Keyword research is an integral part of any SEM initiative, whether it may be PPC or SEO, so it's important to do it right. Its also important to do it right from the start, Google spiders (the bots that indexes web pages) can takes up to months before they cycle to your site, so if you target the wrong keywords initially, it could take months to fix. Read 'Professional Keyword Research Strategies'.

Long tail keywords is a term you will often come across in SEO circles, and basically refers to the less popular keywords that get fewer searches per month in the search engines, but are easier to rank highly for, because there are far fewer sites competing for that term. Read 'Why Are Long Tail Keywords So Important?'.

Before optimisation of your site's copy can even begin many, many hours are spent on the process of selecting the best possible key phrases to optimise the site for. Unless you are certain that the keywords / phrases you are optimising your site for are the right ones, there is very little point in employing SEO at all. Read 'Top 5 Keyword Research Tools'.

Keyword research is one of the most important parts of online marketing. Sometimes we don't realize just how much of a difference it can make in the overall success of a search engine marketing campaign or even the success of an online business. Read 'Keyword Research and Analysis'.

As you probably know, Google AdWords is a pay-per-click marketing system, which is a great way to get traffic to your site. But if you don't know the ins and outs, it can end up costing you a lot of money and not making you any. Read 'AdWords Tips: All About Keywords'.