Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'overture'

First there was Goto.com (aka Overture.com) as the leader in PPC by advertiser spend. Then Google outpaced Overture. Overture was bought by Yahoo and Yahoo's Overture (now Panama) secured the second place in advertiser spend. Well, now, it seems like...

Posted on July 9, 2008 7:57 AM

It seems like the day has come, the day that Yahoo has killed the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool. Now, if you visit inventory.overture.com, you are redirected to http://sem.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/searchenginemarketing/. In fact, it is a permanent redirect, not just a temporary redirect,...

Posted on June 27, 2008 7:56 AM

I have been spotting threads over the course of the week that Yahoo's Overture Keyword Selection Tool is not loading for people. I tested it myself, and yes, it is not loading for me either. This is nothing new with...

Posted on December 6, 2007 6:43 AM

Fear not, my friends. It appears that our report last Monday about Yahoo! Overture being dead was a bit premature. According to WebmasterWorld members, the Yahoo! Overture Keyword Tool is back. The optimistic hopefuls have revived the useful tool from...

Posted on September 24, 2007 9:49 AM

A DigitalPoint Forums member reports that the Yahoo! Overture Keyword Tool is no longer providing results. I reproduced this as illustrated below. It looks like the Overture tool is finally gone unless this is a bug. YahooSarah said in January...

Posted on September 17, 2007 9:44 AM

A new WebmasterWorld thread has a single report of all his old Overture data being deleted. I just got off the phone with an support rep from Yahoo. I was trying to pull some data from the old Overture system...

Posted on May 18, 2007 7:55 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread has hearsay on Yahoo working on a new keyword tool that will show search volume data. This has been sorely missed since Yahoo stopped updating the Overture Keyword Suggestion tool with search volume data....

Posted on May 10, 2007 7:12 AM

The other day I reported that Yahoo! Removes UK Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool which was not exactly right. The tool is still live, but it moved addresses and is officially no longer supported by Yahoo! I updated the post with...

Posted on May 8, 2007 7:42 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports that Yahoo! has removed the UK version of the Overture Keyword Suggestion tool. The tool used to load over at http://inventory.uk.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ but now it appears to just time out for me and those trying to access...

Posted on May 2, 2007 8:09 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread has links to several free and useful keyword suggestion tools that are still available to us. Remember last week, we discussed Yahoo!'s plans for a new keyword tool, Wordtracker opening a new free version...

Posted on February 8, 2007 7:12 AM

At least for now, the Overture Keyword Selection Tool is now back online, I think as of yesterday some time. Monday we reported some sporadic reports of the tool going offline for a bit. Then on Wednesday we reported Yahoo!'s...

Posted on February 2, 2007 7:27 AM

Monday we reported that Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool Offline? YahooSarah replied to that at WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums explaining that the Overture tool is having issues but they are not taking it down. I wanted to confirm that YSM's public...

Posted on January 31, 2007 7:22 AM

We know that when Yahoo! fully moves over from the old search marketing product (Overture) to the new one (Panama) that the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool won't be that useful anymore, but it still will have some valid and useful...

Posted on January 29, 2007 10:54 AM

When you upgrade from Yahoo!'s Overture product to the new Yahoo! "Panama" product, the data from your reports in the Overture area will not be transferred over to Panama. This was disclosed in all the upgrade documentation, but there seems...

Posted on January 3, 2007 7:27 AM

A DigitalPoint Forum thread has a member reporting he saw a Yahoo! Publisher Network ad that reads; Ads by Yahoo! Overture Panama Testing Title www.overture.com Is this a sign that Panama can be coming very very soon? It is possible....

Posted on October 16, 2006 7:22 AM

Via WebmasterWorld a member said that he spoke with his UK representative who told him the release of Yahoo! Search Marketing's new search ad system, aka Panama, won't be released until the second quarter of next year. Project Panama has...

Posted on October 6, 2006 7:46 AM