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Lotus9
May 4th 2006, 6:13 pm
Why doesn't Google, Yahoo, MSN...tell the public exactly how many times people are searching for certain keywords each month? Why the guessing game?
digitalpoint
May 4th 2006, 6:15 pm
They do...

http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
Lotus9
May 4th 2006, 8:46 pm
All I see are some top ten lists for certain keywords....I'm talking about numbers like how many people searched for "pink fuzzy bunny slippers" in March. That kind of data.
rickvidallon
May 4th 2006, 8:51 pm
Check out Googles real-time (suggestion tool) based on real-time search stats; google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
Lotus9
May 4th 2006, 10:27 pm
Hey,

That's cool, but what do they "results" number represent? Are those suppose to be monthly searches for each keyword? Those numbers seem high!
travelfish
May 4th 2006, 10:49 pm
That suggest tool is excellent -- great tip -- thanks
SumitBahl
May 5th 2006, 1:33 am
I use Overture Keyword Inventory tool (http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/)for this. They update it every month, it gives you an idea of which are popular one.
BFTUK
May 5th 2006, 4:12 am
I have this tool installed on my site that checks Overture results for 18 different countries, it also allows bulk checks.

http://www.quickwhois.co.uk/overture.php

Overture results are not 100% accurate though.
SumitBahl
May 5th 2006, 4:21 am
I have this tool installed on my site that checks Overture results for 18 different countries, it also allows bulk checks.

http://www.quickwhois.co.uk/overture.php

Overture results are not 100% accurate though.

Nice find, thanx. :)

EDIT: That tool is really slow for me, I am still waiting for the results to show up.
boohlick
May 5th 2006, 5:24 am
BFTUK, great tool bro :)
jimkarter
May 5th 2006, 6:31 am
Hey,

That's cool, but what do they "results" number represent? Are those suppose to be monthly searches for each keyword? Those numbers seem high!

No. that clearly says "results" means this term is found in this number of pages.
Lotus9
May 5th 2006, 9:39 am
Hey Jim,

I don't think so...that's what I thought at first...but if you compare the results numbers with the actual results, they are a lot different, so it can't be that.
vagrant
May 5th 2006, 10:52 am
the tool i use is at

http://www.123promotion.co.uk/ppc/index.php

(Overture and Wordtracker)