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Find keyword ideas related to a seed keyword

POST/v1/tools/google.keywords.ideas/callsNeeds an API key

Returns keywords related to a seed keyword, with search volume, CPC, competition and difficulty. Use it to find new keywords to target.

Tool google.keywords.ideas on Google. Contract version 1, released 2026-10-27.

Over REST, send the input in the body. Over MCP, pass the same input to call_tool.

Both return the full response: the call's ID, status and cost, with this tool's result in output.

Input

keywordstringRequired

The seed keyword to find related keywords for.

countrystring· default us

Two-letter ISO 3166-1 country code. Case-insensitive.

One of the 249 values of the countries list: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes, lowercase.

languagestring· default en

Two-letter ISO 639-1 language code. Case-insensitive.

One of the 184 values of the languages list: ISO 639-1 two-letter language codes, lowercase.

pageinteger· default 1

Page of results, 10 per page.

At least 1.

Output

A successful call returns these blocks in its output. A field not marked required can be null.

results

A list of rows. Always present, possibly empty.

keywordstringRequired
search_volumeinteger

Average monthly Google searches in the country.

monthly_searchesarray of object

Google searches in the country in each recent month, usually the last 12.

monthly_searches.yearintegerRequired
monthly_searches.monthintegerRequired

Month of the year, from 1 (January) to 12.

monthly_searches.search_volumeintegerRequired
cpcnumber

Average cost per click in Google Ads, in USD.

competitionnumber

Advertiser competition for the keyword in Google Ads, from 0 (none) to 1 (highest).

competition_levelstring

The same competition as a band.

low
medium
high
keyword_difficultyinteger

How hard it is to rank in the top 10 organic results, from 0 (easiest) to 100.

search_intentstring

What the searcher wants.

informational
navigational
commercial
transactional