The folks over at Noble Samurai graciously let all the people on the Edge beta-test Market Samurai.
After dealing with crashes, freezes while checking data and so on and so forth… I found a solution to make this ABSOLUTELY KICK-ASS research tool workable for the time being.
It’s so simple as well: use it alongside Excel.
So if you watched the chunky tutorial video, you’ll see Brent (I think?) talking about using the negative keyword marker within Market Samurai. I wouldn’t. I did that, then when I started analysing keywords… it froze. Not fun after 30 minutes of keyword culling.
So here’s what I did. Put in your seed keyword(s), and generate via SEODigger, Synonym and Sites. Then click on the Export tab and use the “Export Keyword List With Data”. And save it as a CSV.
Now taking this CSV, cull through all your negative keywords and put them on a separate list. As an added bonus, you can also immediately sort by searches and remove those below your search threshold.
Now take your new and refined keyword list, and import it back into Market Samurai for analysis. Use the “Add Your Own Keywords” function. And then once you’ve done your analysis, export it back out into Excel.
As a super-double-bonus, this will also help you overcome the dreaded “banned by the Google Synonym Tool” error. Export your list out, close Market Samurai, clear your IE cache, and then import it back in. Voila, it works again.
- Aaron
