There’s plenty of talk currently doing the rounds about the demise of the Overture (Yahoo!) Keyword Selector Tool. For a few months, at least, every visit I’ve made to it has resulted in a timeout and many people are now reporting its complete shutdown. However, I’ve just been to the Overture tool and not only is it up, but it returned results from my query!
This makes me wonder if the news of its shutting down has caused many to abandon it for the likes of the new Wordtracker keyword tool resulting in a lessening of the burden on the overloaded Overture?
Software developers have already started taking action by updating their keyword applications to make use of alternative tools. While useful for generating keyword lists, the reported search figures should always be taken with a pinch of salt because they can be and have been manipulated.
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Have you tried SEO Book’s Keyword Tool which simply amalgamates a lot of tool’s results into one page - http://tools.seobook.com/general/keyword/suggestions/
Good shout, Sarah. I’d forgotten about all the tools Mr. Wall offered!
While his incessant emails are a bit annoying the gentleman at http://www.nichebot.com has a similar keyword discovery tool. I believe Mr.Wall even mentioned it in a recent post.
I haven’t checked it out myself yet, but it looks like it covers the bases and more.