Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Yahoo is Killing The Wonderful Overture Keyword Search Inventory tool

Click Here For Full Article at Direct Marketing Online:

They say all good things must pass - but THIS?

Virtually every internet marketer suggests that all research on keywords begins at the Overture Search Term Tool.

Well folks, Overture got bought by mega company Yahoo and guess what? They are killing the search tool. In their words "It will no longer be supported in the near future".

Arrgghh. I really can't imagine why they made this decision - but they did. It is already useless as they have been slowly letting it die on the vine.

Apparently the best alternative are the Trellian keyword tools (which were always light years better than Yahoo's, but not free.

You can take a look here

KeywordDiscovery - Advanced keyword research tool and search term suggestion tool
or
Trellian SEO Toolkit - Website Optimization and Analysis Software

Nuff Said

Ed Osworth

Story - Click Title Link for Full Story at DM News

It wasn’t until I held a recent Search 101 seminar that I realized just how much the tool had aged. Like an elder relative, the tool fell asleep frequently at the table. Sometimes it just didn’t make any sense at all. On a call with some Yahoo employees, my greatest fears were confirmed: The tool would not longer be supported in the near future......

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