I own a forum development blog, where i write articles on how to build a successful forum. I can't seem to gain much traffic from google. How can i find otu some popular keywords people search in Google which are related to my Blog?
you might try using Gtrends from WordTracker, it's pretty good at giving you hot keywords that get a lot of traffic.
visit keyworddiscovery and keywordsuggestion.. Great site for picking the right keyword to your forum development blog site..
Try to use some KW tools available at seobook and Google Suggest as well you may also try Google Zeitgeist and Google Trends
I've tried them but none of the suggested keywords relate to my blog. They are like gaming forums etc.
Research your field and use multiple keywords tools to find effective keywords and as suggested above analyze the latest trends for search terms.
maybe the articles you are writing is too competitive ... too many people are writing about it .. i think you need to find some thing more specific .. something like longtail keywords phrases ... for that you can try out free keyword tools that are available online ..
The point is, i can't find many people writing competing articles, which is hard for me to find quality keywords.
search for keyword based on yur blog which get lots of hits from google you can use this free keyword tracker http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ and then add these keywords as tags in your blogs and in permalink you will be getting some google traffic through this method