When researching keywords, one of the tools I use is the Overture Keyword tool at: http://inventory.overture.com/d/sear...ry/suggestion/

I was wondering if anybody knew how the order of the words in keyword phrases are handled?

A good example of what I am talking about is with the keyword Columbus Ohio Restaurants, when you search that the top terms are:

27439 restaurant columbus ohio
2791 chinese restaurant columbus ohio
2290 italian restaurant columbus ohio
1973 pizza restaurant columbus ohio
......

I have noticed that sometimes Overture changes the order of the keywords which don't look logical for someone typing it into a search engine, for example with the search term Columbus Ohio Real Estate: columbus company estate ohio real title comes up, by my guess is people are actually typing in Columbus ohio Real Estate Title Company or something similar instead.

So I guess my question is, does overture distinguish between the order of the keywords, ie Restaurant Columbus Ohio vs Columbus Ohio Restaurant, and also I was wondering if they compile more specific keywords onto the results for the more generic version, ie is Restaurant Columbus Ohio a compilation of Chinese Restaurant Columbus Ohio, Italian Restaurant Columbus Ohio, Pizza Restaurant Columbus Ohio, etc or is Restaurant Columbus Ohio searched the 27,439 times in addition to the 2,290 times the Italian Restaurant Columbus Ohio is searched, etc?

Any help would be appreciated, because I am making a restaurant directory on the side and I don't know if I should focus on Columbus Ohio Restaurants, or Restaurant Columbus Ohio, or not bother with the generic and focus on all of the specific ones like Chinese Restaurant Columbus Ohio.

Thanks!

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Chris
Web Administrator
http://www.ColumbusOhioRealEstateHome.com
a Columbus Ohio Real Estate website