Loading ...As of today the Google Keyword tool has started showing actual numbers instead of the old green bars so we can get a better idea of exactly how many searches there are for a given phrase.
Since only very recently Yahoo have started redirection traffic to their old Overture keyword tool to a Yahoo page there was no accurate, free, UK specific keyword research tool available this is welcome news.
All is not entirely rosy as adding up the impressions on some terms where I know our PPC ads were #1 for the whole of June, there are some pretty big discrepancies. I’d hesitate to use it for PPC budgeting just yet, but for my main use of the old overture tool - picking niches and buying keyword rich domain names - it looks more than adequate.
Nice move by Google.
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Thanks, I really like Google’s improvements to their keyword tools. I always thought they didn’t put enough effort into inproving the tool, but now it looks like the suggestions are better and more thorough.