This tool now replaces SEO Espionage that only returned organic results from SEO Digger (the earlier version of SEMrush).With this new tool, NicheBOT members will have the ability to uncover their competitors keywords they are bidding on over at Google Adwords.

While some services like Spyfu, Compete and KeyCompete offer the same data, they do not provide the dual-edged sword by also making available access to the keyword phrases a competitor may rank for in Google.com’s organic index.  We say… “Why not have ALL the data at your disposal?!”

NicheBOT’s Top Ace Romanian Coding Team used the latest AJAX technology which simply means that the page processes data without having to refresh or reload.Because we know how sketchy some providers can be with their data year in – year out, we made sure to arrange a long-term deal with SEM Rush until August 2011 and we thank SEMrush’s CEO Michael Goldfinch for extending us the courtesy.

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Over the past few weeks, NicheBOT has tested the new article search API which was released just over a month to go to the public (as announced here).

We are proud to announce that after rigorous testing by thousands of users, the first tool is ready for public consumption.

NicheBOT members will be able to instantly search across 2.8 million that date back to 1981.  This is truly the first credible and reliable source of articles that can be used for a variety of research reasons, such as:

1.  Easily brainstorm new content to erect on your website by simply typing in a keyword phrase, choosing a date range and how youwish to have the results sorted;

2.   Utilize the result to come up with your own unique and new articles to submit to ezinearticles.com and other article directories (I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to read and dictate 500 – 600 word articles in about 12 minutes — no joke)

3.   Find a new angle for a press release to enter and penetrate the market or reinvigorate interest by creating news (many times news events are created and, thus, gives the news something to report).

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Hey there,

I ask you do please not go around sharing the news below just yet as part of this will be in a news release.

Your comments below could win you a one-year free Platinum account for giving your opinion about the hot news below so make sure to read every word and check things out fully.

So let’s cut to the chase, Google gave up the goods and the search count numbers and now Google Keyword Cruncher and the 1-Click LSI tool powered by Google will have estimated search counts instead of graph bars.

Isn’t that awesome?  I’d love to hear your thoughts below because we were celebrating in the office here all the way to Romania. 

Also, I’ve got even more exciting news.

In a matter of DAYS, NicheBOT X will be able to extract from your competitors their keywords from Google organic listings or Google PPC listings.  Here is a sample of what you will be able to do.  You will have a $49.95 like subscription in your NicheBOT X account without doing a single thing.

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We’ll talk about that throughout this important article.

First, allow me to give you a little background here so you truly understand the circumstances of how the show ties in together so you can truly visualize this crystal clear.

Now, just so you know me a lot better, I was perfectly happy to watch my weekly CSI Las Vegas programs on CBS as my “cool down” for the day.  

I don’t have much time to watch the boob tube, because (1) I believe it grabs a hold of a person’s mind and debilitates it after prolonged use (anyone who has witnessed their own child even after a few hours of television understands); and (2) there are just so many other wonderful things to be doing out there in the world rather than have to rely on other to supply my entertainment and stimulation.

So anyways, with my time spared, I have time to maybe watch two or three shows throughout the year, period!  And I do not take easily to accepting new shows. 

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In this issue of the Keyword Informer…

1. Quick Overview of Google’s Release of Search Count Data
2. Compare Google Analytics Logs to Google Search Count Numbers
3. What Hidden Data on the Google Keyword Tool?
4. What does NicheBOT Plan to do About the NEW Google Data?
5. Answers to Your Questions

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1. Quick Overview of Google’s Release of Search Count Data

Ah, the bees are buzzing (much as are the people are in forums)…

Summer is here, and…

Bloggers are blogging on and on about the terrific news that Google has released actual search volume numbers and replaced the old green bar graphs that gave an approximate search volume on Google’s Keyword External Tool.

The switch was impulsive — and it was out of thin air — and very unsuspecting.

I truly believe it caught a LOT of people off guard (especially those in the keyword research community).

