel has revamped Ubersuggest. Now, this keyword tool seems to function as more than just a tool to help find high-interest, low-competition keywords.
Now, the SEO tool functions to help website creators with competitive analysis as well as continuing to function as a keyword tool.
Recent Updates
A more current review of the features of the Ubersuggest keyword research tool is available.
Do you worry about Google penalties?
Are you familiar with Google’s concern about keyword stuffing?
Many bloggers use Yoast’s plugin to help them avoid keyword stuffing.
For those of you not familiar with the plugin, Yoast gives you a green light when your blog post is optimized for SEO.
One of the factors Yoast considers is whether your post has your focus keyword in your blog post an acceptable number of times.
How many keywords are acceptable to Yoast?
That depends on how many words are in your post. The more words, the more often you can mention your focus keyword.
Too great a percentage is considered “keyword stuffing.”
For those of you concerned, this post will offer Ubersuggest as a way to let Google’s bots know what your post is about without being guilty of keyword stuffing.
Ubersuggest is blogging celebrity Neil Patel‘s tool.
If you’re not concerned, Ubersuggest can still be used to enhance Google’s search engine users’ experience when they search to find your article.
Use LSI keyword tools such as Ubersuggest and Google will show your articles to search users more often.
This post will show you how to use Ubersuggest.com.By the time you’re done reading, you will know how to use the popular keyword tool Ubersuggest. Small SEO Tools offers additional SEO tools.
What are LSI Keywords?
LSI stands for Latent Semantic Indexing. It is easy to understand this term if you think of LSI keywords as synonyms for your focus keyword.
People use them so that Google’s bots still understand what your post is about but you don’t have to “overstuff” your post with your keyword.
Another reason synonyms are needed: sometimes a word can have more than one meaning. For example, I might write about traffic and mean “website traffic.” However, traffic can also refer to automobile traffic or air traffic. How will Google’s bots know which kind of traffic to show its users relevant search results?
The answer: the writer uses synonyms, LSI keywords, as well as their focus keyword in the article.
One SEO trend will be Google’s increased focus on a positive user experience for their search engine users.
According to the Search Engine Journal, “Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) is a very old technology, developed nearly twenty years ago, whose purpose was to strengthen a search engine’s ability to identify the correct context of a word.”
How to Find LSI Keywords
You can use tools to help you find LSI Keywords.
My post 13 Best Free Tools You Need to Improve Your Long Tail Keywords described many tools to help you find focus long-tail keywords and synonyms for them.
One of those free tools was Ubersuggest.
What is Ubersuggest?
Ubersuggest is a free keyword tool.
The website brands itself as an alternative to Google’s keyword planner. Apparently, Ubersuggest offers keywords not available in Google’s Keyword Planner.
If you use both Google’s Keyword Planner and Ubersuggest, you’ll have more focus keywords to choose from for your blog posts.
This free tool displays suggestions based on real users’ queries from across the globe.
There is much confusion over the spelling of the Ubersuggest Keyword Tool’s name. In contrast to the misconception that the tool is called “Uber Suggest,” “Ubber Suggest” or “Ubbersuggest,” it’s actually spelled “Ubersuggest.”
Therefore, you’d go to Ubersuggest.com. People run into trouble when they attempt to access Uber suggest.com.
Additional incorrect spellings of the tool’s name:
unersuggest
ubersugest
ubersuggests
ubbersugest
Additional problems:
Further problems arise when people are confused about whether the Ubersuggest Keyword Tool is at a .com or a .org site.
Do not attempt to access:
ubersuggest.org
ubersuggest org
ubbersuggest.com
None of these will work, yet people do try to access Ubersuggest in these ways. I can only imagine how much traffic Ubersuggest would get if people knew how to spell the website’s name. Bookmarking is helpful to avoid future confusion.
Are you expecting an Ubersuggest download? There’s no need to download anything on your computer. That’s the beauty of Ubersuggest. Simply go to Ubersuggest.com.
Neil Patel, the owner, inherited the name when you bought the tool. Clearly, it’s called “Ubersuggest” since it makes many keyword suggestions. Ubersuggest even makes content suggestions now.
Since his purchase within the last five years, he updates the tool quite often. Therefore, there are different versions of Ubersuggest like Ubersuggest 2.0 and Ubersuggest 3.0.
Why You Should Use Ubersuggest
- Ubersuggest has a word cloud to help you visualize your keywords. Visual learners should enjoy this view. UPDATE March 2021: The current version of Ubersuggest no longer has a word cloud.
- Additional keywords are available that aren’t available in Google Keyword Planner.
- Google Trends is available as part of Ubersuggest. By knowing trends, you can better choose keywords that have a high search volume.
- You can choose “View as Text” and copy-paste your keywords into a spreadsheet for future viewing. You can also download them into a CSV file.
- The price is right. Ubersuggest is free to use.
- You can select what language you’d prefer to search in. You don’t have to search in the English default.
- Ubersuggest is user-friendly. You’ll find it easy to use.
- You can use this tool quickly. It takes seconds for the site to generate a list of focus keywords. Also, unlike other keyword tools, you don’t need to sign in to Ubersuggest which also expedites your use of the site. You don’t even need to take the time to make an account.
- You can use Ubersuggest to find long-tail keywords as well as LSI keywords.
- Ubersuggest has no limitations like other keyword tools. Use the tool as often as you want.
How to Use Ubersuggest
UPDATE: Neil Patel’s Ubersuggest now tells you the chances of ranking in the top 20 with a certain keyword. Look:
I have a post coming up on Instagram marketing written by a guest author.
