Nachdem das Overture Keyword Tool in letzter zeit oftmals nicht zu erreichen ist, erstellt Yahoo nun ein neues Tool zum Keyword Mining. Erfreulicherweise wird es dazu auch ein API geben.

Bis das neue Tool verfügbar ist, was “später in diesem Jahr” der Fall sein wird, ist das aktuelle Overture noch online (mehr oder weniger..).
Hier ist das Statement wie es auf WebmasterWorld zu lesen ist:

I wanted to confirm that YSM’s public keyword research tool (formerly known as the Overture’s Keyword Selector Tool- KST) continues to exist today and will continue to exist until we replace it with an improved product. Unfortunately, the responsiveness of this free tool is diminished due to the volume of hits it receives each day, therefore browsers may time out and error pages may appear but it doesn’t mean that this tool has been removed. We do have plans to offer a new public keyword research tool, which would be hosted through Yahoo! and available to our API partners. We plan on making this new tool available later this year.

If you are an advertiser, I’d suggest using the keyword research tool within our platform (the old or new one).