Coding a keyword research tool

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I am a software developer for many years, but recently my focus is only PHP and web based. I have exp. with VB and many other languages.

I want to write a desktop keyword app and need simply starting pointers or maybe example source code to work with.

Basics things like querying google and results and using the adwords/google APIs for getting keyword search volume, things like that.

Where should i start?

Also...does anyone have experience programming with Adobe Air?

G.
#programming #coding #keyword #research #tool
  • Looks like the Adwords API doesn't offer keyword search volume anymore... you might be one month too late, but I hope I'm wrong => Introduction - AdWords API - Google Code

    You need source code for doing http posts/gets (scraping) and such? vb.net/c#

    I just finished a keyword-rich-domain-tool, I could send you some of that code for the basic functionality, perhaps you can use some of that, just like me.
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    • Hello Manfred Ekblad,

      I'm in the same situation as GeorgR. Please, could you send me this sample code as well? I will highly appreciate it. I've always want to do some things differently from the way most of the keyword tools are doing it. Thanks.
  • I thought a lot of the Google API stuff stopped long ago? I too have a keyword rich domain finding feature in one of my apps. What you need to learn for doing this sort of stuff George is cURL and regular expressions in order to parse the required data from the retireved pages.

    Of course, if you can use any API's then go down that route.
  • well i was taking a quick look at the google KW api today and did not have the impression i cant use that for KW research? It actually looked like that the 2009 version of their API allows more results than the older one?!

    I also took a quick glance at how Market Samurai does it...but it seems that MS does indeed scrape, so they dont use the API but instead simulate a browser using Jquery.
  • Hello,
    I have found really nice Keyword Tool. It is a Windows desktop application, you could ask for pointers or maybe some help there.
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    Coding a keyword research tool

    I am a software developer for many years, but recently my focus is only PHP and web based. I have exp. with VB and many other languages. I want to write a desktop keyword app and need simply starting pointers or maybe example source code to work with.