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Suresh
Joined: 24 Feb 2007
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Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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 Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: Overture Bidtool is NO MORE!! |
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Hi all,
I found out today - but apparently this was breaking news in the beginning of February already - that the Overture bidtool Ros recommends in SAH has been taken down. Specifically, she suggests using this tool to evaluate competitors who pay-to-play (ppc) on page 64 of the revised edition (2006).
When you click on this link, it gives you a 410 Gone page and the following message:
Gone
The requested resource
/d/search/tools/bidtool/ is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource.
The UK version is still working at - hmmm, have to have 15 posts before I can post a URL on here, so maybe later - but that only tells you about competition in the UK, of course.
I fear free tools are going the way of the dinosaur & the dodo... 
Sorry to be the messenger of bad news!
Regards and success to all of us
Suresh M. Nair
Affiliate One Online
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jendeb
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Try this:
Oops, this is a crippled forum.
Here is the link in crippled format:
http:// freekeywords . wordtracker .com/
It's a free WordTracker keyword tool. It came into existence as a result of the shift behavior patterns of the Overture (Yahoo Search Marketing) keyword tool.
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BradleyD.Haslam
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Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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Location: Ogden Utah... The great vacuum of the west!
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Hi,
I'm not sure what url your using,
but the tool is still online here:
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
Now, this doesn't meen it will be forever.
I've heard rumors that it's going to be taken down.
But, I have to tell you, I don't consider this a loss!
In short, there are many other tools
that are much better than the overture tool.
All this tool is good for is a basic idea.
Don't rely on it for absolute numbers.
It's just a "suggestion" tool.
If you haven't heard about nichebot v2.0,
your missing the boat.
http://www.nichebot.com
Hope it helps.
Brad. |
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DarrenB
Joined: 14 Feb 2007
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Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I fear free tools are going the way of the dinosaur & the dodo...
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I could not disagree with you more. Giving away free tools whether it be tutorials or software is in my opinion the BEST way to build a customer base... once a customer/visitor to your websites trusts that you can add some real value... then you very likely have a receptive customer willing to buy your product/services...
Bottom line -give something of value to your website visitors and you may be surprised at the payoff..
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rw
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
Posts: 22
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: SAH still hold true |
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The info still holds true it is a different shift on the over all concept. Times change and we adapt to them.
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rw
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:33 am Post subject: A working link for an overture style keyword tool |
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I really hope this helps you out I use this all the time, with great results!
http://www.pixelfast.com/overture/
Happy marketing.
RW |
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