
Keyword research can be a very boring task, but using the correct tools can produce some great results as part of your SEO program. Using the wrong tools can produce some highly unrewarding results. I find that Google are becoming more and more helpful towards webmasters and searching the webmaster tools sections can reveal some very handy information regarding most SEO subjects, including keyword research!
Google has its own keyword research tool which you can narrow down to UK or US searches as well as various other metrics, making it a much more accurate research tool. You can also export reports, view keyword competition and lots more. Although this tool is developed mainly for PPC, it still shows the searches made.