Comments on: MSN’s Keyword Forecasting Tool http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:14:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Azam.net http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-650791 Azam.net Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:15:05 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-650791 "Just used the tool for a few different keywords and each time there was a pretty steady history, then a huge incline for the future." Exactly the same here! Doesn't seem very accurate. “Just used the tool for a few different keywords and each time there was a pretty steady history, then a huge incline for the future.”

Exactly the same here!

Doesn’t seem very accurate.

]]> By: butternyk http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-351443 butternyk Sun, 26 Aug 2007 10:13:50 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-351443 looks a cool tool looks a cool tool

]]> By: michelangelo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-207858 michelangelo Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:32:00 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-207858 shame it is english language terms only. google trends does <strong>all</strong> languages. shame it is english language terms only. google trends does all languages.

]]> By: TheAnarchist http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-183189 TheAnarchist Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:59:04 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-183189 Seems pretty cool, but I have one complaint about it: using postbacks. The issue is similar to that described in <a href="http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/14/autopostback-checkboxendumb/" rel="nofollow">Wyatt Barnett's Sitepoint blog on 14 February 2007</a>. If it were changed such that I could choose what options I wanted (for example, when searching for multiple keyphrases, being able to choose to view the 2nd and 4th ones only, for easier comparisons), and then being given a button to make the changes happen when I was ready, I would be completely happy with it. Seems pretty cool, but I have one complaint about it: using postbacks. The issue is similar to that described in Wyatt Barnett’s Sitepoint blog on 14 February 2007.

If it were changed such that I could choose what options I wanted (for example, when searching for multiple keyphrases, being able to choose to view the 2nd and 4th ones only, for easier comparisons), and then being given a button to make the changes happen when I was ready, I would be completely happy with it.

]]> By: Matthew Magain http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180504 Matthew Magain Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:16:56 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180504 You might get better results for "Saddam" if you spelled the late dictator's name correctly ;-) You might get better results for “Saddam” if you spelled the late dictator’s name correctly ;-)

]]> By: Divine http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180456 Divine Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:20:59 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180456 <strong>Drugs</strong>: less then 18 of age are in LEAD, along with the mid-aged (kids and their parents?) <strong>Cancer</strong>: Females (literaly) OWN males ;) <strong>Sadam</strong>: Look at AGE and GENDER o.O (Error?) Id say this is a FAIR tool. Drugs:
less then 18 of age are in LEAD, along with the mid-aged (kids and their parents?)

Cancer:
Females (literaly) OWN males ;)

Sadam:
Look at AGE and GENDER o.O (Error?)

Id say this is a FAIR tool.

]]> By: Hasan Luongo http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180239 Hasan Luongo Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:51:49 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180239 Just used the tool for a few different keywords and each time there was a pretty steady history, then a huge incline for the future. I tried six of seven different and unrelated keywords and they all had a similar incline, seems a bit phishy Just used the tool for a few different keywords and each time there was a pretty steady history, then a huge incline for the future. I tried six of seven different and unrelated keywords and they all had a similar incline, seems a bit phishy

]]> By: Ellia http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180227 Ellia Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:29:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180227 Really something new from MSN. Obviously there is a lot to be expected from Microsoft this year. Really something new from MSN.

Obviously there is a lot to be expected from Microsoft this year.

]]> By: Kailash Badu http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180105 Kailash Badu Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:27:26 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-180105 when i searched on it, it generated the ugly error message that you see in a screwed up asp.net page. when i searched on it, it generated the ugly error message that you see in a screwed up asp.net page.

]]> By: mniessen http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-179771 mniessen Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:53:21 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/15/msns-keyword-forecasting-tool/#comment-179771 Interesting tool! Any idea how they forecast the traffic, though? The forecast for some search terms seems really odd ("cancer research", for instance). Interesting tool!

Any idea how they forecast the traffic, though? The forecast for some search terms seems really odd (”cancer research”, for instance).

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