WA Keyword Tool Bug(s)?
Published on May 10, 2014
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Over the past few months, the WA keyword tool has given me some inconsistent results. Once in a while, the search stats for particular keywords would change substantially (in the thousands) from what I recorded in an earlier search. I've been trying to duplicate the behavior but without success.
Well today, while doing keyword research, I stumbled upon what I think is a minor bug. The problem arises when you search for any keyword with search stats less than 10. After that, the sort function for the search and traffic columns don't work.
Before I report it, I'm just wondering if several readers could check if they can also duplicate the problem.
Steps
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- Under Tools menu on the left side, click on Keyword Tool to get the WA keyword tool.
- Type "sugar free chocolate chips recipes" in the search field.
- The search traffic for this keyword should be less than 10.
- Next try sorting on the search and traffic columns. You'll notice that some numbers are out of order.
The keyword "sugar free chocolate chips recipes" no longer shows stats less than 10. Remember, you'll only see the bug for any keyword with stats less than 10.
Try now the keyword, "sugar free chocolate chip muffin recipes". You will see that the sort function does not work.
The bug has been reported to Kyle.
Update October 31, 2014
Kyle has acknowledged bug and will notify developers to get it fixed
Update November 22, 2014
This bug is now fixed.
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