First off, let me disclose this is a sponsored post for ReviewMe.com. I have been tasked with providing a review for the WordZe Keyword Research Tool. I’m new to proper keyword research and this site is a powerful, inexpensive way for a newbie to get his feet wet.

Pricing

A compelling reason to check out WordZe is that it will not break your budget. A single day membership is $7.95. This will give you 24 hours to try out their services. The only limitation is only 3,000 searches can be performed. It’s highly unlikely you will exceed that in a day. Monthly membership is only $35. Quite a deal seeing Wordtracker charges $55.15 and Keyword Discover is $49.95 for a month of their services.

Usability

Wordze has a nice and neat user interface. As you can see below, each section is clearly explained. It is definitely a much cleaner UI then Google Adwords.

I have used the Adwords keyword tool before and found that it is not all that user-friendly. After using WordZe for only a few days, I can assemble a keyword list in a fraction of the time than it would take me with the Adwords tool. I encourage those that run PPC through Google to give WordZe a try to create their list. As we all know, our time is valuable.

Keyword Research Tool

This is where you start building your keyword list. I recommend clicking on “Open Options” to expand the section so you can see your available choices. “Search Style” I believe should be right below the “Enter Keyword or Phrase” box because it is important criteria for building your list. Search Style offers three options: exact match (default), broad match, and any.

WordZe includes a really cool feature called “stemming”. It takes a word, finds its root word and shows you keywords that are related to that word. To use stemming you simply add a carat (^) to the end of a word in the search box. Also, you can add the carat to more than one word in your search. WordZe provides a quick screen cast showing basic searching and stemming.

Dig Tool and Keyword Expander Tool

The dig tool runs in the background and grabs keywords from over 10,000 sites that already rank in Google, Yahoo, and MSN for the provided term. It may take awhile to pull your list depending on the popularity of the term you are searching for.

The expander tool removes irrelevant and unwanted terms. Using filters, you can exclude words from the list. Results can be excluded based on the number of words in the term, which can help you go after the long tail if you wish.

Affiliate Program

WordZe offers generous commissions for referring subscribers to their site. If someone signs up for a one day trial under your affiliate code, they you receive $2.39. Affiliates will earn $13.50 for each month a subscriber pays for their service. Here’s the kicker. They don’t just pay you for the referral, but for the lifetime of the customer. They don’t have a minimum payout and boast a higher commission rate than any other keyword research affiliate program.

Conclusion

I have only used Google Adwords before and was not impressed with the user experience which turned me off of keyword research and stayed away from Wordtracker because I did not want to pay for a full month. WordZe gives me a great user interface and price I can afford as I keep learning.

So what am I going to use this service for? I’m going to research some terms for my next link bait project to further increase my rankings. I will be writing some articles for distribution, and I will do some research for related terms. Also, once I find a niche product that I like, I will use this site to pull together my keyword list and use those keywords to optimize my copy on the sell page.