google adwords keyword tool search results

by ongkal
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whenever i click on a keyword idea that show up in the keyword tool, it shows a different number of search results than when typing the same keyword idea on google.com or typing it in the google search box in the upper right of the firefox window. any thoughts on this?
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  • Profile picture of the author LucasT
    I may be wrong, but I think you're comparing apples and oranges.

    The numbers that comes up within the google keyword tool will tell you how many times that keyword is searched for per month... when you type the keyword into google.com the number that comes up (on the right hand side) is the competing websites for that particular keyword...
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    • Profile picture of the author ongkal
      Originally Posted by LucasT View Post

      I may be wrong, but I think you're comparing apples and oranges.

      The numbers that comes up within the google keyword tool will tell you how many times that keyword is searched for per month... when you type the keyword into google.com the number that comes up (on the right hand side) is the competing websites for that particular keyword...
      i know. but when i click a keyword idea that comes up in the keyword tool, it takes me to google search results of that tool. how is that different from searching it manually from google?
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      • Profile picture of the author LucasT
        I'm sorry, but I just went to the external keyword tool and typed in weight loss. I clicked on "herbal weight loss" and then googled "herbal weight loss" in a separate window... I got the same exact numbers...
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  • Profile picture of the author ongkal
    hmmm. i must be getting regional results. hopefully someone with the same problem comments. thanks for taking time to investigate, LucasT.
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