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AdWords external keywords research tool is going to be retired

This quick article shares an observation about the likelihood that Google's free Keywords Research Tool is being turned off. <a name="more"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Lc6MihIAioH-pLkWYDyJXjzdfDcez8JXzrP4tkUtzP0klw9wOBC6WncwV-1LZiZ8Kgbzy8pLxGr-4xfzDbKm2bQMxZGNPxbEi_zMRcIGRhVMsT4YpW9i_DL3-2NEHDR5-eTrufH2sko6/w352-h303-no/end-of-free-keyword-research-tools-for-google-users.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Lc6MihIAioH-pLkWYDyJXjzdfDcez8JXzrP4tkUtzP0klw9wOBC6WncwV-1LZiZ8Kgbzy8pLxGr-4xfzDbKm2bQMxZGNPxbEi_zMRcIGRhVMsT4YpW9i_DL3-2NEHDR5-eTrufH2sko6/w352-h303-no/end-of-free-keyword-research-tools-for-google-users.PNG" width="280" /></a></div>Most SEO advice says that <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2012/08/seo-is-irrelevant-for-some-blogs-because.html">if SEO is important for your blog</a>, then you should use a keyword research tool to find out the words and phrases that people are actually searching for, and then use these words (so-called "keywords") a lot, because they are most likely to get more visitors for your blog. There are many tools that can be used to look for keywords, but Google's own keywords research tool is often recommended:  it's free, and no one knows more about key-words than Google does. The tool is provided as part of the AdWords product (ref <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/03/adsense-and-adwords-whats-difference.html">AdSense vs AdWords what's the difference</a>). Usually, you need to sign in to an AdWords account to use their tools.   An AdWords account may be based on your usual Google account, but because it can be used to buy advertising, Google ask you to put a small amount of money into it, so you can use it to pay for advertising campaigns immediately.    (They don't charge you immediately, they just want your account to have a positive balance, so it's able to be used.) However their Search-based Keywords tool (<a href="http://adwords.blogspot.ie/2008/11/announcing-search-based-keyword-tool.html" target="_blank">announced </a>back in 2009) and it's upgraded version, the <a href="http://www.adwords.google.com/keywordtool" target="_blank">Keywords-tool</a> ( http://www.adwords.google.com/keywordtool or https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal - both which currently re-direct to <a href="https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer?__c=1000000000&__u=1000000000&ideaRequestType=KEYWORD_IDEAS">https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer?__c=1000000000&__u=1000000000&ideaRequestType=KEYWORD_IDEAS</a> ) have been available without logging in, provided you complete a simple captcha-text . Today, though, I've noticed this announcement at the top of the page: <blockquote class="tr_bq">In the coming months, the external Keyword Tool will no longer be available. To get keyword ideas, sign in to your AdWords account and <a href="https://adwords.google.com/ko/KeywordPlanner/Home?__o=kta" style="background-color: #f9edbe; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">try Keyword Planner</a>.</blockquote> I cannot see any announcements about this in the <a href="http://adwords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">AdWords blog</a>.   But this actually has very little information about the keywords tool anyway, most of what is there dates from 2008/09, and they haven't used "keyword" as a label for their posts.   Google aren't in the habit of putting up notices like that which are wrong, so my guess is that, sooner or later, this tool is going to be removed, and their only keywords-research option will be the Keyword Planner, which isn't free . So maybe it's time to start finding a new favourite free keyword research tool.   Some reviews to get started with: <ul><li><a href="http://searchengineland.com/threefree-keyword-tool-reviews-126217" target="_blank">Search Engine Land:  Three Free Keyword Research Tools</a></li><li><a href="http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/3502-22-Free-Keyword-Research-Tools" target="_blank">22 Free Keyword Research Tools</a></li></ul> Or maybe bloggers should just forget about keyword research, and focus <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2013/03/basic-seo-for-google-blogger-users.html">SEO-basics</a>, and then on writing good quality, natural-language, unique content. <hr /><h2>Related Articles</h2> <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/03/adsense-and-adwords-whats-difference.html">AdSense vs AdWords what's the difference</a>  <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2012/08/seo-is-irrelevant-for-some-blogs-because.html">Five reasons why SEO is irrelevant for your blog</a> <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2013/03/basic-seo-for-google-blogger-users.html">Getting started with SEO for Blogger users</a>

AdWords external keywords research tool is going to be retired

This quick article shares an observation about the likelihood that Google's free Keywords Research Tool is being turned off. Most SEO ad...

July 06, 2013

Important Reminder for AdSense & AdWords Users!

