Keyword Generator: Ideas and Questions from Google Autocomplete
Type a topic and get every suggestion Google autocomplete gives for it, grouped into questions, comparisons and A to Z. No search volume here, only what people actually type.
| Keyword | Words | Intent (guess) |
|---|
Where these keyword ideas come from
Every keyword on this page is a Google autocomplete prediction, the list that drops down while you type in the search box. Google says on its help page about autocomplete that predictions reflect real searches done on Google, shaped by the language and location of the search and by what is trending. That makes autocomplete the cheapest honest signal there is: if Google suggests a phrase, people type it.
One autocomplete request only returns about 10 suggestions, so the tool asks 56 times. It sends your seed on its own, then the seed followed by every letter from a to z and every digit from 0 to 9, then the seed behind question words (how, what, why, which, can, is, best, vs, and in Indonesian cara, apa, kenapa, berapa, apakah, harga, terbaik), then the seed followed by modifiers like for, with, without, near, vs and the current year. The answers are merged, duplicates are removed, and the list stops at 400.
What autocomplete cannot tell you
There is no search volume, keyword difficulty or cost per click on this page. Those numbers come from paid keyword databases, and the free alternatives you see online either estimate them loosely or quietly invent them. I would rather show you nothing than a number that looks precise and is not.
So treat the list as demand that exists, not demand that is big. Two quick ways to size it for free:
| Source | What it gives you | Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Google Keyword Planner | Monthly search ranges per keyword and country | Needs a Google Ads account; shows wide ranges unless you run ads |
| Google Search Console | Real impressions and clicks for queries your site already appears for | Only covers keywords you already rank for |
| Google Trends | Relative interest over time and by region | Relative scale, not absolute searches |
How the three groups work
The groups are based on the words in each keyword, not on which lookup returned it, so a question found through the letter "h" still lands in Questions.
| Group | What lands there | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Questions | Keywords with how, what, why, where, which, who, or Indonesian cara, apa, kenapa, berapa and similar | FAQ sections, how-to articles, People Also Ask targets |
| Prepositions and comparisons | Keywords with for, with, without, near, vs, best, or untuk, dengan, tanpa, terdekat, murah, terbaik | Comparison pages, audience-specific landing pages, local pages |
| Alphabetical | Everything else, sorted A to Z | Long-tail variants and subtopics for the main article |
How the intent guess works, and when to ignore it
Each keyword gets one of four intent labels from simple word rules. Navigational wins first (login, app, official, a brand domain), then a question word at the start means informational, then buying words mean transactional (buy, order, rent, discount, near me), then evaluation words mean commercial (best, review, vs, price, alternative). Everything else is informational.
It is a guess, and it is labelled as one. "Camera rental price" could be someone comparing shops or someone ready to book. The only reliable test is to search the keyword and look at what Google ranks: product pages mean transactional, listicles and reviews mean commercial, guides mean informational. Use the label to sort a long list quickly, then confirm the keywords you plan to target.
How I turn the list into a content plan
This is the order I work in when I research a new topic for a client site.
- Run the broad seed in the country you sell in. Read the Questions group first, it shows what confuses people.
- Exclude what you will never target: competitor brands, job searches, free downloads if you sell a service.
- Click the two or three keywords that look like their own topic to run them as new seeds. That is where the long tail opens up.
- Select the keywords you want, export them as CSV and open the file in Google Sheets.
- Group them by the page that would answer them. One page per search intent, not one page per keyword, which is how keyword cannibalization starts.
- Check the size of the main keyword of each group in Keyword Planner or Search Console before you write.
Country and language matter
Autocomplete is local. The same seed gives different predictions in Indonesia and in the United States, and English searches made in Indonesia differ again from both. Pick the country your customers search from and the language they type in. Results are cached for 24 hours per seed, country and language, so a repeat lookup is instant.