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Late-breaking Keyword Informer Update

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All of a sudden – there is NO longer ANY confusion about how many times people are searching for a certain keyword phrase on Google.com.

This just spotted on Google’s External Keyword Tool as follows:

Holy cow — can you see it?

Now — rather than the old view which showed those green bar graphs under ALL THREE columns, shockingly, there are actual search count figures for specific keywords.Like say, for instance, I look above at the screenshot and I can see that 9,900 people are searching for “blogging software” in June with an ongoing average of 12,100. And interestingly, there are 135,000 people looking for a “radio blog” with an ongoing average of 110,000.

By Google’s own definition, the “Previous Month’s Search Volume” column “shows the previous month’s search volume on Google for each keyword, specific to your targeted country and language.” The “Avg. Search Volume” column “shows the average monthly search volume on Google for each keyword over a recent 12-month period, specific to your targeted country and language. ” The shaded bar to the left remains unchanged as before which shows general low-to-high volume of how competitive ad placement is for a particular keyword.”

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The title of this article begs the reader to ask whether they are double checking to see if there are any missing keyword phrases that may be heavily searched on Google against other keyword sources (databases) currently available.

This is one of the major reasons that NicheBOT provides multiple keyword databases so that our members are making sure not to miss any obvious wholes in their keyword research with keyword phrases that can bring in extra traffic.

My motto is… “Grab all the website traffic that you can!” So…

If you’re not double checking with Google, then you may be missing out on some crucial key terms for your site content or the keyword phrases used in the links pointing into your site.

Given the size of Google’s keyword database, you should even double check the data you acquire from other keyword sources to verify a keyword’s true popularity. We’ve already discussed that most database sources are so minute and microscopic, they only amount to 1%-2% at best of the overall data available.

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I’m glad you could attend this long awaited funeral of sorts (it’s been long overdue).

What’s going on?

It was just over a year ago that the Overture keyword suggestion tool was showing signs of trouble when it disappeared for approximately four days. Just when everyone thought it was gone, Yahoo! representatives suddenly appeared in the forums and announced that the tool would remain available, but no longer maintained.

Apparently, Yahoo! decided to continue extending the life of this tool that has been battered and beaten up by hundreds of sites and desktop software tools that pilfer the currently stale data (I’ll explain that in a minute).

Sure – NicheBOT also gave results from the Overture tool at the request of its members that wanted it and I’m very much about “give the people what they want.”

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And welcome to another powerful and insightful edition of The Keyword Informer where we’ll be taking a look at how to really pull up your sleeves and conduct real online consumer market research the right way.

What I am going to reveal may be quite shocking to you given that I run the leading keyword research tool on the internet.

It was just a few months ago when I broke my silence in an interview with the 60 Million Dollar Man and divulged the ways to uncover a profitable and thriving marketplace and revealed an insider tool to detect depth in a marketplace that most do not even know about.

Sadly, most webmasters, newbies and online business owners approach market research (or how to find a niche) the wrong way. Today, I intend to publicly correct that situation.

See, I receive questions all the time from our paid subscribers and newsletter subscribers asking. . .

“How do I determine if I have found a viable marketplace or know that a niche is profitable? What number should there be in the search count?” and so on.

As one of the most sought after global experts on keyword research, most people anticipate that I point them directly to a keyword tool and shoot off some count figure that is like some magical number to someone finding riches. It’s just not that way.

In fact, my answer is quite the opposite. I’ll say something like…

“No — don’t look at any search count. In fact, don’t even look to any single keyword database, tool or source to look for a profitable market. Keyword research is what you do AFTER you have confirmed that you have found a thriving marketplace through a few certain criteria that tells you sales are strong, the commerce being moved shows some stability and, yes, there may be a little stiff competition which is actually a good indication. Why get involved in a potentially shaky marketplace where not much action is happening, right?”

