Keyword Positioning, Good Job Shawn!

[ginostylz]

I finally signed up shawn. I have seen way to many tools to really care about the next great invention by some other webmaster. I feared going to Google to get the API account, but within seconds of signing up it came in my email. All that fear for nothing. I thought going through the dance of creating the login ID, typing so many keywords, and the Google API was a waste of time. Boy was I wrong. I wish I would have signed up much earlier. Now I don't have so spend so much time typing my keywords into Google search. I get a ranking report with my gains and minuses.
Good Job!!!!!! :D

[digitalpoint]

You must be the last one on the planet using it. ;)

[ginostylz]

You must be the last one on the planet using it. ;)
Theres gotta be more than just me! It's not that outdated is it? I think it is awesome.

Disclaimer: I am really freakin drunk. I know I am a loser for drinking and surfing webmaster forums, but at least I am not driving right?

[digitalpoint]

Almost 11,000 registered users so far... :)

[Lever]

Only been using it a week myself but it's a most welcome tool for the toolbox. Thanks Shawn :D

[Foxy]

Disclaimer: I am really freakin drunk. I know I am a loser for drinking and surfing webmaster forums, but at least I am not driving right?

Hehe - quite obvious why you didn't "use the tool"!! :D

[ginostylz]

Hehe - quite obvious why you didn't "use the tool"!! :D
I have been using it for almost a week now. I was just trying to give a compliment where it is due. Thanks anyway.

[Foxy]

Well said

It is a very good tool and you should look at the graphs as they show you visually heeps of info - like for instance it showed for me that Google did something at or about May 12 that dropped my secondary phrases [without anchor support] over all my sites!

And I'll say it again - thanks Shawn :)

[ginostylz]

I was mainly trying to portray:
The Google API sounded a bit painful to grab, but they hand it out like candy with a valid email address.
Despite all the other worthless tools out there, this one is well worth the time investment.

[Foxy]

Yeah I know - once you realise how easy it is - its a doddle.

I find the 1000 limit a pain though as when you have a whole bundle of secondary phrases you are tracking you run out of the limit real quick. :)

[ViciousSummer]

Disclaimer: I am really freakin drunk. I know I am a loser for drinking and surfing webmaster forums, but at least I am not driving right?

haha! Gino, you're freakin' hilarious...
:p .

[North Carolina SEO]

Almost 11,000 registered users so far... :)


Shawn,

Is there anything in the works regarding future upgrades to the keyword tracker?

Like all the others who have posted, I really appreciate the tool. It would be very interesting to see where it would possibly go next. :cool:

[digitalpoint]

No, right now there is nothing "in the works". Things are usually added the same day I (or someone) has an idea that works for it.

[compar]

No, right now there is nothing "in the works". Things are usually added the same day I (or someone) has an idea that works for it.
Does Google sell an unlimited API? If we have 10,000 people using this tool maybe we could take up a collection and buy an unlimited API????

[compar]

Google's search engine index is the driving force behind other large search engines as well, such as Yahoo and AOL.
Shawn, you probably should remove Yahoo from this sentence on the Keyword Tracker page.

[digitalpoint]

No, Google does not sell an unlimited API key. They do GIVE them away on occasion though (http://www.googlealert.com/ for example has one).

Regarding the Yahoo thing, I know... I've been meaning to, but we actually get traffic from "Yahoo keyword tracker", so I need to reword it somehow when I get a second.

[disgust]

hm, is that really traffic you'd definitely want to lose?

if someone wants a yahoo tracker, they may sign up when they stumble upon a free google one

just a thought

[NevDull]

Regarding the Yahoo thing, I know... I've been meaning to, but we actually get traffic from "Yahoo keyword tracker", so I need to reword it somehow when I get a second.

Are there plans / is there a reasonable way to track keywords on Yahoo without violating an AUP?

-NevDull

[digitalpoint]

No... even if it was within their license (which it isn't), the keyword tracker would throw 1,000+ queries at them per minute. Yahoo throttles back query requests if you do too many, so screen scraping it even a possibility in my case. Yahoo does have an API, but they charge a huge amount of money up front, then also charge per query. And I'm not willing to pay for that to use on a free tool. :)

[Help Desk]

Couldn't somebody make a client app? That way it spreads out where the requests are coming from?

[digitalpoint]

Still a violation of their terms (a big one at that since you are creating a distributed application just to get around their limitations). Plus I'm not sure how keen to install a 3rd party app on their computer with all the spyware these days.

[Design Agent]

Update: The Yahoo and MSN tracker have been added read about it here:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=11964

[SeoGolfer]

Any one know where I can get a google soap API key?

[usasportstraining]

http://code.google.com/

That's what you meant, right?