What's happened to Online Commercial Intention?

BillOliver · 11-11-2010, 11:10 PM

What's happened to Online Commercial Intention?

I was using Online Commercial Intention to test potential profitability of key word phrases of my planned niche.
http://adlab.msn.com/online-commercial-intention/

For the past about week it's DISAPPEARED!

1) Have others found it has disappeared too?

2) Anyone still able to use it?

3) Any experience with its usefulness?

Bill

srbilles · 11-11-2010, 11:55 PM

Yup it is gone until further notice. And that is a direct quote from a microsoft rep.

Shame as I liked that tool as well. If your using Market Samuri you can still use other values to help determine how commercial a keyphrase is, so not all is lost.

co-creator · 01-08-2011, 11:30 AM

how can you use market samurai to evaluate the online commercial intention of a keyword?

JoshuaG · 01-08-2011, 12:32 PM

I've never found OCI to be particularly useful.
It should be easy to tell if a keyword is related to an interest in buying.

If it is a product based keyword it would have a high OCI.
If it has words relating to the price of something it will have a high OCI
If it is an information based keyword that is looking for a solution to a problem it would have a high OCI.

Etc.

Chas22 · 04-03-2011, 07:37 AM

Too Bad, I really liked using it as I found it ASSISTED in Keyword Research, I would never use it as the only factor!

11-11-2010, 11:10 PM	#1
BillOliver Sales Writer/Coach Join Date: May 2009 Location: Muar, Malaysia Posts: 59 Thanks: 8 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	What's happened to Online Commercial Intention? What's happened to Online Commercial Intention? I was using Online Commercial Intention to test potential profitability of key word phrases of my planned niche. http://adlab.msn.com/online-commercial-intention/ For the past about week it's DISAPPEARED! 1) Have others found it has disappeared too? 2) Anyone still able to use it? 3) Any experience with its usefulness? Bill
	Bill Oliver (B.Bus. Banking & Finance, Computing) Sales Writer/Marketing Coach, Resume: www.billoliver.net NICHES: Financial Sector, Sales & Services, Brick & Mortar SMEs. btw I'm an Australian living in Malaysia & a 1978 Fiat X1/9 owner.

11-11-2010, 11:55 PM	#2
srbilles Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 66 Thanks: 3 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Re: What's happened to Online Commercial Intention? Yup it is gone until further notice. And that is a direct quote from a microsoft rep. Shame as I liked that tool as well. If your using Market Samuri you can still use other values to help determine how commercial a keyphrase is, so not all is lost.

01-08-2011, 11:30 AM	#3
co-creator HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 232 Thanks: 192 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: What's happened to Online Commercial Intention? how can you use market samurai to evaluate the online commercial intention of a keyword?

01-08-2011, 12:32 PM	#4
JoshuaG AdSense Realist War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 751 Thanks: 93 Thanked 99 Times in 76 Posts	Re: What's happened to Online Commercial Intention? I've never found OCI to be particularly useful. It should be easy to tell if a keyword is related to an interest in buying. If it is a product based keyword it would have a high OCI. If it has words relating to the price of something it will have a high OCI If it is an information based keyword that is looking for a solution to a problem it would have a high OCI. Etc.
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04-03-2011, 07:37 AM	#5
Chas22 Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 19 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking	Re: What's happened to Online Commercial Intention? Too Bad, I really liked using it as I found it ASSISTED in Keyword Research, I would never use it as the only factor!
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