Show HN: Chrome extension – Keyword search volume for Google analytics and GWT

zeeshanm 10 years ago |

Every time you search on Google a request is made to https://keywordkeg.com/service/1/getKeywordData.php to grab pricing/volume data. This means keywordkeg is aware of all your google searches. A privacy-aware solution could have been to make direct requests to Google API without proxying via keywordkeg middleware.

spocked 10 years ago | |

You can go to the options page and simply disable any of the supported websites.

Additionally, if you see the source code, you can see that there is no tracking information sent to the API - only the keyword.

There is also no way to send requests to the Google API to get keyword data.

endymi0n 10 years ago |

Pure genius... provide some value to marketers and then steal all their best performing keywords and campaign data to the toolbar :)

spocked 10 years ago | |

You could simply generate a large amount of noise and send it to the API to foil any such evil plan.

The API url used is right there in the chrome JavaScript code, as mentioned by someone else on this thread. Very easy to write a simple script to send random words to the API.

nekitamo 10 years ago |

This is nice. Where are you pulling the data from? How do we know it's accurate?

zeeshanm 10 years ago | |

Looking into source code of chrome ext and https://keywordkeg.com it appears they are using Google AdWords, MOZ and other APIs.

techaddict009 10 years ago |

How about adding tutorial on how to use this plugin? This is big problem with chrome extension devs. No tutorial anywhere!

danvoell 10 years ago |

I bit and added it, please don't slow down my chrome to a crawl, thanks!

spocked 10 years ago | |

You shouldn't see any slowdown. The code uses minimal resources - reads the table data, calls a webservice and injects the keyword volume and cpc numbers.

danprime 10 years ago | | |

I can see the usefullness of this tool but it's not clear how to use it. I installed it but nothing changed (i.e. there's no button in the toolbar). I tried restarting Chrome hoping to see some changes, nothing. I went to the extensions settings page but all I see are checkboxes for different see screenshot: http://imgur.com/rOBCMmj

It would be extremely helpful to have even a basic tutorial page/link pop up after installation (you can add this hook in the manifest.json).

spocked 10 years ago | | |

That's a good point. Will add a tutorial in the next version.

There is no setup to be done. Once the extension is enabled, you simply visit any supported website and the keyword metrics will show up automatically. Just google for a keyword and the keyword data should be seen under the search box. Visit Google Search Console or Analytics, and keyword columns automatically appear inside the table.

If you are having any issues with this, please do email me at support@keywordkeg.com and I'll be happy to figure out why its not working for you.

marincounty 10 years ago | |

Just Chrome itself slows my mb pro 8gb down to a crawl. One day I will find out why.