We released version 2.5.0.2 today.

Google made changes to their Keyword Tool recently that broke some of the Keyword Research functionality and this release resolves that issue.

We also had a few bug fixes for the Legacy Campaign builder, so that should be working 100% again for everyone.

We added a few optimizations to improve performance during the campaign building process, specifically the expansion of keywords.

This version should make Keyword Rockstar much more rock solid as we work out the final kinks in all the new functionality introduced in version 2.5

Best wishes,

Jon

We are excited to release version 2.0.1.10 today!

This is the first version in the direction we are taking to remove the manual proxy maintenance and to automate it.

Here are the changes:

• Filtering Section, Step 7 – Now you can pre-filter your additional stats collection based on the initial stats of the keywords returned by the Google Keyword Tool.  This allows you to only get data for the keywords that meet a minimum criteria you specify.
• Proxies are global – Proxies are now global across all projects and are only tested the first time KR is launched and a project is started.  They are not tested on each project like before, you now only select which country you want to filter the proxies to in Step 8 of the project settings.

Bug Fixes

• Image Ads should work for all text entered now.
• Yahoo & MSN campaigns work for Content Network Campaigns (no more missing keywords)
• Project Running but no data being returned
• URL Seeds return data

This version has a good bit of improvements in speed and also general bug fixes based on the feedback we have gotten from you.

Looking forward to releasing more improvements over the next few weeks.

Best Wishes,

Jon

Version 1.0.5.2 has been released and includes some great new features, enhancements and bug fixes.

Here is a list of improvements:

1) Content Campaign Generator now allows you to specify multiple themes for an adgroup. Simply separate the themes by a comma on the same line.

2) Content Campaign Generator now allows you to specify the number of keywords per adgroup, the number of adgroups per campaign and whether you want to separate the text ads and image ads into different adgroups or campaigns.

3) Placement Campaign Generator now allows you to specify the number of adgroups per campaign and whether you want to separate the text ads and image ads into different adgroups or campaigns.

4) Major enhancement in memory usage.  You should notice a significant decrease in memory usage for long running projects.  We are working on even more optimization in this area, but this release contains a major improvement.

5) Results grid will now return you to the same spot after you hit the refresh button. No more ending up in a different match type after refreshing.

6) You can now “Save” your grid layout and “Restore” to the default layout.  If you want to hide columns and save that layout for all projects, then simply hit the “Save Layout” button and it will remember which columns to view across all projects.  You can also hit “Restore Layout” button if you want to return to the default layout.

7) Deleting Keywords – You now have the ability to delete just the selected keywords or all match types of the selected keywords (or cancel and not delete any).

There were also various bug fixes in the context menus to prevent the program crashing if grouping rows were selected.

We will have another release next week that will include the Search Campaign Generator.  It is very close to being finished.

Best Wishes,

Jon

Version 1.0.5.0 of Keyword Rockstar is now released.

This version includes some major enhancements to the Google Content Network Campaign Generator, including automatic grouping of adgroups around theme seed keywords.

It also includes a new Google Placement Targeted Campaign Generator.

Both of these generators are able to now automatically generate Image Text Ads in all the sizes that Google accepts for banner advertising.  You can also include your own banners in the campaign generation.

Please watch the new advanced training videos at http://www.keywordrockstar.com/videos.php

Other Features/Bug Fixes include:

• Delete Button on Keyboard will now delete selected keywords in Results Grid
• Duplicate Keywords Returned by Google for a project are automatically filtered out
• Duplicate Placements are automatically filtered out
• Log To File Functionality to Help Us Trace Individual Problems More Easily
• Selecting All Results in Grid using Ctrl-A and Then Copy to Clipboard Menu Option Bug Fixed

NOTE: The next version released will contain a Search Campaign Generator to complete all PPC Campaign Generation functionality.

Best Wishes,

Jon

We added two new features in the newest released version 1.0.4.4 that will be great timesavers.

Feature 1 – Domain Name Availability for Selected Keywords

Now, if you are viewing your keyword results in the grid and you want to know which keywords might be available as domain names, all you have to do is select the keywords, right click and choose “Check Domain Name Availability”.

Then a new tab will open showing you the availability results of all the keywords you selected for .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us, and .mobi extensions.

This is a HUGE timesaver if you are wanting to find a good domain name that gets a lot of search volume.

Feature 2 – Proxy Country Filtering

This feature works when you are creating a project.  You can now select the countries that you want to make sure the proxy servers you use are located in.

The reason for this is because for certain statistics Google returns different values based on the location of the ip address of the request. If you are using proxy servers that are located outside of the area you are interested in the results for, then your data will not be accurate.

By selecting the country or countries to filter the proxies, you will be guaranteed to get data you are interested in.

Of course, this filter only applies to the proxies you have selected to use in your project.