Keyword Research - In Pictures

I've decided that this blog doesn't have enough illustrations, so I decided that I would talk about keyword research again, but from a graphic perspective. The following are from the Search Illustrated column at Search Engine Land.
And here's the second part of the post:

New Tool to Show Historical Trends for Seasonal Keywords

This tool is very neat - it will show you (for instance) that people start searching for "santa claus" starting in October. It's only in beta, but worth playing with.

Free Tools for Sophisticated Keyword Research

For all of you nonprofits out there who would like to do more sophisticated keyword research using free online tools, I've discovered a great article by our friends at SEOmoz.org.

The article outlines how you can use Google and Yahoo's search interfaces to determine how popular the keyword phrases are that you are thinking of using on your website.