Google keyword tool returning three results for same keyword

erazer · 10-06-2010, 10:05 AM

Tried several keywords and get three different exact monthly results for the same keyword in quotation marks, parenthesis/brackets and without either like so:

hair dryer : 246,000
"hair dryer": 165,000
[hair dryer]: 4,400

Does anyone know what this is? Is Google telling us that there were 165,000 people who entered "hair dryer" with quotation marks in their search box?

erazer · 10-06-2010, 11:37 AM

OK, got the answer. Boy do we learn something every day

keyword = Broad match
"keyword" = Phrase match
[keyword] = Exact match
-keyword = Negative match

Guess the multi-display is one of the new capabilities of the keyword tool-it will give all three results for most keywords that were entered but the others will be displayed according to what we chose to show (broad, exact or phrase).

10-06-2010, 10:05 AM	#1
erazer Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 87 Thanks: 244 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Google keyword tool returning three results for same keyword Tried several keywords and get three different exact monthly results for the same keyword in quotation marks, parenthesis/brackets and without either like so: hair dryer : 246,000 "hair dryer": 165,000 [hair dryer]: 4,400 Does anyone know what this is? Is Google telling us that there were 165,000 people who entered "hair dryer" with quotation marks in their search box?

10-06-2010, 11:37 AM	#2
erazer Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 87 Thanks: 244 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Google keyword tool returning three results for same keyword OK, got the answer. Boy do we learn something every day keyword = Broad match "keyword" = Phrase match [keyword] = Exact match -keyword = Negative match Guess the multi-display is one of the new capabilities of the keyword tool-it will give all three results for most keywords that were entered but the others will be displayed according to what we chose to show (broad, exact or phrase).