Has adword tools gone wonky !!!! i'm getting very odd results since last night.

Edwin · 03-09-2010, 11:24:17 AM

Second theory: Google has stripped Google Suggest-prompted "searches" from their definition of exact...

aZooZa · 03-09-2010, 11:58:44 AM

Third theory: Don't let Google suck you in. Times move on. The big 'G' will not rule in the next five years. IMHO.

JMOT · 03-09-2010, 12:11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by aZooZa

Third theory: Don't let Google suck you in. Times move on. The big 'G' will not rule in the next five years. IMHO.

I so hope you are right !

justwondering · 03-09-2010, 03:31:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Brassneck

Using legacy tool I get 40,500 local exacts for computer repair - that does sound about right. I don't ever use the new tool.

Stephen.

Hi Brass , i wonder if the data Legacy has is a snapshot of googles data from say a week ago or so ? i noticed the change a couple of days ago via googles own adsense tools , i imagine it would make sense for them to have a snapshot of google data or google may ban them due to execess data requests ! just a theroy

Lucky Luke · 03-09-2010, 10:02:46 PM

There are some astonishing changes from previous results with the new GKT.

I like the idea of this new set of data as I think some of the previous results just did not make sense. This new data may undershoot rather than overshoot and that is perhaps a good thing.

newpbc · 05-09-2010, 12:08:26 PM

original soundtrack was 300,100 which did seem wrong its now 140 thats a crazy drop either way. Glad I didn't get round to spending on the org.uk development now

rob · 05-09-2010, 01:04:12 PM

Its like the OV updates in the good old days - numbers and stats are useless unless:

- you know what they mean
- you can trust them

With google 'exacts' you simply cannot.

doodlebug · 05-09-2010, 01:18:03 PM

Just want to point out that the new GKT is in beta mode so maybe it's screwed up atm

rush · 05-09-2010, 03:46:30 PM

There's this post on the AdWords blog from the beginning of August, can't see any update confirming when it'll be out of Beta...

Updated Keyword Tool - Coming out of Beta

markb · 06-09-2010, 10:37:55 AM

Ive mentioned this in previous threads, the old keyword tool was incorrect and the new one is much more realistic. I run several websites which appear number 1 in google for some very competitive terms. The new keyword tool is much more accurate for all my search terms. The old tool give unrealistically high results for many search terms.

I bought a keyword domain around 6 months ago when the old keyword tools says it gets 45,500 exact local searches. The new keyword tool says it gets 6,500 exact local searches. I can confirm that the new tool is much more accurate.

I would advise if you are buying a domain name purely based on the number of exacts in the keyword tool, make sure you go off the results in the new version or you may be very disappointed otherwise like I was.

Mark

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aZooZa Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,980 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 46)	Third theory: Don't let Google suck you in. Times move on. The big 'G' will not rule in the next five years. IMHO.

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Lucky Luke Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 597 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 6)	There are some astonishing changes from previous results with the new GKT. I like the idea of this new set of data as I think some of the previous results just did not make sense. This new data may undershoot rather than overshoot and that is perhaps a good thing.

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rob Founding Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 5,978 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 37)	Its like the OV updates in the good old days - numbers and stats are useless unless: - you know what they mean - you can trust them With google 'exacts' you simply cannot.

06-09-2010, 10:37:55 AM	#30 (permalink)
markb Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 268 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 1)	Ive mentioned this in previous threads, the old keyword tool was incorrect and the new one is much more realistic. I run several websites which appear number 1 in google for some very competitive terms. The new keyword tool is much more accurate for all my search terms. The old tool give unrealistically high results for many search terms. I bought a keyword domain around 6 months ago when the old keyword tools says it gets 45,500 exact local searches. The new keyword tool says it gets 6,500 exact local searches. I can confirm that the new tool is much more accurate. I would advise if you are buying a domain name purely based on the number of exacts in the keyword tool, make sure you go off the results in the new version or you may be very disappointed otherwise like I was. Mark