A method for targeting a website toward online searchers based on geographical information submitted to a search engine in an online search, comprising:receiving a keyword request with a keyword generator run by a processor of a computer, the keyword request including a geographic location associated with a service provider and a business type associated with the service provider;operating the keyword generator to determine a geographically defined service area for the service provider using the geographic location as a center point and using the business type to define a size of the service area;querying a spatial database using the service area to identify a set of geographic keyword phrases for the service area;transmitting the set of geographic keyword phrases to a client node; andproviding a website on the Internet that has content including at least a portion of the set of geographic keyword phrases.
