Comments on: The New Google Keyword Tool is Terrible

By: seo mauritius

seo mauritius — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:19:00 +0000

Totally agree with you on that one the new Keyword tool suck !!! If i could have the old tools that would be just great
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By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:13:31 +0000

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By: Mark James

Mark James — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:58:18 +0000

It used to drive me nuts but i no longer use the Google keyword tool but wordtracker instead i think the cost is worth it.

I have had amazingly differant results using this free keyword tool – ok one keyword I searched for produced 1.5million results on the exact search and no other competition!

Six month later the same exact search told me there were only a few hundred people searching for this term! not just wrong but amazingly wrong!

If you are building a campaign using this tool you need to take a step back and think would this amount of people really be searching for this.

Also type in the keyword into google – take the top sites listed for the term – enter them into a site like brainstat and see how many visitors they get each day.

Does this in any way tally with what the google keyword tool says?

there are plenty of other ways to cross check!

By: Mr Milkman

Mr Milkman — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:31:00 +0000

It also doesnt give you the correct results either. If you try it logged in and then try it logged out you will see what i mean.

By: Stephen K

Stephen K — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 08:24:48 +0000

As one of the many who have recently been using this latest keyword tool from Google I know the listed frustrations all too well. I can’t believe that key features such as the exact tool don’t appear to work correctly, and that you can’t simply display the keywords you searched for.

To me this feels like a BETA version of the tool, and that Google will roll out features as it is developed. It is just a shame that key tools appear to be missing.

By: Hans

Hans — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:06:11 +0000

The best keyword research I think comes from Google Suggest. In fact, we’re offering a free software tool that scrapes Google Suggest. You can download it for free here: http://www.market-vantage.com/2010/10/free-keyword-research-using-google-suggest/

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:47:32 +0000

I also agree with you that the new Google tool has some rather annoying traits, and is not as functional. I was bummed when I couldn’t access the old tool any longer!

Sure, the new tool appears more “modern” but I prefer the old look and feel. Of course I don’t like Google Instant either, but that’s a different topic…

By: James

James — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:58:41 +0000

Hi Patrick,

Great talk today at A4U Expo.

You can get traffic data on a set of Keywords (without getting KW suggestions) by using Google Traffic Estimator.

There is a link to it at the top left of the screen in the new Google Keyword Tool.

By: VrDrug

VrDrug — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:01:54 +0000

I agree too, I like older feature than new tool.

mostly times when research keyword, the keyword lists on results quite so poor if you didn’t checked by manual again before click to research.

For the previous feature, you can fast research by 1-3 clicks and get lists of relevant keyword.

By: stuart

stuart — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:54:18 +0000

I couldnt agree more. I now cant use any of my SEO software as the CSV files are downloaded as zipped files. This has to be the worst thing google have done!
stuart