Keyword List Generator

[peteboyd]

I have a quick question. Does anyone know of a program that will take three separate lists of words and make every conceivable combination of those words using a word in each list?

For instance, I need to combine the words listed below into a 5,000+ keyword search phrase list for the following:

Keyword from List #1
+
Keyword from List #2
+
Keyword from List #3
=
KEYWORD PHRASE

Each list has about 30-50 phrases and they all need to be combined. Let me know if you can think of anything. Thanks.

Pete Boyd

[bakedjake]

Microsoft Excel: [webmasterworld.com...]

[GerBot]

Excel - bah

I use Edit Plus 2

[paybacksa]

don't forget them in quotes, and then in brackets, as well. That's an awful lot of keywords.... and you're duplicating some of the permutating that G already does (?)

[uncle_bob]

If you are using windows NT/2000/XP/2003 then if you put the lists in text files list1.txt, list2.txt, list3.txt then the following command will join them all up for you.

for /f "tokens=*" %a in (list1.txt) do @( for /f "tokens=*" %b in (list2.txt) do @( for /f "tokens=*" %c in (list3.txt) do @(echo %a %b %c) ) )

Bring up a cmd prompt ( start->programs->accessories->command prompt) and type it all in on one line. Who needs a gui these days?

[neuron]

and Bob's your uncle!

The only person I know of who might have come up with the last solution is my mom.

[paybacksa]

and it works, too!

But as always with Windows, how do you catch the output? Cut and paste doesn't work in my command window, and an output redirect to file doesn't work with this loop structure: > out.txt only catches the last iteration of the outer loop.

2 minutes typing in the command, and 10 minutes trying to catch the output, before giving up o command line Windows.

[uncle_bob]

To Catch the output, redirect the echo to append to a file. You need to append , as the echo is called repeatedly.

for /f "tokens=*" %a in (list1.txt) do @( for /f "tokens=*" %b in (list2.txt) do @( for /f "tokens=*" %c in (list3.txt) do @(echo %a %b %c >> joined.txt) ) )

[paybacksa]

OIC - never knew about the double >'s being append. That's be my new thing lernt today, thank you very much :-) (just in time, too)

[ogletree]

You can cut and paste in the command window. Select is called mark. Right click on the blue bar at top and you will get an edit menu. Don't right click in the black screen because you will have to start over again.

[paybacksa]

That's odd. It is a "mode" so you have to go do MARK and then go and highlight and then hit ENTER to leave MARK mode.

It works. Another consistent user interface from Redmond.

[jkwilson78]

I stumbled across some software that may do what your're asking. Sticky Mail me and I'll give the URL unless of course it would be ok to post it.

Let me know.

[thsung]

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[edited by: Brett_Tabke at 9:21 pm (utc) on May 12, 2004]
[edit reason] Please - no "tool urls" please. [/edit]

[shorebreak]

Keyword gen tools I like:

YourAmigo
Dulance
Quigo
KWMap (for 2-dimensional keyword list building)