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Search Volume Comes To Google Keyword Tool & Live Search Updates
Vertical Search News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Story Found By: robgarner 1416 Days ago
Category: Vertical Search
Barry Schwartz is seeing quantitative data in the Google keyword tool.
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from tmadel 1416 Days ago #
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I still am only getting the bar graphs showing estimated volume.  Do you have to be special to get the actual numbers?

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from Jeremy 1416 Days ago #
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Noticed this yesterday: http://sphinn.com/story/57468

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from rustybrick 1416 Days ago #
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Jeremy, sorry for missing it.

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from Jeremy 1416 Days ago #
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Baryy, no problem at all. I just wanted to add the link to my post as I think I’m the only one who posted about it that actaully saw the announcement in my MCC....which makes me think this is a feature we will see live very soon and not just a leak/accident. Keep up the great work at SER.J

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from searchkari 1416 Days ago #
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I wonder how accurate these estimates are.  I know they’re supposed to be estimates; but I’ve always wondered about how close Google’s estimates are to actuality.  I’d like to see if anyone monitors their actual impressions vs. the search volume numbers and posts results a month from now.

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from javaun 1414 Days ago #
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When I first saw this in my own account, it was so different than what I was used to seeing that I gazed right past it. At that moment I was actually demo’ing the Keyword Tool for a coworker and quipped "it must be broken or something, there’s usually bars here".  Then it hit me. Wow. Numbers.Until now, I have never really cared for keyword tools that give actual keyword volumes because I never trusted the data sample size. I implicitly trusted Google’s data bars more than many  sources’ keyword estimates because Google has the sample size and the intelligence to make it work.  The exception had been the now-defunct Overture, which had a reliable enough sample size to see what terms really bubbled the to top, albeit solely in that engine. Now that Yahoo is opening up its engine, maybe we’ll see a resurgence of tools based on Yahoo’s keyword volume.All in all, both of these announcements are great for search. It will be interesting to see if Google exposes their keyword estimates to the API.  

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from mwiegand77 1414 Days ago #
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Really, really helpful. This kind of tool can make predictive PPC a little more possible. Obviously, you can’t judge your competitions’ bids very closely, but you can get a rough estimate on the amount of clicks a certain keyword will net you in a month. That’s invaluable.I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve throw a bunch of broad longtail keywords in the account based on the search volume bar and gotten varied actually results after a week of monitoring it. This will hopefully take some of the guesswork out of it.

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