news Bye Bye Precise Google Keyword Planner for Non-Spenders...

[Constantin S]

Google officially throttling Keyword Planner data for low spending AdWords accounts
Not a big AdWords spender? You may notice a lack of data in your Keyword Planner account.

Earlier this week, some marketers noticed that Keyword Planner data was displaying ranged data instead of precise search volume. The ranges were wildly broad, with results like “100K–1M” and “1M+.” Some wondered whether this was merely a glitch or if this was a calculated measure that favored higher-spending AdWords advertisers. Today, Google confirmed the latter.

http://searchengineland.com/google-...ner-data-low-spending-adwords-accounts-255795

It's deplorable how Google takes on the Facebook's footsteps. What do you guys think?

 

[hullswingerscom]

google stinks its hard to rank for anything anymore not worth the effort.

 

[deez007]

Deplorable is an understatement mate..... but I guess it's typical of them.

 

[joro001]

I've been expecting and waiting for this to happen for a long time.
They get nothing out of SEO companies viewing and using this data and want to cut them and others out from accessing their free data.

Not a surprise, just didn't think it would take as long as it did for them to limit access.

 

[enlytend]

What's bad is limiting data for low spend Adwords customers - I'm not sure where they draw the line, but they're probably trying to lock out people who would get an account just to use the data..Oh well, there's always Bing...
If they're so against free data use, they should just set up pricing tiers and be done with it.

google stinks its hard to rank for anything anymore not worth the effort.

Not necessarily, but the bar has been raised considerably in the last few years.

 

[equity78]

Google just makes it harder and harder for organic ranking. The keyword planner should provide accurate info for all, it may help people to decide to spend more once they analyze accurate information.

 

[enlytend]

This doesn't make organic ranking harder, just more of a pain to decide what to target. But stinks for small biz Adwords customers if they only get partial data. When you're targeting local towns, 10 searches vs 100 searches makes a difference.
They never liked people using it for SEO. The API terms used to made you swear on your firstborn that anything you built that used keyword data lookups would have a list of other adwords functions included in it.

 

[SheikhOvais]

I've been expecting and waiting for this to happen for a long time.
They get nothing out of SEO companies viewing and using this data and want to cut them and others out from accessing their free data.

Not a surprise, just didn't think it would take as long as it did for them to limit access.

Me too.

It just proves that Google is evil and not to mention, Greeedy... (with capital G). But then again, aren't we all...hehehe

 

[baseballworld]

Not like its a huge loss I mean there data is off on some phrases. alot of times plural shows same as non plural.

 

[DnEbook]

I once read the only real Seo is called ........Adsense

 

[enlytend]

Not like its a huge loss I mean there data is off on some phrases. alot of times plural shows same as non plural.

There's now a fix and a workaround for the "bucketing" that started back in June. (If youre not stuck with the limited data)
If you're looking for local search volume (meaningful for local businesses), afaik the only other tool that geotargets is Bing, and they aren't as granular. But I manage Adwords accounts with enough spend that so far I have no data restriction.

 

[golan]

I still don't see any limitations, and i havent spend a dime there in like 5 years.

 

[baseballworld]

There's now a fix and a workaround for the "bucketing" that started back in June. (If youre not stuck with the limited data)
If you're looking for local search volume (meaningful for local businesses), afaik the only other tool that geotargets is Bing, and they aren't as granular. But I manage Adwords accounts with enough spend that so far I have no data restriction.

I haven't spent cash with them in probably 4 years yet they have no restrictions on me yet.

 

[deez007]

Yeah I was kinda pissed of about that as well....

In typical fashion they simply do whatever the hell they want and couldn't really give a crap about how it impacts people. Scary when u have a company with that sort of attitude that is branching out and dominating other business sectors as well...

Kinda Smells like e-corp from Mr Robot

 

[joro001]

Sad but expected.
I have been waiting for this to happen for years now so no surprise whatsoever.

I predict that in a few years time max SEO results will be a thing of the past or as good as, and only those that pay in one way or another will get serious exposure in the search results. It's going that way anyway with many results showing paid shopping listings, ads, google's own products/services etc. pushing organic down below the fold.

In short expect things to get worse.

 

[JohnnyNight]

Yeah Deez..

Guess it's time to go register those googlesucks.com domains...

Sure that one in particular was taken years ago...

But with all the new extensions got to be plenty of OPPORTUNITIES out there..

 

[deez007]

Yeah Deez..

Guess it's time to go register those googlesucks.com domains...

Sure that one in particular was taken years ago...

But with all the new extensions got to be plenty of OPPORTUNITIES out there..

Hhahhaah as tempting as that maybe.....I think they would probably come down on us like a sledge hammer for using their TM and a few defamation law suits as well...lol.

They could also probably go ahead and sandbox all my sites and ban my adsense account....hahahah

 

[JohnnyNight]

Dang Deez...!!

U think they may try to Strong Arm U...!!

The old Sandbox Deal...!! Not Nice..!!!

How bout The Rico Act.. Does that apply here.. Conspiracy to commit something or other against innocent people...

Right... There's always those "Class Action Lawsuits"...!! Denying essential life supporting information to the masses for solely reason of profits..

Something like That...

 

[deez007]

Dang Deez...!!

U think they may try to Strong Arm U...!!

The old Sandbox Deal...!! Not Nice..!!!

How bout The Rico Act.. Does that apply here.. Conspiracy to commit something or other against innocent people...

Right... There's always those "Class Action Lawsuits"...!! Denying essential life supporting information to the masses for solely reason of profits..

Something like That...

Hhahaah I think the best way to beat them is to team up with a crew like Anonymous


Hhaah

 

[JohnnyNight]

Oh Yeah.. now that would be something...