Keyword Tools - The Changing Landscape

Recently the the seo community has been abuzz with news that the Yahoo/Overture keyword tool has not been functioning and that it may be gone permanently. Those reports may be premature, but even if they aren't there's a new free keyword tool from WordTracker to fill the space. The timing could not be better. The Rumors of my Death have been Greatly Exaggerated The death of the new advertising platform, Panama, sometime in the next week. I've easily seen a dozen posts in the last few days talking about how the Overture tool was no more, but earlier today Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal reported that Aaron Wall let the news out that he'd received an email from Ken McGaffin alerting him of a keyword discovery and selection. I have no idea whether or not WordTracker's new tool is timed with the apparent demise of Yahoo's tool, but expect many of your favorite free seo tools to change over to the WordTracker results. I'd also expect to see a crop of new tools arise based on the results from WordTracker. Kudos to WordTracker. They will no doubt get many links and new subscribers and deservedly so now that they've changed the landscape of keyword research tools yet again. Keyword Discovery are you listening? We'll be awaiting your free keyword tool in the near future. web designer and TheVanBlog, which focuses on how to build and optimize websites and market them online.