Wordtracker or WordJacker? Scam? You decide.

So tonight I am running some keyword and phrase analysis for a client. I tap some of the usual starting points, Overture Key Word Selector Tool and Wordtracker.

Wordtracker is a paid service that makes the following promise...

"Wordtracker uses its database of over 300 million searches from MetaCrawler.com and DogPile.com over the last 130 days to find the popularity of the term you picked.

Overture makes their tool available for free.

Sooooo... something is really weird. BECUZ...When doing research on "Photoshop" and "Digital Photography" on the Overture tool, I get a list and search totals that look really similar to the same results Wordtracker gave me.

No wait, I mean the identical results down to the exact same words in the exact same order and the exact same total.

We are paying Wordtracker because it claims the following...

“Wordtracker uses its database of over 300 million searches from MetaCrawler.com and DogPile.com over the last 130 days to find the popularity of the term you picked.
E.g. Our database currently holds 344,643,274 words. A count of 147 tells us that this particular word has appeared 147 times in (this is over 130 days). Our keywords are taken from major metacrawlers (a service that queries all the main search engines simultaneously).
Our database currently holds 344,643,274 words. A count of 147 tells us that this particular word has appeared 147 times in (this is over 130 days).Our keywords are taken from major metacrawlers (a service that queries all the main search engines simultaneously)."

Well, apparently not.

It looks as if Wordjacker is just snatching the free Oveture tool results, laying there own skin on it and selling the results that are available elsewhere free.

I must be wrong on this. I am sure that I am just missing something. Please tell me what it is, 'cause I am wanting a refund right about now.

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