Let’s see how to find a focus keyword or keyword phrase.
Step 1: Go to https://ubersuggest.
Step 2: Decide what you’re looking for. Click the drop-down menu under Web. Your choices are Images, Shopping, YouTube, or News. I am looking for interest on the web in my topic, Instagram monetization, so I kept the choice as Web.
Step 3: My guest author called his post “8 Things You Need to Know for Monetizing Instagram.” I will check “Monetizing Instagram.” If you click the View as Text” option, you’ll be able to copy-paste these or expert them to a CSV file.
Notice keywords generated at the top listed in alphabetical order underneath.
Note: There are no keyword volumes of searches or level of difficulties listed. If you would like to see monthly search volume, you need to install the browser extension.
Step 4: Click on the keyword phrase that relates to your content. I clicked on “Monetizing Instagram.”
Notice a drop-down menu appeared. I want to know if people are interested in my keyword phrase, I clicked Google Trends.
Nothing happened!
At first, I assumed I wasn’t able to get the data since I don’t have the browser extension that helps you get metrics. Then, after writing the former developer of the tool, I learned that no one is currently supporting Ubersuggest.
No matter. This is not a problem. The solution entails only taking one extra step:
Instead of downloading the extension, I took the extra step of going to Google Trends and searched “Monetizing Instagram.”
You can change the time period in which you’re viewing the data. Will I use the keyword “Monetizing Instagram?”
Around Thanksgiving, there was no interest in monetizing Instagram, but interest seems to be creeping back up. If there aren’t many searches, bigger blogs than mine might not go after the term on the Internet and the field will be open for me to get the search traffic.
Step 5: Clicking the Word Cloud tab will enable you to see your potential keywords from a new perspective. Combine these to come up with longtail keywords related to your topic and your LSI keywords.
Update
In the current version of the tool taken over by Neil Patel, there is no Word Cloud. Here you will find a Word Cloud generator for groups if you find Word Clouds appealing.
Sample Word Cloud:
Screenshot courtesy of Literacybase.com.
Testimonials
Lisa Jahred indicated this tool was standout valuable.
“I love Ubersuggest!” she exclaimed.
I’ve recently started using this tool to help me find more related long tail keywords for ranking my blog posts. The great thing about this keyword is that it brings up the keywords that people are actually searching for in Google.
The My IM Place blog recommends Ubersuggest as one of the best free alternatives to Google Keyword Planner.
Ahrefs also raved about Ubersuggest. “Ubersuggest is a valuable tool for keyword research. If used properly, it can give you some truly golden keywords.”
I Am Wire also recommends Ubersuggest for choosing keywords.
John Karnish agreed Ubersuggest is a helpful tool. “I love Ubersuggest for finding keywords. It is great for PPC marketing.”
Wrapping Up: Ubersuggest
In closing, Ubersuggest can be a valuable tool for you. You can use it to find long tail keywords or LSI keywords. I’ve even since bloggers use the Word Cloud as a graphic.
Considering how costly SEO tools can be, knowing you can use Ubersuggest for free should bring you peace of mind.
Readers, please share so other bloggers learn the value of Ubersuggest and how to use this free SEO tool.
I look forward to your views in the comments section: Do you think you might use Ubersuggest? If you’re already using it, would you recommend it to other bloggers?
Note: Please read the updates at the beginning of this review to fully understand what Ubersuggest is like in its current form and how to use it to help you with SEO.
For example, in its latest version, Ubersuggest functions as a keyword position tool and a way to spy on your competitors.
Help is available: If you desire an easier way to find keywords, check out our Keyword Insanity Course. In addition, you can save time trying to get to the top of Google’s Search Engine Results Pages with our Blogging on the First Page of Google Course. Courses are taught by SEO Expert Peter Nyiri. Prices start under $8.00.
Ubersuggest vs Ahrefs and Ubersuggest vs Semrush
Ubersuggest | Ahrefs | Semrush |
$29.99 per month | $99.99 per month | $119.95 per month |
The prices shown in the table for Ubersuggest, Ahrefs, and Semrush are current for 2021.
Ubersuggest: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ubersuggest?
Ubersuggest is famed blogger Neil Patel’s SEO tool. Anything you would want in an SEO tool you’ll find here for far less the cost of other premium SEO tools. The premium version of Ubersuggest starts at $10.00 per month. Ubersuggest also has a Google Chrome extension.
Is Ubersuggest paid?
The premium version starts at $10.00 per month.
Is Ubersuggest safe?
Absolutely! Neil Patel has a stellar reputation. In fact, he was honored by President Obama.
How do you use Ubersuggest for keyword research?
There are many ways you can use Ubersuggest for keyword research. For instance, you can go to Top Pages to get keyword ideas. In addition, go to the Ubersuggest search bar and type in your keyword. You’ll see search volume, SEO difficulty, paid difficulty, and cost per click,
If you need more intensive help with your keyword research and Google Rankings, check out the Mostly Blogging Academy which fits every budget.
Janice Wald is the founder of MostlyBlogging.com and co-founder of the Mostly Blogging Academy. She is an ebook author, blogger, blogging coach, blogging judge, freelance writer, and speaker. She won the Best Internet Marketer Award and the Best Blogger Award at the 2021 Infinity Blog Awards. Wald was also nominated as 2019 Best Internet Marketer by the Infinity Blog Awards and in 2017 as the Most Informative Blogger by the London Bloggers Bash. She’s been featured on Small Business Trends, the Huffington Post, and Lifehack.
