Excellent post on the Microsoft AdCenter Blog on Seasonal Search Volume Forcasting.  The Search Volume Forcasting tool does not appear to have been updated since the last time I used it - it’s main limitation is there’s not that many queries you can get the seasonal search volume forcast on.

For example:

That’s not much…. but it’s interesting as far as it goes.

I think The AdLabs blog should be used to announce new features - that’s when it’s most effective in getting the word out.