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Old 06-08-2002, 03:46 PM  
Mr.Fiction
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A few warnings about overture stats:

1. They combine singulars and plurals as well as spelling errors.

Free Girl Pics
Free Girls Pics
Free Girl Pictures
Free Girls Picture
Free Girl Picures
Free Girls Pict
Free Girls Picts

And many many others are all combined into one stats listing, which shows as Free Girl Picture

2. Some Goto affiliates preload terms into search boxes or use them as text links, so you end up with a term that looks great, but it really gets no searches at all. If I am a Goto affiliate, and I preload the term "Go Fuck Yourself" into my search box, then people click on it 10,000 times in one month because they are stupid, then you will think that 10,000 people search for that term. In reality, all 10,000 of those were non searches. This is a lot more rare today than it was a few years ago, but it does still happen.

3. If the term is more than three words, or three really long words, or a strange, never used, phrase, then the chances of it getting any type ins are reduced greatly.

Good luck!
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