Show HN: Chrome extension – Keyword search volume for Google analytics and GWT (opens in new tab)

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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.

spockedOP10y 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.

endymi0n10y ago

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

spockedOP10y 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.

nekitamo10y ago

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

zeeshanm10y ago

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

techaddict00910y ago

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

danvoell10y ago

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

spockedOP10y 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.

danprime10y 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).

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marincounty10y ago

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

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zeeshanm10y ago

spockedOP10y 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.

endymi0n10y ago

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

spockedOP10y 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.

nekitamo10y ago

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

zeeshanm10y ago

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

techaddict00910y ago

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

danvoell10y ago

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

spockedOP10y 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.

danprime10y ago

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).

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marincounty10y ago

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

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