This is one such example in which long tail keywords passed 5 words in length will not be accepted at certain article directories as per their guidelines. What's the solution in this case, because obviously long tail keywords are the way to go. Interested in your all's opinions on this.
I generally go with an anchor text less than 5 words in such conditions. For example if my keyword is "how to cook fresh fish" I would anchor the part "cook fresh fish" and in my opinion, this works fine in most cases. I know it would be better if I could anchor the whole keyword, however it is fine for me to have the core of it anchored.
im agree with ademmeda. But sometime i have shoot long tail for getting a short sample : sales job london, than i put sales job london today
rb, long tail keyword doesn't mean that a keyword has a long tail (several words) . Long tail keyword is one that appears in a long tail in this graph. By my experience, the optimal solution is to find alternative, less formal (and thus less published in Google, but still popular according to Google.com/sktool) synonyms of a keyword, and make a title with a COMBINATION of such keywords. Adding more keywords in the title does not automatically lessen your chances to rank. By smart keyword combination, you can rank high for 3 or 4 good 2-word keyword phrases used in one single title. I'm telling you this strictly from my experience.