A while ago <a href="http://helpfulinformationfornewbies.blogspot.com/2010/02/phishing-for-adsense-or-how-not-to-get.html">I wrote an article about protecting yourself and your AdSense account from phishing attemps</a>. Well today, I want to remind AdSense publishers NOT to click on any email link unless they are absolutely certain the email has come from AdSense or Google, and never REPLY to any of these type of messages with personal information. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRqxM5SopA5Vvg_zmxe5X3MdkCFiIu-3AjqukoUKL4G7vCmaXiazQEE7zvrzN56oCmezPL9DUtlkH2USdPy63vtZw9PwzaniElDRakLrOBCczBC1Cf3BCxzCy573a0n449qiAXM40Ayg/s1600/Snap1130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizRqxM5SopA5Vvg_zmxe5X3MdkCFiIu-3AjqukoUKL4G7vCmaXiazQEE7zvrzN56oCmezPL9DUtlkH2USdPy63vtZw9PwzaniElDRakLrOBCczBC1Cf3BCxzCy573a0n449qiAXM40Ayg/s320/Snap1130.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The other day I received an email which wound up in my spam box; the email indicated it was from "Google Team" - this was the first red flag for me. Emails to me from Google or Adsense have not ever come from "Google Team". When looking at the "Re" line of the mail, the word "your" was misspelled "yuor google Account". This was the second red  flag. The third red flag was all the spelling errors in the body of the email, and then there was the fact that this email expected me to reply with: My User Name My Login Password My Current Country No contact I have received from Google, Gmail or AdSense has ever asked me my current country - they are in fact already aware of this information. Had I requested an address or change of country from them directly, I would expect that question, but not in an unsolicited email. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Hc7rBbPNRX2uUl_LdQzm946ddBkIOsWRb3nEZ0IDDwWTABsdbnSWvwzfLexpVB3ATr47YBvRMnujWNi7lNbyYodd8aA9GTpSBnsPz_4MrqA3514UU7lK1XniLGsmmvIF-ThKAQO8pbw/s1600/Snap1109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Hc7rBbPNRX2uUl_LdQzm946ddBkIOsWRb3nEZ0IDDwWTABsdbnSWvwzfLexpVB3ATr47YBvRMnujWNi7lNbyYodd8aA9GTpSBnsPz_4MrqA3514UU7lK1XniLGsmmvIF-ThKAQO8pbw/s400/Snap1109.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> This email also indicates that I need to "update to a fully supported browser". My browser(s) are supported, and are already updated, and updating my browser would have nothing to do with my account unless I were having problems accessing it...which I don't.  I also don't use the Chrome browser, and it is not listed under my services and products in my Google account. Finally, when checking the email headers, the sender address and the email reply address are not at all related to AdSense, or Google. Anybody who responded to an email such as this one would soon find all of their accounts associated with their Google account compromised - this includes Gmail, AdSense, AdWords, Blogger and any other Google product and service you use under that particular Google Account. Emails such as this are the reason people sometimes find themselves unable to access their AdSense, AdWords or Blogger accounts. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCthJ9LhMClItV526tficNXLE8pthEyVIY5m9Av1x_viiGs0c1qpsmI-tSufzdAz8NOni9RIspfr_zn7Te9bCiPIsEqyA2AiISraYx0bAPtLP6RFPXmrPcBnewbGART2VQfZqiuqhlNiM/s1600/Snap1129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCthJ9LhMClItV526tficNXLE8pthEyVIY5m9Av1x_viiGs0c1qpsmI-tSufzdAz8NOni9RIspfr_zn7Te9bCiPIsEqyA2AiISraYx0bAPtLP6RFPXmrPcBnewbGART2VQfZqiuqhlNiM/s320/Snap1129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Be very careful before you give out any information such as your User Name, Login Password and other personal details. Never, ever give this in an email you are not sure about. If you receive an email and you don't know or aren't sure if it came from Google or AdSense, then use the help forums and ask someone to confirm it's validity. You'll note...the date on that email was Saturday, August 10th. Here it  is Thursday Sept. 2nd...and my accounts are perfectly fine without having completed this "validation" and my gmail account hasn't been deleted, either. <div style="color: red; text-align: center;">UPDATE!! </div> DO NOT FALL FOR THIS! Well, it appears that the above noted "phishing expidition" just wasn't enough for some folks. I guess they weren't all that happy with my decision to ignore them. This morning (Saturday, Sept. 11 - an interesting date choice for this) I received yet another of these mails. The text of the mail is below: <div style="color: #3d85c6;">from    newsdatainfogoogleaccount@gmail.com <goggleedatarecg@gmail.com> to   date    Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 5:27 AM subject    Final Warning mailed-by    gmail.com signed-by    gmail.com    Our technology & science team has recently launched Google web software to protect and secure all Gmail Accounts. This system also enhanced efficient networking and fully supported browser. You need to upgrade to a fully supported browser by filling out the details below for validation purpose and to confirm your details on the new webmaster Central system. Account Name:                         Password: Country: Note: Your Account will be deleted permanently if you failed to provide the details below within 72hours. Gmail will not be heard responsible for your negligence.  </goggleedatarecg@gmail.com> </div><div style="color: #3d85c6;">The Google web Service.  Just to be clear - Google did NOT send this if you received one. GMail did NOT send this. Nobody associated with Google sent this - IGNORE it. Mark it as spam and DO NOT give these people ANY of your information. </div>

Important Reminder for AdSense & AdWords Users!

A while ago I wrote an article about protecting yourself and your AdSense account from phishing attemps . Well today, I want to remind AdSen...

September 11, 2010