FREE Keyword Research Tool for Authors 2025

About this video

Dale argues authors should validate a book idea with keyword research before writing, rather than spending months on a book no one is searching for. He says his older advice was to use the free DS Amazon Quick View Chrome extension in incognito mode and guess at worthwhile keywords from search results. He says that has changed with Kip Scout, a free Chrome extension from Dibl Create built specifically for authors. After installing it, enabling it for incognito mode, and configuring settings in Dibl Create — project saving, profitable criteria, maximum reviews, minimum revenue, minimum profitable books, and suppressing sponsored listings — authors search Amazon’s Kindle Store or Books section in incognito for untainted results. Kip Scout shows a snapshot including average Amazon Best Seller Rank, estimated average monthly revenue, average price, and per-book pricing, rank, sales/revenue, reviews and pages. He says he generally looks for low product volume and an average Best Seller Rank between 10,000 and 100,000, noting ranks above 100,000 draw little and below 10,000 are hard to place in. He explains building keyword lists from pain points for non-fiction, and for fiction from settings, character types/roles, plot themes and tone, using long-tail phrases to reduce competition, and using Kip Scout’s queries feature to find related terms. Profitable keywords can then be used in the title, subtitle, series name, the seven backend KDP keywords, description, A+ content and editorial reviews. He also describes Dibl Create’s Pro Plan research tools — category search, search term batch analysis, and in-depth book analysis by ASIN — offered with a free trial via his affiliate link, and promotes Dibl Create as writing software. The video is sponsored by Dibble Create.

Key takeaways

• Do keyword research before writing to validate demand with data, rather than guessing what will sell
• Use Kip Scout, a free Chrome extension, in incognito mode so Amazon results are not skewed by personal search and buying history
• Configure profitable criteria in Kip Scout — suppress sponsored listings, set review and revenue thresholds — and watch average Best Seller Rank, which he puts ideally between 10,000 and 100,000
• Build long-tail keyword lists from the book’s content: pain points/solutions for non-fiction, and settings, character types, plot themes and tone for fiction, then expand them with the queries feature
• Place validated keywords in prime real estate: title, subtitle, series name, the seven backend KDP keywords, description, A+ content and editorial reviews

Episode details: published March 17, 2025 · 14:41 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dale L. Roberts’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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