How do you find search volumes?

[World Domaination]

Hi All, newbie here so apologies if this has been asked before.

I've been looking around the forums and have seen a few people mention search volumes and was wondering how you find out how many searches a particular term has?

Thanks in advance

 

[nielsencl]

There are commercial services like WordTracker, but most people use the Google Keywords Tool (GKT). Learn about the different match types when using the tool and why the tool is different from the search numbers that show up when you do a search at Google.com. Good Luck!

 

[World Domaination]

There are commercial services like WordTracker, but most people use the Google Keywords Tool (GKT). Learn about the different match types when using the tool and why the tool is different from the search numbers that show up when you do a search at Google.com. Good Luck!

Thanks for the reply. Will definitely go with GKT.

My understand is that in GKT the numbers are the search volumes, whereas when you do a search the number you see is the results for that search?

As for exact vs broad, I understand the difference in a factual sense, but in terms of it's relevancy to domaining I'm still not 100% clued up. I'm presuming that the higher volume for exact matches is more valuable than those for broad matches?

 

[nielsencl]

Yes, you are correct in both cases. The exact match is more meaningful because a domain has a higher chance of being found for exact match searches, all other factors being the same.