If you hadn't heard all the fuss this caused, you might have felt it's effects in other ways. At the end of January, Yahoo's keyword selection tool - inventory.overture.com/ - stopped working.

This tool (and it's local variations) is used by millions of keyword researchers around the globe. Not to mention many keyword research companies, affiliates, researchers, writers and several major keyword mining software products.

Speculation was rife that Yahoo were finally retiring the old beast and that it just wouldn't be there any more. Well, the good news is that this rumour can be put to rest. Here's what Sarah, one of Yahoo's reps had to say on the matter:

"Hey there,