Keywords Everywhere Setup: Keyword Research for $15/Year

Most keyword research tools will run you $99 to $199 a month. Keywords Everywhere costs $15 a year. That's not a typo, and it's not a stripped-down free tier, it's the actual paid plan, and it's more than enough for most solopreneurs.

Here's how to get it installed and running in one sitting.

Why Keywords Everywhere Is Worth Your Attention#

The pitch is simple: 100,000 credits for $15, billed annually. For context, I've only used 20,000 credits so far since installing, and I use it regularly. The bronze plan isn't a compromise. For most content creators and solopreneurs, it's genuinely all you need.

What you get for that $15 isn't a single-surface tool either. Keywords Everywhere surfaces data across Google Search, YouTube, Google Trends, Amazon, Etsy, and Pinterest. One plugin, one credit pool, multiple research workflows. If you're doing SEO for a blog, keyword research for YouTube, or scoping out product demand on Etsy, it covers all of it without switching tools or paying for separate subscriptions.

The monthly tools aren't wrong to charge what they charge, they do more. But if you're not running an agency or doing enterprise-level SEO, you're almost certainly paying for capability you'll never touch.

Three Steps to Get It Running#

Step 1: Install the Chrome Extension#

Go to the Chrome Web Store and search "Keywords Everywhere." Click install. That's the whole step.

Step 2: Get Your API Key#

After installing, you'll need to activate the plugin with an API key. Go to the Keywords Everywhere website, sign up with your email, and they'll send you a key. Once you have it, click the Keywords Everywhere icon in your browser, go to Settings, and paste the key in. The plugin won't do anything useful until this is done.

Step 3: Purchase Credits#

Back in the plugin settings, click "Purchase Additional Tokens" and buy your credit package. The bronze plan, 100,000 credits for $15, is the right starting point. You can always add more later, but given how slowly credits deplete with normal research usage, you likely won't need to for a long time.

That's the full setup. Most people can get through all three steps in under five minutes.

Feed It Better Inputs#

Installing the tool is the easy part. The harder question is knowing which keywords to actually research. If you burn credits chasing terms that are too competitive or too low-volume, you've wasted both the credits and the time.

Before you start running searches, use the SEO Keyword Generator GPT to surface keywords worth investigating. It's built to identify terms you can realistically rank for, so you go into Keywords Everywhere with a focused list rather than guessing.

What to Do Next#

Once the plugin is live and you've got a keyword list ready, the next move is learning how to use the data it returns. The volume, CPC, and competition scores are only useful if you know how to weigh them against each other. Check out how to get the most out of Keywords Everywhere for a walkthrough of the actual research workflow, including a template for ranking keywords against each other to find the one worth optimizing for.

If you want to go further and build a repeatable process for tracking how your chosen keywords are actually performing over time, the keyword ranking checker workflow pairs well with Keywords Everywhere and adds a structured way to monitor movement in search results.

If you found this useful, this video goes deeper into the full Keywords Everywhere workflow: https://youtu.be/8dXlq5tzA9Y

Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mKDEimstnNE

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