What is a long tail keyword?

Discussion in 'Keywords' started by goldenpearl, Jul 27, 2011.

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    What exactly is a long tail keyword?

    If you sell say paint a general keyword would be paint or blue paint.

    Now would you guys say 'cheap blue paint on sale' is a long tail keyword or is this still pretty general are we saying 'cheap blue paint on sale in london' is a long tail keyword because if so this term will only get a few searches a month meaning if your aiming for long tail keywords on a new website to start it off then your going to need 100's of them.
     
    goldenpearl, Jul 27, 2011 IP
  2. mysteryofmarketing

    mysteryofmarketing Peon

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    "Garage floor paint" would be a long tail keyword. With 8100 searches a month, that's not too bad either.
     
    mysteryofmarketing, Jul 27, 2011 IP
  3. indra7x

    indra7x Active Member

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    i think long tail keyword is keyword with 3 or more words
     
    indra7x, Jul 28, 2011 IP
  4. Martin007

    Martin007 Member

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    You have trophy keywords and search terms that are generally the most obvious that people want to rank well for but often can result in high volume low quality traffic, usually because the word or phrase is too generic. Then there are all the niche keywords and search terms, that often attract lower volumes but often higher quality traffic. Together, these niche keywords and search terms form what is known as the longtail. Often the volume of traffic generated by the sum of the longtail keywords can be higher than the individual trophy keywords and search terms. To fully appreciate the longtail you have to be optimizing for hundreds of search terms.
     
    Martin007, Jul 28, 2011 IP
  5. bhupi_arora

    bhupi_arora Peon

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    Long tail SEO is to do the SEO for long tail keywords. This kind of keywords have less competitions so that you can easily get on top in search engines.
     
    bhupi_arora, Jul 28, 2011 IP
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    fokerss Active Member

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    long tail make your nich more specific
     
    fokerss, Jul 28, 2011 IP
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    Long tail are the way to go.... An example would be Cheap mobile phones Swansea
     
    Cubic-Media, Aug 1, 2011 IP
  8. Lincherry

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    When you starting new website is better to select the words in a low or medium competition area. These words are usually  long-tail. Those long-tail kewords really effective in promoting in high-competitive niche, when promoting for rich&short keywords is really difficult.
     
    Lincherry, Aug 1, 2011 IP
  9. Rob Zombie

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    well anything that's niche under niche or micro-niche can be defined as LONG-Tail Keyword ..don't know ig long-head Kw exists.
     
    Rob Zombie, Aug 2, 2011 IP
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    peterpaul877 Well-Known Member

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    Long tail keyword have the more than two words. Such as

    Traslochi Internazionali Milano is the long tail keywors and Traslochi is the short tail keyword.
     
    peterpaul877, Aug 2, 2011 IP
  11. IMSerenin

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    I don't think that a long tail keyword has a limit in words. If you can get enough searchers for that phrase you win. But generally speaking long tail keyword is something that has 3 or more words in the phrase.
     
    IMSerenin, Aug 25, 2011 IP
  12. Dubbug

    Dubbug Greenhorn

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    A long-tail keyword is considered between 2-5 keyword phrases depending on the level of competition within your target niche.
     
    Dubbug, Aug 25, 2011 IP
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    Long tail keywords are a type of phrase that has at least three, and sometimes even five words in the phrase.Keywords are the basis on which the whole structure is based on users search on keywords SEO and search engines to comply with its search algorithms based on these keywords.
     
    carolynccourtney, Aug 25, 2011 IP
  14. AK_47

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    #14
    this is a pretty good example.
     
    AK_47, Aug 26, 2011 IP
  15. carolynccourtney

    carolynccourtney Greenhorn

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    If your site new so long tail is very useful for you and you can get fast ranking and popularity in google so long tail keyword perfect for new site.
     
    carolynccourtney, Aug 26, 2011 IP
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    I recommend The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More book by Chris Anderson.
     
    banar, Sep 4, 2011 IP
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    Long tail keywords are keyword phrases composed of three or more words that collectively are more specific than a single keyword.
     
    Atco-maart, Sep 5, 2011 IP