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Inconsistent, Strange Results From Google Keyword Tool
#1
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:19 PM
sedona az homes for sale 27100
sedona az real estate 5400
sedona az homes 4400
sedona homes for sale 1300
uptown sedona real estate <10
oak creek canyon homes <10
Today Google Adwords Tool gave me these numbers for the first 4 keyphrases but no response on the last two. I don't know what to believe anymore.
sedona az homes for sale 210
sedona az real estate 590
sedona az homes 170
sedona homes for sale 390
And the guy whose doing the SEO work on this site (and whom I've found to be trustworthy on other projects) sent me these numbers for local monthly searches:
Sedona homes 49,500
Sedona for sale 49,500
Sedona real estate 33,100
Homes for sale Sedona 33,100
If I run the same keyphrases, for exact match, local monthly searches, I get:
Sedona homes 210
Sedona for sale 46
Sedona real estate 1300
Homes for sale Sedona 140
I don't know what to believe anymore. Am I doing something wrong, or is the tool messed up?
#2
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:23 PM
Have you tried the legacy one?
https://adwords.goog...orceLegacy=true
#3
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:29 PM
Thanks for that link, Jill!!! I didn't realize that there was any way to get back to the old tool.
Suz
#4
Posted 20 August 2010 - 01:57 PM
Sometimes I think we might as well just go back to guessing at kws just like the old days. It's nearly as accurate as the tools.
#5
Posted 20 August 2010 - 03:23 PM
Traffic on that site had gone down about 30% and naturally the client wants to know why she has been paying them $thousands for SEO only to have her traffic go down, and I think it's because they were optimizing for keyphrases that get little traffic. The SEO company has done excellent work on other sites for my clients, but I think this caught them by surprise. We've been seeing numbers as "off" as this:
Homes for sale Sedona 210
Homes for sale Sedona 33100
Sedona for sale - no data
Sedona for sale 49500
What a mess!
#6
Posted 26 August 2010 - 11:02 AM
#7
Posted 09 September 2010 - 04:03 PM
Sometimes I think we might as well just go back to guessing at kws just like the old days. It's nearly as accurate as the tools.
Yes, I saw that tweet by Jill and I do use that legacy link, but it always prompts me to log in first to use it. Not sure if you just have to have a Google account or have to have an Adwords account. Since I have both, I don't know for sure.
If anyone hears that the old interface/legacy version is going away, please post. Yes, I like the old version much better and don't like the new one.
#8
Posted 09 September 2010 - 05:30 PM
#9
Posted 09 September 2010 - 05:55 PM
I've used both versions recently and they are reporting the same data for me. Make of that what you will...
#10
Posted 17 September 2010 - 04:45 PM
Have you tried the legacy one?
https://adwords.goog...orceLegacy=true
I too want to thank you for this link. The other day I clicked around and found it, but I didn't save it.
I thought I something seemed "fishy", but figured Google couldn't goof.
This is my first post, but I plan to learn a lot from all of you,
and occasionally have a contribution.
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