Google Cowboy’s Up: Shows Search Volume Data

With Google’s release of it’s search volume data for advertisers a week ago, bloggers are running the numbers and testing the accuracy of the “approximate” (noted by google) numbers. So far the votes seem to be coming in with a big thumbs up, even though researchers are figuring out some of the numbers are not accurate, (um… doesn’t it say “approximate” right there on the screen????) you have to give Google credit for transparancy, even if it is really semi-transparent - especially considering Yahoo’s previous big fat inflated numbers embarrassment. Read more