Comments on: Yahoo Keeps Keyword Inventory Tool on Life Support

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:18:40 +0000

Whenever I try to access the site, the page the page never loads. I get “could not open the page “http://inventory.overture.com/” because the server is not responding.”

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:24:40 +0000

@Erik- try wordtracker.com or keyworddiscovery.com.

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:19:01 +0000

Is there another place to find a keyword search tool? All I know of is Overture.

Erik Gall
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Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:03:32 +0000

[...] Andy Beal reported this in May 2007 but yet we still see many internet marketers and gurus recommending this tool. Or worse still, using it. So much for perfect knowledge spreading fast among the internet eh. [...]

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Tue, 29 May 2007 22:16:05 +0000

[...] Unfortunately, Yahoo has killed off continuing support for its Keyword Selector Tool. As you may recall, I used this tool in order to gain estimates of overall search traffic for lawyers. So for the moment, I am no longer able to update the search engine stats page for lawyer searches. I will try and find some workaround for this and get the stats page updated with new information as soon as I can. Regrettably, I will have to suspend updates to the page until I can do so. If anybody has any ideas, please email me or post a response. [...]

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By: TomCritchlow

TomCritchlow — Tue, 08 May 2007 08:31:53 +0000

Very interesting Andy – I echo Loren in wondering if Yahoo are doing this to drive more people to sign up?

Also – I hope this means that perhaps someone in the industry will put together a DECENT keyphrase research tool. I’ve found that people have been relying on this one for far too long and just ‘making do’ with it. Hopefully this will clear the way for someone to come in with a bigger better tool.

Tom

By: Death of The Yahoo / Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool | Internet Home Business

Tue, 08 May 2007 05:14:11 +0000

[...] Andy Beal reported that Yahoo Search Marketing is no longer supporting it’s keyword tool, known to many Internet marketers still as the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool. [...]

By: Andy: Yahoo Keyword Tool “on Life Support” » Small Business SEM

Andy: Yahoo Keyword Tool “on Life Support” » Small Business SEM — Tue, 08 May 2007 05:04:47 +0000

[...] I assume most of you also read Andy Beal’s blog, but just in case I’ll point to his post tonight about the future of the Yahoo/Overture free keyword tool. “On life support” is the key phrase there. [...]

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» SEO News StarterSearch Engine Optimization Blog - SEO News and Opinion — Mon, 07 May 2007 22:19:12 +0000

[...] Andy Beal wrote a post at Marketing Pilgrim noting that Yahoo! is “… keeping the [Overture] Keyword Selection Tool on life support.” According to the post, Yahoo suggests using the keyword forecasting services available through Panama and YSM APIs. “For the time being, Yahoo! plans to adjust the tool to show information from January 2007, but itâ€™s also recommend that advertisers use the more robust forecasting capabilities in the new Sponsored Search to gain insight into expected performance.” [...]

By: Yahoo Search Marketing Puts The Brakes on Keyword Inventory Tool

Yahoo Search Marketing Puts The Brakes on Keyword Inventory Tool — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:48:14 +0000

[...] Andy Beal says that Yahoo Search Marketing is still not planning on supporting the old Overture Inventory tool, since the older tool is not accurately reflective of the true volume of search terms and traffic throughout the Yahoo Network, and that Yahoo will be working on a new, more updated and tailored tool for Y!SM in the future. For the time being, Yahoo! plans to adjust the tool to show information from January 2007, but it’s also recommend that advertisers use the more robust forecasting capabilities in the new Sponsored Search to gain insight into expected performance. The forecasting service available now within Panama and through our APIs is a great alternative to Keyword Selector Tool in terms of providing keyword data points for performance and cost. [...]

By: Loren Baker

Loren Baker — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:38:20 +0000

This comment was made on behalf of Neil Patel;

I wonder what the conversion ratio will be on users who are forced to sign-up with Yahoo! Search Marketing to use their advanced search term tracking and forecasting tool, then actually become paying advertisers with Yahoo!

And if building a larger advertising base is their reasoning for changing the tool.