Google Keyword Tool is Being Sunsetted

[TopFloor]

I was reading this article http://adwords.blogspot.de/2013/05/introducing-keyword-planner-combining.html that says that Google is going to be sunsetting it's popular keyword tool.  As an SEO specialist, I use this tool daily, so I'm concerned about it's impact on my keyword research efforts.

I reviewed the keyword planner (albeit quite quickly) and it doesn't seem to work as efficiently for SEO keyword research.  I'm curious to get others thoughts on the following:

• The new keyword planner tool
• Will the new keyword planner tool be effective for SEO keyword research
• Are there other tools that you've used that have provided good keyword research data (and are they free or paid)

[SmartWebPros]

Hey Eric,

Try Ubbersuggest (http://ubersuggest.org/)

We use this and find it a huge time saver! We populate our list and then plug it into Adwords keyword tool for traffic and competition estimates. If you're only concerned with suggestions and if they auto-complete though, Ubersuggest will do the trick!

[TopFloor]

Thanks Andie,

I am a pro member, but the keyword difficulty tool has two drawbacks; you can only do 5 keywords at a time; two it doesn't provide recommendations.

Eric

[AndieF]

If you're a pro member - you could use the Keyword Difficulty Tool: http://pro.moz.com/tools/keyword-difficulty