Google Keyword Tool May Not Be Really Useful
I just learned something new today. After writing the post on long tail keywords, I tried to do more reading on keywords in general. What I discovered was quite surprising, though. I have always been a Google fan. Despite the fact that they are way too harsh on paid posts (at least in my opinion) [...]
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I read that post too, but I’d like to see more data before making judging the usefulness. Test about 100 or 1000 different keywords over a 6 month period, then we will know if it’s useful.
That’s why I try to use multiple sources to research keywords. Its general knowledge that none of the tools display accurate data and should only be used to compare volume, ie, one keyword gets more search volume then another.
I had a huge comment, but this spam filter of yours is making it impossible to post anything…
I found the tool practically useless. They have changed a few things which doesn’t give much hope.
If you have a page that’s Number 1 on Google, it’s easy to see which tool is more accurate. I have few, and amount of traffic matches numbers given by Google Keyword Tool. It’s not 100% correct, but that is expected.
I use Google adwords keywords tool & wordtracker to find the best keywords in my niche. I find wordtracker the best keywords tool among all the tools I gone through in my whole career as an seo