Now here’s the why…

Why Keyword Research Utterly Fails at Market Research

As my trusted friend and colleague, Jay Stockwell of KeywordWorkshop.com had this to say in his article entitled “Keyword Data Is Almost Always Wrong“:

You know what really frustrates me? People who talk about keyword research as if it’s an exact science. Let me give anyone who needs it a “heads up”. Keyword research is not an exact science and shouldn’t be discussed like it is. It’s more of a black art based on skewed and inaccurate datasets. As a result it’s very easy to screw up.

In fact, Jay conducted a search (as an example) of the leading keyword data companies for the phrase “fly fishing” and each of them had different opinions of which keyword phrases were the most popular. He went onto say:

Let me break it down for you. If one tool says that there are 1246 searches a month for a particular keyword, that doesn’t mean you can say that during the past month the entire World Wide Web had 1246 searches.

What this figure means is that in this particular chunk or sample of data, that keyword was found 1246 times. The only time we could ever be sure that there were 1246 would be if the sample was every single search engine on the Internet and included 100% of their search volume. No tool does this – not even close.

In fact, when you look at Comscore.com’s “December U.S. Search Engine Rankings” — it’s very clear to see where MOST of the keyword data lies. It lies with the big five search engines like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Sites, Time Warner (AOL) and the Ask Network (and no one currently has that data).

The current keyword databases available to the general public maybe account for 2% of the internet’s total keyword data collected. This is exactly why most services have their regular count number and then another Predicted Daily Count that predicts using a formula how many searches may occur across all search engines for a given keyword phrase. There is no way that a mere sliver or sample of data can predict what is happening on Google, MSN or Yahoo! That is why it is merely called a prediction and should be taken as such.

Furthermore, any keyword database that proclaims to know what the market share is for a given keyword phrase on Google, Yahoo! or MSN is simply giving another prediction and is as good as staring into a crystal ball. There is no way to know any sort of market share for a given keyword unless Google Yahoo or MSN either hand over their ENTIRE set of data or start their own keyword service — and I can guarantee you that won’t be happening any time soon.

This is absolutely why I cannot (in my right mind) recommend to someone that a certain search count in some keyword database would be an adequate measure to find a profitable niche or marketplace. That’s just downright absurd.

I have seen and heard in late 2007 some of these self-proclaimed gurus dispensing information about using the dying Overture keyword suggestion tool to do market research by finding at least 10,000 searches a month for a certain topic. Outlandish! Don’t worry — I’ll have my rant about that one soon enough!

Every keyword database will have a different search count number as to the popularity of a given keyword phrase. So which keyword database is right? They are all right! Each keyword database is accurate as to how many times a given keyword phrase appears in that given dataset. But it has NO relation as to what is going on with the rest of world when 98%-99% of the data is held by the Big Five search engines.

This is exactly why there has been a sudden shift in keyword research professionals relying on Google’s keyword engine that gives hints as to the relative popularity of keyword phrases on a scale of 1 to 5. Although Google does not divulge the search counts for a given keyword phrase, it is easier to trust a source of data that covers 58.4% of searches when it comes to search volume than a source of data that maybe covers 1% of the what the rest of the world is searching. Wouldn’t you agree?

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Welcome to this incredible update and groundbreaking news to rock the world of Keyword Research.

As a loyal subscriber to NicheBOT, I wanted to let you know of some remarkable things that are on the horizon.

First, NicheBOT 2 (soon to be NicheBOT X) has turned one year old this past week. (Yippee!)

So take a moment to celebrate with us — get up out of your chair for a moment and celebrate with us — we’re partying over here!

Okay — nuf of that! (kidding) ;(

Seriously — NicheBOT 2 has grown into such an incredible set of tools — and today just happens to be when I will be interviewed by the 60 Million Dollar Man known as Derek Gehl from the Internet Marketing Center. After 8 longs months of discussions, I was chosen as the standing and globally recognized keyword research expert that can talk about the real truth of what is really going on in this industry.

Now let’s get to the really juicy stuff and the things that are just around the corner — and some things that have ALREADY begun.

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