User Accounts, Installation, Password Reminders, Login etc

The first public version of the Maverick Keyword Researcher will not use a MySQL database to store its data. I have developed it to use text files for the time being. It is easier to sort keywords with MySQL than text files. So the first version will have limited sorting features.

The installer is pretty straightforward. You upload all the files to your web server or your local server and launch index.php. The installer will make sure you have certain files and folders with the right permissions. Since we will be using text files in version 1, we need to set the file permissions of a couple of folders and the text files in them. This is the troublesome part but it is easier than creating a database in cPanel.

Maverick Keywords Researcher will be encrypted with ionCube’s PHP Encoder. The industry’s top 2 PHP encoders are Zend and ionCube. Most web hosts have them installed by default. If not, they should be able to install it on your web server for you if you ask them to.

I am thinking of making it more user-friendly in future releases by using ionCube’s Package Foundry. This software will help you to upload and and configure all the folder and file permissions. It may be able to install the ionCube loaders on your web server if you don’t have it installed. I will purchase ionCube’s Package Foundry with the initial sales of this product. I also need to upgrade my ionCube PHP Encoder to a better version to generate license files and stop the licenses of customers who have refunded. I could also give away free trials with limited licenses.

Google Keyword Research

I combined a few Google keyword tools on a single page. I am working on adding Google’s Search-based Keyword Tool too. At the moment, my Google tool grabs related keywords from Google.com home page (Google Suggestions), Google’s related searches, Google Synonyms and Google Insights for Search.

I discovered a way to generate more keywords by searching multiple countries. Most countries will give you duplicate results but if you select the most popular countries (I got this list from the countries listed at the top of Google’s country drop down lists…), you should be able to get a very nice list of keywords. If you’re up for it, you could select all 233 Google-supported countries.

I am still working on getting keyword suggestions from Google AdWords. The Google AdWords Keyword Tool has to be on a different page because it requires a captcha. It would be irritating for the users to mix it with the other Google tools that don’t require a captcha.

KwBrowse Keyword Research

This KwBrowse tool took me a long time to complete. I could not find a way to automate it completely because it returns a lot of unrelated keywords. I created a select box on the right to filter out the unwanted keywords that are returned from the searches.

It isn’t easy or fast to get a complete keyword list from KwBrowse but it is worth the effort because you will get a huge list of related keywords.

Wordtracker Keyword Research

Wordtracker has a free keyword tool that generates the top 100 related keywords of the keyword you enter in their form. Sometimes, this keyword tool requires a captcha before you are allowed to search. I have programmed the Maverick Keyword Researcher to deal with that issue. The problem with a lot of free keyword tools online is that they don’t give you an easy way to copy and paste the keywords. With my tool, they are returned nicely in a text file.

Others…

I created a list of categories that can be easily copied and pasted for mySimon and Shopping.com. You could grab these keywords and find potential niches for your online business. This list has over 500 keywords and you should be able to find a few profitable niches in there.

I also created keyword suggestions from Alibaba, Ask and Yahoo. Some of the keyword suggestions cannot be copied and pasted in the browser. For example, if you enter a keyword at Yahoo.com or Google.com, the web page returns a list of related keywords in your browser. The only way to get that list manually is to type the keywords you see on the screen to some application on your computer. That’s just stupid and a waste of time. I figured out a way to get these keyword suggestions quickly and easily.

Alibaba, Ask, Yahoo and Google all have a suggestion list when you type in a keyword at their home page. Ask.com has additional keyword suggestion on their search pages and I have added those into the Maverick Keyword Researcher too.

I am thinking of adding keyword suggestions from eBay and DHgate.com. Another source would be Keyword Discovery. For version 1.0, all the keyword sources would be free. I might include paid keyword sources from Wordtracker, Keyword Discovery and Wordze in the future. Maybe I could make it a monthly subscription thing at a lower rate than the amount you pay for these keyword tools every month.