Dumb SEO Questions

(Entry was posted by Mark Gilvey on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 08/27/2013).

How do I find out what keyword (phrases) a website comes up for?

How do I find out what keyword (phrases) a website comes up for? Is there a tool that looks at the on-page text and meta data text (and backlinks?) and tell me from that what phrases the site comes up for? For example, if I wanted to find out what a potential client`s website currently ranks for (all keywords/phrases) to form a benchmark starting point.

Do not confuse this with wanting to know what keyword (phrases) a website would like to be ranked for; Screaming Frog seems to work great for that kind of intel.
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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

  • David Kutcher: Google Webmasters is the way to go: ;http://www.google.com/webmasters/
  • Arseniy Bolotsko: +David Kutcher ;is correct. GWT will give you some info. Its not very accurate about its still something. Also, link your GWT with your google analytics account. GA will show you even more queries. Lastly, Bing has webmaster tools as well.
  • Per Jacobsen: Hi Mark - if you say potential client you probably won't have access to their GA or GWT accounts. So I suggest trying out ;http://www.spyfu.com, ;http://www.semrush.com or ;http://www.searchmetrics.com - they all have the option to get at least some ranking data for all domains without having to get access to sensible information. Hope this is what you are looking for…?

View original question in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 08/27/2013).