📊 Generate SEO keyword search volume data using Google API

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Description

Use Case

Generate accurate search volume data for SEO keyword research:

• You have a list of potential keywords to target for your website SEO but don’t know their actual search volume
• You need historical data to identify seasonal trends in keyword popularity
• You want to assess keyword difficulty to prioritize your content strategy
• You need data-driven insights for planning your SEO campaigns

What this Workflow Does

The workflow connects to Google’s Keyword Planner API to retrieve keyword metrics for your SEO research:

• Fetches monthly search volume for each keyword
• Provides historical trends data for the past 12 months
• Calculates keyword difficulty scores
• Delivers competition metrics from Google Ads

Setup

1. Fill the Set 20 Keywords with up to 20 Keywords of your choosing in an array e.g. [“keyword 1”, “keyword 2”,…]
2. Create a Google Ads API account and add credentials to Get Search Data node
3. Replace the Connect to your own database with your own database for the output

How to Adjust it to Your Needs

• Change the Set 20 Keywords node input to a source of your choosing e.g. Airtable database with 20 keywords
• Connect to output source of your choosing

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🔗 Nodes Used

HTTP Request

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup