Comments on: Are the Keyword Research Tools Accurate? http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/ Growth For Persistent, Intelligent People. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:28:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Christina http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-45489 Christina Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:48:49 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-45489 I find that the market leap link tool is really addictive to me but I do wonder exactly what Morten was talking about with the quotes and I'm not using the quotes any more because it really doesn't tell you if your on the first page or does it? I find that the market leap link tool is really addictive to me but I do wonder exactly what Morten was talking about with the quotes and I’m not using the quotes any more because it really doesn’t tell you if your on the first page or does it?

]]> By: Morten http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-34956 Morten Sat, 10 May 2008 09:33:00 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-34956 I don't get it - great post by the way, Using Wordze for a keyword string (using exact search) I get about 6000 searches a month - not a lot I know, but anyway. The KEI says 0.01 which would indicate strong competition on the string compared to the number of searches - right? But when I search Google - the same string WITH quotes - I only get 1 (one) result! Searching Yahoo and MSN shows a little more (300 or so). How does that add up? Why is the KEI so low? What am I missing (apart from money and the love of my life)? I don’t get it - great post by the way,
Using Wordze for a keyword string (using exact search) I get about 6000 searches a month - not a lot I know, but anyway. The KEI says 0.01 which would indicate strong competition on the string compared to the number of searches - right?
But when I search Google - the same string WITH quotes - I only get 1 (one) result!
Searching Yahoo and MSN shows a little more (300 or so).
How does that add up? Why is the KEI so low? What am I missing (apart from money and the love of my life)?

]]> By: sidney nolan http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-33330 sidney nolan Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:39 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-33330 hi guys, nice post. Chanya, i was alarmed at GTrends' figures too! It says for example 2,000 people a day search for a particular term, but then that position #1 at google would only give you about ~5 visitors a day! (almost enough to make me throw all my website development away). But Mark's figures made me feel better - it seems he was getting about half or a quarter of Wordtracker's total search numbers being on position 1-2. Which makes me wonder - are they way underestimating the number of searches in the first place? Or is it true that 1995 out of 2000 people don't click on the first google response? hi guys, nice post.
Chanya, i was alarmed at GTrends’ figures too! It says for example 2,000 people a day search for a particular term, but then that position #1 at google would only give you about ~5 visitors a day! (almost enough to make me throw all my website development away).
But Mark’s figures made me feel better - it seems he was getting about half or a quarter of Wordtracker’s total search numbers being on position 1-2.
Which makes me wonder - are they way underestimating the number of searches in the first place? Or is it true that 1995 out of 2000 people don’t click on the first google response?

]]> By: Martin http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-31876 Martin Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:54:28 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-31876 If only i worked for Hitwise............................... If only i worked for Hitwise………………………….

]]> By: Living Off Dividends & Passive Income http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-31809 Living Off Dividends & Passive Income Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:39:31 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-31809 Hi Chanya i've been using it in conjunction with the Adwords tool - i can't compare it to seo elite (which I really should get) - but it works for me. as Vic mentioned in his last vlog about backlinks, he now looks at his competitors backlinks, PR, & other info and if he thinks he can compete with them, he goes for it. I think thats really important too. Hi Chanya

i’ve been using it in conjunction with the Adwords tool - i can’t compare it to seo elite (which I really should get) - but it works for me.

as Vic mentioned in his last vlog about backlinks, he now looks at his competitors backlinks, PR, & other info and if he thinks he can compete with them, he goes for it. I think thats really important too.

]]> By: Chanya http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-31672 Chanya Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:27:10 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-31672 MARK: Are you using the regular free Wordtracker tool or the free GTrends tool from Wordtracker? GTrends provides 2 bar graphs: 1. Google Competition 2. Actual Visitors From #1 in Google Per Day I just started using it and have found the "Actual Visitors" chart to be somewhat accurate. Here it is: <a href="http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/gtrends/" rel="nofollow">Wordtracker's GTrends Tool</a>. Enter the keywords, press Enter, and then click on the multi-colored bar graph to the right of the keyword. I'd be interested to know if others have used this tool and how accurate they think it is. MARK: Are you using the regular free Wordtracker tool or the free GTrends tool from Wordtracker? GTrends provides 2 bar graphs:

1. Google Competition
2. Actual Visitors From #1 in Google Per Day

I just started using it and have found the “Actual Visitors” chart to be somewhat accurate.

Here it is: Wordtracker’s GTrends Tool. Enter the keywords, press Enter, and then click on the multi-colored bar graph to the right of the keyword.

I’d be interested to know if others have used this tool and how accurate they think it is.

]]> By: David http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-31524 David Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:10:21 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-31524 This post has been featured in <a href="http://www.fulltiltblogging.com/blog/category/daily-blog-summary/" rel="nofollow"><strong>FullTiltBlogging.com's Daily Blog Summary</strong></a> today. Great post! This post has been featured in FullTiltBlogging.com’s Daily Blog Summary today. Great post!

]]> By: Suzie Cheel http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-31504 Suzie Cheel Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:07:52 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-31504 Thank you for posting this as I hate keyword research, it seems to take up so much time and then you still mightn't have a hungry niche. and relate closely to what Colin is saying. If there is a simple way let me know Suzie Thank you for posting this as I hate keyword research, it seems to take up so much time and then you still mightn’t have a hungry niche. and relate closely to what Colin is saying.

If there is a simple way let me know

Suzie

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]]> By: Sal http://courtneytuttle.com/2008/04/21/are-the-keyword-research-tools-accurate/#comment-31330 Sal Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:10:31 +0000 http://courtneytuttle.com/?p=503#comment-31330 This is definitely a great topic to discuss since the numbers from various KW tools were puzzling me a few months back when I first started looking for niches. I've been using a combination of the free wordtracker tool, wordze and adwords KW tool and a few other sites to determine whether or not I have a good niche and if I can potentially make some decent $$ from them. I'm confident that we can make any site work in our favor given that the competion isn't astronomically high and we put roll up our sleeves and put in the effort. This is definitely a great topic to discuss since the numbers from various KW tools were puzzling me a few months back when I first started looking for niches. I’ve been using a combination of the free wordtracker tool, wordze and adwords KW tool and a few other sites to determine whether or not I have a good niche and if I can potentially make some decent $$ from them. I’m confident that we can make any site work in our favor given that the competion isn’t astronomically high and we put roll up our sleeves and put in the effort.

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