Google Keyword Tool now shows numbers
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Scott on
July 9th, 2008 .
Googles keyword tool has long since been a friend and an excellent resource… and it just got better!
In the past the average search data was just displayed as green bars showing most popular terms which has been handy for sure.
But now as of today I am seeing real numbers given for June search volume
 
EDIT: Make sure if your looking for specific data, after your search change it from Broad to Exact in the little drop down menu on the right
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That must be very new - I was using the tool last night and still had the green bars.
Me too Nicola, I hope it doesn’t roll back!
Oh wow, that is a huge development. First Google takes a big bite out of services like Compete with new Google Trends features, now tools like WordTracker better watch their back.
Oh well, now it’s time to go do some *real* keyword research!
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I was excited when I saw the news, but when I’ve checked I’ve saw really inaccurate results. I know a few terms that I rank #1 in Google, and what they show compared to what I get is not even close.
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Make sure you change the drop down menu from Broad to ‘Exact’ after your search and you should get good data.
Great! Looks like a bit of rounding is going on though, where several different keywords have the exact same search volume, all ways round numbers too!
Grabbing what I can in case it does roll back
Now that would help out in selecting the best keywords which have less competition and more searches
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This is just plain AWESOME. This makes my life exponentially easier, I’ve been asking for this for ages!!!!
I’ve compared it to the numbers from WordTracker and KeywordDiscovery and both of them show FAR less searches than Google’s tool.
So what is one to believe? I mean… Google must know their numbers right?
Its obvious to believe google because they have the real stats.
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The tools is too new to be perfect and work in an accurate way
sorry for my mistyping, it should be ‘tool’
LOL… someone is trying to get their comment count up?
Now after having spend a little more time with the tool I am wondering why they are showing “approx. searches”. I would imagine that they were able to give exact numbers easily. But that might be sharing too much?
That numbers are really interesting, its more accurate. No more guessing…
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It’s about time. I’m using a great software wtih WebCeo for this kind of research. But Google Keyword Tolls is a very short way to give a look. A good look by area and language. Yahoo!
this is one kick ass move by google… will signup for adwords just for this tool
Very cool - I wonder if they’ll update Google Trends to also show actual numbers too …
From my early comparisons against adwords impressions, it’s pretty accurate as well. Makes keyword research pretty easy.
Dont forget to uncheck the “Use synonyms” under the search box this will give more accurate results!
Why is that Neale? Won’t them terms still be the same?
I was very excited when I first heard about this. I’m interested now to see what the paid providers (wordtracker, wordze etc) do next.
I can’t wait to see who will first send out a tool that calculates KEI and R/S ratios. That could be a cool viral tool.
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I am not sure how much difference this is going to make. This is being discuss all over the blogosphere.
It wasn’t showing until 4 days ago for me. It is definitely a big plus.
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