Enough with Ridiculous KW Tool Results
I did a keyword search at SEO Book in a less than mainstream niche- over 100 longtail results came back and they all had insane search numbers listed.
I'm talking about a 7 word keyword about a rather obscure subject getting 4000+ daily searches. Number 100 on the list gets 400+. All keywords above #24 get over a thousand searches daily. Probably 75% of these domains are currently available, as well.
There is absolutely no way this can be even remotely accurate. A search for the number one keyword brings back a Squidoo lens that looks to get very little traffic. It's been voted on by visitors a total of twice. There's a poll on the lens with *one* vote.
What could possibly be going on here? How can such a fundamental aspect of internet marketing be so unreliable?
After all, you're probably following a few hundred people already that aren't doing squat for you.....