I posted this comment on the blog as well, but this comment specifically concerns the piece of functionality being discussed here ...

Is there any way to see Google search volumes for the territory associated with the tracked keywords. For example if you are tracking rankings for keywords in the US, you would be interested in search volumes for the US; if you are doing the same for Canada, you should have the option to view search volumes for Canada.

The difference in volume can be surprising, and not just dictated by market size. In another example, search volume for the a keyword phrase that includes 'vacation' will see much higher numbers in the US, than in the UK, where as search volume for 'holiday' will see the high numbers in the UK, rather than the US.

Being able to see localized search volume is vital to being able to make accurate assessments, and to place a value upon site rankings within search results.

I noticed the figures for average monthly global search volume in the .csv export as you've mentioned. Would also be able to add a column for average monthly local search volume, which would correspond to the country that the domain was associated with.

This will improve the relevance of the data. I'd add that global search volume is interesting to get a general idea, or specifically if you are in fact a large multi-national organization, but the truth is that search volume for specific keywords varies strongly across the world.

I think this is crucial, as it helps to add context when reviewing the performance of any keyword. A keyword that a domain is ranked number 10 for that sees a an average volume of searches in the region of say 10,000 per month would be worth a lot more to any website owner, than a keyword that a domain is ranked number 1 for, that only sees an average volume of 500.

A related idea ...

I'd really like to be able to search for keywords across my account and see where they are being used.

Let me explain .. currently I am tracking about 250 phrases across 22 domains. Thats too many keywords for me to remember which keywords are being tracked under which domain, or whether I am tracking a certain keyword at all.

For example I know I am tracking 'spa' related keywords .. just not exactly sure where in my account the keyword (or similar keywords) are being tracked. If I could search for 'spa' across my account and then be returned results that are perhaps grouped by domain, with domains that return more matches ranked at the top, I'd be able to see that 'domain x' included 5 matches, such as 'spa treatments', 'spa hotel', 'day spa' etc .. and 'domain y' had 3 matches and so on .. and then click through.

This feature would also help me to clean up my account of stray keywords I'm no longer interested it (and that happens as the months go by ..)

Hope the idea is reasonably clear. Thanks.

I think this is a must have, as the whole point is to be able to track the position of your own sites compared to the competition and stay one step ahead.

I'd like to see one graph and be able to select keywords I'm tracking for a bunch of domains. At last I'll have the data over time, visualized in one place and in context.