6 useful SEO autocomplete tools

Google AutoFill provides search suggestions as you type in the query box or Chrome’s address bar. Suggestions are based on the search volume of each query, making autocomplete a useful research tool for identifying popular terms on a topic.

Autocomplete can predict search paths because target customers are more likely to select one of the suggestions instead of their own words or phrases.

Several tools can export autocomplete keyword suggestions from Google, Bing, YouTube and other search engines, speeding up the discovery of new terms, including those related to a brand.

Here are six to consider.

Keyword Tool Dominator

Keyword Tool Dominator provides keyword popularity for nine search engines, including Google, YouTube, Bing and Amazon. For Google, the tool collects all autocomplete suggestions for a basic keyword by country and language. The tool expands words as each letter and number is typed, mimicking autocomplete.

It does not show the exact search volume for each keyword, but instead provides a score from 1 to 100 based on popularity relative to autocomplete terms, with “100” terms marked as “Hot”.

These metrics provide some value, although I prefer the actual volume of each word. The tool’s filters can group queries by a common word, find longer phrases, and even exclude words.

The free version of Keyword Tool Dominator allows two searches per day. Paid plans start at $9 per month.

Keyword Tool Dominator provides keyword popularity for nine search engines, including Google, as shown here. Click on the image to enlarge it.

AdWords bot

AdWords bot is a simple google autocomplete scraper. Expand a basic term with search engine suggestions. There are no additional features, but it’s a quick way to see how Google expands your keywords. The tool groups suggestions together by adding letters and numbers to a basic word or phrase.

Yoast has a similar tool, but it expands a query only by letters, not numbers (such as size or age).

AdWords Robot is a simple autofill scraper. A basic term is extended with Google suggestions. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Keyword tool

Keyword tool is an advanced search term provider with few free features. The platform displays autocomplete suggestions for key terms across 13 search engines, including Google, YouTube, Bing, Amazon, eBay and TikTok.

Keyword Tool paid plans start at $89 per month to access keyword search volume, competition, and trends.

The Keyword Tool shows autocomplete suggestions for key terms in 13 search engines, including Google. Click on the image to enlarge it.

SEO keyword discovery

SEO keyword discovery is a free Chrome extension that pulls autocomplete data from Google for a word or phrase.

The tool groups suggestions by inserting “are,” “can,” “how,” “what,” when, and “where” into a basic term. From a query for “red shoes,” for example, the suggestions include:

Red shoes are in style. Red shoes can go with anything. How To Style Red Shoes What Do Red Shoes Mean When To Wear Red Shoes Where Are Red Shoes Made?

Clicking the link icon next to each suggestion will perform a Google search for that term. The tool expands queries with each letter and preposition (for example, for, of, with).

Keyword Discover SEO groups suggestions by inserting “are,” “can,” “how,” “what,” when,” and “where” into a basic term. Click image to enlarge.

Help SERP

Help SERP is another free Chrome extension to generate and copy autocomplete suggestions from Google for any query. It’s a time saver.

SERP help is useful for generating and then copying autocomplete suggestions. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Respond to the public

Respond to the public collects autocomplete suggestions from Google, YouTube and Bing and organizes them into five categories:

Questions Prepositions Comparisons Alphabetically Related

The tool allows one search per day without registration and three per day with free registration. Paid plans start at $9 per month for 100 queries per day, including useful data such as search volume and pay-per-click demand.