Google keyword tool

[summer300]

I was quite happy with google keyword tool for basic and accurate searches for keywords. Can anyone suggests a new tool that will give accurate search volume on google ( country specific ) I am not interest in info for adwords, and find a keyword planner tool way out in traffic results, compared to Keyword tool. Is the keyword tool completely gone?

[crackingmedia]

Hi Pania

The Keyword tool is not completely gone but has now been replaced by the Google Keyword Planner which is not as useful for keyword research.

Here's three other tool suggestions for you:

Keyword Eye: http://www.keywordeye.com

Jaaxy: http://www.jaaxy.com

Market Samurai: http://www.marketsamurai.com

I only have experience of the latter, Market Samurai, which I have used for a few years now, but like many others it is dependent on access to Google data which has been diminishing, so it now uses a mix of Google and Bing information. The other two I have only come across recently.

I hope that helps.

Peter

[RobertFisher]

Hello Pania

This has been asked a lot and there really (IMO) isn't a true equivalent. There are a few SAS programs of which Wordtracker and Wordstream come to mind first. With Wordtracker you can try it for 7 days for free and with Wordstream the same. Note that both are IMO geared more to adwords. 
With the keyword planner, the main thing is that it is different than the keyword tool. There are a few advantages for what we do. The majority of our clients have a local presence in one or more cities or geographic areas. With the planner, I can look at just that area which I like. The biggest negative is that they, too, seem to push you toward Adwords at every time and until I force myself to use it a bit, I would end up on a page trying to figure out how I could see the work I did. (One nice thing over the Keyword tool is when you resume it asks you do you want to resume; with the tool...all was lost).

Those are my best suggestions, 
Good luck.

Robert