http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/ User submitted comments to Practical Ecommerce's article entitled Quick Keyword Research Tools en-us Copyright 2007 Confluence Publishing Thu, 08 May 2008 15:47:34 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/rss/ Practical Ecommerce v2.0.1 Ecommerce kmurdock@practicalecommerce.com bgetting@practicalecommerce.com 60 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10178 CHebert, The Yahoo! function is actually called Search Assist. To use it, start by doing a Yahoo! search of any kind (through the Yahoo! home page or a tool bar etc.). When the results page comes up, there will be an option to enter search terms at the top of that page. Right next to that search box is the word "options," click on that word and choose "preferences." From there you will see the "Search Assist" option and you should change your preference to "Always." I think it defaults to "More," which only shows suggestions when it thinks you need help. Once you've changed your preferences you'll see a large gray box with suggested search terms. If you want to keep using it, you'll need to allow cookies. Dan Lambert, MBA Freelance Copywriter www.BackupWriter.com Thu, 08 May 2008 15:47:34 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10178 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10163 Please include links to the referenced sites in the future. It appears Yahoo! Suggest is no longer a current service. At least it's not appearing in search results. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:22:56 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10163 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10160 I find it interesting that Yahoo seems to have gone this route first with Yahoo Search Assist. It's a valuable tool for keyword research and useful tool for people trying to remember what on earth they should be searching for. Chris www.keywordcreation.com Thu, 08 May 2008 10:01:57 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10160 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10151 As a copywriter who writes a lot of Web content, I place a lot of value on tools like Yahoo! Suggest that tend to return a lot of junk. Especially when you are working with pay per click, it’s good to know what junk is showing up in the search terms, so you know which phrases to avoid. You can set up your pay per click campaign to disregard hits that contain your keyword if they also contain words or phrases that you deem as junk. Dan Lambert, MBA Freelance Copywriter www.BackupWriter.com Thu, 08 May 2008 08:11:06 -0600 http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/732/Quick-Keyword-Research-Tools/#comment10151