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 While working on an SEO RFP for a group of Honda dealerships, I was unable to find any search queries containing the keyword "honda" in the Google AdWords Keyword Tool search logs, even with the synonyms option turned off. Has anyone ever ran into a similar keyword research oddity? Thanks! | ||
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November 2007 Following-up on this issue, below is an email from GAdW customer service:
[Start quote] Hello Jeremy, Thank you for your call yesterday. It was a pleasure speaking with you. I spoke with an AdWords Technical Specialist regarding your question about the results of the keyword tool queries for the keyword 'honda'. Currently there is a technical issue with the keyword tool when the location targeting is set to 'United States.'. The location targeting is causing the keyword tool to not show results for certain keywords. Our engineers are currently working on this issue. As a workaround until the issue is resolved, you can set the location targeting to 'All Countries and Territories' and you will see results. Of course, the results will not be US centric, but will give you an idea of the various 'honda' keywords our system generates with the tool. I hope this information is helpful, Jeremy. If you have additional questions, please visit our Help Center at https://adwords.google.com/support to find answers to many frequently asked questions. Or, try our Learning Center at http://www.google.com/adwords/learningcenter/ for self-paced lessons that cover the scope of AdWords. We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available. Sincerely, Laura T. The Google AdWords Team [End quote] Btw, as proposed in the email, disabling geo-targeting does check-out. Didn't even think about trying that yesterday. On a sidnote, I was unable to get an ETA from her, and from what the email suggests, this looks like an open-ended issue. Hopefully it doesn't handicap anyone else's keyword research efforts.  Reply
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November 2007 I have noticed this as well with other terms. I think they limit suggetions for trademarked terms. Reply
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November 2007 Did you try any other branded terms or other Google tools (trends)?
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November 2007 Also, other branded terms such as Acura (part of the Honda family) do pull up hits in the GAdW KWT
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November 2007 Yes, Google Trends does pull up relevant articles, and Google Suggest also generates suggested search queries and stats. GAdW KWT is the only search property that doesn't reference any keyphrases containing "honda". Still a mystery to me.
On a sidenote, as expected, seemingly no issues on WordTracker and Keyword Discovery. Reply
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