Tracking keywords with apostrophes doesn't seem to work?

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    Hi,

    I use the keyword tracker to monitor my websites including this www.running4women.com - I'm tracking keywords such as "women's running", "women's running club" and so on. I get good results in google for these, but the keyword tracker is showing the rank as N/A. Is this a bug? Anyone else experienced this one?

    Kind regards
    Lar
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    It seems to be working when I try it... maybe data center flux?
     
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    Hi Shawn,

    Thanks for your reply - I don't think it's data center flux, it's been like that for well over a week. I'm seeing big changes in other keywords I'm tracking on Google but any keywords with apostrophes are showing as N/A, should I try removing them and adding them again?

    Addition: I just tried logging on and clicking on one of the errant keywords and I got some script errors which I've screenshot and uploaded to my server here - [http://www.valeit.com/kwt-err.gif] if you want to have a look. Maybe this is the problem.

    Kind regards
    Lar
     
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    Hmmm... that error means the server you have your advanced usage script on was not responding for some reason.
     
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    Hi Shawn,

    I thought it looked like that was the problem. I've changed the name of my advanced script and updated my preferences with the new name. I can hit the script directly here: [http://www.valeit.com/kwt.php].

    It seems to be working without generating errors now anyway, but it doesn't look like it's fixed the original problem in that my search phrases with apostrophes are still showing as N/A on Google. Do I need a new

    Kind regards
    Lar
     
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    No, it should not need any special permissions or a special PHP version.
     
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    Hi Shawn,

    Sorry, I edited my previous post without seeing your reply. Like I mentioned it's working now strangely - but the underlying problem still exists in that my keywords with apostrophes still show as N/A for Google. I'll leave it a while and see if it just datacenter flux. It has only been a week since these keywords "women's running blah blah blah" made large upwards gains on Google.

    Thanks for your help
    Kevin
     
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    Try something random with an apostrophe to see if it might be the data center. For example, when I tested it, I just did it for shawn's.
     
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    Hi Shawn,

    I've done that - here are the phrases I've tried:

    I tried the keyphrase "flash's timeline" with the url http://www.macromedia.com - on Google itself the macromedia site comes top but keyword tracker says N/A. I tried something similar to my keywords: "men's health" on the url http://www.menshealth.com once again this site is top in Google for that search but keyword tracker says N/A. I then tried your recommendation of "shawn's" on url http://forums.digitalpoint.com - looking at Google it shows this site on around the fifth page but my keyword tracker is saying N/A for that too.

    Hope that helps
    Kind regards
    Lar
     
    the_lar, Jun 8, 2005 IP