SEO Best Keywords and Phrases

You can utilize tools provided by Overture, now Yahoo Marketing, and Word Trakker in order to determine if the keywords you are trying to optimize your site for are worth the trouble.  For instance, I can figure out that certain keywords are searched more frequently then others.  Take for instance the list below.  This shows how many times certain keywords are searched daily on the Overture network.

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email hosting 10,215.0 /day 
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business web hosting 5,470.9 /day 
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web hosting provider 3,318.6 /day 
image hosting 1,088.2 /day 
asp hosting 1,031.1 /day 
web hosting service 982.0 /day 
free web hosting 903.6 /day 
cheap web hosting 901.2 /day 
reseller hosting 651.0 /day 
domain hosting 578.6 /day 
dedicated hosting 562.8 /day 
exchange server hosting 477.1 /day 
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ecommerce web hosting 396.3 /day 
ecommerce hosting 322.2 /day 
exchange hosting 317.5 /day 
free hosting 309.0 /day 
web hosting company 307.8 /day 
cheap hosting 294.3 /day 
email domain hosting 275.7 /day 
adult web hosting 267.2 /day 
web hosting solution 263.5 /day 
yahoo web hosting 256.5 /day 
managed hosting 253.5 /day 
cheap dedicated server web hosting 247.8 /day 
frontpage hosting 246.0 /day 
frontpage web hosting 233.5 /day 
dedicated server hosting 231.1 /day 
linux web hosting 228.0 /day 
best web hosting 223.5 /day 
free image hosting 206.7 /day 
server hosting 205.3 /day 
asp web hosting 204.6 /day 
web hosting directory 198.0 /day 
php hosting 196.5 /day 
cheap dedicated hosting server 170.4 /day

Although this is not the only determining factor as to whether the keyword or phrase is a good one to go after, it will provide a good starting point to reference from.  Next you must look at the saturation level of the keywords to determine the difficulty level of achieving the rank you require for the specific key word of phrase.