Overture Keyword Tool Still Alive…
…According to YSM. In case you missed it, there were some reports going around that Yahoo nixed the popular Overture keyword tool. Because of the perceived actions on their part, Yahoo was ripped by some bloggers, the most notable being Aaron Wall.
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Now, thanks to a post from SearchEngineJournal’s Loren Baker, it appears as if the reports of the Overture keyword tool’s demise were premature. Evidently, the keyword tool has become so popular; the webpage it’s located on is prone to timing out. A quote from Loren’t post reveals more:
Unfortunately, the responsiveness of this free tool is diminished due to the sheer volume of hits it receives each day, therefore browsers may time out and error pages may appear but it doesn’t mean that this tool has been removed.
The YSM team goes on to indicate they plan on keeping the tool active until they can come up with one that outperforms the current installment.
I’ve not seen Yahoo improve or come out with something new in a long time so I guess it means that it will stay the same.
Maybe they should look into finding a better hosting company so they don’t have all the problems. (:
[…] According to Chris Yahoo has no intentions of getting rid of the Overture keyword tool. The problem is that they are incapable of keeping the tool online. […]
As long as the tool is free you cant really complain about all the timeouts.
Its nice to see the new Tool (Keyword Suggestion) has been released aswell instantly showing the top 100 results and daily search traffic
I agree, this is a nice little tool and I use it often for my own sites to find the proper keywords! Thanks for posting none the less!
I think the tool is dead. The data is so old when you get results.
Yes the results being returned are from Jan/07. Useful for general terms but nothing that might have time issues (ie iPhone repair).
I think the tool should be taken out and finished off. Wordtracker is better.